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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ Universal Classic Monsters -- in 4k UHD

    If you mean the censored parts of the 1931 Frankenstein included in the previous Blu-ray set (Complete Legacy Collection), the answer is yes—not only Maria’s unfortunate swimming lesson but also Frankenstein’s blasphemy when he discovers the monster is alive.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ Universal Classic Monsters -- in 4k UHD

    At the risk of beating this horse into dog food, I’ll clarify to say that I’m not concerned about single frame anomalies in Frankenstein. In my setup, there are at least two scenes on the 4K disc with less detail than is visible in the moving image on the Blu-ray disc. In the scene with the...
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ Universal Classic Monsters -- in 4k UHD

    Agreed. I just took a quick look at The Wolf Man UHD, and I’m dumbfounded by the DVDBeaver screen caps. I then put in the Spears & Munsil disc to confirm that I have black level set correctly. Using a cell-phone picture of a projected image has obvious shortcomings, but I‘ve attached my own...
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ Universal Classic Monsters -- in 4k UHD

    I’m not talking about a loss of shadow detail. I’m referring to Frankenstein and the loss of detail in the actors’ hands and the reeds against the background of the lake. I’d love to discover that I can tweak my settings to get greater detail, but I’m seeing what’s demonstrated on the capsaholic...
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ Universal Classic Monsters -- in 4k UHD

    I’ve scrutinized the Frankenstein disc, and specifically the scene with the monster and Maria, in my (projection) setup, and compared it with the previous Blu-ray disc. What I see is consistent with the capsaholic caps, reflecting a noticeable loss of detail in the 4K disc that is also apparent...
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