Everywhere I look that says "original triliogy" it's always the second re-mastering, never the remastering that was released in the 1990s or the original un-remastered versions

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[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Honestly your best bet is to find a DVD/VHS box set and rip them yourself. Everyone keeps the 1080 versions these days at a minimum, and i don't know if those versions were ever release in HD, though here's hoping some can come in with Cunningham's law.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A VHS/DVD rip is rarely a "best bet". There are exceptions, of course, but for Star Wars? Nah.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey I'm right there with you, I have the bluray releases for mine. OP though is after a specific version, which I think was ever available in HD.

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Officially, aye, but this is piracy board. Fans have scanned the film itself and made it available illicitly. Project 4K77 looks fantastic, for example.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 0 points 1 day ago

I'm with you, my original point was that I wasn't aware of any rips that fot OPs criteria, and that they might be better off doing that legwork themselves.

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have copies of the second remastering box set that came included with the original un-remastered editions. What do I use to copy off those?

[–] Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Oh the dvds with laserdisc scan? That's a very neat thing to have!

Would still recommend 4k77 😅

[–] ThatGuyNamedZeus@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

not sure about a laser disk scan. It's just a DVD box set that came included with the un-remastered editions in the bonus disk

[–] stroz@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago

Handbrake is a handy video transcoder to get you started

[–] skribe@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Were they ever released on DVD? I have the VHS tapes. I thought the best quality version was laserdisc. Beyond that, they were all the remastered editions.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's where I'm not sure. According to wikipedia, no. So then yeah, laserdisc would provide the best image for those releases at 425, but a PAL laserdisc would give 440, in contrast to VHSs NTSC resolution of 240. That said, the 90s release was itself a 20th anniversary remaster of the originals, though allegedly there exists a copy for long term preservation that was never released. But, I'd have sworn that the 20th remaster saw a limited release on DVD, but that would again be something to be found on eBay or from a collector if it exists.

[–] skribe@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago

I thought the first Star Wars DVD was the Phantom Menace in 2001, and the original (remastered) trilogy weren't released on DVD until 2004.