Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 Viewer)

[Baenwort]

So I just found out that HBO has Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in HD. I've had the DVDs for years and I wanted to find out if anyone has seen them both and can say if the HBO Max version is any better than my Oppo upscaling the DVD?

Before I go spend money, I'd like to ask the communities opinion.

It doesn't seem likely that they remastered without more fan fare but I guess it is possible?

 

[benbess]

I don't have the DVDs, and have only watched a couple of episodes long ago. But a spot check of the pilot episode does indeed show it's in HD—and it looks good. Details for clothing, faces, etc. all seem good. If you're a fan of the show seems like a subscription to HBOmax might be worth it. There's lots of other stuff there too, of course. I watch hbomax just as much as Netflix, and maybe a bit more.

 

[Baenwort]

So this is non-scientific as it's comparing a streaming source to my DVD on a PC but it does look different on HBO MAX than the DVD.

HD:

DVD:

These are from the third episode "Strange Visitor (from Another Planet)" at 43 minutes 31 seconds in.

If someone can recommend a better way to compare these please tell me. I think the forum is recompressing them.

I'm willing to make some more comparisons if others think it is valuable.

 

[Baenwort]

So we're in Season 2 and the improvement seems to be holding up. The framing is sometimes a little different but even then it doesn't seem to be for the worst.

HD:

DVD:


These are from Season 2 Episode 11 "Chi of Steel " at 6 minutes 22 seconds into the episode.

You should be able to view the originals at the link above if the Forum is messing with them. I still haven't found a site that lets you have the overlay/slider to compare them that is free.