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If you haven't seen this in HiDef, then you really are missing out. Watched this last night on BD and the image and audio quality are simply outstanding. Detail levels are amazing, everything about the HiDef transfer is reference. DTS 5.1 Master Audio (Lossless encoding!!!) included! This...

Actually, for the encode, this is not true for a Warner VC-1 title. The encode is done once - for HD DVD, and then is run through a converter program to reformat (not re-encode) for the BD version. Once the video stream is encoded, bits is bits. On the playback side, however, anything is...

Since both discs have the exact same VC-1 encodes with identical video data streams on them, this conclusion is clearly a case of a lack of proper calibration for one or both players, using different connections for each player, or setup problems, or .... I would take this opinion with a...

Make that 3 behind the screen + mono surrounds. And yes, for those who think that Star Wars was the first stereo film, 4 channel stereo in general release originally became popular in 1953-54 with the introduction of CinemaScope by Twentieth Century Fox. There were isolated instances of...

Why would you say that? MOB was originally released in 70mm with 6 track magnetic sound and 35mm anamorphic with 4 track magnetic sound. The HD DVD audio is faithful to both the 70m and 35mm original releases. Ted

Generally, the higher the AR, the more difference in video quality HD provides on a large screen. Hence I am more likely to double dip on 2.20:1 and higher AR films assuming I have the DVD and enjoy rewatching the movie. For the most part, the format war doesn't enter into the equation as I...

Which so far has been proven to be a totally theoretical point of view with todays modern codecs. VC1 and AVC combined with losslessly compressed audio make this point one of only academic interest. Check out the running time and encode quality of "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "King Kong" on HD DVD...

I was going to post a long diatribe here about this not being the "Home Theater" forum anymore (or the Home Theater Forum in an alternate Universe :) ) but I shall restrain myself and simply say that HD in a HT with a reaonably theater sized screen (oh, say 8' wide or more) is so much better...

I watched both of the Technicolor titles in this set and was amazed at the excellent color registration throughout both films. Registration was as good or better than even the Ultra Resolution transfers. Great job on these titles, Fox!!! Ted

Yep. looks like you are right. In the original thread, RAH was talking about the film restoration when he mentioned recovering the 2.35:1 area from the original 70mm. Looks like the Warner (or whoever did the digitizing) transfer group pretty much destroyed the original framing that RAH was...

This was discussed several years ago when the DVD was released. If you remove the mag stripes from a 70mm print, the actual image AR is roughly 2.35:1 or so. The mag stripes actually cover the outer edges of the frame. The transfer was done from an unstriped IP, not from a release print, so the...

I'm not sure if my system was responsible (Verizon FIOS) but did anyone else notice the terrible compression artifacts on this? Lack of detail? EE? It looked to me that this might have been a transfer done back in the days of Laserdisc. Also, it sure looked like the AR was incorrect at about...

I love directional dialogue as well. It is, in fact, true to the original theatrical presentations of many films. Unfortunately in many HT's, and for many reasons, the left and reight speakers are located beyond the edges of the screen. To be true to the original mix, the left and right...

Yes, strange. I am running 1080I from an HTPC with PowerDVD over HDMI direct to the Qualia. I see the same at 24PsF as well. NVidia 880GTX video card. Ted

Just took a few minutes to compare the two titles, and to my eyes Ice Age actually has more fine detail in closeups. For example, fur is much more detailed in Ice Age than in Open Season. Ted

The detail just wasn't up to what was advertised here in this thread. Watched it again last night with the SO. I might bump the IQ up to a 4.25 :). Don't get me wrong, it was good. Just not exceptional. After considering the issue and the apparent differences between what we see, I suspect...

Watched Open Season last night and the best I could give it might be a 4. Not anywhere near as impressive as I was led to believe...... Sony Qualia 004, Isco Cinema DLP anamorphic lens, 5'x13' CIH screen viewed from 14' Panasonic BD and HTPC PC running PDVD Ultra. 1080 60I and 1080 24PsF. Ted

I believe that anyone here making this comparison without a 1080 projector or display connected via HDMI is not really seeing the true difference between upscaled DVD and HD DVD. My comparisons using a Qualia 004 on a large screen show a major difference in detail, color, and noise between...

No, it wouldn't, as the DVD player would automatically switch into letterbox mode at the change. Ted

Yep, based on the screen shots above, sure looks like Disney did a P&S on this which is absolutely wrong. They need to correct this error, or provide us with the disc containing the letterbox version. The transition as done on the DVD is also not faithful to the original presentation. In...

But my point was that it should not be "zoomed in pan and scan". It should be the same frame of film, either using the 1.33 full height of the DVD frame or vertically compressed to a 2.40:1 frame with black bars. If it was panned and scanned, then that is yet another error with this set that...

I originally projected this film back when it was released. The last reel was NOT shot in scope! However, the print did come with notes that indicated that the last reel was printed with narrow frame lines and could be OPTIONALLY projected with a 'Scope lens at the discretion of the theater...

True, in an academic sense. However, none of these titles were in general release to a large number of theaters in this format and "most" people in the country, with the exception of select audiences in LA, NY, and possibly a few other large metropoliton areas, were not exposed to Stereo in...

Not on film, which is what we are discussing. On 1/4" tape, yes. On vinyl. yes. But not on 35mm film. "Stereo" debuted in theaters with CinemaScope and 4 trach magnetic sound. (Note, I am excluding Fantasound, because that was a one off experiment). There were times when studios did not record...

First of all, there is no such thing as a two speaker stereo implementation in commercial cinema. The original Dolby Stereo 2 channel optical tracks were always intended to be processed by a decoder and reproduced over a LCR stage speaker array and surrounds installed on the back and side...

I have the HD DVD version of this title, and it truly is an exceptional transfer of a very interesting subject. Just sees a Douglas DC-3 in flight painted in the United Air Lines livery is worth the purchase price of this title.

Of course it's cooked. It's a demo, after all. :frowning: There's the demo, then there's the real thing. Only rarely do they have any reasonable relationship to one another. ;) Ted

There are only two ways that these releases will have decent color: 1. If separation masters exist and are in reasonable condition or 2. If they can find one or more IB Tech prints that are in reasonable condition otherwise, I'm afraid we are out of luck. Ted

I have watched most of this set, and I believe that the restoration efforts were very sucessful. Color is excellent, the mono audio is faithfully reproduced from the original optical tracks. However, this doesn't change the fact that even the original release prints were blowups from 16mm...

JG (Robert), I don't know who you are or your background in the industry, but I wager that you have never held a 35mm print of a Disney animated feature in you hands and examined the frame dimensions to determine it's actual aspect ratio. If you had, you would have realized that the actual AR...