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^ ^ Awesome find! Loved the scene creations. So why didn't they match the look (balanced the lighting) more exact?
@ FrankT - DrDre was working on an super-resolution-algorithm upscaler & tested it on Star Wars (laserdisc).
^ ^ ... better than a Utopian dictator hellscape (communist China was the last attempt -- they executed 80,000,000 of their own in peace time) ... just sayin'
The FCC just voted to repeal Net Neutrality on the same day Disney announced they're aquiring Fox. Dystopian capitalist hellscape, anyone?
Regarding movie critics: https://www.thoughtco.com/sony-fake-film...ry-4062655 - it's not the article I remember reading a while back but still quite telling
@FrankT Have you tried SuperRes in AviSynthShader? https://github.com/mysteryx93/AviSynthShader
@SpaceBlackKnight: I actually made it. I've also recreated the animation in 4K 
But if you hated TFA, you'll probably hate TLJ as well. Maybe not as much though.
@Valeyard: Well, things that were pretty bad in TFA are worst in this one but the cool things are also better by far. I still don't have a solid opinion on that film. The first half was pretty boring and pretty bad sometimes then the second half was very good. Overall, not a bad experience.
Only because 90% of professional film critics are complete pay for play hacks who only care about the fact that they get to watch movies all day long as a job. There was a time when Disney had creative integrity and strived to produce good films, now it's all run by the bean counters.
(Seeing Last Jedi today) Because Abrams made a film that was incredibly successful with critics and viewers, he was the safe choice.
Why is the hack given Episode IX though? That's what worries me. And the guy they fired, Trevorrow, was hardly a great first choice...
Haven't seen it, but I'd wager it's likely somewhat different than TFA given who wrote and directed it (i.e. not a hack like Abrams)
@ilovewaterslides Would you say that for people who HATED The Force Awakens it's worth seeing? Or was it just as bad?
Ilovewaterslides, where did you get that CIC logo on your avatar from?
Hi everyone, i'm new to Fanres though I know some of u guys from OriginalTrilogy
Mods, please remove links in Tom's last post in Warriors of Virtue thread, in progress, complete projects
Also, at the moment I have a bigger problem: The battery of my car seems defect... Standing 2 days: no more starting the engine...
Yeah, but I have to use time, to send it back... including wrapping it up, and going to a postal office to ship it internationally.. with driving there.. and time to wait.. then writing (polite Mails) that the item is not as specifizied... I think it will consume about 1 -2 hours...
If the seller sends you something different to that shown in the listing, then it's 'Not as described' and you're entitled to a full refund, including postage.
zoidberg: I think the procedure of sending it back and trying to reclaim my money and such is more time consuming than the money would compensate...
Damn French... Depicting the old 2 Disc BD Version at eBay... And sending the skynet release...
Let's hope he didn't compulsively edit it like he did all his other early films...
Double bill 9pm on the 13th! Can’t wait. But I’m slightly worried I can’t look at Daisy Ridley since I met her and made an ass of myself hahah
Going on the 13th here. Got my seat reserved and a restaurant planned with my friend. Nice day in perspective
I'm going on the 14th, Israel also gets to see it from the 13th, but I gotta work...
I wanted to do the double feature but I get more benefit from my Marcus card for the $5 Tuesdays.
I've got Double Feature tix for an advance screening this Thursday in Dolby Cinema. Get to see TFA and TLJ back to back in my favorite format! 
I've got tickets for my daughter and I for the 19th. Marcus Theaters here has a $5 Tuesday. We get a free popcorn each. All I have to buy is the soda. Very sweet deal and great time spent with my daughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVNIEszp2UQ Live From The Red Carpet Of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Would take a comparison to see whether it's OM or cropped, or someone who saw it in cinema and remembers.
I know that at least my TV doesn't meet the requirements... But I plan on changing that next year... As long as the HD Fury box is still available then...
Well if you're going to play UHD discs without DeUHD, you're going to need to run the cyberlink tool that analyzes your system and reports if you're computer meets the requirements or not
I need an external drive... They are about 70 Euro... But from out companies... I never heard off... Pioneer external USB slim BDXL Rom starts with 100 Euro...
Also, somehow I don't trust deUHD and additionally, it is announced to work with some titles.. Not all of them...
it was cheaper to buy an UHD drive in japan with paying duties ans shipping, than buying one in germany...
But I won't go for DVDFab.. I don't like the "ALL-IN-ONE" Solutions.. I love Handbrake to convert Video... and eac3to to slice BD and DVD up into fine parts...
DVDFab Passkey was given away for free and is enough to simply rip and playback DVD/Blurays
mhm.. the DVDFab All-in-one is $199 at the moment.. and with the 30% discount (FAB30).. if it applies.. itshould be $140 .. and if the 25% discount (25GIFT) applies...
Regular BD is no problem... I only have one pc not able to play BD, because of licensing issues with the decryption keys of my Display... But even Region Coding doesn't stop me from buying and watching BD Movies...
I can Watch bluray not on all my PCs.. one, the PC is well enough, but the Monitor doesn't support the aacs protection, so the PC doesn't play the BD...
It's literally simpler to rip a Blu Ray than to watch it on a PC. 
(not talking UHD, but the time will come too)
(not talking UHD, but the time will come too)The point 8s,that due to the actions against piracy, a pirated copy often is more convenient, than the original discs... I don't think they add these awful anti piracy spots on pirated versions...
AFAIK the UHD BDs are not Region coded... I read something about that somewhere...
The whole UHD on p.c is a pain. I understand the need to curb piracy don't get me wrong. But the amount of hoops you have to go through to get a legit disc working is just stupid. It will all be fully broken in a matter of time!
If you use DeUHD you won't have to deal with those HW requirements; will depend entirely on if your system has the raw power to decode the video.
I have a Intel i7 dual core of the new family, with a Intel Iris Plus 650 chipset...
@TomArrow at least regarding the problem with the encryption modulesyou are tight, but I don't know regarding the "private memory" for the keys... But that also is quite possible.
I think the hardware specs are not because of speed solely but also because of encryption modules that older hardware doesn't have. I forgot the name, but there's a technology by Intel to have "private memory" for software to store keys in so that other software can't access them, which is used by PowerDVD for example (afaik)
... And the Drive also need some specific chipset... Or has to be a license information... But not every BD XL Rom is capable of playing uhd BD. Seems as if, at the moment capable BD Rom are only available in Japan.
And with playing uhd on PC it us not as easy. The hardware specs are quite... Harsh. It seems as if AMD are not capable of playing uhd BD at all. So you need a new Pentium with a special on chip graphic processor in.
@Jetrell: surely. But they are expensive, also. The newer Xbox One (it think it is the S revision) has an UHD capable BD drive, while the PS4 just got 4K,but no UHD capable drive, so it may run games in 4K,but can't play uhd BDs...
I believe one needs a dedicated UHD player though, not a regular Bluray player.
Afaik the HDCP version is independent of the content. It's just that all UHD discs use HDCP 2, not that UHD requires it. If you manage to convert HDCP version, you still need a display capable of showing the data. Although it's thinkable the Blu Ray player / software downscales automatically then