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Remaster SDF Macross episode 27 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is now available! Seed when you can, thanks! ***************************** Galaxy Network will be on a 2 month hiatus until Gubaba can get settled in Japan. It looks like I'll need to update the 1st post on this thread manually unless Shawn can work out a few html bugs for this new forum we currently have.

Those are good points. I was thinking of using the remastered Macross dvds as part of the preservation final clean up process via the virtual plug in "TooT" and to increase the original LD resolution, as well as using after effects for clean up.

4th payment of $880 CAN sent today for the the HLD-X0. I hope the Canadian to USA exchange rate is 1:1 by the time Nicolas' uncle cashes the cheque. After this cheque is only three more payments. So, most likely done by August! I plan to set up an ebay store this week end to seriously clear out a bunch of toys in my apartment/condo. I might be able to put more cash towareds the HLD-X0, but I also have long list of Macross reference books to stock up on. We'll see.

Remastered SDF Macross TV episode 26 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is now available! You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Seed when you can, thanks! ***************************** asiandvdclub is offline. It looks like a hacker not only tried to con adc members out of money, but probably blocked my account. I sent an email about re-establishing my account to adc, but there has been no response for over a week and adc is still offline. Optimusx has told me that he's willing to upload his subtitled Macross DVDs to me to rapidshare and then I could seed them on nyaa torrent. Stay tuned. ********************** I went onto ADC irc channel and I was able to get my ip un banned. I'm uploading a DVD to ADC to get my ratio over 100%, since I'll be downloading all 5 DVDs of OptimusX subtitled SDF DVDs.

Most of the dhe dyrl mkv is unavailable at this time due to rapidshare removing files over 3 months old. I'm almost finished doing an extended edition dhe dyrl mkv. I'll get that uploaded to iMacross4 next week and post when it's ready.

Remastered SDF Macross TV episode 25 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is now available! You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Seed when you can, thanks! ******************** ))@)$%&)(@$%!! Asiandvdclub blocked my ip address again! http error 403 keeps me from getting to the website and keeps me off the asiandvdclub tracker! And I have 100% ratio!

Slowly uploading remastered SDF tv special edition episodes. Rapidshare did a big clean up of their servers and most of the remastered SDF episodes will need to be uploaded to iMacross4 again. Uploaded to sdf special editoin (Chad's video) episode 12 and up to episode 23. SDF special edition episodes will be on iMacross4 and SDF Galaxy Network episodes will be on nyaatorrent. Good news for me. Asiandvdclub has un-blocked my ip address. My ratio is at 100% still. I don't know why that happened. ADC server software glitch?

For the last week and 1/2, asiandvdclub has blocked my ip through bittorrent and their website even though I have 100% share ratio. I attempted contacting ADC though email: http://www.who.is/whois/asiandvdclub.org/ admin@asiandvdclub.org registry-asiandvdclub@prq.se Both emails failed to get through. That means I have to find alternate means of down/uploading the subtitled Macross DVDs. For me, nyaa torrents look better for bittorrent distribution and also rapidshare. Thanks to OptimusX! Rapidshare looks like they have emptied out enough of their servers with the upload limits of 25 GB for the last 4 months. The upload limit for Rapidshare is now 500 gb for premium accounts, but I'm not sure if there is still that 3 month limitation keeping files on their servers.

3rd payment of $700 CAN / $685 US sent for HLD-X0 LD player sent today. Not quite the half-way mark for payments. Ebay has lowered their fees a bit, so I'll get back to listing up stuff every 2 weeks starting next week. If I can send $900 CAN and then $700 CAN every month after that, then I can be finished with the HLD-X0 payments by (edit) August.

I thought those two M7 pictures looked like the M7 anticipation manga. Oops.

Nicolas received payment. Here's an update from him on the HLD-X0 payment plan. "Your order is as follows: + HLD-X0 $4000 + voltage transformer included + Pioneer maintenance included + packaging + shipping $750 estimated = total $4750 estimated - already paid $480 + $685 = $1165 US = still due USD 3585 estimated When we are close to the shipping date i will check all current pricing for DHL, UPS and FedEx, their rates change with fuel surcharges. Assuming that your final payment will cover postage, maintenance will be triggered by your previous payment, should take less than a month, so the shipment can be triggered by the final payment." $3585 US more to go!

