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#720300
Topic
The Godfather Saga - HD Restoration (Released)
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Croweyes1121 said:


Count me in as wanting a version that reinserts the HD extra footage of this broadcast into the uncensored footage of the theatrical cuts to recreate "The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980".  I had this on Laserdisc and, IMHO, it's the best way to experience the films.  If no one is planning to do this, I'm contemplating buying a computer that will be up to the task (as the one I currently own is something of a dinosaur).  About the only thing that seems like it might be hard to deal with is the AMC watermark.  But I'd rather have a watermark on the extra footage than have it in 4:3 and in 2.0 like my previous reconstruction, sourced from the DVD set.


You realize that the first two movies were originally mono (aka 1.0) right? They should really be kept that way.

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#719989
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Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
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Harmy said:


What? Well, v2.5 will probably be released eventually but not any time soon. First I want to do Jedi.


That's what confused me. The newsletter says:

NEWSLETTER said:

A 2.5 version is in the works that will become the final edition released for some time, just like Star Wars:DE 2.5 was polished, and then Harmy will move on to update ROTJ:DE to its eventual 2.5 release.


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#719590
Topic
Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
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hairy_hen said:


It will probably take a few days to get those out there since I'm currently out of town and don't have as good a connection as I normally do.  It's up to you if you want to wait for that, or have the AVCHD come out right away with the MKV slightly later . . .


:( Well, that sucks. :(

Oh well, I guess I could wait another week.

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#719589
Topic
4K restoration on Star Wars
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gizzy2000 said:



GlastoEls said:

I think if Lucasfilm announced the OUT at Celebration the attendee nerd-gasms would last for a thousand generations!


I agree. Celebration could be a perfect time to announce it if it's something they're doing. If they do release the OUT I think it'll either be released Christmas 2014, or Fall 2015 at the latest. If they do decide on a later release date then Celebration would be a great time to announce it, especially since that audience would love something like that.


There's no way it's being released this year....if it happens.

I'm betting between Spring and Fall of next year...if it happens.

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#719264
Topic
Help: looking for... 'Something Evil' - lost Spielberg film?
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djsmokingjam said:


The film has shown on The Horror Channel in the UK quite a bit recently - it'll have a watermark on it, but is probably someone's best bet for a "clean", non-VHS copy.  There don't appear to be any airings lined up but it'll be worth keeping an eye out for one.
http://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/shows.php?title=Something%20Evil


Thanks about that - yes, that's the best recording available so far but it's pretty bad. The source they use for the VERY rare broadcasts (we're counting one every 15 yearss and it's always a "forced mistake" when it's shown) is still the same VHS-like quality one as the one used for the (few) 70s/80s broadcasts. There are a couple of recordings of the film on the web but they're all rather bad - Spielberg really managed to bury this one almost completely.

Would love to know if anyone has a 35mm copy!!!

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#718386
Topic
Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
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Harmy said:


Nooo! Now that hairy_hen is nearly finished with the audio tracks, I will have Empire v2.0 out as soon as I get the tracks from him and you will have wasted a DVD9 disc, because this new version is just so much better than v1.0 it's not even funny...


Do you mean the AVC version? Or the M2TS file? both? :)

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#718273
Topic
The Audio Preservation Thread
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ElectricTriangle said:



digitalfreaknyc said:
No offense but that's like saying you shouldn't be able to tell the difference between an mp3 and a CD. And that's just dumb.


 Actually, most available testing shows that people can't tell the difference between a proper, high-bitrate mp3 and a CD. The difference is usually a placebo or a poorly encoded or low bitrate mp3.

Of course, I would much rather have a CD then an mp3 album, simply because it's more versatile, and I can rip to the format of my choice (vorbis!).


If you don't think there's a difference or don't really care about it, then I think you're on the wrong forum...and surely in the wrong thread.

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#718261
Topic
The Audio Preservation Thread
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ElectricTriangle said:



TServo2049 said:

 I don't know. I just assumed PCM always sounded better than compressed DD.


 Unless they give it a particular anemic bitrate or screw up the encoding, DD (and other lossy codecs) should sound identical to a lossless track (of the same master). The whole idea of lossy compression is to remove data that the human ear can't hear. Lossless audio is useful for editing as going from one lossy codec to another will produce noticeable decay.

That being said, poor encodes happen as does over filtering audio tracks. (Which is one of the reasons this thread exists.)


No offense but that's like saying you shouldn't be able to tell the difference between an mp3 and a CD. And that's just dumb.

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#718259
Topic
Simple and cheap capture method for LD with bit perfect digital audio on PC
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Actually, I use this box and have absolutely no problems whatsoever:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-6-Channel-5-1-External-Optical-Audio-Sound-Card-S-PDIF-Laptop-Notebook-PC-/380665750296?pt=US_Sound_Card_External&hash=item58a1726318

The problem was more with the capture program than anything else. Adobe Audition 3 had drop-outs but 6 was totally fine.

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#718153
Topic
The Audio Preservation Thread
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zeropc said:


anyone has jaws 2?

the bd is in the talks for quite some time. but will it contain the original mono? who knows. besides, there are some hd releases we could use it on :)

so a unsynced ld audio of this movie would be sweet :D

and for the sake of... jaws 3 and 4 too ;)


This would be awesome! Are there HD "releases" of 2/3/revenge?

The only 1080i/p ones I know of are from Vudu.