Screen Captures (5-6 per post + links to additional images)

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Re: Screen Captures (5-6 per post + links to additional imag

#526 Post by DanV » Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:18 pm

The Graduate: grabs from the Italian (Studio Canal) BD:
(compare with http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare/graduate.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

MGM and Studio Canal have done completely different transfers, but the Studio Canal seems to me very, uselessly green and is quite cropped. That's a shame. Probably, the UK BD (september 13th) will look like this, since it comes from Studio Canal.

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#527 Post by perkizitore » Fri Jul 30, 2010 2:30 pm

If you mean this, it's not Studio Canal but Universal. Anyway, SC releases get out almost simultaneously in Europe, there is no way Italy got this 2 months earlier...

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#528 Post by DanV » Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:19 pm

This is a strange case actually, since the French SC BD was issued in June 2009 (the Italian one in September). ;)

(this is the actual cover-> Image)

It's Studio Canal/Universal, trust me; like The Deer Hunter BD (in Italy, there's this kind of "co-production") which is the same Optimum/Kinowelt disc. In fact, the BD transfer of The Graduate is identical to Studio Canal/Optimum's (the DVD, I mean).

I sincerely hope Optimum will make a better transfer, but it' not very likely.
Cheers!

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#529 Post by perkizitore » Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:28 pm

Yes, but Deer Hunter is out on blu-ray by SC exclusively. On The Graduate case the MGM blu-ray is already out, so Universal might have used their transfer. Is the Italian BD MPEG2?

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#530 Post by DanV » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:07 am

Nope, it's VC1 like the French BD and most likely the same disc.
Regards! :D

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#531 Post by otis » Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:09 am

Ripley Home Video's Ossessione (removable Italian, English and French subtitles)

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#532 Post by DanV » Thu Aug 12, 2010 3:37 am

Visconti's Senso

1. Dolmen 2-disc (DVD) vs 2. Studio Canal Blu-ray

Asp. ratios:
Dolmen: 1.52:1
SC: 1.37:1

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#533 Post by denti alligator » Thu Aug 12, 2010 10:19 pm

From the Taiwanese DVD of Yang's Terrorizers discussed in this thread.

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#534 Post by otis » Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:46 pm

I compagni (Mario Monicelli, 1963) Dolmen Home Video, Italian subs only

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#535 Post by DanV » Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:41 pm

Upcoming (10/4) UK edition of Losey's The Damned (available at Moviemail at present)
PAL>NTSC
(extra: 24-page booklet)

(comp. with http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_revi ... _films.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

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#536 Post by DanV » Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:08 am

Russell's The Devils (Spanish DVD, 7/27/2010):

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#537 Post by Rowan » Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:54 pm

MULHOLLAND DRIVE
Universal DVD first and then the UK Studio Canal Blu:

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#538 Post by Rowan » Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:23 pm

More caps (resized):
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#539 Post by DanV » Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:16 pm

Rowan wrote:More caps (resized):
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Nooo! Interlaced, innit??? And I see absolutely no improvement over the DVD. Such a letdown. :|

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Re: Screen Captures (5-6 per post + links to additional imag

#540 Post by Peacock » Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:34 pm

Try stretching the dvd image to match the same size as the BD caps and you'll see a difference!
I think it looks great.

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#541 Post by DanV » Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:08 pm

Peacock wrote:Try stretching the dvd image to match the same size as the BD caps and you'll see a difference!
I think it looks great.
Aye, but it's very very minimal! Oh, anyway, the DVD was superb, so the improvement is not so noticeable.

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Re: Screen Captures (5-6 per post + links to additional imag

#542 Post by carax09 » Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:03 pm

Nooo! Interlaced, innit??? And I see absolutely no improvement over the DVD. Such a letdown.

Maybe you're joking, but that's not interlacing, it's an optical effect.

Many thanks, Rowan! This appears to be much better than I feared.

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#543 Post by DanV » Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:55 pm

Sorry, I've seen it only once, I can recall nothing! I'm glad it's only an effect.

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#544 Post by Rowan » Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:12 pm

Dan, I thought you were kidding! Yes it's film effect. If it was interlacing, it would be the worst example of it EVER :D

I posted some impressions in the Studio Canal thread. In motion, especially on the projector, the blu makes all the difference - isn't that what the format is really about?

Point is, this isn't the disaster it could've been and many feared (see HDDVD).

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#545 Post by Oedipax » Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:11 pm

Seventeen (Joel DeMott & Jeff Kreines):

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#546 Post by eltopo » Thu Oct 14, 2010 4:02 am

Moby Dick

DVD 2003 (MGM Germany RC2)
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TV ORF2 2003 (Austria)
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#547 Post by ola t » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:12 pm

India Song by Marguerite Duras. Scandinavian DVD from Atlantic Film, 2010. PAL format; most likely region 2; French audio; optional subtitles in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish; no special features. Looks open-matte to me.

I've used Totem Movie Player in Ubuntu to take these captures, and I have no idea if that program is actually any good. I'm fairly sure I've never changed any of its settings, for what it's worth.

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#548 Post by ola t » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:40 pm

Might as well do this too while I'm at it...

Taking Off by Milos Forman. Scandinavian DVD from Studio S Entertainment, 2010. PAL format, anamorphic; most likely region 2; English audio; optional subtitles in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish; no significant special features.

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Same caveats re. software as in previous post.

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#549 Post by Michael Kerpan » Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:48 am

Hitoshi Yazaki's Sweet Little Lies (2010)

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#550 Post by otis » Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:28 am

La signora senza camelie (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1953) Medusa Video, Italian subs only

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