I don't understand why you wanted to videotape and document this process.
I watched the whole vid like a captivated monkey and read some comments hoping to get some answers. I still don't know what this was about. Don't know why you posted it and I don't know why you filmed it.
"...Everyone here is now dumber for having listened to you. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul."
The only difference is that ep. IV (I don't even know if that's the version he has) has a version 2 where it's the exact original, but it says Episode IV at the start. This version will forever be lost.
@Mrster No, the 2006 bonus disc (with the theatrical version) opens with Star Wars and the opening crawl follows. It does not include Episode IV: A New Hope as the special edition does
No what I meant was that there is a version that is the EXACT same movie, no new effects or scenes, but it has the ep IV A New Hope at the start. That's the one I have since way, way back. That version will most likely never be released.
Dude, just pick up the Limited Edition DVD release with the original untouched Star Wars trilogy. They're not 16X9 enhanced, but they look and sound way better than any copy you'd ever be able to produce from those old Pan-and-Scam VHS tapes.
There are 720p versions of all three of the Original Unaltered films on here. I have no Clue how in the world he got them, but look them up, he's got a ton of great films on here. Just make sure to snag the MP4 cause its going to prolly going to be ripped down before too long.
I don't know if you've sorted this out already but here's one way to remove the copyright protection. On the bottom of the VHS tape there should be 2 square or rectangle holes. By bottom I mean the opposite end of the VHS where the magnetic strip is.
All you have to do to remove the protection on the tape is to put normal sticky tape over the wholes.
This might help you as I know that's the way it is in England any way.
@johnperez4628 Buy another VCR and a video stabilizer. If you play your tapes in the new VCR and just use the combo to record the DVD, it should work fine.
@johnperez4628 get the 2006 "limited edition" (very available in australia) release with the original versions as a "special feature" problem solved :)
@johnperez4628 current DVDs package the special edition and original together. Beware the DVDs of the originals are sourced from a laserdisc and are non-anamorphic but still duable. The newly released Blu-Ray set does not contain the originals.
@johnperez4628 the 2006 two disc DVD sets contain both the 2004 versions which were built off of the 1997 versions and the original 1977, 1980, and 1983 versions for the first and only time on DVD, but nonanamorphic. they're all available for sale on Amazon. get them before they're gone!
After watching this, i'm mad at george for not film printing the original unaltered versions on dvd. Yes, the original unaltered version is on dvd but was based on the 1993 laserdisc.
Hm, I have tried to copy with videocapture card, a screen is filled with a blank white strip so you can't see anything of the movie. It is a copy protection on capture cards... sadly.
Last night I actually burned my VHS of Star Wars to DVD. It's actually the same copy you have. I used VHS to DVD 3.0 to record it and I burned the DVD using Nero Vision. The quality is tad below fair but its good enough.
@tnacrew12345 weird that should have worked unless they have changed something since my days of copying vhs tapes and putting them on dvd. I feel old now
@JFL1988 That's one of the things i'd like to try, i go over it and other ways to capture video on the Update video. thanks for the help though! Much appreciated.
What the...? How can it tell if it's copyrighted? Hey, Buy a vid capture card. they're pretty cheap and i've got a good one for like $30. That will get through copyright. By the way what year are you Star Wars tapes from? I'm just curious.
@3y3raven Yeah, i explored several options in one of my other vids. Still haven't gotten around to trying them though...it sucks. But i'll take a look into it, thanks for the suggestion. The tapes are a set from 1992.
"Buy a vid capture card. they're pretty cheap and i've got a good one for like $30. That will get through copyright"
It won't. One of two things will happen: the capture card's recording software will stop recording because of Macrovision or the capture card's video circuitry may go bonkers over the "video jamming" effects that Macrovision is designed to cause.
If you have a TV with a vertical hold adjustment, use it to look at the vertical blanking (the black line above/below the video image). If you see a series of bright white blocks there, that's Macrovision.
The DVD recorder here is detecting this when it's playing the tape for copying to DVD, which is how it knows the tape contains copyrighted material.
Those blocks also causes the VCR's auto picture gain control to reduce video gain, causing dim and unstable video.
My recommendation: get the same Star Wars movies on DVD.
Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox have released the Star Wars films in their original, unaltered versions (non-Special Edition) on DVD. Plus, these can be found in the original scope Panavision format instead of being panned and scanned, preserving the cinematography of these films.
copy from the laserdiscs, not the vhs. far better picture
newfuckingwave 3 days ago
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I don't understand why you wanted to videotape and document this process.
I watched the whole vid like a captivated monkey and read some comments hoping to get some answers. I still don't know what this was about. Don't know why you posted it and I don't know why you filmed it.
