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#258431
Topic
The Princess Bride (1987) - The Criterion Collection (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258431/action/topic#258431
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Originally posted by: Murch
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
I'll do it sometime this week.

Is the artwork included on one of the discs?

If anyone who has the discs can help me seed, that would be sweet.



Any chance you'll be able to ul it? I'll keep it seeding....


I loaded it onto my pc. I will be uploading it soon to the usual places. be on the lookout and help me seed
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#258428
Topic
Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258428/action/topic#258428
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Originally posted by: Karyudo
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
Dude, you really have no idea what you're talking about. It has nothing to do with his PVR. It's encoded by the cable company.


Yes, and where does that manifest itself? Right: at the PVR. Why get all esoteric about 5C being part of the incoming bitstream, when it's whether or not the PVR will dump the stuff out via 1394 (for whatever reason) that matters? Do you really think that irrelevant technical distinction makes any difference to a self-professed noob? He's got a PVR that will either allow or disallow the trilogy out via 1394, end of story.

I suggested posting the model of PVR and the location, which should determine which cable company, and whether or not they have a history of using 5C encryption on Cinemax. With the location and model, one could also do a very thorough search (on AVS Forum, say) to find out exactly what the deal is. There are a lot of clever HD-capping people out there, and most of them are not on this forum.

Might I remind you, DFnyc, you were wrong about being able to cap HBO-HD. So I don't think you're in such a good position to be deciding who "really [has] no idea what you're talking about." Let's keep it civil, shall we? And focus on determining whether or not it's ever going to be possible to find a 5C-less cap of our fave trilogy in HD from Cinemax?


I was not wrong, to be honest. I never said it's impossible. MOST cable movie channels have the encryption on them.

Civil? How about logical? you get logical and i'll get civil. You really don't know what you're talking about. It doesn't manifest itself at the DVR. The model has nothing to do with it. It has everything to do with the cable company and the location. THAT is the origin. They decide whether it's turned on or off.

And btw...i wouldn't touch the German broadcast. Watching any Star Wars movie with PAL speed-up is atrocious.

And do we know if the original broadcast was in MPEG4? I'm 95% sure it wasn't. AFAIK, all broadcast HD would be MPEG2. If you're finding other versions, it's because people have re-compressed it. So that wouldn't be an advantage.

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#258427
Topic
*** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258427/action/topic#258427
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Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
I have a VHS recording of the NBC reunion special. Unfortunately, I missed the first few seconds. I transfered it to DVD with a DVD recorder. But the quality isn't really crystal clear considering the source and a bit jittery at times.


At the moment, I have nothing. It may be better than nothing. Can we set something up? I'd like to put it on as a bonus to the original laserdisc documentary.
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#258340
Topic
Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258340/action/topic#258340
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Originally posted by: Karyudo
Originally posted by: BountyHunter
Please tell me I'm not the only one who actually bothered to record these films...cause I'm a total noob, and if I'm your only hope then we are all pretty much screwed. Really.


First of all, you don't have to do anything. It's your PVR, it's your subscription, it's your time. So as much as any of the rest of us want to get a copy (and I'm on that list, of course), if we really wanted it that bad, we'd sign up our damn selves. Or, as in the case of so many of us who don't live in the US, we'd just learn to live without.

If, on the other hand, you'd like to take a shot at getting this going, I guess the first -- and possibly only -- thing you'd have to do is to check whether 5C is enabled on your HD-PVR. Or, if you indicate where you are and what model PVR you're using, maybe others can research that for you.

If it turns out there's no 5C, then things start to get fun!


Dude, you really have no idea what you're talking about. It has nothing to do with his PVR. It's encoded by the cable company.
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#257633
Topic
Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257633/action/topic#257633
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Originally posted by: Karyudo
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
Originally posted by: Karyudo
Lateral thinking: When will the GOUT turn up on HBO-HD (which I know is cappable)?


Wrong.

NONE of the channels are readily cappable. 5c will probably be "on" for all the premium channels.


Huh?? My brother caps from HBO-HD all the time. I also know that several people have dumped Cinemax HD to D-VHS. So if there's any 5C, it's "copy once" at worst. And there is evidence that there's actually no 5C.


DVHS is fine. You can't do it to a PC if 5c is enabled in your area. There are very few places where it isn't at this point.
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#257174
Topic
Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257174/action/topic#257174
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Originally posted by: Karyudo
Originally posted by: digitalfreaknyc
[It's] very difficult to find a cable subscriber who doesn't have the 5c encryption on for all the premium cable channels.


