So there are now two BD releases of these films: the UK Arrow edition and the US Criterion edition.

The Arrow edition was unfortunately mastered in RGB colour space, resulting in grey black levels and a washed-out look.

Criterion have reportedly done their own scan but it looks horribly contrast-boosted with over-saturated colours.

You can observe a comparison between the two releases here.

I'm proposing that a capable party might like to take the Arrow edition and either simply tweak it for BD compliant colour levels or perhaps do a more discretionary adjustment.

If they had access to the Criterion release as well, they might prefer to use their slightly higher quality audio (assuming it matches). From the looks of things, the subtitles on both releases are identical but I do like that Criterion have them within the picture, making them compatible for people with 21:9 displays (*cough*).

I can assist in providing the source materials for either/both releases if necessary.

Seems to me like a simple job for someone with a bit of experience and a half decent PC. Unfortunately, I have neither!

Any takers?

I was away from OT since a long time, due to the fact I forgot my credentials...   Thanks to Silverwook and Jay, I was able to be back to my OT account! 

But... everything is different now!

First of all, in my android phone, visualization is a complete mess... then, I can't see my preferred threads anymore... is this somewhere and I can't simply find it?

What do you guys (and gals?) think about this? Do you like the new forum software best, or the old one? I vote for the old one ("if ain't broke, don't fix it!"   )

Just two words: CGI CHILD
WTF... you can see it even if watched in lowres, on a 5in display, from another room... was it necessary? Absolutely NOT! Why they did it? Dunno...

Finally I had few time to finish the last season....well, the final episode seemed done in a rush ("c'mon.guys, let's finish this ASAP, because...") but, apart that, I liked the whole series; I must admit it has its flaws, but which hasn't any?

All in all, a great way to spend my time, between The Walking Dead, Z Nation and... Face Off!

Does anybody know if there's been an HDTV showing of Apollo 13 with a 16:9 open matte? Like, I don't know, if it was on Syfy or whatever?

hi,

this forum got my attention from song of the south.

I am addicted to 35mm format and love to hear the sound of a projector
and see all those scratches. as with vinyl they add a level of imperfection,
that makes me feel very comfortable.

but I also cheer when I see BDs with excellent transfers, that give you
a film-experience. (ok, not that many ....)

cu

I captured a VHS in VirtualDub and for some reason I chose MAGY codec when I captured it. HOW do I get it from the AVI it’s in now to an mpeg file, keeping the pcm audio, so that I can do a DVD9 size for this release? I asked over @ OT but have gotten no answer so far.

Thanks

Yesterday I went to a cinema, to watch the 2D version; ready to be completely blasted away, and... simply, it didn't happen!

Without spoilering anything, at the end of the movie I just thought: "this was an EP 4 remake... yes, new charaters (but not only), new worlds, new aliens, new enemies... but basically the same story, more or less..."

Was it bad? Nope, was fun, entertaining, but, apart few surprises, it was like most of the time I was watching just a sort of "reinterpretation" of EP 4 (and/or EP 5 and/or 6 here and there)...

So, waiting a fresh new movie, I was disappointed to discover an old story, just "refreshed"... and, many persons at the end of the movie thought this, so *maybe* it's not *just* the fact I'm overly exigent!

So it turns out there's more to the Back to the Future films than I'd realised!




My only question is whether all three movies were shot like this. They probably were. Anyway, I'd love to see the open-matte versions even if they're not HD, although that'd be an added bonus. Same goes for other open-matte films, actually.

So I would want to capture Laserdisc that I have, but I would want to get the best video and audio quality out of it.

I guess the best video capture device would be this - http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-USB3H...00PC5HUA6/ ,but what about loseless audio? Should I just get high-end soundcard for PC and use line-in?