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Well, I remember when studios took notice of negative feedback regarding bad blu-ray transfers - Gangs Of New York and Out Of Africa come immediately to mind. Two years later these were redone. It would be very positive if Paramount went back and redid this title.

Colour-grading issues can be more complex than blanket grain removal. Changing the colour scheme can radically alter the appearance of a film (see the revised, director-approved, green version of In The Mood For Love). However a film with a different colour can still look like film. In The Mood...

We would all like everything to be 100% transparent, 100% accurate, 100% reliable and 100% valid, wouldn't we? Doesn't exist in any field. I publish medical research in peer-reviewed journals. Even a medical experiment, subjected to rigorous scientific methods, can never be 100% free from bias...

Thanks for this - Martin Liebman's set-up is completely different from a projector set-up, if he hasn't made an upgrade in the meantime. I find reviews of video and audio quality on these various sites impossible to gauge as to their relevancy to my set-up, without knowing the type of review...

Oh this is just getting more interesting by the minute: Martin Liebman over on blu-ray com has just pronounced the 4K UHD as "absolutely spectacular" and gives it a 5/5 rating for picture. No one on their site had bothered to review any blu-ray version before, so he now suddenly reviewed a US...

Since Paramount has no transparency as to whom is involved in their mastering processes, one could guess that it's a person in their 20's, who, deep down, wants the Paramount library to resemble a modern digital production, such as In The Heights.

Still is!

I think the benchmark so far, is the restoration, scanning and mastering information provided on the Second Sight Dawn Of The Dead limited edition 4K UHD booklet. An example to follow.

As I wrote on another thread, if I can see someone's name, such as David Mackenzie, or a company such as Silver Salt, on project credits, I can be reassured enough by their previous track history, to blind purchase anything with their names on it. Some publishers, such as Second Sight and Arrow...

I used to be a photographer and take photographs on 35 mm and medium format film. I used to develop and print the black and white film myself. I purchased film stock of varying speeds and contrasts and I could further influence the final printed result by the type of chemicals and paper I used...

The former editor of Premiere, film critic Glenn Kenny, also reads your column https://somecamerunning.typepad.com (links to HFT on the beginning of the third paragraph of his review of Alligator).

I just wish Paramount would get in touch with you to discuss, like they did with It's A Wonderful Life. That film was a title they didn't mess up, so why have they since started to wreck all their remasters with degraining?

There is degraining and fake grain applied on the blu-rays of 48 Hrs and Trading Places as well, but I haven't seen anybody call these titles out. I've yet to check out Ordinary People, but it wouldn't surprise me if that is similarly treated. I expect one reason that these are accepted, is that...

:laugh: Yes - I don't think I have ever purchased so many discs. Since January, I have purchased 51 new releases from the USA alone, plus a dozen or so from the UK. A huge amount of new releases and upgraded transfers. But I would dearly have loved to change out my old Liberty Valance blu-ray...

Oh dear. This is disappointing. And it was Paramount Presents first 4K UHD too. Everybody else is doing this correctly with their black and white 4K UHD releases, but not them. It has been apparent to me for the last year or so, that Paramount has been degraining many of their "Paramount...