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#779071
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Help Wanted: anyone who's going to comic con - can you please ask joss whedon about the buffy hd/blu ray release? just trying to get the word out.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/779071/action/topic#779071
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towne32 said:

On the other hand, the thread's existence itself is in a sense a derailment of the subforum "Other Preservations and Fan Projects".

...that's why we are trying to derail it further, to let it be moved definitely to the Off Topic forum, where it belongs...

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#778981
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Help Wanted: anyone who's going to comic con - can you please ask joss whedon about the buffy hd/blu ray release? just trying to get the word out.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/778981/action/topic#778981
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My votes about your grammar and orthography

  • capitalisation at the beginning of a sentence, or after a full stop (.), exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?): 0/10
  • capitalisation for persons, places etc. : 0/10
  • I instead i for first person singular: 0/10
  • comma (,), colon (:), semicolon (;) usage to separate different part of a phrase: 0/10
  • full stop (.) at the end of a phrase: 9/10
  • new line to start a new sentence: 10/10
  • apostrophe in the right place: 10/10
  • usage of different puncuations other than a full stop: 1/10
  • brief title for a new thread: 0/10

(suggested by Joss Whedon, who has not an account here, yet)

Grammar is not the reason people is ignoring you... indeed, if someone has something interesting and constructive to say - even if not well written - he/she will receive more answers...

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(written intentionally FIY)

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#778837
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Help Wanted: real ghostbusters cartoon - is there a way to fix the saturation of the show? the reds are so bright the bleed into other parts of the image.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/778837/action/topic#778837
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jedimasterobiwan, to answers to your cryptical requests:

post #1: I'm completely agree!

post #2: Don't think so!

post #4: Are you sure?

Now seriously: you have finally found a member (actually, two) who would like to help you with all your requests, and you had the great idea to post more questions even there: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Project-Index-Other-Preservations-and-Fan-Projects/post/775676/#TopicPost775676 - while EVERYONE said to stop posting your requests EVERYWHERE...

Really, I don't know why you are still allowed to be a member here... because, I must admit, it was funny to read your nonsensical posts at the beginning - but now they are only annoying...

And I'm also sorry to have answered you again, as I promised to do not it again, but I was "forced"...

Farewell, so long, goodbye, adieu - and don't forget: punctuation is not your enemy!

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#777494
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Info, & Help Wanted: Laserdisc closed caption preservation (help wanted)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/777494/action/topic#777494
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Spiny Norman said:

(These LDs often (more often even) also had 'matrixed' 4 channel surround (stereo + center + rear mono) but it's debatable if the quality of that is good enough to warrant capturing - it's not as good as 'discrete' 5.1.)

Take a look here: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Restoration-tips-HD-matrix-surround/topic/17967

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#777492
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Restoration tips: HD matrix surround™
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/777492/action/topic#777492
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HD matrix surround™

What is HD matrix surround™?
It's a discrete multichannel track, originally matrixed in a stereo sound, and then hardware decoded (hence the HD) using the best, and rarer, matrix hardware decoder.

Why?
Because some vintage hardware contains certain dematrix methods different from the usual Dolby Surround, Pro Logic etc. found in every modern decoders; they had that analog sound that could be even better than newer methods.

How does it work?
The matrixed stereo track (usually encoded in Dolby Surround, but could also be DTS Stereo, UltraStereo, CHACE Surround Stereo etc.) is played in the best hardware player (laserdisc, VHS, VHD etc.) using the best cables; the stereo output go in a matrix surround hardware decoder (the older and high-end, the better) to extract at least four different channels (usually Left, Center, Right, Surround) to get a discrete 4.0 multichannel track; those four channels are then captured using two sound cards with a stereo input, one sound card with four discrete inputs, or capture the track twice using a single sound card with a stereo input.
It's possible to get a stereo surround using an hardware stereo synthesizer or a software solution; an LFE could be obtained using a low/high pass filter to route the basses to the LFE and leave the other channels bass-free, either using an hardware or a software solution.

But will it sound better than, for example, Dolby Pro Logic II?
Albeit DPL II is a great matrix surround decoder, some older technology *may* sounds better, or in a different way... at the end:

Quote:Analogue domain matrixing encoding: Dolby Surround (only one spec of its kind there, 4 channels to 2)
Analogue domain matrixing decoding: Dolby Surround
Analogue domain matrixing decoding with steering and individual channel level control through h/w logic (proprietary circuitry depending on manufacturer, with, if at its most basic can decode Dolby Surround as is, then permitted to use logo): Dolby Pro Logic
Analogue domain matrixing decoding with steering and individual channel level control through h/w logic with different emphasis on center and rear for reproducing conventional non-Dolby Surround encoded stereo music tracks: Dolby Pro Logic II

(taken here)


Any hint about which decoders are better?
I've made some researches, and the following are among the best, alternative active matrix surround decoder ever produced:

Shure HTS 5300 / 5200 / 5000 (Acra-Vector technology)
Fosgate Tate II 101A
Fosgate Model 3 / 3a / 4 / 5
Aphex ESP-7000 / Proton SD-1000
Harman Kardon Citation 7.0 / 5.0 (6-axis technology)
Lexicon LOGIC 7 (first models)
Involve Surround Master

avoid Circle Surround I / II and DTS-Neo 6, as a Dolby Pro Logic II seems to be always better than those.
Is it always possible to use more than one decoder: for example using one for the Left/Right and another for Center/Surround, or add a stereo  synthesizer to obtain a pseudo-stereo surround where the decoder outputs just a mono surround.

Notes
Here we are talking about HD matrix surround™ - where HD stands for hardware decoded... of course, we could also have SD matrix surround™ - where SD stands for software decoded; there are some interesting plugins for popular software like Foobar2000, that decode somehow a matrixed track; it's difficult to say how good could be the final result, but it *seems* hardware decoders produce decoded tracks of better quality.