shandy706

bkev said:

The jump in quality is less significant for dvd to blu than it was vhs to dvd. I know plenty of people, young AND old, who claim they can't see the difference at all. ..

Totally and COMPLETELY FALSE on the resolution jump. Also the people that say that are either watching Blu-ray on an SD TV or they're BLIND.

VHS = 480x333

SVHS = 560x420

DVD = 720x576 or 720x480 (barely a step up from VHS res in comparison)

Blu-Ray = 1920x1080

I know that isn't a fancy technical response, but I find the "Blu-ray isn't great" comments ridiculous.

georgec said:

For every fan that boycotts there are 500-5,000 fans that don't care.

FIXED

Plus the kids that are too young to know/care.

pat man said:

adywan said:

Asaki said:

Hey Adywan, have you tried your hand at test color corrections on any of these Blu shots yet?

Obviously there's going to be compression artifacts, but I'm wondering if Vader's saber can go back to red without fudging up the rest of the picture.

Actually i was just doing a quick test. Now all i did here was adjust the hue for Magenta.

Now why couldn't Lucasfilm do something as simple as this?

 

I have also downloaded the HD version of the trailer and it does indeed look bad for the older docs as the reported problem does seem to exist in the two shots shown, while the rest of the trailer doesn't suffer with these problems. Well all apart from the shot of R2 and the wampa that definitely has some field problems

wow how long did that take you,the lightsaber is red yes.the pic's at the bottom looks bad

How much did the Magenta tweak change everything? Have you applied it to other media? If so, I'm a bit happy...as my Aquos has color and image setting options 10,000 miles long. I could easily make a custom setting for the Blu-rays that mirrors that result.

Not saying this makes me happy buying this altered version, but it does give me hope that I may have control over at LEAST one thing. :-/

DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK MENTO READ 183 pages!!!! In the field....at work....on an iPhone 8-@ I HATE YOU ALL! (lol, jk) After my first post here on July 25th I decided to go back and read every page. I learned a number of things; 1. (EDIT)I've decided to change my #1 that was about Ken. I think we should take it easy on him after I looked around and into his posts and profiles on other sites. I don't think his repetition and reactions are necessarily on purpose...not sure really. I'll leave it at that** 2. This entire thread has been one heck of a Humdinger 3. I'm not sure how Ady doesn't jump off a cliff after some people's posts 4. I'm buying the set...for the audio...and deleted scenes. (and to watch it with my 4 year old). I got rid of my '04 DVDs and don't have a tape player for my VHS copies anymore. At least I'll enjoy my time with my little one. 5. Some people here are too serious. 6. Some aren't serious enough. 7. I'll download Ady's future release for my personal enjoyment 8. I wish I were color blind (lol) 9. I love Star Wars 10. I hate Jar Jar

First I would like to say, Awesome Site! :)

Now for my first post, hope I'm not attacked for it, LOL.

Looking at these four images I have to say that I think, even if it's the 2004 source, that they have definitely altered/tweaked/messed with the copy quite a bit for the blu-ray release.

Vader's lightsaber is MUCH different in the direct capture for the blu-ray than in either the 2004 or the Original Version.

The Original Version has a fat blade with a red/orange tint to it while the 2004 version is a fat PINK blade. The blu-ray versions is a MUCH thinner blade that has clearly been altered and appears to have a "redder" tint to it than the '04 version.

I'm still drooling over my pre-order that I have, but I understand a lot of the angst. I see this being an HD version of the 2004 set, with some tweaks to try and make it "somewhat" look like it SHOULD HAVE.

:)

PS I also noticed the "blu-ray preview" video makes it look much more pink than in the direct capture.