I still own this set! The short documentaries that preceded the S.E.s on their individual VHS tapes are, as you mentioned, present and correct on the Jedi disc, but feel a little incomplete without that really inviting "...so now, sit back and enjoy..." voiceover which closes each individual documentary, leading you into the movie itself.
I owned DVD transfers of these laserdiscs of Episode V and Episode VI. I bought them from a DVD store at a shopping mall in Karachi. I wish I'd never given them away :-[
Because it's pal you could put more time on each side and the quality was actually better, so no the discs aren't time compressed. But there is a major disadvantage with pal which in my opinion make NTSC better by a long shot. And that would be audio, notice how you said Dolby surround and not Dolby digital? Well it's not that pal was incapable of Dolby digital it's just that it can only hold 2 audio channels as opposed to NTSC which can hold 4. now originally discs had analogue sound so on NTSC they would (generally speaking) put 2 digital and 2 analogue tracks (left right) that would allow backwards compatibility with the older player which can't play digital sound. Having 4 tracks allowed for creativity how about dubbin a movie into a certain language and keeping the English soundtrack and having both in stereo or putting more languages even and making them mono, another possibility was commentary tracks which were literally invented for laserdisc!!! And another feature was Dolby digital you'd put it on 1 analogue track then decode it on a separate device. This was of course possible on pal only if you'd sacrifice one of the 2 tracks leaving anyone who doesn't have 5 bloody speakers stuck with the film in mono.
Ah, that is very helpful. I guess the lines of resolution alter storage capacity (or more specifically take less space and make better use of the storage capacity). Thanks. I haven't dabbled in PAL LaserDiscs at all prior to this set.
@@ChronoRadio The sets are still time-compressed, but not because of space. The Star Wars films, like virtually every other film, have a framerate of 24fps, which converts nicely into the 30fps of NTSC. PAL, however, has a framerate of 25fps, so films on the PAL format will speed up by 4%. This is still standard procedure on the DVD format, too, but Blu-ray uses a framerate of 24fps, so UK Blu-rays aren't sped up.
I will typically watch the newest iteration to get the best picture and sound out of the experience, or in 3D for the ones that are available that way.
Thea are not time compressed cause of PAL speedup, which means they are 96% faster. A two Hours movie in ntsc is 115 min in PAL.
96% faster, wow!!!! Hahahaha
I still own this set! The short documentaries that preceded the S.E.s on their individual VHS tapes are, as you mentioned, present and correct on the Jedi disc, but feel a little incomplete without that really inviting "...so now, sit back and enjoy..." voiceover which closes each individual documentary, leading you into the movie itself.
Uk fans no AC3 audio which means a big part of the theatrical experience seeing these in 5.1 is missing.
I owned DVD transfers of these laserdiscs of Episode V and Episode VI. I bought them from a DVD store at a shopping mall in Karachi. I wish I'd never given them away :-[
6:51 FtSWHVL-ception! The infinite Butlers are mesmerizing. 😵😵😵😵😵😵😵
Cool stuff! I like the different LaserDisc sets out there.
And is that the new Doctor Aphra figure I spy up there under Thrawn?
Because it's pal you could put more time on each side and the quality was actually better, so no the discs aren't time compressed. But there is a major disadvantage with pal which in my opinion make NTSC better by a long shot.
And that would be audio, notice how you said Dolby surround and not Dolby digital? Well it's not that pal was incapable of Dolby digital it's just that it can only hold 2 audio channels as opposed to NTSC which can hold 4. now originally discs had analogue sound so on NTSC they would (generally speaking) put 2 digital and 2 analogue tracks (left right) that would allow backwards compatibility with the older player which can't play digital sound. Having 4 tracks allowed for creativity how about dubbin a movie into a certain language and keeping the English soundtrack and having both in stereo or putting more languages even and making them mono, another possibility was commentary tracks which were literally invented for laserdisc!!! And another feature was Dolby digital you'd put it on 1 analogue track then decode it on a separate device. This was of course possible on pal only if you'd sacrifice one of the 2 tracks leaving anyone who doesn't have 5 bloody speakers stuck with the film in mono.
According to Techmoan (A retro tech RUclipsr who does repair videos) Laserdiscs from PAL places can hold 75 min and NTSC discs can hold 60 min.
Ah, that is very helpful. I guess the lines of resolution alter storage capacity (or more specifically take less space and make better use of the storage capacity). Thanks. I haven't dabbled in PAL LaserDiscs at all prior to this set.
@@ChronoRadio The sets are still time-compressed, but not because of space. The Star Wars films, like virtually every other film, have a framerate of 24fps, which converts nicely into the 30fps of NTSC. PAL, however, has a framerate of 25fps, so films on the PAL format will speed up by 4%. This is still standard procedure on the DVD format, too, but Blu-ray uses a framerate of 24fps, so UK Blu-rays aren't sped up.
Does your player have NTSC and PAL compatibility
No, just NTSC.
do you watch them. I watch my dvds and blue rays.
I will typically watch the newest iteration to get the best picture and sound out of the experience, or in 3D for the ones that are available that way.