"...Everyone here is now dumber for having listened to you. I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul."
djvardar 5 days ago
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djvardar 5 days ago
Get the Laserdisc.
MinoTheShow 1 week ago
The blu-ray versions have options for original cuts too.
VHS was a completely shitty format, and I was glad to see it go.
mypiratehat 3 weeks ago
Can you try again, Used a Goodtimes Home Video or Starmaker Entertainment
both company is no more ther Dont own a copyrighted
SBLKLKD 2 months ago 2
You know how on the 2006 release it has the original movies? Why not use those? Is there a difference?
johngotechs 2 months ago
@johngotechs
The only difference is that ep. IV (I don't even know if that's the version he has) has a version 2 where it's the exact original, but it says Episode IV at the start. This version will forever be lost.
Mrster 1 month ago
@Mrster No, the 2006 bonus disc (with the theatrical version) opens with Star Wars and the opening crawl follows. It does not include Episode IV: A New Hope as the special edition does
nmycon 1 week ago
@nmycon
No what I meant was that there is a version that is the EXACT same movie, no new effects or scenes, but it has the ep IV A New Hope at the start. That's the one I have since way, way back. That version will most likely never be released.
Mrster 1 week ago
I think you should try getting a 2nd VCR and plugging it in to the DVD player via RCA cables. Make sure the DVD player can record from other inputs.
SebiStudios2 3 months ago
This is a failure on SO many levels...
eyeh8nbc 4 months ago
Dude, just pick up the Limited Edition DVD release with the original untouched Star Wars trilogy. They're not 16X9 enhanced, but they look and sound way better than any copy you'd ever be able to produce from those old Pan-and-Scam VHS tapes.
rcfilms108 4 months ago
There are 720p versions of all three of the Original Unaltered films on here. I have no Clue how in the world he got them, but look them up, he's got a ton of great films on here. Just make sure to snag the MP4 cause its going to prolly going to be ripped down before too long.
lobmo 4 months ago
@lobmo I'm sure they're available online somewhere if you're feeling adventurous. I, of course, do not condone such things.
nonix81 4 months ago
I don't know if you've sorted this out already but here's one way to remove the copyright protection. On the bottom of the VHS tape there should be 2 square or rectangle holes. By bottom I mean the opposite end of the VHS where the magnetic strip is.
All you have to do to remove the protection on the tape is to put normal sticky tape over the wholes.
This might help you as I know that's the way it is in England any way.
SimulatedlPuppet 5 months ago
the like/dislike bar looks like a lightsaber
Username5698 6 months ago 5
thats the only way the copyguard can be removed
Dean1806 6 months ago
u need a video stablelizer conected between vcr and dvd recorder and then it will work
Dean1806 6 months ago
@Dean1806 It's a two in one combo deck. I couldn't use a stabilizer even if i wanted to : (
johnperez4628 6 months ago
@johnperez4628 Buy another VCR and a video stabilizer. If you play your tapes in the new VCR and just use the combo to record the DVD, it should work fine.
CTHimes01 6 hours ago
why not not just go out and by the dvds?
mrmegarock58 6 months ago
@mrmegarock58 Most of the DVDs out there have all the extra cg that clutters the screen and distracts from the actual storyline, which is a shame.
johnperez4628 6 months ago
@johnperez4628 Why don't you buy the original theatrical cuts? They're on DVD in widescreen.
recently311 1 month ago
@johnperez4628 get the 2006 "limited edition" (very available in australia) release with the original versions as a "special feature" problem solved :)
EliteSBruh 5 days ago
@johnperez4628 current DVDs package the special edition and original together. Beware the DVDs of the originals are sourced from a laserdisc and are non-anamorphic but still duable. The newly released Blu-Ray set does not contain the originals.
crissrudd4554 3 days ago
is this piracy?
mrmegarock58 6 months ago
@mrmegarock58 If i sold the digital copies/dvds it would be, but since i own the movies and just wanted to have a digital copy it isn't.
johnperez4628 6 months ago
@johnperez4628 the 2006 two disc DVD sets contain both the 2004 versions which were built off of the 1997 versions and the original 1977, 1980, and 1983 versions for the first and only time on DVD, but nonanamorphic. they're all available for sale on Amazon. get them before they're gone!
futuremovieactor 1 week ago
After watching this, i'm mad at george for not film printing the original unaltered versions on dvd. Yes, the original unaltered version is on dvd but was based on the 1993 laserdisc.
