Now, in 2017, 4K (or, better UHD) is available via UHD-BD and web download - and few satellite broadcasting; Blu-ray is the king of HD, with very good alternatives as web download.

So, why one could be worried about recording a program from an HD channel, and subsequentely store it on hard disk for years?

Well, there are many reasons, and I'm going to list the most important:

Do you know if there is a HD version of JFK Theatrical Cut?

I think it's excellent, better than the Extended, for something wins best film editing Oscar in 1991.

Unfortunately Warner has only commercialized in BD the Extended Cut, the only way to see the Theatrical Cut is through the non-anamorphic DVD edited more than 15 years ago  

My second master list for the site, this being a comprehensive list of THX-certified releases on the VHS, laser videodisc (more popularly known as LaserDisc), DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D formats. The usual suspects, naturally, are the films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron; however, even then there are some anomalies, and the world of THX certification is much greater than those three filmmakers, even if THX did have its origins at Lucasfilm. As THX's list no longer appears to be up, and when it was it didn't really distinguish between DVD and Blu-ray, this is an attempt to make things easier, first and foremost by sorting each, as a certain Modern Major-General once boasted, in order categorical. Where applicable, I will also mention which THX trailer was used.

THX LASERDISC
The sole medium where THX certification got its own unique branding.

• The Abyss (1993) (Broadway)
  
• The Abyss (1996)
  
• Aladdin (letterboxed) (1994) (Broadway)
  
• Alien: Resurrection (1998) (Broadway)
  
• Apollo 13 (1995) (Broadway)
  
• Apollo 13: Signature Collection (1996)
  
• Apollo 13 (DTS) (1997) (Broadway, DVD variant)
  
• Apollo 13 (Dolby Digital) (1997)
  
• Braveheart (1996) (Broadway)
  
• A Bug's Life (1999) (Broadway)
  
• Casper (1995) (Broadway)
  
• Casper (DTS) (1997)
  
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (1996) (Broadway)
  
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997) (Broadway)
  
• Independence Day (Dolby Digital) (1997) (Cimarron)
  
• The Lion King (1995) (Broadway)
  
• The Little Rascals (1995) (Broadway)
  
• Men in Black (1997) (Broadway)
  
• Night of the Living Dead (1994) (Broadway)
  
• The Rock (1996) (Broadway)
  
• The Rock (Criterion Collection) (1997)
  
• The Rock (DTS) (1998) (Broadway)
  
• Saving Private Ryan (1999) (Cimarron)
  
• Species (1995) (Broadway, theatrical variant)
  
• Species (DTS) (1997)
  
• Speed (1994) (Broadway)
  
• Speed (Dolby Digital) (1996)
  
• Stargate (1995) (Broadway, theatrical variant)
  
• Stargate: Deluxe Edition (1996)
  
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (letterboxed) (THX field test) (1992)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy (1993) (Broadway)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy (1995) (Broadway)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (1997)
  
• Terminator 2: Special Edition (1993) (Broadway)
  
• Terminator 2: Special Edition (1997)
  
• Terminator 2 (1998)
  
• Toy Story (1996) (Broadway)
  
• Toy Story (CAV) (1996) (Tex)
  
• Toy Story (DTS) (1997) (Broadway)
  
• Twister (1996) (Cimarron)
  
• Volcano (Dolby Digital) (1997) (Cimarron)
  
• The Wizard of Oz: The Ultimate Oz Collector's Edition (1993) (Broadway)
  

• 101 Dalmatians (1999)
  
• Akira (2001)
  
• Akira (subtitled) (2001)
  
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2002)
  
• Bambi: 55th Anniversary Edition (1997)
  
• Beauty and the Beast: Platinum Edition (2002)
  
• A Bug's Life (1999)
  
• A Bug's Life (letterboxed) (1999)
  
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (1996)
  
• Dinosaur (2001)
  
• The Emperor's New Groove (2001)
  
• Fantasia 2000 (2000)
  
• Freaky Friday (2003)
  
• Fun and Fancy Free: 50th Anniversary Edition (1997)
  
• The Godfather Trilogy (1997)
  
• The Godfather Trilogy (letterboxed) (1997)
  
• GoldenEye (1996)
  
• GoldenEye (letterboxed) (1996)
  
• Independence Day (1996)
  
• Indiana Jones Trilogy (1999)
  
