#1: Re: My review of the Original Movies release on DVD (star wars)
Posted on 2006-07-22 01:07:26 by Anybody
In article <<a href="mailto:1153492879.314617.234120@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com" target="_blank">1153492879.314617.234120@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com</a>>,
"<a href="mailto:videonovels@yahoo.com" target="_blank">videonovels@yahoo.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:videonovels@yahoo.com" target="_blank">videonovels@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:
> 0 Stars - it's the original movie but the quality is POOR (only 40%
> resolution)
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> I already have the special/updated movies on dvd. My Goal is to
> obtain the ORIGINAL theatrical release (with all the matte
> lines/primitive 70's technology). That said.....
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> Modern DVD technology has a maximum resolution of 720x480 dots on the
> screen; a vast improvement over the old videotape technology. But is
> George Lucas taking advantage of this advancement? Nope. He's giving
> us an inferior quality laserdisc-to-dvd transfer from the late 1980s:
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> 425x320 (analog letterboxed)
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> That's only *40%* the pixel resolution that DVD can offer!!!
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> What a royal ripoff. The original movie was recorded with 6-track
> surround & on hi-resolution film <---- THAT'S what we want. The
> best-possible quality off the original film stock. ----- Get with the
> program George. You should have released the originals in
> hi-resolution 720x480. You should have taken advantage of DVD's full
> potential, not dump some inferior/blurry/lo-resolution video on us.
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Is this even out yet?!?!? Either way, yet another whiner whinges on.
George Lucas will never win with such fools. :-\
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