They remained switched off for few months, and now they turn on, but nothing more... hope to find a way to fix them, or make one working out of two, or, at least, that the HDDs are fine...

I'm very worried about the data... more than three years of work...

So...I finally plugged up my old CRT/DVD recorder combo because I got fed up with upscaling. The 960 is better running composite than the Qdeo upscaler in my Onkyo receiver. But it is still processing inherently to convert the signal and made me miss my old set.

But I quickly remembered the old set's problem now, the fact that any object's motion causes slight combing artifacts around the entire edge of the object. This occurs on any source whether straight composite or via the recorder's component out. I tried to get a picture but it doesn't pick up. It is most noticeable on people, objects and the twin dots rolling during the opening gunbarrels. I'm thinking it's either the KV-32fs320s lesser 2d comb filter or SVM or its advertised digital edge whatever processing.

Anybody ever come across this?


And yes...I literally have two CRTs going side by side....I officially need help....

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Does anyone know whats up with the site?

Interesting thread on OT:

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/vhs-las...d/id/48485

if someone would like to summarize it, and add some titles here, it will be great!

To be more clear, just write something like:

title (format) - description

it will help a lot the readibility (is it the right word?!?)

We had a thread about this on the old site many moons back. At least one movie, Casino Royale, was confirmed to have had it's mattes opened up for the Playstation Portable's 16:9 screen. Not sure if there are others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mo...sed_on_UMD

Has anyone here ever tinkered with UMD discs?

source Blu-ray.com

sounds interesting
do we have the LaserDisc audio for those 3?

Quote:Universal: Jaws 2 and 3 and Jaws The Revenge Coming to Blu-ray
Posted April 6, 2016 04:47 PM by Webmaster


Universal (New)
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Jaws 2, Jaws 3 and Jaws: The Revenge on Blu-ray. The three releases will be available for purchase on June 14.

Jaws 2

The horror is far from over as Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprise their iconic roles in Jaws 2. Four years after the great white shark terrorized the small resort of Amity, unsuspecting vacationers begin disappearing in an all-too-familiar fashion. Police Chief Brody (Scheider) finds himself in a race against time when a new shark attacks ten sailboats manned by teenagers, including his own two sons. The same heart-stopping suspense and gripping adventure that enthralled movie audiences throughout the world in Jaws returns in this worthy sequel to the original motion picture classic. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, and Mark Gruner.

Special Features:

   Deleted Scenes
   The Making of Jaws 2
   Jaws 2: A Portrait by Actor Keith Gordon
   John Williams: The Music of Jaws 2
   The "French" Joke
   Storyboards
   Theatrical Trailer

Jaws 3

Second sequel to Steven Spielberg's classic with another giant Great White shark wreaking havoc on an aquatic amusement park in Florida after following her newly born offspring inside and getting trapped. Originally filmed and released in 3D. Directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Jr. Louis Gossett, Simon MacCorkindale, and John Putch.

Special Features:

   Jaws 3 in 3D
   Theatrical Trailer

Jaws: The Revenge

Ellen Brody still lives in the island resort town of Amity, and her sons Sean and Michael don't work at Sea World anymore, and some time ago, Ellen's husband Martin Brody died of a heart attack that happened because he was afraid of sharks. Sean is now a deputy in Amity. One night, during the Christmas season, Sean is called to untangle a log from a buoy, and when Sean goes to the buoy, he's killed by a great white shark. Directed by Joseph Sargent and starring Lorraine Gary, Michael Caine, Mario Van Peebles, Lance Guest, and Karen Young.

Special Features:

   Original Trailer

It occurred to me last night that Universal never gave Guest House Paradiso (the so-called "Bottom Movie") a Blu-ray. You think they would, given Bottom's resurgence in popularity. I'm thinking maybe someone aired it on an HDTV network, maybe FilmFour. Does anyone know if they did, and did someone record it?

