I got rid of the system that required a presentation post to get promoted to newbie. Now lurkers, newbies and registered users can post wherever they want.

There were also a couple of permission issues, e.g. lurkers couldn't access bonus projects category (why hasn't anyone said anything??). I fixed those.

Hi Guys

Nice to be here looks like a very good and interesting community 

I'm from blu-torrents.net work with HDVinnie on BluRG Custom Blu-ray 

I'm familiar with lots of different software ranging from the free to the professional studio software so enjoy getting in on those discussions and sharing experiences and knowledge where I can.

Look forward to getting to know everyone in the forums and shout when I'm around and if I can offer any help advice or assistance I will try if able

All the very best 

Scotlandman

Hi Guys

I would like to offer my help to anyone who is currently working on a project and would like to at some point have it authored professionally into a Full Blu-ray file structure.

I am no Expert but I do understand how to author a Blu-ray and can compile using the latest version of Scenarist BD.

Should anyone wish to have me try please let me know thank you

Scotlandman

Okay, since the other thread has become an amalgam of it's former self I decided to finally create a singular thread just for this.  These are the Star Trek VHS Widescreen Edition tapes I will be archiving ....

1.  Star Trek TMP - Director's Cut
2.  Star Trek TWOK (Sealed)
3.  Star Trek TVH (Sealed)
4.  Star Trek Generations
5.  Star Trek First Contact (Sealed)
6.  Star Trek Insurrection

I have NOT obtained any of the other Widescreen Edition VHS tapes because I was hoping to find others with the "Collectors Info Card" that came with tapes 2 thru 6 in the above list.  IF and when I can find them, I will do them as well.

PLZ stay on topic in this thread.  It will help greatly for those wanting to know about this specific archive project.

Cheers!!!!

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Preservation of the GF Epic + LD PCM


The Godfather Epic HBO
http://www.hbo.com/schedule?focusId=6235...Ids=392254
 Crime, Drama | 424 minutes | HDR: Adult Content, Brief Nudity, Graphic Language, Graphic Violence - Fully Uncensored

Francis Ford Coppola’s legendary gangster epic “The Godfather” and its Oscar®-winning sequel “The Godfather II” are edited into this single film–told chronologically and with added footage that was cut from the original films.

Fanres will be moved to another (hopefully better...) hosting service this weekend.

I will close the forum on Saturday around 12:00 GMT. After that, it's waiting for DNS servers to propagate. Expect a downtime of at least 24 hours.

So, basically after I watched this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_l-UJE4eiw - I decided to buy one of these devices and test them with Laserdisc player. Quality of video got nicely better than it would show up on my TV through just Composite connection, and it got rid of some of ghosting I had problem with using my LD-4300D.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-...14667.html

If I have some time, I'll make some captures and post comparsion here. Maybe it's just placebo effect

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047931/

Telegatto Awards = Italian Oscar

WINNER / Best Fiction / Telegatto Awards
WINNER / Best Screenplay / Telegrolla Awards
WINNER / Best Direction / Telegrolla Awards
WINNER / Best Actor / Telegrolla Awards

The true story of Italy’s most wanted Mafia boss

A lavish $25 million production and based on true events, Corleone is a dramatic EPIC six-part miniseries that follows the life of Mafia super boss Salvatore ‘Toto’ Riina. Born into poverty in Corleone, near Palermo, Sicily, Riina is forced to support his family when his father is suddenly killed. Determined to prosper, Riina goes to work for a local crime don, embarking on a notoriously ruthless and violent career. In one of the most destructive and bloody periods the Sicilian underworld has ever known, Riina eventually becomes the Cosa Nostra Boss of Bosses – and Italy’s most wanted man.

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Film reels from 8mm to 70mm is very rare now & unfortunately we can't expect to be officially scanned and released on Blu-Ray as bonus. So who have them... collectors all around the world.
They are gathering over 35mm-8mm forum and on various other sites, including eBay.

"I'll Make Him an Offer He Can't Refuse"

Free Scanning For Collectors

If they choose to sell some of the reels and want to have them digitized or just to have them as backup, it can cost a fortune. Some of them probably even don't have equipment to screen them, so this for them can be great opportunity to finally see them.

Making topic Free Scanning over 8-35mm forum... or PM them.

Offer is:
1. Borrow the reels for free
2. Free raw compressed as BD50, all above they need to pay for HDDs
3. Finished project for free: cleaned, color corrected... BD50
4. Call them to join to FanRes

The target can be 8-16mm, with some luck maybe 35mm too.

Good word can spread very fast.

Let's say that I have some of film reels. WOW! uperman:
But I don't have equipment to screening them. Damn! hock:
But even that I have equipment, and reels are in good-bad shape but that is not matter, why not to take this offer?

Hi all!

Would anyone consider preserving the original audio for Michael Mann's Heat?

Not only does the BD track omit, as per Mann's wishes, a line of off-screen dialogue ("Ferocious, aren't I?"), but the LD track allegedly, according to multiple OT.com posters, has far superior fidelity and overall dynamic range. I just caught a 35mm showing, and, man oh man, were those gunshots loud, in a way they don't seem to be on the BD.

The LD seems pretty cheap:

http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/07098/14192/Heat

NOTE: The BD release is also missing the line "Shift through the detritus," but the accompanying video in this instance is missing, meaning a BD-synced LD track will have to omit the line as well.

NOTE2: The color timing is far different on the BD from the theatrical release! 35mm was much more saturated, with bold yellows and yes, even cyans! The fleshtones and lighting look so flat on BD compared to the print I saw. It seems like your average IP transfer, in which little attention was paid to emulating the stylistic theatrical look.

This makes me wonder how Thief actually did look upon release...