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Star Wars Laserdisc
Vigo:
It was the sweet life for me as soon as we got a VHS player/recorder. As a kid, My parents would record Star wars off of TV for me, and I would wear the tapes to death. We pretty much ended up having to re-record the movies off of TV on a yearly basis.
Tossed one of those old VHS tape in a year ago to see how it looked. Video quality was horrid. Completely unwatchable by today's standards. Yet, Star Wars on 4:3 is a bit more natural feeling to me.
wp34:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 30, 2013, 09:13:26 am ---
How many of us remember these movies primarily from cable TV showings and actually prefer them on a 24" CRT?
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Not me. I special ordered the letterboxed VHS boxed set when it came out sometime in the 90's. I was fortunate to see them all in the theater and could not stand the pan and scan versions.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Vigo on May 30, 2013, 11:09:51 am ---It was the sweet life for me as soon as we got a VHS player/recorder.
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That movie for me was Nightmare on Elm St. Must have watched it 500 times off that one HBO recorded tape. I still hear the HBO channel intro music and see the spinning HBO logo in my head if I watch the movie today.
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 30, 2013, 09:13:26 am ---
How many of us remember these movies primarily from cable TV showings and actually prefer them on a 24" CRT?
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No one with any sense in their head. That's like people that say vinyl sounds better than cds. No it doesn't! One is crystal clear, purely digital, uncompressed audio and the other is a hunk of scratched plastic distorted and warped via years of running a needle over the thing and even the slightest of temperature changes.
That's why I made the comment about the laserdiscs. It doesn't matter if the best scenes are unmolested... one is 480i and the other is 1080p..... watch the 1080p version you sick freaks! ;)
nitz:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 30, 2013, 04:20:53 pm ---That's like people that say vinyl sounds better than cds.
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Vinyl sounds better than CD :P Of course the problem is you need high quality pressings in near mint condition, plus an expensive high end turntable to experience that. And even if you manage to have that, it's inconvenient and they're still subject to wear which will degrade the quality over time. So CDs are a good compromise.
Same thing with the CRT vs. LCD debate. CRTs are better for old games, but the inconvenience of it is just not worth it to me since the CRT simulations on LCDs are getting so good.
As for people liking Star Wars on 24" CRT, well, it's not unusual to prefer what we grew up with, even if it's inferior from a technical standpoint. ;)
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