MartinNBambi 7 months ago
Hm, I have tried to copy with videocapture card, a screen is filled with a blank white strip so you can't see anything of the movie. It is a copy protection on capture cards... sadly.
randomforum 7 months ago
Last night I actually burned my VHS of Star Wars to DVD. It's actually the same copy you have. I used VHS to DVD 3.0 to record it and I burned the DVD using Nero Vision. The quality is tad below fair but its good enough.
crissrudd4554 9 months ago
good review what happen next after try your star wars on to dvd
timetravelhyman88 11 months ago
Ok I can tell you how to fix this, but you're gonna need a 2nd VCR. Record them onto some blank VHS tapes and then burn them to the dvds.
TheInsaneOne288 1 year ago
@TheInsaneOne288 for some ason i tried it it din work i guess it still read that its cpyright
tnacrew12345 1 year ago
@tnacrew12345 weird that should have worked unless they have changed something since my days of copying vhs tapes and putting them on dvd. I feel old now
TheInsaneOne288 1 year ago
@TheInsaneOne288 I actually tried that once. It didnt work.
crissrudd4554 8 months ago
This is stupid, you are stupid. Buy the dvd's retard!
DarthJedi34 1 year ago
You could try getting an earlier release, from when VHS copyright was less common
DarthJuhoker96 1 year ago
They already have released the original unaltered movies on DVD.
They did it back in 2004. Once disc is the SE edition and the 2nd disc is the original unaltered ones.
snake2006 1 year ago
@snake2006 I'm glad, those SE ones are awful, way to cluttered with useless cgi. Thanks!
johnperez4628 1 year ago
@johnperez4628
You have to buy each one individually though.
You can't buy the trilogy pack and get them.
They have to be the 2 disc versions.
Just a heads up.
I think they are 2 discs, or atleast double sided. I can't remember my friend has them, I only have the SE's.
I know you Have to buy them individually though to get the ones with both the SE's and Unaltered.
The unaltered ones are not in widescreen though. They are fullscreen. That is the best you can hope for from Lucas.
snake2006 1 year ago
@snake2006 I'm glad, those SE ones are awful, way to cluttered with useless cgi. Thanks!
johnperez4628 1 year ago
@johnperez4628 But the transfer of the original version isn't that good either.
killer92173 7 months ago
dont know if you have a pc or mac but try this Pinnacle Dazzle DVD Recorder Plus
JFL1988 1 year ago
@JFL1988 That's one of the things i'd like to try, i go over it and other ways to capture video on the Update video. thanks for the help though! Much appreciated.
johnperez4628 1 year ago
can you review the empire strikes back vhs
NandoPalmira 1 year ago
What the...? How can it tell if it's copyrighted? Hey, Buy a vid capture card. they're pretty cheap and i've got a good one for like $30. That will get through copyright. By the way what year are you Star Wars tapes from? I'm just curious.
3y3raven 1 year ago
@3y3raven Yeah, i explored several options in one of my other vids. Still haven't gotten around to trying them though...it sucks. But i'll take a look into it, thanks for the suggestion. The tapes are a set from 1992.
johnperez4628 1 year ago
@3y3raven
"What the...? How can it tell if it's copyrighted?"
Because the cassette was recorded with Macrovision. Fox did that with their cassettes from the late 1980s onwards.
Watcher3223 1 year ago
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@3y3raven
"Buy a vid capture card. they're pretty cheap and i've got a good one for like $30. That will get through copyright"
It won't. One of two things will happen: the capture card's recording software will stop recording because of Macrovision or the capture card's video circuitry may go bonkers over the "video jamming" effects that Macrovision is designed to cause.
Watcher3223 1 year ago
@3y3raven
If you have a TV with a vertical hold adjustment, use it to look at the vertical blanking (the black line above/below the video image). If you see a series of bright white blocks there, that's Macrovision.
The DVD recorder here is detecting this when it's playing the tape for copying to DVD, which is how it knows the tape contains copyrighted material.
Those blocks also causes the VCR's auto picture gain control to reduce video gain, causing dim and unstable video.
Watcher3223 1 year ago
@3y3raven
My recommendation: get the same Star Wars movies on DVD.
Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox have released the Star Wars films in their original, unaltered versions (non-Special Edition) on DVD. Plus, these can be found in the original scope Panavision format instead of being panned and scanned, preserving the cinematography of these films.
Watcher3223 1 year ago
Man, I feel your pain. I have a Sony DVD/VHS Recorder as well. It's not that easy anyhow to get through the copy rights.
ajaugenti 1 year ago
@ajaugenti you're right its not, but I've decided to go old school with it....for now!
johnperez4628 1 year ago
how did it catch that!?
TVindustries5000 1 year ago