Recent content by Howard S

I must admit that I went into watching this transfer with high expectations and pre-conceived ideas about how it was going to look, so given all the praise from others, I do feel guilty that I'm either being unfairly critical or misguided! I'm not yet UHD equipped so can 'only' watch the bluray...

I second that, although to my ears the secondary soundtrack also sounded slightly filtered and processed, albeit much, much less than the default one.I can't understand the logic of some of the studios with these lossless HD-Master soundtracks on older titles, which I've also noticed lacking...

I was hoping this would upgrade the longer Director's Cut to HD (with the portions no longer existent on film upscaled), however surprised and sad to find that the SC blu-ray only contains this version of the film in SD, i.e. the same master as the previous DVD. Very nice to have The Final Cut...

I've attempted to take a couple of photos off my screen just to give an impression of what I'm seeing (appreciate that this isn't very scientific...) The film certainly looks odd to me, and I'm thinking about sending a query/complaint to the UK distributor for this Blu-ray, but before I do, I...

Just started watching this and was expecting a stellar image. However black levels don't seem quite right: darkest shadows in the image look slightly washed out, and during the fades to black during the first 10 minutes of the film, the 2.40:1 frame is grey, quite a bit lighter than the black...

For the record, I'd like to add: 4. Audio not being the original un-filtered 4-track (the 6-track isn't suitable for home theater speaker placement as-is) 4a. The modern lossless remix being overly filtered/de-noised, and not representing the 'sound', 'feel' and ambience of the original 6...

Fox US seem a lot more organised/efficient/customer focussed than their UK counterpart. I've now sent Fox UK two messages via the 'Contact Us' form on their website, asking about a replacement, and have received nothing in return, despite waiting over a week. Not even an acknowledgment. Anyone...

Hi Allen I can see evidence of this dubbing throughout the film, however this aspect is within the tolerances that you'd normally get for post-dubbed dialogue, or actors lip-syncing to playback, and is perfectly tolerable. The issue I get is much worse, and starts at a specific point in the...

Thanks very much Bruce for checking this. I wish I knew what could be causing this type of behaviour - there must be something not quite right with the blu-ray. Sadly I'm getting the same result each time, and it really takes me out of the film. I've been doing some wider searching on the...

Only just got to see this blu-ray (Christmas present). I agree with the positive comments about the transfer. However one problem, as has been mentioned by a couple of others, from about the 2 hour mark, for about a 20 minute period, the sound is badly out of sync with the picture - so bad at...

Had this bought for me for Christmas. Have only watched the first 30 minutes or so to see what it looks and sounds like, but apart from the title fade out/in, my initial observations are: 1. The 7.1 is horrible. There is over-excessive noise reduction which has removed the top-end frequencies...

Sorry if this appears pedantic, but if you downmix the original 6-track to 4-track, it is no longer the original 6-track. As the original 4-track from 1962 has seemingly been found and 'restored' alongside the 6-track, this seemed a better 'fit' with the blu-ray (assuming it's of equal...

As you say, hiss removal is the equivalent of grain removal/DNR on images. I'll take hiss over compromised frequency range any day. However, as I say above, in addition to hiss-removal, I'm guessing that it could also be as a result of the digital algorithms which will have been used to...

I didn't realise that some of the problem shots had been sourced from extant 35mm elements. Just thinking aloud, but can it be assumed from this that all 70mm elements of these shots are so badly damaged/deteriorated that they can't be used to supply a better image, even with modern...

Regarding point 3. I've always seen some strange judder during the aerial shots of New York, and had discussed this with others over a decade ago. We'd actually attributed it to helicopter vibrations and lack of modern gyroscopic stabilisers. However other people who have viewed the blu-ray...