McBride can be a pretty negative commenter sometimes. He's a little too concerned about ranking things against each other, rather than judging things on their own merits. In the commentary track for The Fortune Cookie, he spends way too much time calling it "lesser" Wilder. He does some of the...
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.
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.