I bought my Seagate 4TB HDD brand new several months ago, and I used it for the first month; because I still use Windows XP, I must "divide" it into two logical units. But I'd like to make a RAID system, so I would swap my 4TB HDD with two 2TB HDDs, preferably Seagate, but others will do.

I need them to be reliable, so the newest the better.

Any crazy user would like to make this exchange?!?

ANALOG CAPTURE

What is analog capture?

It is the process of acquiring analog signals (in our case, audio and/or video) in the digital form, to manipulate it in different manners; here, I'm going to talk mainly about VHS and LD, but could be applied also to S-VHS, Beta, Video2000, CED, VHD... actual film scanning is beyond the scope of this guide.

Why I should do this?

The analog audio/video sources are obsolete nowadays; it's more difficult to find out VHS tapes or LD discs today, a lot more than a DVD or BD; the best way to restore somehow an analog source in the analog domain is to use proper pieces of hardware, and record the result on an analog tape (like S-VHS); recordable analog video discs are almost impossible to find, cost an arm and a leg and more, and need a more difficult to find compatible recorder/player... so, it's way easier to "import" the analog signal in the digital realm, because at the end the final result could be obtained as a DVD, a BD, or a digital file.

But aren't all movies/concerts/etc. available in digital form?

Sadly not... there are many movies, concerts, series, documentaries etc. still not released on DVD, BD, or any other digital form, for many reasons; the original sources are lost, the rights are helded by some studios which do not want them to be released, some are not interesting enough (for economic or artistic reasons)... so, our mission is to "port" that movie/concert/etc. in digital form, "as is" or eventually restore it.

Well, I would like to do the best capture; what do I need?

• try to get the best version available - and different copies of the same title if possible
  
• try to get the best player you can afford - and service it if needed
  
• try to get the best capture device - think a very good used one is really cheap nowadays!
  
• try to use the best hardware and software - newest if fastest and better *USUALLY*
  

• LD: the best analog format, the last one produced at the very beginning of this century... more than 50,000 titles available, could be found used - and sometimes new - quite easily online; many times it's the only way to find a specific video version, or different audio mix, commentary, soundtrack; it's possible to capture digital audio tracks bit-pefect, in all their formats - PCM, AC3, DTS
  
• VHS: the last resource; difficult to find new, used tapes could be warn and/or have drop outs (very probable) that will ruin the capture; do not forget that in some rare cases, an analog recording of a TV airing made on VHS could be the only way to obtain a certain material!
  
• Other analog sources on physical support: S-VHS titles are very few, and they should be all available on other formats; VHD and CED are old analog disc format, and they need related players; there are some titles still not available on other formats, though; don't forget MUSE laserdisc, the only analog HD disc format (that need a proper HD capture card)
  

• Laserdisc: the best ones are the MUSE players, which could also play NTSC laserdiscs; after them, the best ones are the Pioneer, Elite in particular, but other brands could be great as well.
  
• VHS: try go get a good S-VHS player/recorder; Panasonic and JVC are the best ones; also, industrial players, even VHS, are great, but it could be hard to find out a new one, or one with low usage.
  
• Other standards: find a specialized website/forum, and investigate which could be the best ones.
  

• avoid cheap players, even if they are new... better a great high-end used player than a new entry level one
  
• avoid DVD recorders... I agree they are useful and easy to use, but they record in a lossy format, that reduce overall quality of the capture
  
• avoid USB capture cards... even if they are cheap, you could find a better PCI capture card for the same price
  
• cables are important in the analog realm... a lot more than digital cables; it could make a lot of difference
  
• set the proper brightness, contrast, color settings before capture... yes, you could always tweak them after, but it's better to start with the best material
  
• calibrate your hardware - display and player - using a proper software, and optimize your computer for the best performances
  
• capture only using lossless codec... so be sure to buy a capture card that allows that, because there are some which could capture only in MPEG2!
  

Here are some pics from the recolouring I've done for Superman III. Still need to create a bluray, before it's ready to release.