iMacross4 UPDATES: 1. Macross 7 remastered a. 46-49 subtitled with Central Anime subs .mkv, 2 parts, HJSplit b. Dyamite 01-04 OVA subtitled with Central Anime subs .mkv, 3 parts, HJSplit c. Encore 01, 02 OVA subtitled with Central Anime subs .mkv, 2 parts, HJSplit d. Galaxy is calling me subtitled with Central Anime subs .mkv, 3 parts, HJSplit 2. SDF Macross remastered a. episode 23,24 subtitled by Galaxy Network .mkv, 5 parts, HJSplit 3. Macross miscellaneous a. Dreamcast_Feb_2001_Macross_M3.cbr b. Yamato_Macross_Frontier_Quarter_Ship_Booklet.cbr 4. Macross Audio Drama a. Macross Generation part 1 and 2 of 2 mp3, 2 parts, winrar thanks macpanda! *************************************** iMacross4 is currently at 94 gb, 822 files. Rapidshare has shaken out a lot of files, so their new maximum capacity for premium rapidshare is 500gb. I'm not sure if there is still that 3 month time limit on files though. So, if you see anything in the iMacross 4 directory list that you would like to download and is not on Macross Share, then send me a pm.

I've been asked a question about the Macross LD Preservation Donator idea and a possible production schedule (best guesstimates). Length of donations: 8 months to send out all payments for HLD-X0. 6 weeks to receive HLD-X0 from Nicolas. HDL-X0 in my place by December. If you donate $10/month = $80, then I would pay you back $10/month starting November. If you're the only donator, then I'll probably just refund you a lot sooner. I'll type your name out on the LD preservation thread, so I can keep track. So far, I sent $1200 CAN for a possible $4072 CAN HLD-X0 LD player. It might be more or lesss, Nicolas has not confirmed the exact price since I will be getting his cheapest HLD-X0. The cheapest might be pretty beaten up. I might go for the one above the cheapest. $700 April May, I have auto insurance to pay, which will be over $1000. $100 June. $700 July $700 August $700 September $400 October for shipping and power transformer Availability and Distribution: There's rapidshare or bittorrents or usenet or irc. Usenet and irc are unknown to me at this time. A bonus for Donators? I'm not sure how I can afford to mail out all the Macross LD bluray discs to donators, since it would be quite a lot of expensive bluray discs to buy + shipping. And I would be paying back the donators what they paid me. The only way I can afford to do that is if the donator pays for the bluray disc and shipping. Then the rest would be distributed by bittorrent or rapidshare or ? Production Schedule: It will likely take me 1-2 months to figure out how to get the best LD capture and hand those videos over to Chad Dunham through the mail / rapidshare for some basic video fixing. Then he hands them back to me after 2-3 weeks through rapidshare. Then I have to figure out how to remove basic video glitches out of the video with After Effects. I have no idea how long that will take. Mercurial Morpheus has offered to do final colour correction (maybe 3-4 weeks for that.) OptimusX is looking into how subtitled AVCHD DL DVD-Rs are made. And I still have to see how to get one bluray disc made with Nero or Power Director software with menus and features just like a DVD. Worst case scenario: One 2 hour movie like DYRL could take 10+ months to get to subtitled bluray. This is because I wanted to see how much video quality on the perfect edition DYRL LD can be restored. Best case scenario: M7 Dynamite OVA 1-4 straight rip, Chad's video fix, MM's colour correction, OptimusX bluray/AVCHD 4-6 months Macross SDF/DYRL would need more work than Macross plus or 7. I'm also thinking about travel time for sharing files and possible computer problems. Subtitles are a possibility, but the main project is first to get the best video/audio from the Macross LDs. So, the initial rips will be unsubtitled huge AVI files that would have audio separately ripped. It's a lot more work once I've thought about it. Maybe, it'll get easier after the first few times.

remastered SDF Macross TV episode 24 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is available You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Seed when you can, thanks! ***************************** For those of you who have not thoroughly looked over The Galaxy Network web blog, you can also find: 1. SDF Macross: Snow Falling in the Galaxy audio drama translated by Gubaba 2. SDF Macross: Miss DJ audio drama translated by Gubaba

Macross Plus CAV international version LDs 1,2,3 are here from Reco Bancou. They are in really great shape! Now it's just M+ OAV 4 international version CAV LD to find. I did notice that M+ OAV 1 CLV LD has the Macross: Future Chronicle video on it. Gubaba was telling me when he picks up the Bandai M+ DVD set that has this video then he'll pass it along to me. Subtitling might be an option considering Gubaba's schedule and interest. Then I would hand over M: Future Chronicle to Chad Dunham for him to make some video adjustments. "Future Chronicle" might be considered for a restoration project using remastered macross video. I'll have to look it over to decide. HLD-X0 News: The $700 cheque hasn't been cashed yet by Nicolas' uncle. Last time, the mail took over 2 weeks to get to Quebec and cashed. We'll see what I can afford for April.