• Indiana Jones Trilogy (letterboxed) (1999)
  
• The Jungle Book: 30th Anniversary Edition (1997)
  
• The Lion King: Platinum Edition (2003)
  
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: 25th Anniversary Edition (2002)
  
• Mary Poppins (1997)
  
• Melody Time: 50th Anniversary Edition (1998)
  
• Men in Black (1997)
  
• Men in Black (letterboxed) (1997)
  
• Monsters, Inc. (2002) (Tex 2: Moo Can)
  
• Old Yeller (1997)
  
• Peter Pan (1997)
  
• Romeo + Juliet (letterboxed) (1998)
  
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition (2001)
  
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
  
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (2000)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy (1995)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy (letterboxed) (1995)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (1997)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (letterboxed) (1997)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition (2000)
  
• Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo! in Love (1996)
  
• Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo! in Love (subtitled) (1996)
  
• Toy Story (2000)
  
• Toy Story 2 (2000)
  
• Treasure Planet (2003)
  
• Twister (1996)
  
• Twister (letterboxed) (1996)
  
• The Wizard of Oz (1996)
  

• The Adventures of Indiana Jones (2003) (Broadway 2000)
  
• Avatar (2010) (Amazing Life)
  
• Cars (2006) (Tex)
  
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2002) (Tex 2: Moo Can)
  
• Die Hard Trilogy (2001)
  
• District B13 (2006) (Tex 3: Action!)
  
• The Doors (1997) (Broadway)
  
• Dr. No (1997) (Broadway)
  
• Fantasia 2000 (2000) (Broadway)
  
• Finding Nemo (2003) (Tex 2: Moo Can, disc 1; Tex, disc 2)
  
• From Russia with Love (1997) (Broadway)
  
• Goldfinger (1997) (Broadway)
  
• The Incredibles (2005) (Cavalcade)
  
• Independence Day (2000)
  
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) (Amazing Life)
  
• Monsters, Inc. (2002) (Tex 2: Moo Can)
  
• Oklahoma! (1999) (Broadway)
  
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) (Broadway)
  
• Red Tails (2012) (Amazing Life)
  
• Speed (2002) (Grand)
  
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (2002) (Tex 2: Moo Can)
  
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) (Cavalcade)
  
• Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol. 1 (2005) (Cavalcade)
  
• Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol. 2 (2005) (Tex 2: Moo Can)
  
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) (The Science of Sensation)
  
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) (Amazing Life)
  
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (2001) (Cavalcade)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy (2004) (Cavalcade)
  
• Star Wars Trilogy (2006) (Cavalcade)
  
• Terminator 2 (1997) (Broadway)
  
• Terminator 2: Ultimate Edition (2000) (Cavalcade, T2 variant)
  
• Terminator 2: Extreme Edition (2003) (Cavalcade, T2 variant)
  
• Titanic (2005) (The Science of Sensation)
  
• Toy Story (2000) (Tex)
  
• Toy Story (2005) (Tex 2: Moo Can)
  
• Toy Story 2 (2000) (Broadway)
  
• Twister (1997) (Broadway)
  

• Avatar (2010) (Amazing Life)
  
• Avatar: Extended Collector's Edition (2010) (Amazing Life)
  
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) (Amazing Life)
  
• Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures (2012) (Broadway Classic)
  
• Red Tails (2012) (Amazing Life)
  
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) (Amazing Life)
  
• Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (2011) (Broadway Classic)
  
• Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy (2011) (Amazing Life)
  
• Terminator 2 (2006) (Cavalcade, T2 variant)
  
• Terminator 2: Skynet Edition (2009) (Cavalcade, T2 variant)
  
• Titanic (2012) (Broadway Classic)
  

• Avatar (2012)
  
• Titanic (2012)
  

After Harry Potter, here you are another saga in open matte!

Edit: 2017-10-31

1. The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
   • BD 2.40:1 original aspect ratio
     
   • HDTV & WEBdl 1.78:1 open matte
     
2. Dead Man's Chest (2006)
   • BD 2.40:1 original aspect ratio
     
   • HDTV 1.78:1 open matte
     
3. At World's End (2007)
   • BD 2.40:1 original aspect ratio
     
   • HDTV & WEBdl 1.78:1 open matte
     
4. On Stranger Tides (2011)
   • BD 2.40:1 original aspect ratio
     
   • HDTV 1.78:1 (moderately) open matte
     
5. Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
   • BD 2.40:1 original aspect ratio
     
   • WEBdl 1.78:1 open matte
     

1. replace the Russian title with the English one, with the overlap technique - put the whole 2:40:1 over the center of the 1.78:1 open matte
   
2. overlay both HDTV and WEBdl (for eps. 1 and 3) to get more details and less noise
   
3. remove the residual HDTV logo
   
4. deblock and clean ep. 2, as there is not known HDTV to overlay to it (EDIT: maybe there will be one soon...)
   
