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Level42:
That says absolutely nothing.

He is talking about capturing the material. What did he use to capture the analogue video of the LaserDisc ? If he hooked it up to a crappy video input on a crappy video card, of course you get retarded quality compared to the DVD, that he can rip digitally (without any quality loss). You will need a decent quality analogue to digital video converter (like f.i. Canopus hardware) to get some decent results.

Of course, this is also true for all the other transfers that have been done from LD to digital.

The last time I watched LaserDisc was at the time that DVD was still for the "in" crowd and I was amazed by the picture quality.

However, it's still not so much the quality but the versions of the films that matter more to me.

Ond:

--- Quote from: javeryh on April 12, 2010, 02:47:00 pm ---I was debating showing Eps 4-6 to my daughter this summer (she's 5.5).  I really want to watch them with her but I don't want to scare her.  I definitely think episode 3 is too scary.

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I didn't show my son Ep 4 till he was 6, (he's seven now and has seen 4,5,6 & 1 - in that order) that said you could cover her eyes just at the scene where Luke finds his Uncle and Aunty after stormtroopers have visited, that's what I did  :).  It was great watching with him, but I didn't want his first Star Wars experience to be the new episodes.  I'm one of those dudes who saw Star Wars at it's premier in 77, a really wondrous experience.  You know, I share the disappointment of fans in the new episodes, but there is much technically that can be credited to Lucas that we enjoy today in both home cinema and cinema.  From Star Wars came (essentially) much improved multi channel sound systems, the technology eventually found it's way into our homes.  The flips side of the coin is that the great era of creative control by directors (70's) ended with Star Wars and Jaws, with the blockbuster came the "who cares what it's about as long as the kids go" ruling mentality in Hollywood at least.
The irony is that Lucas exerts total 'creative' control over his films now and turns out empty dross as a result.  For anyone interested  a great read about the topic (including) Lucas's and others story is the book "Easy Riders Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind".

Epyx:
Secret history of Star Wars

Is a bloody fantastic read on the subject of Star Wars and Lucas ;)

patrickl:

--- Quote from: Level42 on April 12, 2010, 05:54:00 pm ---That says absolutely nothing.

He is talking about capturing the material. What did he use to capture the analogue video of the LaserDisc ? If he hooked it up to a crappy video input on a crappy video card, of course you get retarded quality compared to the DVD, that he can rip digitally (without any quality loss). You will need a decent quality analogue to digital video converter (like f.i. Canopus hardware) to get some decent results.
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and your downloaded laserdisc rip is going to look better?


--- Quote ---However, it's still not so much the quality but the versions of the films that matter more to me.
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They used the originals for the 2006/2008 "original" DVDs as were used for the 1993 laserdisc. Which is why it's still the same crappy 4:3 letterbox version and still not a real widescreen DVD.

They did make one change for the DVD though. They set the film to the original speed for the DVD version as opposed to speeding it up by 3% for the lasedisc to get the 1:25 film to fit in the maximum 1:21 minutes of a laserdisc. So, if anything, the DVD version is more authentic.

Level42:

--- Quote from: patrickl on April 12, 2010, 06:09:35 pm ---78106#msg1078106 date=1271109240]
They used the originals for the 2006/2008 "original" DVDs as were used for the 1993 laserdisc. Which is why it's still the same crappy 4:3 letterbox version and still not a real widescreen DVD.

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And which is why I don't want that ---smurfy--- DVD release....4:3 sucks !

[O wait I missed the Letterbox there....I think I can live with that]

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