yoda-sama

Stinky-Dinkins said:

TV's Frink said:

Now that my true self is revealed and I can post again.

I watched the whole thing with a stupid grin on my stupid (but handsome) face.

On a serious side note I loved your performances in Jurassic Park and The Fly, Mr. Goldblum. Thanks again for showing support.

 Now TV's Frink is Jeff Goldblum?  Did I miss something?

Static text on a menu page stating which track number has what could take care of that, if nothing better comes along.

Could be worse, the English audio tracks are most in need of description anyway.  If you're stuck with 6 displayable tracks but can access all of them, then the best option in that case would be to order them with the 3 English '77 mixes, 2 English Laserdisc mixes, and commentary first, then the rest by alphabetical order (would have to choose how to refer to the languages, though, German or Deutsch, Spanish or Espanol, for example).  Heck, you could even have a menu page with a static image of text explaining all that.

English is one language I have a knack for, luckily.  Send me a link if you would like any more help with proofreading.

The name of the whole thread should give you a good idea about that...  If instead you mean will the complete Blu-ray be available eventually, yes, but unknown when that will be.

CatBus said:

Best. Movie. Ever.

Was trying to avoid the question so as not to sound out of touch, as I usually consider myself a better than average movie buff, but if it is the best movie ever, I must ask which it is, since it doesn't look specifically familiar to me...  (Or I'm just oblivious to which shot that is...)

There's not much to it, if you're going for quiet, small or low power, make sure to offset the slower CPU with a good GPU to offload that processing onto (nvidia probably being the best currently for HD video, make sure there are at least 16 cuda cores).  Otherwise, any decent dual or more core system (preferably with a decent 16+ cuda core nvidia graphics card [or equivalent ATI], if you want to free up the CPU for other tasks).

For my main projector computer, I have a pretty simple setup, a 6000+ X2 (dual-core, 3GHz per core) processor (enough to handle 1080p Hi10p, if the player is set up for multi-threaded decoding), and a fanless nvidia G210 16-cuda core GPU (enough to handle all my non Hi10p HD needs, so long as I'm not running a desktop environment that is overly 3D hardware intensive).  Audio also goes out over HDMI on the video card to the receiver, so that rules out having to get a crazy sound card anymore.  I run XBMC to access all my media from my file server, and that's about all there is to it...

In the kitchen for the wife, I have a Zotac Intel Atom computer with an nvidia ION GPU, VESA mounted to the back of a monitor, and that works well also.

Heck, I have a couple of Asus N10J mini-laptops that can do 1080p video playback and bitstream digital audio over HDMI very well, and that's quite a diminutive system...

Really, the sky's the limit these days on what can be an HTPC.

There are plenty of fanless to fairly quiet routes one can go, that aren't all that expensive, and many can be mounted out of sight for those who don't like clutter...  There are so many options, yet so many people try so hard instead to shoehorn in extra features that the systems aren't designed for (or worse yet, designed against... PS3's Cinavia, I'm looking at you).

I, too, enjoy the predictable playback of a shiny disc (which I don't consider to be pin drop silent, btw), but if going the other route, I don't see why people bother with all the headache when there's plenty of PC-based solutions, which can also bring a lot more to the table beyond just video...

It always amazes me how many people depend on their game machines for watching video content, or conversely, how few people bother to just hook a computer up to [at least] their main screens.  Almost all the frustrations I've seen spent at finagling things to work through devices never meant to support what people want, could so easily be taken care of quicker and with less frustration through the simple application of a computer to the problem.  Computers good enough to handle Full HD video can be put together so incredibly cheap anymore, I just don't get it...  There isn't a single TV in my house that doesn't have at least one networked computer attached, it just makes everything [besides network administration] easier.

Not to say that I'm anything but excited for a proper Blu-ray release.

Congrats on the new flat, Harmy.  That's always a busy, unpredictable time.

ultrakaiju said:

Glad to here it Harmy! Anyone that has stared at rontos and those other composite atrocities for as long as you have, definitely deserves a medal. But then, we know not everyone deserving of a medal gets one.

Almost hate to bring it up, but what exactly is Chewie doing with his hand?  It seems of everyone in the picture only R2-D2 fully grasps the situation...

