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  1. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition: MUST BUY

    What do you know... Disc just arrived at my doorstop! Too bad i won't have enough time to sample it right away. Maybe tonight, or tomorrow. Regards Bjoern
  2. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition: MUST BUY

    Ordered the disc. Shipped already, should be here any day now. Really excited to see it! After seeing the incredible unfiltered detail in Sin City and hearing the report on this disc, i think they might have gone the Bjoern-Bit non-filtered route indeed in these 2 cases. Sign of things to...
  3. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition: MUST BUY

    Hm.. seems i need to come back from retirement. :b Wouldn't have thought that this edition would be an improvement. Need to get my hands on it and will see what i come up with. Best regards Bjoern
  4. Bjoern Roy

    Which Superbit dvd is significantly better than its non-SB counterpart?

    Did i ever mention that i find the criticism of the Panic Room SB DVD 'odd'?
  5. Bjoern Roy

    Has a theatrical movie ever had Edge enhancement?

    Film based movies Many recent films have a bit of EE and/or DNR artefacts, because of processing done to the digial intermediate. It appears to be a 'trend' actually. The move to 4k DI will make at least the EE less likely to be used and/or almost unnoticable to the viewer (since you can...
  6. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Paycheck

    I watched this movie yesterday and it drained my IQ at a rate of about 50 points per hour. I have since lost my ability to talk or walk on 2 feet, and i slobber all over the carpet. I can barely coordinate my hands to write this. If i regenerate well, i might be able to comment on the PQ in a...
  7. Bjoern Roy

    Superbit: Worth it? (merged thread)

    Most of the "shenanigans" complaints in this and basically all other Superbit-is-scam threads center around bitrate. - The bitrate on titles from other studios is just as high! - They dont even use the max bitrate! - There is space left on the disc! All of that would indeed make a case...
  8. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Kill Bill Vol. 1 (RECOMMENDED)

    Doug, I hope you were doing some sort of funny Jeff Kleist impersonation there and don't really believe that ;) The resolution difference of Panavision vs S35 is of interest at a high meta level for DP's (and hideously overblown, btw), but has no bearing whatsoever on DVD. To bring this...
  9. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Kill Bill Vol. 1 (RECOMMENDED)

    David, i fully agree with your PQ assessment. :emoji_thumbsup: :emoji_thumbsup: Color, both tone and saturation is indeed marvelous on this release. Shadow detail, delineation and contrast is excellent as well, yielding good picture depth. The scenes that have borderline clipped whites ARE...
  10. Bjoern Roy

    HD-DVD to use WMV Codec

    Sorry for not having enough time to update my site more regularily. But i did save your screenshots, of course. And i just did a little side-by-side of 2 of them to bring across your point. These are the 2 scenes: Regards Bjoern
  11. Bjoern Roy

    The D-Theater movie listings thread...

    Since today, DVDEmpire also lists 6 other new titles: - The Contender (Dreamworks) - Forces of Nature (Dreamworks) ... we new about this one - About a Boy (Universal) - American Pie 2 (Universal) - Mummy Returns (Universal) - Notting Hill (Universal) ... was already on the radar with the...
  12. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Pirates of the Caribbean (Highly Recommended)

    Larry, this is what i wrote on the AVS:
  13. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Finding Nemo (TOTALLY RECOMMENDED)

    I was just about to take some time off my schedule to post a few pics here showing the problems on this DVD. But Bruce, seeing your polemic, bordeline insulting, posts and attitude, why would i bother? My prediction is that once i post shots, the usual "cant see this on my rig, must be...
  14. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Finding Nemo (TOTALLY RECOMMENDED)

    Aaryn, while i agree with you that the P&S crowd should be 'made' (hehe) to tolerate the black bars on releases like these, i think that your TV has a tremendous amount of overscan, if you call 1.77 black bars 'paperthin'! Bjoern
  15. Bjoern Roy

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Finding Nemo (TOTALLY RECOMMENDED)

    David, great review! I would also give the audio a 5/5, great bass extention, very detailed yet smooth. Love it. The compression issues you mention are of course an even bigger issue on my setup than on yours, its really a shame they didn't make disc one a widescreen movie only disc with...
  16. Bjoern Roy

    The D-Theater movie listings thread...

    Since today, DVD Empire lists these new titles: Nov 25th: - Moulin Rouge - X-Men 2 Dec 16th: - True Lies - Speed - League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Wow! Moulin Rouge is in my Top 5. X-Men 2 and True Lies are in my Top 25. Speed was a good action flick, IMO. And i found LXG much...
  17. Bjoern Roy

    ***Official LOTR: The Two Towers DVD Discussion Thread*** -- All Posts Here; NO EXCEPTIONS

    Kami, thats the strong horizontal filtering that i have been talking about in one of the earlier pages in this thread: here. All NTSC LOTR DVD until now use this heavy filter: FOTR theatrical, FOTR EE, Two Towers theatrical. And i am sure the Two Towers EE will as well. Neither the NTSC...
  18. Bjoern Roy

    ***Official LOTR: The Two Towers DVD Discussion Thread*** -- All Posts Here; NO EXCEPTIONS

    The real academy screener is a DVD-9, like mentioned by several others here. Its PQ is magnificent. Sean,
  19. Bjoern Roy

    Van Ling Chat Transcript?

    Parker, I appologize. The discussion shall continue on a non-personal level. I hope Jeff won't find my last posting offensive or insulting in any way. Regards
  20. Bjoern Roy

    Van Ling Chat Transcript?

  21. Bjoern Roy

    Van Ling Chat Transcript?

    Thanks for the transcript, Ryan. Nice bit of backstabbing at me in that after-hour chat there, Jeff. :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: 1) You are mistaken about how i do screenshots for my reviews. 2) The reason you state, as for why i scale the shots the way i do, is also wrong. The technical...
  22. Bjoern Roy

    Van Ling Chat Transcript?

    I, for one, am thankful that noone brought up EE in the Van Ling chat. First, because of respect for Van Ling's work in general. Second, because a Q&A chat just isn't the place to discuss a complicated issue like EE. So my absence there was deliberately. For what its worth.
  23. Bjoern Roy

    Warner presents: a GIANT disappointment

    Tony,
  24. Bjoern Roy

    How is Das Boot SB Quality vs Previous Release?

    Just posted some thoughts on my site. I disagree with the 2 reviews here stating that there is no EE. Its as much ringing as every 1.85:1 Col/Tri SB transfer, maybe even as much as on the 2.35:1 ones. Yet, it doesn't really matter as much here, as the film is mostly dark, so the troublesome...
  25. Bjoern Roy

    Holly Smokes...Die Another Day DD track is HOT!!!

    greg, note that the passage off my Blade 2 analysis that you quoted refers to 'Dialog Normalization Compensation'. Thats a different beast than 'Dialog Normaization'. If there is any confusion what the difference is, i will try to clear up. Best regards Bjoern
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