Star Wars in 1080p! - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

Kirsty_Mc · 02-20-2008, 04:11 PM

If IV, V & VI on Sky HD was anything to go by, I would expect them to be remastered from the negative for a BD release. I imagine that they will go to town on these titles, so that means there will be plenty of work to do in preparing a BD release. I wouldn't expect any of the SW titles anytime soon.

IMO expect all the titles to be released in a very high quality box set special edition with a hardcover book. Something like the Laserdisc release they did for the original movies way back in the mists of time. These are the "Crown Jewels" in he Fox catalogue... expect them to be treated as such.

rodgerse · 02-20-2008, 04:13 PM

Wether broadcasts were its 1080i or 1080p is moot, 1080i can easily be inversed telecined from its 60fps interlaced frames to seamless 1080p.

Just a question of wether the tranfer/bitrate for Bd will be worth it.

Kirsty_Mc · 02-20-2008, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by rodgerse

Wether broadcasts were its 1080i or 1080p is moot, 1080i can easily be inversed telecined from its 60fps interlaced frames to seamless 1080p.

Just a question of wether the tranfer/bitrate for Bd will be worth it.

The bitrate on my region B copy of "The Day After Tomorrow" (also a Fox title) was maxing out at over 48 Mbps. No satellite channel or terrestrial channel will be doing such bitrates anytime soon. When they arrive on BD I would expect Fox to make the very best of these movies, so they will easily be much better than a broadcast.

Entertainment72 · 02-20-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by The Don

trust me...if HBO HD version looks better...then the BD version will look 10x better..

hope so!

dialog_gvf · 02-20-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by xtop

thread seems to be missing the torrent

And it shall continue to do so, if the posters want to remain members of blu-ray.com

The HD shots are rather washed out, but more detailed. But not nearly as amazing as many HDM to DVD comparisons.

Gary

statikcat · 02-20-2008, 04:45 PM

I have all LOTR in similar format. It looks a lot better than the DVD but not close to a Blu-ray. Plus they are mkv format which is not easy to stream to your tv with any media player.

rodgerse · 02-20-2008, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirsty_Mc

The bitrate on my region B copy of "The Day After Tomorrow" (also a Fox title) was maxing out at over 48 Mbps. No satellite channel or terrestrial channel will be doing such bitrates anytime soon. When they arrive on BD I would expect Fox to make the very best of these movies, so they will easily be much better than a broadcast.

day after tomorrow is 26.07 mb/s average.If you were just referring to peak bitrate you should know plenty of hd broadcasts can peak that high in fast scenes, peak bitrate is not a good measure.

But especially if the BD transfers are mpeg-2 it wuld be questionable if they'd be btter than the avc broadcasts, even with fairly lower bitrate.

Johk · 02-20-2008, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by rodgerse

Wether broadcasts were its 1080i or 1080p is moot, 1080i can easily be inversed telecined from its 60fps interlaced frames to seamless 1080p.

And not many TVs can do this properly!
http://www.hometheatermag.com/hookmeup/1107hook2
81.09% of the sets tested failed this test (3:2 pull down or inverse telecine), however they performed better on the deinterlacing test

"A good processor should recognize when there is a 3:2 sequence in the video signal and only combine like fields (say, the first two fields that are from just the first film frame). This process is called inverse telecine. Done right, you'll see everything from the original film frame. That's worth repeating. As far as film-based content is concerned, as long as the 1080i is deinterlaced properly, it will appear identical to the original 1080p content. Done incorrectly, you can have artifacts, or worse, a loss of resolution when anything on the screen moves."

costello · 02-20-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by WickyWoo

I highly suggest that no one post a torrent or cite a location for finding it either

Wow.

Someones got something blu.

WickyWoo · 02-20-2008, 05:13 PM

Fox won't even touch the movies, it's all Lucasfilm

These images are infinately more detailed, look at the skin, the texture of clothing, but they're also hugely compressed. Any BD version will certainly be a 30mbps+ABR

The Don · 02-20-2008, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Fox won't even touch the movies, it's all Lucasfilm

These images are infinately more detailed, look at the skin, the texture of clothing, but they're also hugely compressed. Any BD version will certainly be a 30mbps+ABR

+1

The Don · 02-20-2008, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by statikcat

I have all LOTR in similar format. It looks a lot better than the DVD but not close to a Blu-ray. Plus they are mkv format which is not easy to stream to your tv with any media player.

you can burn them to a DVD9 and watch that way...

some up-conversion DVD players will play them and if you have a HD set....it will produce what you see on your computer...

amtctt · 02-20-2008, 05:57 PM

Ok, here's the real question, they have all those pics on that website, but no Leia in the slave bikini?!?!?!?! HELLO!!!

