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RetroMagic 50 Video Release – Parts 1 & 2

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As we approach the two-month anniversary of our biggest event ever, RetroMagic 50, we felt it was time to take a trip back to that amazing weekend in April. Throughout the day, you may have noticed cameras and a number of volunteers scrambling around to document this amazing time we had together. The entire day was captured on multiple cameras and we are so excited to share everything with you here on our website and YouTube...Read More...

Very RARE – Horizons Opening Press Kit Video

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This is an extremely rare 1983 U-Matic videotape press kit that includes footage of getting Horizons ready for opening, construction, interior shots, a short interview with George McGinnis and Robert McCall, and some quick segments by the SVP of GE Research and Development at the time Dr. Roland Schmitt. Thank you to Joe Zarella for the footage. We’ve restored and upscaled it, enjoy!Read More...

Disney MGM-Studios Grand Opening Special – Original NBC Broadcast with Commercials and AI Interpolated HD!

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We’ve got a special treat for everyone today! To test out our new video and film restoration system we decided to improve upon one of our earlier restorations, specifically the Disney MGM-Studios Grand Opening Special!  We’ve left the commercials in and we utilized our Artificial Intelligence software to produce Interpolated HD. The entire process to get to this quality included 3 hours of VHS tape clean up; 15 hours of HD interpolation, 3 hours of stitching...Read More...

Captain EO – Work Print from 7/10/86

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One more trip with Captain EO as the week comes to an end. So far we’ve released the MTV Broadcast of Captain EO and the cast member parody, Captain Eeyore. Now we have another rare find for you, a work print from July 10, 1986. Where this comes from, and where it was in the production process we have no idea. It has the time codes on the bottom and is dated at the start. We...Read More...

WDW Resort Information Channel Video – May 1992 – AI Enhanced VHS Recording

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This is just one of five WDW Resort Information channel videos that we will be releasing. We’ve gone ahead and cleaned up the luma/chroma alignment, reduced the noise and then ran it through the AI enhancement process. This runs nearly 1hr 30 minutes and will take to places that are now long gone, including Top of the World, Pleasure Island, River Country and more! This was recorded in May 1992 during the year-long 20th-anniversary celebration of...Read More...

A Day at EPCOT Center – 1991 – AI Enhanced VHS Tape

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With the parks closed for the next few weeks, we figured we’d give you a virtual tour via the 1991 video, “A Day at EPCOT Center”. We used some of the techniques we learned while enhancing Horizons: Revisited on this video, including an all-new deinterlacing process and we’ve used AI to upscale the video to 720 lines.Read More...

Horizons: Revisited – Release Day Announcement & Vote for the ending!

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    Join Todd, Brian, JT and How on a live video chat where they discuss the history and technical details of the restoration of the video before it premieres at 9 pm. Afterwords they will take live questions via the YouTube Chat feature and will then unveil a teaser trailer that you don’t want to miss! Once the live premier has ended the full video will be available on Youtube, Vimeo and at RetroWDW.com. Don’t...Read More...

Original Disney Vacation Club Resort: ’92 & ’93 Tours – (Old Key West)

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Today we head back to the early 90s and take you on a couple of tours of the original Vacation Club Resort. The quality here is pretty amazing, considering our photographer had a tripod to make some nice smooth shots and quality zooms.  The first video here is from 1992 when the resort was less than a year old. We get to see nearly every highlight of the resort back then and if this is your...Read More...