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dumbchemist
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 28 Jul 2016, 17:51 |
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ertoili wrote: yes the VCD is known to be the best VCD release ever I did not know that. The VCD's I have are for sale only in Malaysia. The copyright warning at the beginning is written in the language used in Malaysia and in english. The english version warns that the VCD's are only for sale in Malaysia and nowhere else. Either the e-bay seller is in trouble or I am lol.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 29 Jul 2016, 04:19 |
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ertoili wrote: yes the VCD is known to be the best VCD release ever It was indeed extremely well encoded for a MPEG1 video disc (I had the Singapore release) but in action scenes the compression artifacts would be all over the place. Soundtrack was quite acceptable and punchy as well. I guess the Eps 4-5-6 VCD trilogy released at the same time had the same care applied to it? Julien
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 29 Jul 2016, 17:42 |
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I did not buy episodes 4, 5 and 6 on VCD. When I bought the VCD of Episode 1, episode 1 on DVD and LD were not available that I remember. I already had episodes 4, 5 and 6 on CED and LD so I had no desire to buy them on VCD. I later bought episodes 2 and 3 on DVD. I also have episode 7 on DVD which I will watch sometime in the near future.
Two things come to mind about VCD: 1) There is no menu system therefore there is no way to select scenes, languages and/or sound, and 2) No 5.1 sound. Also, the amount of movie stored on one disc is about half what a DVD can store. A 2 hour movie needs to be split between 2 discs.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 30 Jul 2016, 02:58 |
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dumbchemist wrote: I did not buy episodes 4, 5 and 6 on VCD. When I bought the VCD of Episode 1, episode 1 on DVD and LD were not available that I remember. I already had episodes 4, 5 and 6 on CED and LD so I had no desire to buy them on VCD. I later bought episodes 2 and 3 on DVD. I also have episode 7 on DVD which I will watch sometime in the near future.
Two things come to mind about VCD: 1) There is no menu system therefore there is no way to select scenes, languages and/or sound, and 2) No 5.1 sound. Also, the amount of movie stored on one disc is about half what a DVD can store. A 2 hour movie needs to be split between 2 discs. How would you compare the LD of episode 1 compared to the VCD release in terms of picture quality? Because up until now, I thought the LD of episode 1 was the best way to watch the theatrical cut of the film.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 30 Jul 2016, 12:56 |
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alien wrote: dumbchemist wrote: I did not buy episodes 4, 5 and 6 on VCD. When I bought the VCD of Episode 1, episode 1 on DVD and LD were not available that I remember. I already had episodes 4, 5 and 6 on CED and LD so I had no desire to buy them on VCD. I later bought episodes 2 and 3 on DVD. I also have episode 7 on DVD which I will watch sometime in the near future.
Two things come to mind about VCD: 1) There is no menu system therefore there is no way to select scenes, languages and/or sound, and 2) No 5.1 sound. Also, the amount of movie stored on one disc is about half what a DVD can store. A 2 hour movie needs to be split between 2 discs. How would you compare the LD of episode 1 compared to the VCD release in terms of picture quality? Because up until now, I thought the LD of episode 1 was the best way to watch the theatrical cut of the film. I don't have the LD version so a comparison between the VCD and the LD would be extremely difficult (lol). I may not buy the LD at all as the price is too steep right now for me ($130 from Amazon, $38 to $70 from E-bay). Is there any one else who could make the comparison?
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 31 Jul 2016, 18:23 |
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ertoili wrote: i have the LD and the LD is better for perfect motion...
im just saying that this Vcd is great for being a VCD.. I will have to take your word on that. This VCD is the only one I have so I cannot make a comparison with other VCD's. Did the VCD predate DVD's?
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 01 Aug 2016, 02:57 |
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dumbchemist wrote: Did the VCD predate DVD's? Yes, to simplify: VCD is MPEG1 video. DVD is MPEG2 video. Julien
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 03 Aug 2016, 15:07 |
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All kidding aside, the VCD format is one that is no match for LD, DVD, HD-DVD or BR for PQ.. It was a format that was a footnote in the history of video. It is like the CD Video format that appeared and disappeared with nary a consumer complaint. I have one CD Video disc which I am keeping as a curiosity.
As to the Episode 1 movie, I watched my VCD copy once in its entirety and was not impressed. It is by no means equivalent to the classic movies that have appeared over the last ~80+ years (i.e. 2001, Gone with the Wind, Spartacus, etc).
Que sera, sera.
Edit: When I say equivalent, I mean the subject matter and the script of the film. I am not referring to the PQ which is a whole other matter.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 03 Aug 2016, 17:04 |
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When I buy a movie, I attempt to get either the DVD or the LD. Sometimes the DVD is the only format for the movie that i can buy. BD is of little use to me as I do not have an HDTV yet.
The VCD of episode 1 that I have is my only VCD. When I bought it, I wanted to see Episode 1 very badly and it was not out on DVD or LD at the time (that I knew of). I guess that i was in a hurry and should have waited. Oh well, that's the way it goes.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 04 Aug 2016, 15:15 |
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signofzeta wrote: It's like VHS viewed through a colander in the rain. That is almost poetic, & hilarious. Cheers.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace on Laserdisc Posted: 04 Aug 2016, 19:17 |
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signofzeta wrote: It's like VHS viewed through a colander in the rain. With or without goggles?
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