Recent content by Harmy

@Vincent_P: Well, Eastman's LPP was introduced only a year later, so it would have been reasonable to make an LPP answer print then and if they didn't, separation masters probably exist. But I must say from the pictures I've seen, I like the BD timing better than the DVD (with a few exeptions)...

First, let me show you something; here a framing comparison between a BD and an actual theatrical projection from 35mm film (keep in mind the BD is already cropped compared to the OCN): So, to simulate realistic theatrical conditions, you may need to crop considerably. But it wouldn't of...

I'm hoping for a BD release of Friends or at least a DVD re-release with the new HD transfers encoded in anamorphic widescreen - I saw the first eight seasons in HD on Comedy Central HD and they looked brilliant compared to the current DVDs. From the very beginning, the series was shot on 35mm...

Let me just chip in with what I already wrote elsewhere: Now, I want to talk about the changes. A) As a purist I'm bothered by them on principle (similarly to how I'm bothered by the removal of the hole in the floor in Aliens Blu-Ray) but I can live with them, they don't ruin the movie or even...

I haven't seen this transfer yet, so I can't judge how much the credits weave but my question is: do only the credits weave or the whole image? If it is only the credits, then it has absolutely nothing to do with the transfer. There are only two ways to stop optically composited credits from...

If the gateweave is only visible on the credits, that proves nothing, since in 1993, it is quite likely that he credits were still done optically and every optical composite always has some amount of gate weave. And even if they were done digitally, in 1993, even a digital composite would likely...

I was never able to discover any Easter eggs in the menu of any DVD but I always just went to the VIDEO_TS folder on my PC and played one file after another until I found them. Maybe you guys who have the Blu-Rays could do the same with them (there it would be the STREAM folder of course...).

Well, the way I understand it, the German HDTV broadcasts, which seem to be the highest quality to date were 50fps 1080i, which means that it was basically 25fps where each frame was divided into two fields, so when captured, they could be re-encoded back into 25fps progressive. The compression...

And the OT had at least four DVD releases recycling the same DVDs: 04 - the Special Special Edition Trilogy with a bonus disc, 05 the Special Special Edition Trilogy (same transfer and everything) without a bonus disc, 06 The Special Special Editions (same transfer and everything) separately...

The downconversion was definitely not the culprit of the crushed blacks, as the 1080p broadcasts looked exactly the same in that aspect and so do all the new clips from the Blu-Rays. And I believe that people who have seen the Blu-Rays and say that they look "tremendous" may be the same people...

Tweaked picture doesn't necessarily mean better picture and from what I've seen so far, I'm not convinced it will be. And the crushed blacks and clipped whites will be there no matter what they do with it, because they're inherent to the 04 transfer. And apparently they're adding new sounds into...

Oh, right, I didn't see what kind of subs it had, as we streamed it from a computer and added localized subs in MPC.

Oh, right. I'm in EU. The Blu-Ray that my friend has is this one: http://www.amazon.fr/fabuleux-destin-dAm%C3%A9lie-Poulain-Blu-ray/dp/B001CRVXZG/ref=sr_1_3?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1311880116&sr=1-3 I assume that it's a completely different European release.

If they actually brightened the video the way the sample pics are brightened, then this is going to be even worse than the DVDs, because the fact that the blacks are crushed means that if they brighten it the way those pics are, the monotone black areas will become monotone grey areas.

Lawyered!!!! ;-D