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With rare exceptions like Unforgiven, I've always used the high lamp level for HDR with my previous-generations RS2000. That, plus I do have a 1.3 gain screen. It's a trade-off that slightly elevates the black levels as well, but it does give me HDR highlights that are a bit brighter, which pays...

Actually, by "when," I meant the date of the article, not of the screening.

Any idea roughly when, or what newer films may have been covered in the same issue? Any idea when, even just the year, or maybe other newer films that may have been covered in the same issue? I'm a subscriber, but the archives aren't searchable. When you're trying to track something down, you...

People gonna do what people gonna do, but judging grain from screenshots only is a dubious proposition. The "more pronounced grain" looks a bit unnatural in motion compared to the Kino. Again, proximity to the screen matters, but when looked at up close or on a larger screen, in motion, that...

You may be, but since you are watching on a flat panel, if anything, the improvements will be less noticeable than they were in projection. But the differences are visible regardless. It's an improvement, but like I said, not a dramatic one. RAH is probably accurate in saying that the old one...

I did, and it is a slight improvement over the MGM disc, though not a dramatic one. Mostly an improvement in terms of less digital tinkering. I'm perusing McBride's commentary track this morning.

It's on multiple overseas BD and DVD releases -- French, German, British, and more. Supposedly, it's also the version on the French UHD, but whether it's really on the UHD or just on the included Blu-ray isn't clear. I'd assume the latter, since it would seem unlikely that Sony would produce two...

Eidetic memory at work!

I'll admit that I cheated -- it's a review copy. So hopefully yours does ship soon! I do have the older disc as well, so it will be interesting to compare the two.

So, I'm guessing that I shouldn't mention that I'm watching mine tomorrow morning? /ducks

I think that it's not so much a question of technology, as it is of tropes. Viewers these days are accustomed to seamless transitions that have been generated digitally. Viewers in 1955 were accustomed to the generational loss from optically printed transitions. It's not that they weren't...

That's exactly what he was saying. Thanks. I have no idea what movie he was thinking of, but he's pretty clear that he knows that his memories of it being Invaders from Mars were incorrect.

Like I said, I only got somewhere when I switched my lamp to low -- and it still didn't look that good, just a little better. In the case of Unforgiven, there's no doubt that the issues are with the disc, not the display. I think that there's an argument to be made that the same thing is true of...

It was falling apart toward the end. Cineplex Odeon wouldn't put any money into it. It was a crying shame.

I meant the St. Louis Park Historical Society website -- trying to get them to change add a link to yours, instead of just Cinema Treasures. You've got more info.