5. add a grainplate, to increase perceive details and obtain a cinematic look - the WEBdl is too "clean"
   
6. (optional) if it exists, and could be found, add ep. 4 to the project - actually I'm waiting to know it from one of our members thanks to two new members now POTC 4 is available!
   
7. add the usual five languages audio and subtitle tracks
   

...when cinemas actually gave a damn about quality.

The question here concerns both 35mm and 70mm presentations. What is the order in which each segment of an old theatrical presentation was shown? I'm talking policy trailers, THX trailers, Dolby or DTS trailers, movie trailers, EVERYTHING that came before the feature presentation. Target flashback: the '90s, when THX certification was at its peak as THX slowly but surely expanded into the home entertainment sector before cinema certification basically stopped around 1996 or so.

Hey guys, I'm trying to sort out the different french and english sound mixes for La Femme Nikita (1990).

- Original 2.0 mixes both in french and english were on the first 1997 french DVD but Pal speeded up.
- Original french 2.0 mix is on the UK Blu-ray.
- There's a unique French Dolby Digital 4.0 mix on the first Tri-Mark US DVD.
- French Blu-ray as a unique french 5.0 mix
- US Blu is of course 5.1 Dolby True HD for both mixes.

Is there any Blu ray with the english 2.0 mix, and is there any english 4.0 or 5.0 mix?

Why would there be 4.0 mixes and 5.0 mixes in the first place?

Use your Smartphone to scan Filmnegatives.

There is a Kickstarter campaign to make scans of filmnegatives, mainly for photographers, a hell lot easier. But who says this can't be used to scan 35mm movies, if you have a rig built for it. The app will be available for iOS and Android later this summer.

What do you guys think?

Stripes - Theatrical cut
In Europe Stripes was only released in HD in its extended edition (which I call the bloated edition) with new dubbings for each country. I'm working on a release of the theatrical cut of the film that will also include original audio tracks in French, Italian, German and Spanish and some color tweaks where needed, if possible.

Sources:
- Stripes extended cut Blu Ray
- Stripes theatrical cut (amazon-produced barebone Blu-Ray from a VOD version, presumably)
- original European dubs from either Netflix, DVDs or VHS (depending on availability).

Proposed final format:
Video: 1080p, 23.976fps.
Audio (all in 2.0 dolby digital 384kbps): original stereo mix in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish + new European dubs from 2005 + Audio commentary 192kbps.
Subtitles: English, German, Italian, French, Spanish + audio commentary subtitles.
I'm planning a digital release for this title.

Just a quick project I did, nothing too fancy. Wanted to watch Cool World, so decided to do it proper way.

Video: 1080p Web-DL sourced from Amazon Video DE - slowed down to original 23.976 FPS, slightly filtered out.

Audio:
- English 5.1 from Web-DL (sounds the best in my opinion) - AC3 @ 448kbps
- English 5.1 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 448kbps
- English 5.1 from custom DVD9 - AC3 @ 448kbps
- English 2.0 from Web-DL - AC3 @ 192kbps
- German 2.0 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 192kbps
- French 2.0 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 192kbps
- Spanish 2.0 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 192kbps
- Italian 2.0 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 192kbps

Subtitles:
- English
- Russian
- German
- French
- Spanish
- Italian
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovenian
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Finnish
- Portuguese
- Danish
- Dutch
- Greek
- Icelandic
- Rumunian
- Bulgarian
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Turkish
- Hebrew
- Arabic

All subtitles but English and Russian are sourced from PAL DVD9, they're only upscaled, I did not do any OCR on them.

LAST EDIT: 2018-03-27 - ALL RELEASED!

