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#132759
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.: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132759/action/topic#132759
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Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Things have slowed down, but we're definitely still hard at work.

Coming this week:

- The first of a few new articles on the web site
- The second issue of the newsletter
- A new screenshot or two (time permitting)


As of late I'm working on a new backend for the web site: A way to make the site more interactive and allow for quicker and more frequent updates. (Did someone say wiki?)
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#131449
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NFL
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/131449/action/topic#131449
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Originally posted by: starkiller
Originally posted by: zion
...Jaguars, Seahawks, Texans, Ravens, Cardinals, Lions...
Ravens made it, they have 1 SB win. Let me tell you, that completely pissed off about 90% of the population of Cleveland OH.

uh, yeah, by Ravens I meant, uh, not Ravens...
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#130706
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The 'New' NHL
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/130706/action/topic#130706
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Don't know much about Brad May other than he was on the Canucks last season. Could be a decent addition along with Turgeon after Forsberg's departure (sniff).

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there is still five mins of OT and there is no shoot out in the playoffs.

Aw man, that's no fun. I thought they would at least have a shootout if there was no winner after OT. They'll have to reevaluate that after this season I think. At least shootouts in the regular season will be cool to watch.
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#130686
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Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/130686/action/topic#130686
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There are no black borders (beyond the few lines in Moth3r's original). You have the full 360 lines of picture that all other anamorphic transfers will have.
It looks pretty darn good.

You're right. It does look pretty darn good.

Going back to what I said before though (and this is more of an FYI thing), your video resolution doesn't have to be 360 lines. Most of the other anamorphic transfers have more than that. The official DVD, for example, has a 720x365 viewable area. To keep the same aspect ratio you have in your screenshots, you could easily resize your video to 720x368 instead of 704x360. This would not only result in a little bit less quality loss from Moth3r's 432-line original, but would completely eliminate the side borders altogether. Just a thought...
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#130620
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The 'New' NHL
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/130620/action/topic#130620
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I've been an Avs fan since they moved from Quebec. It's hard to see some of the great players like Forsberg and Kariya leave, but I'm actually more excited to see that they've managed to restructure the players' salaries and make the league more competetive.

I'm also excited about the new rules. Seeing shootouts again is going to be awesome -- especially in the playoffs! Can you imagine the Stanley Cup Finals next June coming down to a shootout in game 7?

More than anything, I'll just be happy to see some damn pro hockey games again. My two main sports are football and hockey, and I've been going crazy ever since February without hockey around.
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#130443
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Info Wanted: are there any lossless masters of ld captures?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/130443/action/topic#130443
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Originally posted by: roweezy
the point is that true fans, who indeed want to ensure ppl from this generation and beyond can enjoy the o-ot, should be able to work together with others in the community to find solutions to make great preservations come about. as it stands, there are a few children who say 'i have everything to enjoy o-ot best way possible and you dont, so there'. however, as adults they could say 'well i have some sets, joe has the others, bill has a great player, bob knows alot about conversions with much experience, and jill has too much time on her hands.

That's a pretty good description of the X0 Project Team.

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#130016
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Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/130016/action/topic#130016
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I guess I should answer your initial question and say I watch my DVDs on my computer, which has no overscan obviously. You are correct though, watching these on a regular 4:3 television, one would not be able to see the side borders. The Dr. Gonzo set has borders on the sides like this, and I do find it a little annoying watching it. So I guess what I'm saying is the way I watch movies, overscan isn't an issue and I would opt for the larger picture image of a full 720 pixel width.

On the flip side, all people who watch movies on a television are subject to overscan. Personally, if I had to choose between lost information on the sides and a larger picture, I'd still choose a larger picture.
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#129970
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Dr. M's Reinventing The Wheel Edition (PAL to NTSC+) (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129970/action/topic#129970
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Originally posted by: Doctor M
Perusing the Official and Unofficial screenshot sites, and playing around with the images I made a discovery. It's completely inconsistent. Completely, oddly, insanely, and randomly inconsistent. In some cases they take 32-40 lines off the left and a few from the right, sometimes none from the left and a few from the right. I even found a scene where the right side has more image (by like 20 lines) than ANY NTSC edition. (Though where they got the extra image area from is beyond me.)

One reason for this is the fact that different capture cards have different clipping areas. Owning a few different models myself, I found that each card clipped the sides in different places. I was able to hack the settings of one card and remove all clipping, but this isn't something you can do with 99% of them.

I'm not sure on this, but clipping may be different between different LD versions as well -- i.e. the PAL LDs Moth3r used may be different than the US Definitives Dr. Gonzo used.

I realized this a while back when doing my own capturing and trying to figure out the correct aspect ratio. What I decided in the end was that no one is really going to care or notice if it's off a little bit as long as their screen is filled horizontally. What people will notice and possibly get annoyed at is the presence of black bars on the sides -- even moreso if they're not the same size. So I guess if you're going to keep the borders, at least make sure the image is centered.

If you took the Official DVDs as gospel and used them as the reference for the correct aspect ratio, what would the image size of the corresponding Moth3r clip be? What's stopping you from upsizing that to 720xX, since you were planning on resizing it anyway?