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Star Wars Saga on Blu-Ray

Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

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Just got it and WOW.

Here is Blu-Ray.com's review which I completely agree with so far.
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star-Wars-Blu-ray/14903/#Review

I've only made it partially through Phantom Menace (You can definitely see the plasticky look of Digital Noise Reduction), but the audio effects blow Avatar (IMO the previous reference A/V Track) out of the water (apparently they only get better too). The pod race and first saber fight alone are unreal - I feel as if I am in the middle of all of it.

Hearing star ships fly by with the doppler effect panning through the channels on my Energy Take Classic speakers while hearing the same effect from the LFE on my subwoofer is fantastic.

Anyone else?

-GP
 
Waiting for Netflix to drop the Blurays in my mailbox. I was planning on buying the set but the news of the newest revisions has me hesitant. I'll see how take to them first.
 
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

(edit - I seriously can't buy a set where the climax of the whole series is made unintentionally hilarious)
 
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The lightsaber battle in the Naboo Power Reactor was jaw dropping from an audio perspective.

Video so far is good but not reference quality as far as I'm concerned. From what I have read though, Episodes 3-6's video is definitely reference quality.

(Oh Jar-Jar is still as annoying as ever 😉 )
 
SithSolo1 said:
I'll hold off until I get a receiver that can decode DTS/DD HD Master Audio
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Why not just have the BluRay player decode it and send it LPCM? Only thing you lose is seeing the cool little words scroll across the receiver.

That said, you have to watch with the HD-Audio though. DD or plain DTS just wouldn't do it...
 
As an aside, after the first movie's credits, the new THX noise is played. It's worth listening to if you like hearing your audio system 🙂
 
s44 said:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

(edit - I seriously can't buy a set where the climax of the whole series is made unintentionally hilarious)
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Exactly. I had these movies pre-ordered and I canceled them IMMEDIATELY when I heard of the mess Lucas is making of them. I really only wanted the original 3 movies, but I was going to buy the entire set. Now with the changes and the mediocre transfers the original 3 films received (using the transfer from the DVDs - 2K transfers), I REFUSE to buy them. I'm just going to buy the old DVDs without the stupid edits. They may not be in the original aspect ratio, but it beats the mess that Lucas made out of the BDs.

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JackBurton said:
Exactly. I had these movies pre-ordered and I canceled them IMMEDIATELY when I heard of the mess Lucas is making of them. I really only wanted the original 3 movies, but I was going to buy the entire set. Now with the changes and the mediocre transfers the original 3 films received (using the transfer from the DVDs - 2K transfers), I REFUSE to buy them. I'm just going to buy the old DVDs without the stupid edits. They may not be in the original aspect ratio, but it beats the mess that Lucas made out of the BDs.

:thumbsdown:
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Honestly the additional effects never changed the story at all. Sure some of them are as annoying/painful as nails on a chalk board, but they don't define the movies...

The original 3 movies were transferred from the original film, not from the DVD's. Where did you hear otherwise. Read the review I linked - he is blown away by the A/V quality and makes no mention of a bad transfer outside of EP1.
 
Gamingphreek said:
Honestly the additional effects never changed the story at all. Sure some of them are as annoying/painful as nails on a chalk board, but they don't define the movies...
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They are AWFUL and changed the movies I had such fond memory of. Greedo shooting first is awful, the Jabba's Palace Muppet concert was feakin' absolutely AWUL, but to add insult to injury, he changes Obi Wan's yell in Star Wars and then the "noooooooooooooo" from Vader is just the last straw.

Absolutely changed the whole feel of the movie for me and transformed it into something that just isn't what I remembered.

The original 3 movies were transferred from the original film, not from the DVD's. Where did you hear otherwise. Read the review I linked - he is blown away by the A/V quality and makes no mention of a bad transfer outside of EP1.
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Sorry to disappoint you, but he used the same 2K transfer he used for the DVD (Star Wars IV-VI). He didn't go back to the film and do a 4K transfer LIKE HE SHOULD OF. And I've already read PLENTY of reviews on the BD release. They were available since Monday. And the general consensus is that Episode I-III looks very good, but the originals could have looked MUCH better if Lucas would have put forth the effort to do a proper transfer (film > 4K).
 
JackBurton said:
Exactly. I had these movies pre-ordered and I canceled them IMMEDIATELY when I heard of the mess Lucas is making of them. I really only wanted the original 3 movies, but I was going to buy the entire set. Now with the changes and the mediocre transfers the original 3 films received (using the transfer from the DVDs - 2K transfers), I REFUSE to buy them. I'm just going to buy the old DVDs without the stupid edits. They may not be in the original aspect ratio, but it beats the mess that Lucas made out of the BDs.

:thumbsdown:
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I'm using Handbrake right now to make Empire Strikes Back anamorphic, so it's not too big of a deal, if you don't mind watching it on your computer (or streamed to a PS3 or similar devicec).

Now I just need to find somewhere to buy the first and third movie as well...
 
JackBurton said:
They are AWFUL and changed the movies I had such fond memory of. Greedo shooting first is awful, the Jabba's Palace Muppet concert was feakin' absolutely AWUL, but to add insult to injury, he changes Obi Wan's yell in Star Wars and then the "noooooooooooooo" from Vader is just the last straw.

Absolutely changed the whole feel of the movie for me and transformed it into something that just isn't what I remembered.



Sorry to disappoint you, but he used the same 2K transfer he used for the DVD (Star Wars IV-VI). He didn't go back to the film and do a 4K transfer LIKE HE SHOULD OF. And I've already read PLENTY of reviews on the BD release. They were available since Monday. And the general consensus is that Episode I-III looks very good, but the originals could have looked MUCH better if Lucas would have put forth the effort to do a proper transfer (film > 4K).
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I heard you can get the ORIGINAL wide screen and Dolby Digital off of the Laser Disk set, tho, a lot of people transferred it to DVD.

Like you once they started mucking with the story I was put off by the entire deal. Also, the new star wars are just a joke. But ah well.

I don't have a BlueRay player and I doubt they could really clean it up much better then it already has.

JMO tho.
 
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