I thought this would be an interesting read for some of us: Videotapes are becoming unwatchable as archivists work to save them
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsi...-save-them

They mention a tape preservationist group, anyone has ever heard of them?

This is just a quick project that apperantly will take me only few hours to finish, but decided to share.

Simply took the 720p open matte HDTV copy of Showgirls available, upscaled it to 1440p, filtered, sharpened, denoised, downscaled to 1080p, overlaid with clear Bluray copy (with reduced Chroma noise).

This just needs to be rendered now with .avisynth script and it's ready, except it'll take ~20 hours to do, so I am not in rush with doing so now

Quick comparision between Bluray and HDTV - http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/211764

Has anyone here been watching the Twin Peaks revival? I think it's pretty good so far (although perhaps a little indulgent in the weirdness).

These are some abbreviations for specific phrases commonly used in forums and boards.

Following is a list of some common acronyms and their meanings:

A F A I C — as far as I'm concerned
A F A I K — as far as I know
A F A I R — as far as I remember
A F K — away from keyboard
A S A P — as soon as possible
B B L — be back later
B B S — be back soon
B R B — be right back
B T W — by the way
C U — see you, used as a goodbye.
C U L 8 R — see you later
E O M — end of message
F A Q — frequently asked question
F C F S — first come first served
F Y I — for your information
F W I W — for what it's worth
G J — good job
G M T A — great minds think alike
H A N D — have a nice day
H T H — hope this helps
I I R C— if I recall correctly
I M H O — in my humble opinion
I M O — in my opinion
I M N S H O — in my not-so-humble opinion
I O W — in other words
L M A O — laughing my a** off
L O L — laughing out loud, or lots of laughs
n 0 0 b — newbie, meaning a newcomer not yet familiar with the rules
N P — no problem
O P — original poster
O T — off topic
O T O H — on the other hand
P I T A — pain in the a**
R O F L (or R O T F L) — rolling on the floor laughing
R U — are you?
T B H — to be honest
T I A — thanks in advance
T T Y L — talk to you later
W T F — what the f**k?
Y M M V — Your mileage may vary (you may see different results)

I wonder if there is a best way to load a 29.97fps (actually a 59.94 fields per seconds) interlaced source, divided in several parts, like a TV recorded program with commercial breaks cut away, or a laserdisc capture of several sides, and ITVC it, or if they are all the same...

Is there a cleaned, more accurate version of Jurassic Park out there?

Really interesting site you guys (and gals?) have going on here. I've only known about fanres for the last couple of years, one of my first was jerryshadoe's Last of the Mohicans which I adore, but have grown to love it, not every film, but the concept behind it as it were.

Anyway, just thought I would say hi and thanks to all that are involved with providing/sharing these gems

Project Info
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, shot on Eastman stock, faded from its colorful brilliance soon after release.

In 1992, a restoration was carried out from separation masters, which brought the film back to its full splendor; at this time, the soundtrack was remixed in 5.1 audio. This restoration also suffered from separation misalignment, as can be clearly seen in its sole available HD rendition, the Japanese Blu-Ray.

In preparation for the film's 2013 French Blu-Ray release (whose transfer later carried over to both the UK and US BDs), the film was digitally restored, with the separation misalignment corrected. A newer 5.1 remix was done, which was closer to the original mono. Unfortunately, the new restoration has a blanket yellow tint, and the original mono was not included in the French, UK, or US BD releases.

This preservation, working from an already high-quality restoration, merely removes the yellow tint from the video and restores two title cards to their original color (red instead of white). A reference used was one of the rare pre-restoration sources: the 1984 Japanese LD. Though this was taken from an already somewhat faded 35mm print, it was still evident that the text of the two title cards were incorrect in both restored versions. 

Aurally, this has two audio tracks: the theatrical mono ripped from the Japanese LD and the 5.1 DTS-HD from the Studio Canal UK BD.

Note that the mono may also be available on the JP BD, but Moshrom, one of this forum's audio experts, seemed to think otherwise. As the Japanese LD is evidently print-sourced (with 35mm) and it does seem strange that the JP BD would use the 1992 restored video but not the restored audio, the mono here is from the LD. The 5.1 DTS-HD from the Studio Canal UK BD was used rather than the Criterion track, which used noise reduction.

Credit to Moshrom, whose blog post summed up a lot of this film's aural history: http://blah-ray.blogspot.co.uk/search/la...%281964%29

Video

• US BD - color-corrected
  

• 2.0 LPCM French Mono Audio (from JP LD)
  
• 5.1 DTS-HD French 2013 Restoration Remix (from UK BD)
  

• English (from UK BD)
  

Project Info
Despite having a lovely restored transfer on DVD, Brides of Dracula has been unable to be brought to BD in equal quality. In a shockingly tragic turn of events, the restored master burned in a Universal. As a result, all BD releases stem from an earlier master, possibly dating back to the LD era.

Aside from having dark, magenta-shifted color timing and enough EE to make the grain turn into noise, the original UK BD (as well as the subsequent Australian and US BDs) were cropped to the incorrect aspect ratio of 2.00. The film, generally recognized as being theatrically presented in either 1.75 or 1.66 (the ratio of the DVD release), was never meant to be cropped this way. However, the DE BD presented the film in 1.78, closer to the correct ratio; unfortunately, it still used the same dark, magenta-tinted, EE-wrought master.

This custom release attempts to address most of the issues baked into the master. Fortunately, color correction and a general increase in brightness bring the master much closer to the look of other Technicolor Hammer horror films; it is a close but not 100% emulation of the restored Universal DVD, which was not absolutely perfect itself. In an attempt to mitigate the EE and noise, the picture has also been slightly softened; the picture has been cropped to 1.66, bringing it to its correct aspect ratio, albeit slightly zoomed (in a similar way that 35mm prints may have been.) The final result looks quite similar to the restored UK master of its predecessor, Dracula '58.

Because I realize the softening of the picture and the cropping to 1.66 might be slightly controversial, I am also making available a Purist Edition, which keeps the 1.78 aspect ratio and leaves the EE and noise, as they are. The color grading and brightness boost is the same between the two releases.

The commercial UK BD is encoded at 24fps, an unusual format which causes issues with some Blu-Ray players; this custom BD has been normalized to 23.976fps, with the audio tracks having been slightly resynced (without any pitch shift) to fit.

Video

• DE BD - color-corrected, cropped to correct ratio, and slightly softened to mitigate EE.
  

• 2.0 LPCM English Audio