Two people from the ReBoot Rewind documentary project posing in front of a stack of ReBoot PAL D1 master tapes. One of them is wearing a purple shirt with the main cast of season 1 peering through a vidwindow.

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   Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 15:40:10 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

   :ReBoot: Big #ReBoot news! :ReBoot:

   The master tapes have been found by the ReBoot Rewind documentary crew and they need our help with finding a working D1 tape deck to digitize them.

   Crossposting this from Facebook:

   🚨THE MASTER TAPES EXIST AND WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨

   Hey you, YES YOU! We have some good news to share!

   For years, there have been rumours circulating about the status of the original PAL D1 masters of ReBoot and whether they still exist. After visiting Mainframe Studios yesterday to take a look through their ReBoot archives, we’re happy to confirm that the masters are all here, for every episode of the show!

   Getting a proper digital transfer of the D1 masters is high priority item for us. It would mean having the entire series in the best possible picture and sound quality, presented as accurately as the day it was rendered. There’s also a library of additional ReBoot content (animation tests, toy commercials, Electronic Arts video game footage, IMAX content) that is currently stuck on the D1 format and we need to preserve it for the future. This would obviously benefit the documentary but ultimately, it would benefit the fans the most!

   Here’s where we need help. We need a working D1 tape deck to capture all these tapes. Mainframe hasn’t had one for years. We haven’t been able to find anyone in Vancouver, British Columbia, or even all of Canada that has one of these tape decks. We’d greatly prefer buying or renting one of these decks so that the tapes can be captured locally, without needing to ship them.

   If anyone has a lead on where we might be able to get one of these decks, please contact us!

   Contact info:
   📧 Email: rebootrewinddoc@gmail.com
   🔗 Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122132598986070529
   🔗 Instagram: https://instagram.com/rebootrewinddoc

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