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) 1.78:1 open matte
   • single 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 source + another 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 for shot replacements
     
   • replaced "Sorcerer" opening logo with "Philosopher" from a second source
     
   • replaced "Sorcerer" book shot with "Philosopher" from a second source
     
   • fixed one shot with top border
     
   • replaced the last part which has eight shots that contains missing frames with a second source
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1924.html
     
     
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 1.78:1 open matte
   • two 1080i MPEG-2 sources
     
   • mixed the two sources replacing missing frames from the first with the ones from the second
     
   • TV and rating logos removed using proper masks
     
   • fixed more than an hundred frames with glitches
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1935.html
     WARNING: two frames affected by glitches; scroll to the end for the fix
     
     
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 1.78:1 cropped
   • a 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 and a 1080p WEBdl AVC sources
     
   • fixed single frame with glitches
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1936.html
     
     
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 1.78:1 open matte
   • two 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 and one 1080p WEBdl AVC sources
     
   • mixed the two sources replacing missing frames from the first with the ones from the second
     
   • TV and rating logos removed using proper masks
     
   • fixed more than fifty frames with glitches
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1941.html
     WARNING: there is a strange stuttering at the beginning, which is not present in the lossless encoding; scroll to the end for the fix
     
     
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 1.78:1 open matte
   • one 1080p WEBdl AVC and one 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 sources
     
   • AVC used to replace missing frames from MPEG-2
     
   • AVC used to remove residual logo from MPEG-2
     
   • sources mixed to get more details and less noise
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final studio logo with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1950.html
     WARNING: one frame affected by glitches; scroll to the end for the fix
     
     
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) 1.78:1 cropped/open matte
   • two 1080i MPEG-2, one 720p MPEG-2, one 576p MPEG-2 sources
     
   • mixed the three HD sources replacing missing frames from one with the ones from another one
     
   • TV and rating logos removed using proper masks
     
   • blu-ray used in one instance for logo removal
     
   • median of the three logo-less versions to get more details and remove blocks, noise, color bleeding
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1948.html
     
     
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) 1.78:1 cropped/open matte
   • one 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 and one 1080p WEBdl AVC sources
     
   • replaced more than seven hundreds shots with carefully chosen, properly set cropped and upscaled BD, for a grandtotal of 83% of the whole movie duration
     
   • remaining shots are 14% open matte and 3% pan&scan
     
   • AVC used to replace missing shots from MPEG-2
     
   • AVC used to remove logo from MPEG-2
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • final title from AVC; remaining credits from cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1951.html
     
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) 1.78:1 cropped/open matte
   • one 1080p HDTV MPEG-2, one 1080p WEBdl AVC sources
     
   • sources mixed to get more details and less noise (around 93%)
     
   • AVC used to replace missing shots from MPEG-2 (around 7%)
     
   • AVC used to remove logo from MPEG-2
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • final credits from AVC
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1952.html
     WARNING: four frame affected by a glitch (found in the master); I've done a rough fix, which works nevertheless, as the glitch is really small, even if noticeable; scroll to the end for the fix
     

• The fullscreen DVDs of HP 1,2,4,5,6 are 1.33:1 open matte, but, apart in rare cases where there is a bit more image (and a lot less), they are in practice contained within the 1.78:1 frame; for this reason - and also because they are low res - they will not be taken in consideration
  
• HP 1, 2, 4, 5 are open matte
  
• HP 3 on HDTV is mainly cropped but has more image than fullscreen DVD on both sides, even if cropped in comparison to widescreen; it retains few lines of image more on top and bottom; on DVD it is pan & scan
  
• HP 6 is similar to HP 3, but retains a bit more few lines in comparison; actually, this is applicable only to cropped scenes; there are many scenes which are open matte
  
• HP 7 is mainly cropped, with around 14% shots open matte, notably the whole "three brothers" scene, and 3% pan&scan
  
• HP 8 is mixed cropped and open matte
  
• HP 6, 7, 8 have logo that would be wiped away using a second (and third, where available) source
  
• HP 7 best currently available version is 720p (new high bitrate Freeform capture) 1080i MPEG-2
  
• HP 7 and 8: an eventual variable aspect ratio release could be taken in consideration as a side project
  
• HDTV for all films (and also WEBdl for HP 5) would be used as main sources
  
• HDTV would benefit of deblocking and a 35mm grain plate, as well as the WEBdl
  
• Of course, the usual 5 languages (audio and subs tracks) would be added - all of them are available
  
• bonus: Hungarian audio and subtitles tracks for all films, English 2.0 audio description track for HP 6, 7 ,8