Hollywood81 · 02-20-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by amtctt

Ok, here's the real question, they have all those pics on that website, but no Leia in the slave bikini?!?!?!?! HELLO!!!

haha ya whats up with that? LOL

Bluyoda · 12-16-2009, 12:10 PM

Those pics look like upscaled DVDs to me. Quite soft and fuzzy.
No doubt they are going to shine like orion's belt in HD!!!!
Can't wait!!!

P@t_Mtl · 12-16-2009, 12:13 PM

Holy thread revival Batman!

Solok · 12-16-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Holy thread revival Batman!

Beat me to it.

Chester Lime · 12-16-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollywood81

So the other day i was out with a friend and tells me

"So i got all six Star Wars movies in 1080p!" and i was like

"mmmmm no you dont." And then he was like.

"No really I have them on my PC i downloaded them.

I was still thinking he was pulling my leg. And told him i didnt believe him because I knew that none of them have been released yet on either Blu-ray or HD DVD.

Making a long story and argument short he looked it up on the interweb and found out that it was aired on a HD TV provider.

https://csel.cs.colorado.edu/~pmjohnso/swhighdef/

Here we found a comparison between DVD and The 1080p Sky feed.

I was wondering since there are already HD copys is there plans on bringing this to Blu-ray soon?

Were you actually "LIKE" "mmmmm no you don't". Or did you actually say "mmmm no you don't". Because that first one makes no sense.

Grand Bob · 12-16-2009, 01:29 PM

The bad thing about seeing these pics is that now I want to go pick up the Star Wars BD's - and there aren't any.

P@t_Mtl · 12-16-2009, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Grand Bob

The bad thing about seeing these pics is that now I want to go pick up the Star Wars BD's - and there aren't any.

I felt the same 3 weeks ago after seeing Star Wars In Concert with that giant screen and those HD videos. I was ready to get Star Wars on BD right then and now

02-20-2008, 04:13 PM	#62
rodgerse Active Member Member since:Oct 2007	Wether broadcasts were its 1080i or 1080p is moot, 1080i can easily be inversed telecined from its 60fps interlaced frames to seamless 1080p. Just a question of wether the tranfer/bitrate for Bd will be worth it. Last edited by rodgerse; 02-20-2008 at 04:16 PM.

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02-20-2008, 04:11 PM	#61
Kirsty_Mc Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:UK Blu-ray collection:536 Blu-ray reviews: 21	If IV, V & VI on Sky HD was anything to go by, I would expect them to be remastered from the negative for a BD release. I imagine that they will go to town on these titles, so that means there will be plenty of work to do in preparing a BD release. I wouldn't expect any of the SW titles anytime soon. IMO expect all the titles to be released in a very high quality box set special edition with a hardcover book. Something like the Laserdisc release they did for the original movies way back in the mists of time. These are the "Crown Jewels" in he Fox catalogue... expect them to be treated as such.

02-20-2008, 04:45 PM	#66
statikcat Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:67	I have all LOTR in similar format. It looks a lot better than the DVD but not close to a Blu-ray. Plus they are mkv format which is not easy to stream to your tv with any media player.

02-20-2008, 05:13 PM	#70
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	Fox won't even touch the movies, it's all Lucasfilm These images are infinately more detailed, look at the skin, the texture of clothing, but they're also hugely compressed. Any BD version will certainly be a 30mbps+ABR

02-20-2008, 05:57 PM	#73
amtctt Active Member Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:73	Ok, here's the real question, they have all those pics on that website, but no Leia in the slave bikini?!?!?!?! HELLO!!!

12-16-2009, 12:10 PM	#75
Bluyoda Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Dagobah Home Theater Gallery:103 4K collection:160 Blu-ray collection:1383 Blu-ray reviews: 263 Trading Score:4	Those pics look like upscaled DVDs to me. Quite soft and fuzzy. No doubt they are going to shine like orion's belt in HD!!!! Can't wait!!!

12-16-2009, 12:13 PM	#76
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	Holy thread revival Batman!

12-16-2009, 01:29 PM	#79
Grand Bob Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Seattle Area Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray reviews:1	The bad thing about seeing these pics is that now I want to go pick up the Star Wars BD's - and there aren't any.

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