I just saw that Cyberlink PowerDVD 7 Ultra, and a patched 8 Ultra could play HD-DVD on PC, but they are almost impossible to obtain.
Are there other newer Software for that?
VLC and MPC seem not to be able to play HD DVD…
Btw: I won the Poseidon HD-DVD Auction. Got it for lesser than $5 including shipping…
Mhmm… okay… (hundrets on technology required seems a bit… high assumed… I recently got a X-Box 360 HD-DVD Drive with 11 german HD-DVDs for under $ 20 here in Germany)
But don’t having the disc is quite a problem. If you can get the disc cheap, and send it to Germany, I think I would be able to rip the bonus features.
EDIT:
MAybe it won’t be nessecacry. I try to get the german HD-DVD at eBay.
Seems as if it got the same bonus Features, as the US one. Would be much cheaper to get it inside Germany, than getting a movie in the states, and ship it to Germany.
What is your problem in ripping it yourself? Sadly, I don’t have the disc, or I could rip it.
The longer broadcasts of the first two movies where in the “ultimate edition” releases as far as I know…
Sadly the stopped doing this for the others…
So, maybe it is just my speakers, or the differences are because it is 2.0 while the english audio I compared to is 5.1, so maybe someone with better equipement and ears can give it a listen:
https://www.adrive.com/public/YssBBp/T2_italian.mkv
I just stumbled over an Theatrical Cut Terminator 2 DVD, with an someway odd sounding italian 2.0 Sound mix.
Maybe it is just me, and my ears, but the Audio seems in some spots different compared to other tracks. And no, it is not the italian language, that seems strange to me 😃
I try to grab an example scene, maybe someone here who has better equipement and experience could check, if it is just the audio quality, or is the mix a bit different.
Dungeons and Dragons is a Pen and Paper Role play game.
The numbers indicate the edition of that RPG I am referring to.
Each edition got its own writing of the Name of the game.
3.5 was the Edition that was the actual one, when the DVD limited edition was released, while the 1st edition should be the one, when the show was aired, if I am correct.
The 2nd Edition of the game got another name “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons”
Very cool.
I really enjoyed the series, when I was a kid.
The widescreen intro looks great, aside the issues you mentioned.
I would love to see the D&D text as 3.5 Edition writing, due to the fact that the limited DVD edition had an 3.5 rulebook for characters and items of the series.
Did you sync them to any avaible DVD or BD release?
Does anyone has access to the first polish DVD release of “From Dusk till dAwn” from ITI Home Video? The one with only one english Audio Track, and polish subtitling?
I read that this one is 1.33:1 Full Frame, and I am pondering, if this may be a open matte Full Screen release.
The VHS was the normal international Version, so I would rather want the VHS rip, instead of the censored FSK16 DVD.
AFAIK I have German Language Full Screen Open Matted VHS Tapes of
Maybe I should try to grab them onto MKV. They would be PAL, but maybe, if the quality is okay, someone could respeed them to NTSC speed, and sync English audio to them. AFAIK both movies never where released Full Screen on DVD or LaserDisc.
All I know is that the LD SE track is fantastic and that they likely would have made it for mixing to disc in matrix ProLogic. Later on it was likely converted to 5.1 then EQd and changed for DVD.
Which LD SE Release?
Also: What would be needed to Capture that Audio properly? (Dempster the LDs of course…)
I do not remember any Special Edition related Audio discussions… So maybe you have to stick with the BD Audio for the SE.
T2 Theatrical Version on of the best Audio Option is, afaik, the oop japanese DVD in Full Bitrate DTS.
Regarding T1 Audio, there is already a thread discussing it:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Terminator-1984-Original-Theatrical-Mono-Preservation/id/15807
The T1 remastered BD should be easily avaible at amazon.com
Nice Terminator 1 and theatrical 2 Project with great Audio options are discussed and presented here:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Terminator-1-and-2-Projects/id/17330
Discussions regarding T2 optically aree here also I think it cross over with the Audio thematic:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Look-of-Terminator-2/id/17850/page/1
regarding T2 Audio Versions there is also a thread:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Terminator-2-in-search-of-the-theatrical-sound-mix/id/15340
Here is a small part ripped from the Special Edition FullScreen LaserDisc. It is the Shooting after fled from the Arcade into the staff area.
https://www.adrive.com/public/X66NAJ/Terminator 2 - SE - PS LD - Arcade (sync).mkv
pw: otcom
So yes, the so called "Pan & Scan LD is open matted. I just saw it, too.
I am checking the Temrinator 2 Special Edition Laser Disc.
Too bad the disc I got at eBay is quite dented, and plays like an worn out VHS Copy… I’ll capure it, to take a closer look. I would say, it is a bit open patted, but I may be wrong.
Terminator: not open matted, just pan&scan.
If this is the Theatrical Version and not the new “Director’s Cut” I would vote for that one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cujo-Laserdisc-LD-Stephen-King-Free-Ship-30-Orders-/331958661117?hash=item4d4a472ffd&_sid=2048038
… does this version you are doing including all director’s cut scenes excluding the director’s cut ending?
If I understand everything correctly, he does recreate the television cut, no more, no less. It differs from the Theatrical Cut in different ways, than the Director’s cut:
Australia got the TV Cut on DVD, also.
It is in “The Definitive Collection” 5 Disc set.
I do not know how it compares to the German and US ones.
I wasn’t able to find a copy for sale of the original version in any condition, however I learned that the National Film and Sound Archive Australia has a copy, which is available for viewing… www.nfsa.gov.au/.
I also found out that Channel 9 (Australia) owns the TV rights to the original version which they apparently air from time to time. (Due to it’s classification the original can’t be broadcast on free TV before 8.30pm.)
Seeing someone selling your releases at ebay… again…
Such a stupid thing… he really scalps the people with bootleg copies.
Not just that it is very upsetting for you guys seeing someone putting your work into money… also, IF some company learns that way about the fan projects, it could really hit the fan version community… 😦
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Wow, I did not realize they released FS DVDs in European countries that recently. Learn something new every day-- a shame about the blown-out highlights (I have seen a 35mm print of “Reservoir Dogs” in 2008, which looked closer to the green tint than the 1997’s reds, but it was much more subtle on the print. I remember being surprised at how good it looked considering it was a Super 35 optical blow-up, having seen a print of “Independence Day” the week before which was typically murky). How does the WS framing compare on the PAL versus the 2002 NTSC’s WS?
I do not know, but I check next time I am near my DVD Collection (maybe next weekend).
The Widescreen Version has the same framing as the US 15th anniversary edition.
I got some of the Nightmare Full screen DVDs… just missing Part 4 and 6.
Even Freddy vs. Jason is open matted Full screen.