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From: BillFrugge <pinback@darkstar.spc>
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 21:03:18 -0400
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On 2017-05-24 00:49:50 +0000, DM said:
> In reply to "BillFrugge" who wrote the following:
>
>> On 2017-05-23 23:22:12 +0000, BillFrugge said:
>>
>>> On 2017-05-23 22:50:37 +0000, DeadMan@nwa.org said:
>>>
>>>> In reply to "BillFrugge" who wrote the following:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2017-05-23 05:05:37 +0000, **PCZ** said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Where are the BluRay versions posted ?
>>>>>
>>>>> You got me! To be honest, I figured someone else would've done that by
>>>>> now...
>>>>>
>>>>> With all apologies to DeadMan, I haven't done a comparison between his
>>>>> rip and mine and don't really want to crap on his post. (which I'm sure
>>>>> looks terrific!) I'm prepping the pilot in 720p and if anyone wants any
>>>>> more of them we'll talk.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I was aware of the blurays. Doesn't sound like a lot of work was put
>>>> into
>>>> them. They weren't transfered from original prints, and seemingly only
>>>> upscaled
>>>> and did some cleanup on a couple key episodes. Didn't think it was worth
>>>> the
>>>> cash to pick up the import bluray's for what little was done to them.
>>>> Would love to see the bluray releases though just for a visual reference.
>>>
>>> I'm going to have to research this again to be sure... You've created
>>> doubt in my mind since I haven't looked at them in a few months.
>>>
>>> There are two versions of 'Awakening': The feature film is upscaled,
>>> but the full length pilot is in HD, as is the rest of the series.
>>> Universal scanned the film, but didn't do any dirt removal, color
>>> timing, or other digital remastering.
>>>
>>> http://www.thedigitalbits.com/item/
>>> buck-rogers-25th-century-complete-series-regb-brd
>>>
>>>
>>> That said, I think I've uploaded the correct version of the pilot.
>>> Opening titles are in line with the series. I've got all of them on my
>>> hard drive atm if there's another episode you want to check.
>>
>> On second thought... Some things were just not meant to be seen...
>>
>> I was just checking out the second episode. Definitely in HD. The
>> picture is so sharp that you can see that Wilma and Buck's helmets are
>> made with styrofoam and tape... Awful to the point of distraction, imo.
>
> I know what you mean. Was it the theatrical version you uploaded?
TV version.
It doesn't make sense to me, but the theatrical version is SD, upscaled
from PAL. It _has_ to exist in HD if it was shown on the big screen,
but wasn't included in the material that was sent to Madman.
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