Just heard about this, and the screenshots do look pretty good...  I can't tell, is version 2 going to have the commercials added in from another source, and if so, is there any chance it can be made to sync up easily with the Rifftrax audio commentary (which truly makes The Holiday Special a watchable classic)?

Yeah, but that seems less and less canonical with every line I read...

SpilkaBilka said:

Harmy isn't nerd royalty... he's a nerd deity.

So, nerds are the same as Ewoks to you?

deepanddark20 said:

Harmy, I LOVE YOU!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU!

And here Harmy was worried that being dubbed "nerd royalty" would keep him from ever getting laid again...

(Actually, it is even funnier now that I've bothered to read the commenter's name!)

Hal 9000 said:

Just showed the DEed v2.5 at my house to a group of family and friends. There were five or six adults who aren't Star Wars fanatics, a few young adults (one of which has never seen Star Wars), and my 12 year-old niece who had never seen it either. The DEed was enjoyed by all, and I was totally amazed how utterly seamless everything looked. There was no point when I or anyone questioned anything about what we were seeing. It was indistinguishable from a proper HD release of the OUT. And the best part is that two of the viewers do not know that Darth Vader is Luke's father, and everyone else was prompted ahead of time to play along with Obi-Wan's lies for their benefit. 

Empire is next week, so we're all looking forward to it. Thanks to Harmy for making it truly possible to watch the original version without even thinking about it. 

I've seen something interesting going around on YouTube, where people film reactions to Darth Vader revealing himself as Luke's father.  Most of the reactions so far haven't been amazing (most of the kids have been a bit too young to easily grasp what is going on, or the people filming are being too obvious about it and prodding too much for a reaction), but I think there is a lot of possibility there (especially with the Emperor not spilling the beans early in Harmy's ESB).  If you can, perhaps keep this in mind and discretely record their reactions, it could be amusing.

Interesting.  Might the Amazon version be easier to work with?

Since you mention it, how is the new PS78 transfer coming along?

They panned down to a Star Destroyer which was launching probes.  Which, when you think about it, probably would not necessarily have to have been all that near to Hoth, just in the same system...  The Hoth reveal was from a shot tracking a probe.

Error or not, you'll notice they specifically gave that accident a pronounced bonking sound effect.  In short, they embraced the messed up take.  Why they'd embrace a simple timing muck up on the opening of the movie, though, I have no idea.

Not sure why you'd think ESB and ROTJ would have musical cue issues, it only occurred in original Star Wars because they later added in the episode number and title, the sequels always had episode numbers and titles... and they didn't flyover Tatooine...

Yeah, a Frankensteined mash-up that isn't accurate to any released version of Star Wars is what I'm afraid of.

(also, I got a kick out of your term "starfield de-obliteration")

Not sure what version "present and correct" is supposed to refer to, so I'll just ask:  are you just adding Episode IV A New Hope to the front of Harmy's text and keeping the crawl and music timing of the DeEd, or is it going to be the delayed music timing of the '81, and are you going to account for the text wrapping and capitalization differences of the crawls as well?

Yeah, the rontos are what I expect he would rant out loud about in reference to Star Wars not supposed to be having dinosaurs (as dewbacks were originally mostly just glorified background detail, not drawing huge attention to themselves), which is what the kid probably picked up on.  It is kind of a shame, if you really think about it, that people around Star Wars fans only tend to hear the negative things we rant about the films, rarely getting insight as to what we love about the originals (well, maybe in the middle of a heated rant they'd hear some of the positive feelings, but the negatives would be what they come away remembering).

Then it is indeed a god among budget TV's.  Nice taste by the way on choice of Nintendo, I recently got an A/V Famicom Toploader, as well.  (My Yobo 72pin to 60pin adapter isn't the greatest, but what can you do?)

I'll cede the point if your TV also lets you use the Nintendo Zapper to play Duck Hunt.

AntcuFaalb said:

yoda-sama said:

Actually, we may as well try to push past the safe boundaries with the DeEd, it might make people bother to try setting up their TV's better.

Sounds good! Would you mind telling me how to turn off my Sony WEGA KV-30HS420's overscan? ;-)

*Without screwing-up the geometry, that is.

Easy!  Though it will involve buying a modern TV...

There are bound to be a few casualties on the path to saving the world from crappy TV settings...