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Oh well...I don't give a crap about episode 1-3, I'm looking forward to 4-6.

May the Force be with you...]]>Nov 11th 2006 12:31AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/Nov 11th 2006 12:55AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/
I watched about 40 minutes of the first movie...that was about as much as I could stomach JarJar. Yuck!

Anyways...I hit the sack, woke up this morning in time for Episode 4, or as most everybody likes to call it, "Star Wars". I ran though my HD DVR, thank you Charter, and quickly browsed Attack of the Clones...Episode II. Looked much better. Sharper than the first episode. What's up with this?

Also, it does look to be 2.35:1. I guess I'm so used to seeing larger black lines when watching the Star Wars movies that I thought they clipped the sides. Gotta love 16:9.

Sounds good too. I haven't compared it to DVD, I will be testing that out later.

One last thing, get ready to purchase the entire series, all six movies, in a box set next Christmas. HD format. Mark my words. What do you guys think it will cost? 6x25$? $149? $99? ]]>Nov 11th 2006 8:37AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/Nov 11th 2006 1:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/
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TPM's a terrible DVD, and the HD image isn't up to par either. In particular the color saturation is off (washed out) and there's lots of visible grain, particularly in background scenes. This does NOT reflect on the HD version; it's the same issues as the (terrible!) DVD -- points to the master.

Episode 2 is better than the original HBO non-OAR airing. Episode 3 is the same and looks great, with intermittent Macro. Episodes 4,5,6 are all astounding. Lucas did a marvelous job restoring these for the DVD/HD master (same as for these CMAX versions). There is still some MINOR macro here and there, but less than Episode 3. Only HDNet could have done a better job. This is a great broadcast and lots of fun!

I'm very happy with the quality. Awesome!

-Pie]]>Nov 12th 2006 12:52AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/Nov 12th 2006 9:10AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/
Your comment is so beyond false it isn't funny. Film resolution is much higher than the current HD spec. Films shot 20 years ago generally don't look as good because of the quality of the aging film print. 20 years gathers dust and scratches.

-Jay]]>Nov 12th 2006 9:57AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/Film these days in the world of digital film scanning is generally accepted to contain approx 4000pixels horizontally. That pretty much obliterates current HD hands down. Jason is right in terms of why older films may look slightly "worse" than current HD captured epics like Clones or Sith. But believe me the resolution in most 35mm films and more recently 16mm film is all there ready to be cracked open whenever the producer decides to go out to HD. If you still question the raw power and potential of film go check out an IMAX film.
Go back to your desk and try again young man.

Om]]>Nov 12th 2006 5:24PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/
If I remember correctly a 20 megapixel (still) camera has about the same resolution as a proper 35mm film. I couldn't come across any figures for movie film.]]>Nov 12th 2006 11:18AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/http://hd.engadget.com/2006/11/10/star-wars-hd-marathon-going-on-right-about-now/Nov 17th 2006 8:17AM