Laserdisc to dvd Star wars conversion

[robn1]

Looking at the comparison pics, it looks like the DVD is better to me. You just need to convert the DVD to anamorphic, add the LD sound and you have the best of "what's available". Gotta go with what I saw in the pics provided in that link. If you can post some visual evidence to the contrary, I'm willing to sway the other way. :thumbsup



Doug

But we have no way of knowing how that rip was done. My memory may be faulty (in fact I know it is ) but I seem to recall the LDs looking better than the DVD version.

If I had a working player, I'd copy the LD to my PC, and upscale it to 1080. I've seen players on ebay and I'll get one eventually.

 

[wannab]

Like I said, I'm willing to be swayed (by visual evidence). :thumbsup

I'd like to end up with the best presentation (however it is achieved), as I doubt we will ever get anything better than what is already available. [Please George, make me eat my words.]





Doug

 

[Megatron]

But we have no way of knowing how that rip was done. My memory may be faulty (in fact I know it is ) but I seem to recall the LDs looking better than the DVD version.

If I had a working player, I'd copy the LD to my PC, and upscale it to 1080. I've seen players on ebay and I'll get one eventually.

If you want a great player the PIONEER CLD-D703 LASERDISC COMPACT DISC CD CDV LD PLAYER is the way to go..I did a lot of research. Pioneer is the king when it comes to LD players.. oh and they still make LDs in Japan its not a dead media there..:darnkids

info links
Laserdisc Guide | Moe's Home Theater

Pioneer DVL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

LaserDisc Database - Welcome to the LaserDisc Database

 

[Megatron]

maybe this should be called Laser Discs wars

 

[Timmythekid]

For screen comparisons, I'd direct you to the now defunct X0 project website. Even their raw captures blew the bonus discs out of the water. Think they've closed shop now however. Facts are it's going to be tough to get a brilliant new LD player to show off comparisons at this point.

Another option, if of course you already have the bonus discs, is to take a look at either the 'Hyperspace' collection, or another of the projects using DarkJedi's AVISYNTH scripts applied to the bonus disc video. The scripts convert to anamorphic, try to address some of the worst aliasing issues, add a bit of colour boost, and slight sharpening. Still not great, and not where I'd look for the closest thing to original (...cough....Harmy...coughcough....you have to own the BDs to make it not piracy though), but better than the video on the discs as it comes.

 

[Treadwell]

Converting it to anamorphic is pointless because it's just resizing existing pixels, not adding resolution. Okay, it saves you the trouble of zooming it on your TV, but it's essentially the same thing.

However, there is some temporal smoothing in these copies that are not seen in others.

This smoothing is overly aggressive DVNR that was applied on the fly during these particular transfers from film to tape, and is thus on the LD master. All copies have this.

 

[Timmythekid]

The problem with zooming though is that you either chop of the subs, or have black bars all the way around the image, so the conversion isn't a bad idea. It's also can be done with a better algorithm than the on-the-fly converter on most commercial televisions. The temporal smoothing is present on all of the THX LDs, but not on all LDs. The Japanese Special Collection for example doesn't have the smoothing issue. It has it's own issues such as dirt and under saturated colour however, but no smear. Finally, the bonus disc gets added fun of having had the IVTC done apparently by a retarded chimp, leading to the 4-eyed trooper aberrations. This was not a quality release, nor was it even the best that could be made of the THX LD masters.