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post #421 of 2333
12/11/03 at 5:00am
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Image Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC (OOP) "Duck Soup" vs. Universal - Region 2,4,5 - PAL

Columbia Tri-star Home Video - Region 1 - NTSC "Eye of the Beholder" vs. Seville Pictures - Region 1- NTSC

and added the Whirlwind edition to this comparison:
Whirlwind - Region 0 - NTSC "The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)" vs. Laserlight - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Carlton - Region 2 - PAL vs. Concorde - Region 2- PAL



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Gary
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post #422 of 2333
12/11/03 at 6:02am
The Duck Soup link leads to the Eye of the Beholder comparison. I'd horse-whip you for that mistake, if only I had a horse....
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post #423 of 2333
12/11/03 at 6:27am
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Thanks Mark !

FIXED (refresh)

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post #424 of 2333
12/14/03 at 7:40am
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3 more on a Sunday ...

Image Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC "Horse Feathers" vs. Universal - Region 2,4,5 - PAL

WorldWide Cinema (NL) - Region 2,4 - PAL "Ichi the Killer" vs. Tokyo Shock/Media Blasters -

Region 0 - NTSC

Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC Keaton's "The General" vs. Kino - Region 0 - NTSC

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post #425 of 2333
12/17/03 at 10:12am
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2 more...

EC Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC "Solange" vs. Shriek Show / Media Blasters - Region 0 - NTSC

VCI Region 2 - PAL Hitchcock's 1937 "Young and Innocent"vs. Concorde Region 2 - PAL

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post #426 of 2333
12/22/03 at 2:18pm
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NEW Comparison:

Continental Home Video - Region 0 - NTSC "King Kong" vs. Editora D+T - Region 0 - NTSC

Can you say the word "bootleg" ?

As it looks like this may be the last comparison for this year - Thanks to all the contributors and have a safe and happy holiday !

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Regards,
Gary
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post #427 of 2333
12/27/03 at 11:27am
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2 NEW Comparisons:

5-Minutes to Live Region 0 - NTSC "Angel Face" vs. Montparnasse Editions (France) Region 2- PAL

Universe- Region 0 - NTSC "In the Line of Duty IV" vs. Fox - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Hong Kong Legends Region 2,4 - PAL

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and a bit of shamless promotion: Kurosawa's Cure and De Sica's Brief Vacation are now reviewed at:
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post #428 of 2333
12/27/03 at 9:19pm
Quote:
Is it just me, or does that shot from the superbit Jurassic Park exhibit insane amounts of color saturation?


It's not just you. It looks severely oversaturated to me as well.
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post #429 of 2333
12/28/03 at 12:11pm
There is something wrong with the jurassic park comparison. I have done a comparison too and the colors are the same (and no over saturation on the Superbit Disk). Maybe there was a color scheme activated with the software dvd player that did the superbit screenshots?

I am not yet allowed to post links so I have to do it like this:

members.chello.at/koeberl2/jurassicpark/index.htm

please add the http: (without the www) yourself.
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post #430 of 2333
12/28/03 at 12:42pm
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Guys I was sent those captures by Mark Wilson... but I have ordered the SB DVD and it is on the way, so I will adjust the comparison when I receive the SB...

Thanks for staying on top !

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post #431 of 2333
12/28/03 at 2:37pm
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Comparison addition:

Criterion- Region 0 - NTSC "Knife in the Water" vs. DVDY Films - Region 2- PAL vs. Anchor Bay - Region 0 - PAL

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post #432 of 2333
12/29/03 at 1:59pm
I watched JP SB last night. The colors are nowhere near that 'comic' looking. Skin tones are dead on. I did use a different computer for that comparison than I normally use. In particular the image application was one I don't normally use and was a freebie. That could explain the colors.
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post #433 of 2333
1/2/04 at 7:44am
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Hot off the press...

Mei Ah- Region 0 - NTSC "Ikiru" vs. Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC

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post #434 of 2333
1/2/04 at 9:49am
Interesting.

I was under the impression that the Kino Keatons used the same transfers as the original Image discs. Obviously not.
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post #435 of 2333
1/2/04 at 12:10pm
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What can you say, Fox does the greatest-western-ever proud...

WBV- Region 0 - NTSC "My Darling Clementine" vs. 20th Century Fox - Region 1 - NTSC

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post #436 of 2333
1/4/04 at 6:50am
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ADDITION:

Added the Manga Films (Spain) release (has both the black and white and colorized version) to the King Kong - 1933 comparison.

Manga Films (Spain) Region 0 - PAL "King Kong" vs. Continental Home Video - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Editora D+T - Region 0 - NTSC

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post #437 of 2333
1/4/04 at 11:06am
Looking forward to seeing the difference between superbit/non on jurassic park with corrected screenshots.

Mostly just out of curiosity, the modest imporvement superbit offers is not worht it on my 27 inch tv (with squeeze mode).
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post #438 of 2333
1/6/04 at 8:07am
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New One...

