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When Universal Home Video crosses their "T"s, dots their "I"s and gets everything right, the resultant discs may have equal, but cannot be bettered.
There is an inherent level of quality in every format that is perceived by the public and industry professionals alike as "Reference," and most of the studios reach it eventually.
So far we've seen Reference Quality on a handful of HD-DVDs.
Phantom of the Opera, Unforgiven, Van Helsing, Sleepy Hollow, Sky Captain, Batman Begins and "good night and good luck" come to mind on the short list.
Now we have another.
Universal's King Kong is frame perfect.
At over three hours, the addition of uncompressed audio may have lessened image quality, and is not a part of the package, but that image quality is not only stunningly perfect, but will withstand viewing at a mere three feet from a projection screen surface.
Overall resolution, color, shadow detail and black levels are all at theatrical quality, making Kong an absolute winner. So much so that many prospective buyers of HD may be forced to jump on the bandwagon.
King Kong is a sight to behold -- a perfect HD-DVD, and an extraordinary addition to one's home video library.
Amazing!
King Kong from Universal comes Extremely Highly Recommended and receives the RAH seal of approval.
RAH
There is an inherent level of quality in every format that is perceived by the public and industry professionals alike as "Reference," and most of the studios reach it eventually.
So far we've seen Reference Quality on a handful of HD-DVDs.
Phantom of the Opera, Unforgiven, Van Helsing, Sleepy Hollow, Sky Captain, Batman Begins and "good night and good luck" come to mind on the short list.
Now we have another.
Universal's King Kong is frame perfect.
At over three hours, the addition of uncompressed audio may have lessened image quality, and is not a part of the package, but that image quality is not only stunningly perfect, but will withstand viewing at a mere three feet from a projection screen surface.
Overall resolution, color, shadow detail and black levels are all at theatrical quality, making Kong an absolute winner. So much so that many prospective buyers of HD may be forced to jump on the bandwagon.
King Kong is a sight to behold -- a perfect HD-DVD, and an extraordinary addition to one's home video library.
Amazing!
King Kong from Universal comes Extremely Highly Recommended and receives the RAH seal of approval.
RAH