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#789665
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Star Wars Laserdisc Preservations. See 1st Post for Updates.
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okay, but the fact is on the laserdisc the video is always composite video.

so the high end laserdisc players read the disc with a laser, that RF signal is demodulated into composite video then gets sent to the high end players comb filter (be "3d" or digitized with a small 2mb framestore/TBC) then sent to the S-Video output.

then capturing that S-Video output then processing it again no doubt albeit in the digital domain would not yeald a better result than say using a professional composite to digital SDI converter (which would be 10bit colour) then capturing the SDI output into a computer. then you could process that digitally (frame pull down im guessing)

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#789515
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Star Wars Laserdisc Preservations. See 1st Post for Updates.
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Hi there, first post but wanted to say that would it not be better if the capture from which ever LD player is made from the COMPOSITE video output...

and not the SVHS/S-Video output.

as in the video stored on laserdiscs is composite video.

and using the S-Video outputs are just the composite video being processed by the LD players late 80s/early 90s comb-filter tech...

so the best capture chain would be the composite video direct from the player (ideally modded with a true 75ohm BNC video connection) instead of capturing a processed S-Video output that will be processed again??

i have a 925 (and 909 and theta player) and as good as those S-Video outputs were, it all depended on if your TV had a weaker Composite video comb filter.

thanks tho for this thread as watching SW on laser ticks some boxes for old timers like myself :)