You mean "cable provider", don't you?

Is there any post-capture 5C decryption possible? Although I guess that's moot: if you can't get the file out via 1394, then I guess it doesn't matter if you could decrypt it or not.


yeah, that's what i meant. duh. sorry

No. It won't let you even capture if the encryption is on there. It's not like it's scrambled or something. And as far as I know, no one has been able to get around it.
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#257131
Topic
Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257131/action/topic#257131
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Originally posted by: Dunedain
So, how did the capturing of the original Star Wars trilogy and the prequels in HD on Cinemax go? What resolution did they broadcast it at, and what video bit-rate did they use, how about the video compression method? How did the movies look?


Like i said...very difficult to find a cable subscriber who doesn't have the 5c encryption on for all the premium cable channels. I know of one person who got Phantom Menace so I know it's definitely possible. It's just not as easy.
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#256702
Topic
*** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256702/action/topic#256702
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Originally posted by: Ash595
any news on the Jaws disc ?


The first disc is finished. The 2nd disc should be done within the next week. I was waiting on a trailer that I didn't have so hopefully that will be done soon. It will have all of the trailers from the original DVD that were missing from the 30th anniversary, plus the other laserdisc-only trailers...and a rare re-release trailer not included on either.
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#255937
Topic
Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255937/action/topic#255937
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Originally posted by: Dunedain
It was posted on the site with the screencaps that the Cinemax broadcast might be in 1080, if that's the case and they use good bit-rates, then I figured it might go past 15 gig, in which case you either have to use a dual-layer HD-DVD disk or a single-layer Blu-Ray disk to have it on a disk you can play in a HD player. And full quality in this context obviously means the full quality that they broadcast the Star Wars movies at in HD on Cinemax, whatever that level of quality turns out to be. It depends on the res they use and the bit-rate, that won't be known for sure until they actually broadcast it, I guess. Anyhow, that fan on the other site seemingly had no problem recording the German broadcast of the HD version of A New Hope off his t.v., so apparently that wasn't encrypted. Hopefully it can be done here, too, in one way or another.



As someone who downloads HD movies all the time, you wouldn't need more than 15gb.

And what channel was it shown in Germany? They don't have the same encryption that we have.

I'd rather stick with my SD-DVD's than watch something with PAL speed-up. Luckily, the HD formats do away with it.
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#255891
Topic
Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255891/action/topic#255891
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Originally posted by: Dunedain
Hey, if you prefer HD-DVD, then record the movies onto dual-layer HD-DVD disks then. This isn't about which format one prefers, as long as the full quality of the Cinemax broadcast is captured and preserved. What do you mean it can't be recorded from Cinemax, no one else has mentioned any such thing? The German t.v. broadcast of A New Hope in 1080 HD which that fan on the other forum recorded works just fine according to him, and it looks superb. So why couldn't the same thing be done with the Cinemax HD presentation?


Good luck. Clearly you dont' know what you're talking about.

You wouldn't need a dual-layered HD DVD disc to fit the movie. Most run 10-15gb. Also, the quality on HD DVD is far better than any broadcast signal. So there's nothing perfect about the HD captures that you'd get anyway. A pre-recorded version will be better if using the same master.

And unless the copyright encryption is turned off where you live (which I doubt) for Cinemax, there's no way to capture it.
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#255882
Topic
Star Wars HD coming in November! All SIX movies!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255882/action/topic#255882
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Originally posted by: Dunedain
Hmm, too bad about all the voices being in German. Plus PAL movies are speeded up, so that messes up the video and audio. But it certainly doesn't affect the screencaps, they look super!

I sure hope the HD broadcast of all the Star Wars movies coming up on Cinemax will look this great! Get your HD digital video recorders ready, guys. This is our (maybe only) chance to get all 6 Star Wars movies recorded in HD without any further changes (even more changes to the movies may come in the 30th anniversary set). And please record and then back them all up at max quality, so the full unaltered video and audio quality of the original HD cable presentation is preserved. Once we have safe backup copies of all 6 movies on Blu-Ray BD-R disks in full HD quality that will play on any standard Blu-Ray set top movie player, they can never be lost or deteriorate and we can watch them any time.



Screw Blu-ray.

And you can't make back-up copies. You can't even record the HD signal from Cinemax.