I'm pretty sure that THAT was the version that never made it to VHS. I have three, different, widescreen trilogies on VHS -- the very first set with the red box and hologram cover, the THX original set (also known as the "Faces" set), and the "Special Edition" set. I had the "Faces" set on laserdisc as well, but I'm fairly sure that the Definitive Collection was never on VHS.
For a long time, they didn't release the original theatrical release on DVD. They had that new enhanced version, but not the original. Laserdisc was the only way to get the theatrical release in great quality.
Getting this from wiki now, but the laserdisc is still the best way to get the original trilogy in theatrical release. They did release it on DVD in 2006, but it was from the laserdisc transfer.
I had a friend serving in the military in south korea. He came back with a laserdisc player in 98, and I remember being blown away by the quality.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Were you guys talking about the Star Wars "Definitive Collection" laserdisc set?
http://www.blam1.com/StarWars/PILF-1757.htm
I'm pretty sure that THAT was the version that never made it to VHS. I have three, different, widescreen trilogies on VHS -- the very first set with the red box and hologram cover, the THX original set (also known as the "Faces" set), and the "Special Edition" set. I had the "Faces" set on laserdisc as well, but I'm fairly sure that the Definitive Collection was never on VHS.
For a long time, they didn't release the original theatrical release on DVD. They had that new enhanced version, but not the original. Laserdisc was the only way to get the theatrical release in great quality.
Getting this from wiki now, but the laserdisc is still the best way to get the original trilogy in theatrical release. They did release it on DVD in 2006, but it was from the laserdisc transfer.
I had a friend serving in the military in south korea. He came back with a laserdisc player in 98, and I remember being blown away by the quality.