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Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 20, 2012, 01:23 PM:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/320872285207?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

I don't know if anyone would be interested, but I have up the very first letterboxed widescreen issue of the original STAR WARS trilogy. These were 2 discs each, in those fold out jackets, with the original movie poster artwork on the sleeves.

The sleeves have some wear, (scuffing) but the discs are as near pristine as you could ask for. These are of interest in that these are the pre-"tinkering" of Lucas. No re-coloring, no extra special effects.

The beginning bid price is certainly reasonable and even the "Buy it Now" is pretty good as well.

Posted by Chris Fries (Member # 2719) on March 20, 2012, 02:48 PM:

Osi, That is a good price. I sold mine for about the same. One suggestion, if I may. You should add the word LASERDISC or LD to your title in case someone is searching for that format specifically. A widescreen "Star Wars" trilogy could be VHS, LD, or DVD. It could even be S8 or 16mm, for that matter.

Posted by Nicholas Cook (Member # 2973) on March 20, 2012, 03:45 PM:

Well, it is in the Laserdisc section

But I suppose if one was to search for "star wars laserdisc" it wouldn't come up

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 21, 2012, 01:14 PM:

Good point Chris, I'll change that.

Update!

All fixed now!

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Posted by Wayne Tuell (Member # 1689) on March 21, 2012, 03:27 PM:

For what it is worth, I personally like this set better than the Definitive Collection. When I played them using my digital projector, for some reason, the picture is a LOT larger with the original discs vs. the Definitive Collection set.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 22, 2012, 01:18 PM:

Actually I found that same. I have an older model "Sharpvision" projection TV, that was made during the age of laserdisc, (right before DVD really took off) which, for it's time, had the sharpest and fullest line of resolution you could get on projection TV ...

This old laserdisc set (and the other laserdisc sets), actually look better than they're counterpart DVD's of the same subjects.

The reason why? My theory ...

On a laserdisc, each and every frame, and all information in said frame of film, is captured on a laserdisc. That mean, all the grain ect.

On DVD, (and Blu-ray, quite aften, as well), to save storage space in that smaller format, if you have a still shot, (that is, a shot where, lets say, someone sits under a tree, and there is no movement), the DVD or Blu-ray, will then almost approach a "freeze frame" quality. It will basically, until some movement happen in the frame, give you a still. THis is not the case with all DVD's or Blu-rays, but it does happen, and more often, in the older DVD's for sure.

However, as stated earlier, the laserdisc would capture ALL information in every frame, all film grain, imperfections, ect.

Therefore, the laserdisc looks better on that projection TV than the DVD, as the projection still has a film look, instead of a still shot look.

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