Hi all, new to the forum so let me know if this is out of scope.

I've been working towards restoring some Unsolved Mysteries segments that are only available from (mostly) poor quality VHS captures.

I didn't see an existing thread on Unsolved Mysteries in search so I assume no one else has looked at this?

These things are in very bad shape, so getting them to comfortably viewable on a TV is about the most that would be hoped for. I've done a lot of my own Avisynth testing already but wondered if anyone had any suggestions or was interested in the series.

Hi all! I’m glad to have found this forum.

According to Cinephiles Kino Lorber screwed up the audio on the new 4K master (4K & HD Blu-ray)

Cinephiles

Quote:The 5.1 mixes on the UHD and old BDs sound similar, but there has been a very sloppy filtering of the CRT whine inherent to the source recording on the UHD track. Instead of merely attenuating the whine, Kino chose to delete all frequencies from ~15.5 kHz to 15.8 kHz, including in sections where there is minimal to no whine. The old BDs 5.1 is not free from issues, however, as it has 120 clipped samples in the center channel and 10 in the left channel. Lastly, the UHD 5.1 has a heavy dither as it was filtered, dithered to 16-bit, and padded back to 24-bit. Personally I can't detect too much of a difference between the two tracks, though I ultimately decided on the old BD 5.1 as its clipping is extremely minimal and doesn't have the destructive filtering of the UHD 5.1. The archival commentary on the UHD is a transcode of the DVD/USA BD commentary track with no Dolby Surround metadata, so the USA BD track was preferred.

Hi guys! Excited to see the awesome projects being worked on!

The Blu-ray of Oblivion has better details, but the 4K disc has HDR. I wondered if it's possible to transfer the HDR from the 4K over to the BD and make a hybrid to get best of both.

Considering that Balto has a 5.1 Surround Sound track on the 2002 DVD and the 2017 Blu-Ray release and I don't know if this is the original theatrical mix, does anyone have the Cinema DTS CD of that film or a laserdisc copy? I'm interested to see how this compares to the home video releases' audio tracks (especially with Cinema DTS) given the movie's obscurity. 

Since Balto was in theaters for a short period of time cause it was a box-office bomb (Toy Story still being the hottest film at the time of its release contributed to the poor performance which led to Universal putting this film into direct-to-video in select territories 1-2 years later; ironically it spawned 2 DTV sequels), DTS discs are very hard to find and it would be a delight if these would get preserved.

Hi everyone,

Fellow movie enthusiast here love my Sci-Fi and Asian movies etc.

Hi, all. The name is Zid, and I've been enjoying looking at all the amazing fan restorations that have been posted here for years. I thought I'd finally make a post introducing myself though I won't bore you with too much info. I'm a 50-something gal who loves animation, and absolutely adores The Secret of NIMH. If ever there was a film I'd love to learn how to do a resto on it would be that one as the studio hasn't ever given it much love. Hopefully someone else who loves it as much as I do who has the time, energy, and skill gives it a try. I love old Disney folks as well, and I'm a huge fan of anything Tolkien. 

I'm looking forward to seeing more from this amazing forum. Thanks for all the hard work. 
-Zid

Hi all, my name Yuree.