2nd payment ($700 CAN) was sent to Nicolas' uncle for the HLD-X0 LD player was sent this week. 7-8 payments or less to go depending on how much I can keep myself from buying toys and how much I can sell toys on ebay. The final price for the player could be $3000-4000 depending on what shape Nicolas can find a working HLD-X0 for me. He has a bunch of the HLD-X0s on hand. Until I get all my payments in, he's going to keep looking for less expensive HLD-X0 for me. The cheapest HLD-X0 would be the one that doesn't look as nice, but it will be sent to a Pioneer LD repair depot before it's shippped to me. So, it will be in as good a working condition as the nicer looking ones.

There's a "used" copy of this copy and paste book on Amazon that's being sold for $126.85 Canadian. That's why I wrote $100+. Just ridiculous! Maybe, someone could write a "review" of this "book" as a warning not to buy. Seems to be more effort than it's worth.

I was just browsing around looking at what Amazon has for Macross. And then I found this Macross Plus (Paperback)by Frederic P. Miller (Author), Agnes F. Vandome (Author), John McBrewster (Author). It's in english and goes for $100+ US! The publisher is Alphascript Publishing and the book came out in December 2009. It's odd that I never saw anything on Macrossworld about this book. I looked at Frederic P. Miller and found he also wrote a book on Dental Caries. So, I phoned Amazon's customer service to find out if this is a real book. The service rep. lady told me that this book's information was given to Amazon by Alphascript publishing, so it has to be a real book. Not that I was going to buy this book, but I was just wondering if anybody has ever seen this book before?

remastered SDF Macross TV episode 23 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is available You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Seed when you can, thanks! ***************************** Now on iMacross4: remastered SDF Macross TV episode 23 (Galaxy Network) 5 parts each episode, HJSplit ****************************** OptimusX has been busy putting together the subtitled DVD of remastered Macross SDF TV disc 05! It can be found on asiandvdclub.org.

Where can I find a good capture of the "bonus UMD that came with the Macross Ultimate Frontier PSP game" that has the little extra footage? Thanks!

First payment for HLD-X0 received by Nicolas Santini. He's a busy guy, so it takes him a couple of weeks to respond to emails. Ebay sales were pretty lackluster for getting cash together. End of March, ebay fees will be less, so I can post up more stuff. And hopefully, people will be more in the buying mood on ebay once they get their income tax refund. I was also going to try out Kijiji for toy sales, too. I'll see what I can save up for the HLD-X0 next month. I did find M+ OAV CAV 1,2,3 Laserdiscs on recobanchou retail website. So, those LDs are on the way. Apparently, M+ OAV CAV disc 4 is really hard to find. Nicolas Santini had the complete M+ OAV CAV international LD set for only $300 US+shipping. I said "no thanks". Maybe, I'll get lucky on ebay. Otherwise, I did send an email to Neova about the recent M+ LD purchases, so he might be able to find vol 4 LD for me. Also, the Macross SF Challenge LD is on ebay for $110 US. But, I would rather buy Macross books or the CRT TV for colour correction or the composite to component transcoder.

remastered SDF Macross TV episode 22 subtitled by Galaxy Network bittorrent is available You can check on the Galaxy Network website usually every 2nd weekend for an update on the SDF subtitling project. Seed when you can, thanks! ***************************** Now on iMacross4: remastered SDF Macross TV episode 22 (Galaxy Network) 5 parts each episode, HJSplit

This sounds a bit familiar to another Macross CGI project that Jay Lew was working on.

It looks like VIP is almost done with getting the whole M7 series subtitled with Central Anime subs.

I mailed out the first payment cheque ($500 CAN) for the HLD-X0 LD player to Nicolas' uncle in Quebec. A monthly payment plan works best for me. I listed up a bunch of toys on ebay today and some more for tomorrow, so I can make some more funds for the HLD-X0. Otherwise, we're looking at 8-9 months for completion of payment and then 3 weeks later for shipping: October 2010! It's a good thing that I'm so-so on Yamato's Macross 7 toys for this year. I do like the VF-17 though. *************************** Last week, I shipped back the FC-10D transcoder for a replacement. It did reach Escondido, California 6:30 am yesterday. I'll send the guy an email and see if he's picked it up yet. ********************* UPDATE: I was able to get a refund, since he did receive the transcoder back. Very good ebay seller! So, I'm going to pick up that alternate BNC input to composite output on ebay once my ebay auctions finish up next week Wednesday. It looks like I'll be able to list up a whole lot more on ebay starting in March because ebay is finally dropping their fees. Any extra cash does help. I haven't picked up the Toshiba CRT TV yet, but it's still listed for sale on kiijii winnipeg. Also, I asked Nicolas about finding the M+ OAV CAV international LDs for me. I haven't heard back from him yet, since the last email I sent him 2 weeks ago. I guess he's busy or I might be annoying him?