Mei Ah- Region 0 - NTSC "Red Beard" vs. Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC

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post #439 of 2333
1/7/04 at 3:45pm
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Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC "The King of Masks" vs. Mei Ah - Region 0 - NTSC

All I can say is WOW... Columbia REALLY cropped this image... by almost 50% ! Where do they get-off doing this ? What a travesty. I wouldn't even say it resembles the same film. I absolutely adore this movie for so many reasons and once again we have an example where no definitive edition of a great film appears anywhere on DVD. In Columbia's favor, their image is clearer if softer but the colors seems a little washed out. At least they didn't also blunder by using the shorter international version (Original Chinese version runs 101 minutes; international Version runs 91 minutes). Both are adhering to the longer version. Although the Mei Ah subs are burned-in they are not as bad as they have been for other releases of theirs and for a lot of the film, the image quality is relatively acceptable. It has more wear and tear and has had some obvious digital manipulation, but this is the only way you are going to see this film in its intended ratio (unless you read French as there is a DVD edition HERE). The Mei Ah version has a definite greenish tinge to it. I am very disappointed - I expect this inferior quality from Mei Ah, but Columbia Tri-Star had a great reputation for a long while - almost everything anamorphic, but they did the same thing to The Scent of Green Papaya - totally pan and scanned it. I don't have a lot of patience with this production bastardization. It drives me crazy. So many people will see this film in a totally corrupted vision from that of the creator-the director. What a shame.
Columbia




Mei Ah




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post #440 of 2333
1/8/04 at 9:45am
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Two new comparison additions.... thanks to Nick and Pepsi...

Eureka Region 2- PAL "The Last Laugh" vs. Kino*- Region 0 - NTSC vs. Films Sans Frontieres - Region 2 - PAL

Svensk (Sweden) Region 2 - PAL "Winter Light" vs. Tartan Region 0 - PAL*vs. Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC

The Last Laugh - The Eureka is amazing ! ( comes out Feb 16th )
Eureka



Kino



Films sans Frontieres




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post #441 of 2333
1/8/04 at 12:05pm
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Image Entertainment (oop) - Region 0 - NTSC "City Lights"vs. Warner - Region 2 - PAL
Warner really cropped this masterpiece... its almost criminal. The Window-boxing (Pillar-boxing) was only around for a short period of time and it should be respected. It is significant.

Future Films (Sweden) Region 2- PAL Color version "Jour de fête"" vs. Black and White version
- with a Criterion release pending, some may be very interested in this...

Look how much is cropped from the top and bottom...

Image Entertainment




Warner Region 2




Travesty... and to think my Poll HERE with 3000 votes picked the R2 Boxset as the DVD of the year ?!??!

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post #442 of 2333
1/12/04 at 4:58am
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3 new and one addition....

20th Fox (UK) (Old) - Region 2,4 - PAL "Alien" vs. 20th Fox (Old) - Region 1 - NTSC vs. 20th Fox (CE) - Region 1 - NTSC
- The new Quadrilogy Boxset version is King...

Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC "Play Time" vs. Future Films - Region 2 - PAL
- Per Olof dissects the Criterion and its shorter release time

Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" vs. Future Films - Region 2 - PAL
- Pick'em

ADDITION: ( added the BFI )
BFI Region 2- PAL "Red Beard" vs. Mei Ah- Region 0 - NTSC vs. Criterion - Region 0 - NTSC
- BFI does a nice job with the image, Criterion is champ of Extras...

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post #443 of 2333
1/13/04 at 7:00am
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2 more...

Image Entertainment Region 1 - NTSC "The Edge of the World" vs. BFI Region 2- PAL
-breathtaking film !

Criterion - Region 1 - NTSC "Band of Outsiders" vs. BFI - Region 2 - PAL

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post #444 of 2333
1/15/04 at 6:52am
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2 more...

Winstar - Fox Lorber Region 0 - NTSC "Yi Yi" vs. Starmax (Korea) Region 0 NTSC

HBO - Region 1 - NTSC "Dodsworth" vs. MGM Region 1 - NTSC

Winstar (Fox Lorber) Yi Yi




Starmax Yi Yi



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post #445 of 2333
1/15/04 at 9:31am
Thanks for the Alien Comparision! Could you do a comparision of The Alien quad with R2 Alien quad ?
Also are you going to do a comparison of Yojimbo or Sanjuro Criterion letterbox with BFI 16:9? That would be cool...
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post #446 of 2333
1/16/04 at 9:10am
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New one.... Great film - no good DVDs

Metrodome (UK) - Region 2 - PAL "Tango" vs. FilMax (Spain) - Region 0 - PAL vs. Columbia Tri-Star - Region 1 - NTSC

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post #447 of 2333
1/18/04 at 11:54am
Hey Gary, you mention that there is no cropping
on either version of Alien but looking at the screen
caps, the new R1 is for sure zoomed in and crops
info everywhere, mostly left and right.
Easy to spot in the cap from the freezerios.
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post #448 of 2333
1/18/04 at 12:27pm
Well he is actually right! You can see it on the scene where Kane is walking up, and drinks coffee...I still think the new transfer looks fantastic!
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post #449 of 2333
1/19/04 at 3:52am
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Yeah... there is some minor cropping. It looks to be around 4-5%... much like you would see when anamorphizing a 1.85 -> 1.78 ( of course this is 2.35). I suppose I should at least mention it, although I don't think it outweighs the great picture quality ...

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post #450 of 2333
1/21/04 at 8:39am
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New comparison...

Edition Montparnasse - Region 2,3,4,5,6 - PAL "The Rules of the Game" vs. Criterion- Region 0 - NTSC

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