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Originally Posted by David Wilkins
That's good. That's very good. Perhaps the most productive words (and best image reproduction) we've had here for a while.
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Movies are: "The Greatest Artform".
HD should be for EVERYONE!
Movies are: "The Greatest Artform".
HD should be for EVERYONE!
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Originally Posted by Xylon;12311410
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Originally Posted by Dave H
I watched this last night again on now on two different ISF calibrated displays of mine (PS3/Sony CRT RPTV KP-57WS520 at 1080i and Pansonic BD30/Sony SXRD 60A3000 at 1080p/24) and I can see Harker's writing - albeit faintly - on both displays. Completely invisible in these shots (maybe due to my uncalibrated monitor settings
 ). I'm not seeing anywhere near the crushing though on the displays.On any rate, the Blu-ray version looks very good to me on two different set-ups and technologies. Let me also say the PCM track is great too. |
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Originally Posted by Cees Alons
Dave,
Because you're posting those pictures once again: did you read post #268? (And I'm not sure which point you try to make. We KNOW that the BD differs from the previous DVD.) Happy holidays to you too! Cees |
Movies are: "The Greatest Artform".
HD should be for EVERYONE!
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-Jeff Cooper
\"Curse you inspector Dim! You are too clever for us naughty people.\"
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Originally Posted by Cees Alons
We know the BD looks like the Answer Print and we know the images in this thread don't look like the BD images on some posters' displays.
What more do you want to get out of this thread? And how? Cees |
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Originally Posted by Ed St. Clair
So do you differ with Mr. Harris?
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Originally Posted by Cees Alons
We know the BD looks like the Answer Print and we know the images in this thread don't look like the BD images on some posters' displays.
What more do you want to get out of this thread? And how? Cees |
| For me, the question is: Do we really know that the BD looks like the answer print? Or do we just know that some Sony or Zoetrope employees say that the BD looks like the answer print? If Mr. Harris or anyone else here can tell me that they have confirmed with their own eyes that the BD matches the answer print, then I will rest easy. Until then, though, I have trouble believing it, only because it's hard to believe that this is how this movie is supposed to look. It's easier for me to believe that some employees of Sony or Zoetrope might be mistaken. |
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Originally Posted by Gabe D
For me, the question is: Do we really know that the BD looks like the answer print? Or do we just know that some Sony or Zoetrope employees say that the BD looks like the answer print? If Mr. Harris or anyone else here can tell me that they have confirmed with their own eyes that the BD matches the answer print, then I will rest easy. Until then, though, I have trouble believing it, only because it's hard to believe that this is how this movie is supposed to look. It's easier for me to believe that some employees of Sony or Zoetrope might be mistaken.
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| The color in this release finally matches that of the original prints -- controlled, colorful when necessary -- but dark. The blacks on this release work well, and shadow detail, when needed is at hand. |
-Jeff Cooper
\"Curse you inspector Dim! You are too clever for us naughty people.\"
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Originally Posted by Jeff Cooper
Can we rest easy now?
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Originally Posted by Gabe D
We can, but ONLY IF Mr. Harris is saying that based on his own observations, and not just on reassuring words from those involved with the production of this disc.
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Originally Posted by Gabe D
For me, the question is: Do we really know that the BD looks like the answer print? Or do we just know that some Sony or Zoetrope employees say that the BD looks like the answer print? If Mr. Harris or anyone else here can tell me that they have confirmed with their own eyes that the BD matches the answer print, then I will rest easy. Until then, though, I have trouble believing it, only because it's hard to believe that this is how this movie is supposed to look. It's easier for me to believe that some employees of Sony or Zoetrope might be mistaken.
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\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
| RAH is not a Sony shill, which is more than can be said for some others posting opinions on the Web. He's a true independent and calls 'em as he sees 'em. Not everyone agrees with him, but he has a greater knowledge of film and its characteristics than just about anyone on this forum. If he says it matches the answer print, I'm inclined to take his comments @ face value. |
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"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did." T.E. Lawrence
\"My opinion is that (a) anyone who actually works in a video store and does not understand letterboxing has given up on life, and (b) any customer who prefers to have the sides of a movie hacked off should not be licensed to operate a video player.\"-- Roger Ebert
"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did." T.E. Lawrence
