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#257633
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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
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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
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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
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*** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
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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
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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
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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.
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#254168
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*** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/254168/action/topic#254168
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The first volume will have the E! special plus the deleted scenes for Jaws The Revenge.
The 2nd volume will have the From Page To Screen special plus the trailers for Jaws from the original DVD, laserdisc and another from VHS that I had.
The 3rd volume will be the In The Teeth Of Jaws plus the Martha's Vineyard special. I won't be putting this up as a DigitalfreakNYC production because the sources are not mine.
The 4th volume will be the Jaws 3 and The Revenge specials if I can get copies of them.

Thanks all!
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#254133
Topic
Idea & Info Wanted: Jaws Documentaries
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/254133/action/topic#254133
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Originally posted by: klokwerk
So you have all of the following:
* In the Teeth of Jaws (UK BBC Documentary)
* Page To Screen: Jaws (US Bravo Documentary)
* New England: Our Way (Rare US 1974 Documentary)
* Jaws: The E! True Hollywood Story

I have yet to pick up the 30th anniversary edition of Jaws - are any of the above included in that commercial release (ie. meaning they won't be included in your set)?


Nope. None of them are included in that.
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#254083
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*** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/254083/action/topic#254083
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Originally posted by: Ash595
sounds like a nice bonus discs trilogy.

But I am not a big fan of the artwork from the screener dvd so I prefer to work with pictures from the movies. Maybe someone else will like to use it for a different cover.

I will come back in a few days with tentative cover for the 3 discs.


Ash,

As soon as 1 person gets back to me with artwork for this disc, I can start seeding it. The others will take longer.
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#254061
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Idea & Info Wanted: Jaws Documentaries
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/254061/action/topic#254061
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Originally posted by: klokwerk
I wouldn't mind taking a crack at covers for the discs.

I might've asked you this before but did you ever get copies of the "Jaws In-Depth" DVDs that someone was making and selling on eBay?


Yeah...i got the one that had In The Teeth of Jaws and the Martha's Vineyard footage. Unfortunately, I can't find another source for either special so I might just torrent the one I have.

Again, if anyone has some rare jaws footage, please let me know!
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#254060
Topic
*** The Official DigitalFreakNYC Release Thread*** (SW, Indy + Others!)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/254060/action/topic#254060
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Ash,

That looks great.

I'm actually titling this one Jaws Archives: Volume 1, since there will be (at least) 3 volumes of this right now. Any chance you might be able to amend it?

I also put all the deleted scenes from Jaws The Revenge on the disc to pad it out. You might want to add that on as a "bonus feature." I did want to use the original artwork from the Emmy screener DVD as I liked it but I'm open to other interpretations.