I love Rocky (1976). I would love to find a version of this masterpiece in high quality in its original open-matte format. As far as I know, the original DVD as well as several LaserDiscs were released in this ratio. Subsequent releases, including the beautiful Blu-Ray and 4K home releases, have only been in the original 1.85:1 theatrical release. My only saving grace--and this is a real Hail Mary--is that it was perhaps aired on TV in the early 2000s in 1080i and uncropped. We were fortunate to have that happen with True Lies (1994) and the Matrix (1999) and others. Conspicuously, these releases were much close to the era of HDTV. Anyone have any clue of whether or not a movie from the Rocky-era would've been aired on HDTV?

Comparison by me of what the open-matte frames look like, sourced from an old trailer. I happen to think they look gorgeous.

P.S. I am new here--If there are more obvious resources for me to check out, please let me know. It looks like more discussion has been about finding the LaserDisc version for audio reasons.

i'm new to here

So it looks like there was a new forum update that auto embeds links that are posted. But I've ran into an issue with mega where the auto-embed link removes the decryption key part, so if someone clicks on it then the link doesn't work.
I don't know if there's a way to configure things on the back end to not remove the rest of the link after the # to fix this, but I can see it being an annoying issue to deal with. I'd bet other file hosters also have issue but this is the only one I've noticed.

Here's an example (non-copyright infringing txt file):
https://mega.nz/file/bxhU0aBK#jcobt_xp1L...xnf7q9lYgM

Are there any examples of Movies sounding better on VHS than laserdisc (besides Citizen Kane)?

What makes VHS Hi-Fi sound better in this case?

(Personal Question I want an answer for)
Does the “It’s A Wonderful Life 45th Anniversary” VHS sound better than any other version (the Citizen Kane 50th Anniversary Turner VHS came out in 1991, and so did the It’s a Wonderful Life 45th Anniversary VHS) because it has less noise reduction?

Hello, I'm here looking for restored theatrical cuts of movies I love.

just wrapped up the video master for that custom transformers 5 imax extended package. i strictly handled the video side for this test run. the imax framing is fully dialed in and the visual fidelity is great.Complete name : TF5_RR_ENC_ENG_51_IMAX.mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Duration : 2 min 50 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 1,800 Mb/s
Frame rate : 24.000 FPS
Writing library : Apple QuickTime

I have been waffling what to do about the Director's Cut of this film.

Years ago, with the help of a friend that spoke French, I constructed subtitles in English with translations for the non-English segments when the extended version was first released outside the U.S. (but Warner Bros. prevented a U.S. release).

Now there is the different extended Director's Cut from Criterion and I've come to the conclusion that I actually like the U.S. theatrical cut best.

As stupid as that sounds, the lead character, Claire, is much more likeable in that version. Also, there is some anti-American slams in the Director's cut that annoy me.

I was considering using Criterion's release and an old German DVD and U.S. laserdisc transfer as a guide to constructed an HD theatrical version, except it's beyond my abilities at the moment.

The problem being that there's credits in places where there isn't in the Criterion version, there's some commentator voice overs in the theatrical cut to make up for missing footage... basically there is a lot of differences. That's not taking into account some of the serious color changes.

Has anyone been considering trying to make this reconstruction?

Hi to everyone, I did some research in audio, so far compared VC-1 vs JPN transfer. It seems VC-1 TrueHD is better, even it's 16 bit rather than 24 bit of jpn.

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Hey everyone, nice to find this community and excited to be a part of it. So many cool discussions and lots to learn. 

Thanks for having me

Hi,

I was wondering if someone has the properly restored European Amazon 1080p WEB-DL¹ of Disney’s Robin Hood (1973). I’d like to use it for a video of the sync Songs from Sherwood Forest².

1. This runs at 25fps and is not to be confused with the Disney+ 1080p WEB-DL, which is of Disney’s destructively restored Blu-ray version and runs at 23.976fps.
   
2. This is a sync of the movie with Jethro Tull’s album Songs from the Wood (1977) on repeat until the end of the movie. It was discovered by Tyler C. Buffett in April 15th, 2014. I’m going to use my rip of the 2003 remastered CD of the album (minus the 2 bonus tracks) for the sync audio made in Audacity, slow the video down to 23.976fps in MKVToolNix, and replace the movie audio with the sync audio in Kdenlive.