And with the first Ultra HD Blu-ray burner on the market being priced well out of my range, it doesn't look like I'll be shopping for any UHD adventures any time soon. Maybe in a few years' time, when the prices go down...
Shoutbox archive
Whoa, that was a blast! Anyway, I'm back from my laptop hunt. Now, I'm going to analyse what I observed more closely.
Anyway... when I get to restoring TGTBATU, I'm thinking of extending the Mexican standoff at the end to incorporate the full, unedited version of "Il triello", the music that plays during the showdown. I'm not sure what route to go, but I do know it involves reusing shots, so I'm going to need some input here.
But the way I see it, DaVinci Resolve 12.5 is the best tool for the job. Course, I might upgrade when the free version gives more stereo capability than the current version does, but I guess some things can wait; after all, I'm not yet planning any stereo projects.
Oh, regarding color grading, when it needs to be done manually I'm gonna swear by DaVinci Resolve Lite, unless someone would point me to some better freeware in that regard.
Damn, I just upgraded too, and I dl at 400mbs with upload now at 40mbs ! That's much better for ratio, previously I was at 500K upload lol
Some providers do throttle bandwidth during peak times. It's worth checking with your ISP
It *should* be around 50mbps, but in reality is around 20mpbs... better than previous 7mbps, but far from the potential 200mbps fiber can reach in my city... oh, let's wait if it improves in the weekend!
Fiber is now at my home! Not lightning fast 
but I can upload at 20x (at least) in comparison to old ADSL... that's why I uploaded three projects in the last days!
but I can upload at 20x (at least) in comparison to old ADSL... that's why I uploaded three projects in the last days!
So... After inserting the HD-DVD Lot into my collection... My DVD Profiler has a number count just above 3000...
Nearly have a complete Rambo Artisan set, but I miss the second film (in the case, there was the SE with the drab colors) anybody got a copy of that release? https://www.amazon.com/Rambo-First-Blood...0784011214
I will only accept original mono tracks for use in my restoration projects.
On my end, I haven't been able to find any good deal on the Italian Blu-ray for Fistful, but I do intend to look for other materials for my planned Dollars Trilogy restoration in the meantime, so as not to waste too much time.
@Stamper is the fog on the playing surface? Sounds like the MGM/Technicolor disc problem. Washing the discs might fix it if they're not too far gone
DVDrot... currently I'm buying some used stuff (about 2 bucks a film) to save the original mixes... just got Rambo 1 + 2 alas those discs show severe fog on their surface. Was able to play them and rip them, but they're due to be unusable in 10 years times. So be sure to save on those early discs (from 1997 to 2002) while you can, they all have original mixes that were crapped upon and doctored for reissues.
The real question is does the hd-dvd pron have DNR compared to the blu? @MrBrown you'll have to get the blu ray and compare them 
Well... I think of buying the pron parodys to nightmare on elm street and the human Centipede...
More to the point, who in the hell would put undeclared pr0n in a bulk auction?
I just bought a package of HD-DVD. The two Fleshwestern were not mentioned 8n the eBay auction...
@IcePrick I agree it's looking very good. I've got it pre-ordered. It was always a long shot that they would get the rights to the original dub
@zoidberg It's a minor disappointment for me, but it is shaping up to be a killer release. At least Eureka gives a damn about the movie.
@Stamper. Try Valeyard's Motion-Adaptive script. You can find it in the Restoration Guides subforum.
I think some field blending is involved to keep PAL playing at the same lenght as original footage, thus it's unusable to remaster
Anyone knows how to fix this? Pal, 25fps stuff that is actually the same lenght as the 23.976fps NTSC version. If I convert back to NTSC, it's shorter, if I keep 25fps, I can't sync in FCPX as the timeline is 23.976
Hey... It is a Shoutbox... And if a language qualifies for shouting... It is German... 
Anyway... I finally got finished using VirtualDub to make a high-quality recording of my 20th Century-Fox Video rental tape of Fistful of Dollars. As soon as I can, I'll put up screenshots from it and the later MGM/UA tape for comparison purposes.
Seriously though, I need not consult my German dictionary just to follow your conversations.
Grüße aus momentan Braunschweig... Auch wenn ich zuweilen noch zu Hause in Mülheim an der Ruhr bin...
I'm sure you've got a few unique video masters/sound mixes/special features in amongst that job lot! Is there anything unique about the T2 steelbook other than the 7.1 audio?
mostly the HD-DVD and the BD counterparts are very similar.. just almost unnoticable encoding differences...
...and that's a pity, because some of the companies, first on the HD-DVD trian, and later jumped the BD train revised their HD masters with DNR for BD releases...
Yeah, I think one disc replication plant was the culprit, and Warner titles seem to be affected most. Had a Universal combo disc go bad too. The DVD side worked fine though.
I think the Harry Potter may be a problem, I Already have some of them already, that don't work on my external drive... For the price it is worth a shot to take some rotten...
I hope they are all rot free. I've had three HD DVD's go bad on me in the past few years.
Quite a list for sure. I have a small collection of German HD-DVD releases of movies I enjoy.
@crissrudd4554 - I think he just doesn't have a lot of time for Fanres at the moment.
What I do have is a good idea of several of the sources I'll be using for the restoration, at least one of the sources, and a good deal of information to work with when reconstructing certain things.
And I've made some progress on that front, too--I'm still in the process of learning how to use a hex editor to make MPLS files, of course.
Well, I'm kind of new here, having only been on this site for less'n a month, and yet I'm already in the planning stages for my very first restoration project, for Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy.
To be honest, I haven't really heard of Jerry much, if at all. Out of curiosity, what's this latest fuss about him about?
@Jetrell Fo last I heard from him he was rendering a video but that was a few weeks ago
The tits are cropped out in 2.39, they weren't in the cinemas. You need to go 16/9 for T3, or bust.
Frankly, a THX-certified release can look excellent, done right. Titanic in 3D is just one example. I should know, I've seen it myself.
For a lot of aspects I still find T3 being better than T2. T1 of course being the best of all.
At this point, I'm going to go with 21:9 for T3. Sorry, I'm a bit of a prude. 