I'm announcing another children's television series restoration, this time for Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Initial projected release date for Series 1 Part 1 is this Summer.

Specs for each episode is as follows:

VIDEO
Resolution: 1080p (BD), 480p (NTSC DVD), 576p (PAL DVD)
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1

AUDIO
English (mono, UK narration, by Ringo Starr)
English (mono, US narration, by George Carlin)
Music-only track (mono)

SUBTITLES
English (UK)
English (US)
French (European, based on UK)
French (Canadian, based on US)
German (German Standard, based on UK)
German (Texasdeutsch, based on US)
Italian (Standard, based on UK)
Italian (based on US)
Spanish (Castellano, based on UK)
Spanish (Latino, based on US)

Only the PAL DVD version will present the programmes at the original 25 frames per second; the Blu-ray and NTSC DVD versions will present them at 24 frames per second.

As I contemplate the possibility of doing an Ultimate Star Wars project, I'd like to know something about how the THX premieres of The Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace began. Were there any trailers first (e.g. The Star Chamber, which was attached to The Return of the Jedi when it premiered), or did it start willy-nilly with a THX logo?

I was thinking of doing a release of the original Star Wars Special Edition Trilogy as one of my future projects. The package would consist of HD versions of the 1997 Special Editions, the N64 title Shadows of the Empire, and an emulator to play it on. It likely won't be a Zilmar-spec emulator such as Project 64, though; I noticed a few graphical errors at the very start. Anyway, I might do this project for a release as early as this Summer.

Looking for RE4 open matte version (that I have not found so far...) I encountered a 3D top/bottom version, bad quality, cropped on the sides, which has the intro completely textless (we are talking about 4 minutes here) - and I don't mean only text credits, but also title animation:





http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/129595

I wonder from where it comes, and if someone else has ever found anything similar.

My name is Greg.  I am new to the forum.  I am just starting to learn about fan restorations and have already learned much from this forum.  I have no real experience with restorations but love movies and film and hope to learn much more here.  Thank you.

Yep, I'm doing another project, this time a standalone project titled THX-1138, based on the 1978 re-release cut of the film.

This is the trailer I'll be using to promote the project on other projects of mine. The actual trailer, as will appear on my projects, will look better than the trailer you see in the link.

This time, I'll be confining myself to a single aspect ratio--the original aspect ratio of 2.33:1, in fact. The primary source shall be the Grindhouse Edition sourced from an Italian print; where Italian text appears (e.g. the closing credits), I'll sub in the equivalent shot from the Blu-ray whenever possible.

In any case, here's a preliminary spec list for my restoration:

VIDEO
Resolution: 1080p (BD), 480p (NTSC DVD), 576p (PAL DVD)
Aspect ratio: 2.33:1

AUDIO
English (mono)
Brazilian Portuguese (mono)
French (mono)
Italian (mono)
German (mono)
Mexican Spanish (mono)
Castilian Spanish (mono)

SUBTITLES
English SDH
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Dutch
Finnish
Japanese
Portuguese
Swedish

The above spec list is not final, which is most true for the subtitles; I might have to drop some of the subtitle options, ultimately, and I have no illusions that I'll be able to get everything I want for this project. But I'll do my darnedest with what I do have.

I'm looking for an additional open matte sources of Casino (1995) - 16:9 or 4:3 at least to make high quality hybrid open matte version with BD overlay and no logos.
Now I have 16:9 HDTVRip Universal HD 720p with pop-up logo and 4:3 low quality DVDRip.

If a full open matte version of Blade Runner 2049 is out there, I was hoping to do it as one of my projects, with the 2D IMAX version (complete with the custom intro) on one disc and the 3D version on the other. Obviously, I'm planning to include the Atmos track on both discs. Additionally, I'm going to regrain the 2D IMAX version with 70mm film grain using a special version of the 70mm film grain I managed to procure from a helpful YouTuber in stunning 4K.

So I'm kinda interested in retro gaming besides movies and I've stumbled upon this unit - Framemeister. It does a great job for playing retro consoles on new TVs. I was wondering if anyone ever tried plugging in Laserdisc player into them? The unit itself is very pricy and I don't think I'll get one anytime soon.

Comparison:
https://youtu.be/yGwrrxeR2R4?t=109