I've read alternating opinions about whether Hondo should be presented in full frame as it was shot, or cropped and enlarged to widescreen, as intended. Apparently, it was early days for wide aspect ratios and Hondo gets a poor rocky grain when presented that way as a result.

Today I opened my Blu-ray that I bought a while back on clearance at Big Lots for about $1 (yup, new and sealed) and was surprised by how poor it looks.

Has anyone considered merging it with the 4x3 DVD version?

I was considering doing it myself, but I never have time anymore and software has changed and improved.

I guess I'm curious if anyone is considering this, and if not, what is recommended to upscale a DVD to 1080p and the best way to merge these.

In the past I would have just used avisynth to resize and cut them together.
Of course there is always the color matching issue (I'm partially color blind).

I just found this site today and I loved it, it has lots of interesting things and lots of great releases, and several good preservations!

The Time Machine (1960) Laserdisc [ML102566] synced to BD

Movie: The Time Machine (1960)
Format: Laserdisc [ML102566]
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
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Synced to: Bluray



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This might have the most noticeable difference in AQ among the tracks I've synced so far.

The new BFI Blu-ray sounds dreadfully muffled. Funnily enough, after viewing the film, I noticed one of the on-disc extras featured a clip which sounded significantly hissier and clearer!

So I've tracked down these four releases for comparison:

• 2003 Paramount US DVD
  
• R2 DVD, likely 2004 Paramount UK release
  
• ~2020 1080p WEB-DL
  
• 2023 BFI BD
  

• Criterion also released a BD featuring the same restoration in 2023. However its PQ is noticeably worse than BFI's, plus FiM encoded the BFI BD. Both are 23.976 fps, so re-syncing to Criterion should be a simple delay adjustment.
  
• The WEB-DL and BFI BD are frame accurate save for a delay adjustment, whereas the US DVD and the BFI BD are not. The WEB-DL and BFI BD do not feature the same restoration though (different color grading and blemishes): WEB-DL looks more like the old DVD master.
  
• I also compared Bogdanovich's commentary on the BFI BD vs the Paramount US DVD. Spectrograms look the same.
  

There's a newly recorded commentary track on the Kino BD which references a DVD commentary track that was recorded but not included on the US release. It might be on the Canadian DVD, but I can't find the info online to confirm. Does anyone happen to have this?

When Harry Met Sally (1989) Laserdisc [77326] synced to 4K UHD

Movie: When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Format: Laserdisc [77326]
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Ripped/Synced by: emunateD
Synced to: 4K UHD



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Hard Rain has been released on blu ray but the color grading is very different from the DVD. I personally much prefer the DVD look, it's darker which I feel fits with a movie set entirely at night and it has lots of rich blues. I used curves and lumetri color in Premiere to adjust the grading of the blu ray so that it better resembles the DVD. Note this is not a shot for shot regrade project, it is not a perfect match for the DVD because I did not feel the DVD was perfect throughout. This is my own personal regrade, using the DVD as an indication.

In terms of audio there is the English Cinema DTS Track. The Cinema DTS levels have been adjusted correctly, the 27ms delay has been baked in and all processing was done in Izotope with selective dithering.

Finally all the extras have been ported over from the German release. Thanks to @MrBrown for sending that over.

• BD25 with animated menus, background video, pop up menus and resume function
  
• 1080P AVC Video
  
• English 5.1 Cinema DTS (DTS-HD)
  
• English Subtitles
  
• Behind The Scenes
  
• Interviews with Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver and Mikael Salomon
  
• Theatrical Trailer
  

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Look Who's Talking Too (1990) Laserdisc [70556] synced to WEB-DL

Movie: Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
Format: Laserdisc [70556]
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Ripped/Synced by: emunateD
Synced to: WEB-DL (DiMEPiECE)



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Look Who's Talking (1989) Laserdisc [70186] synced to BD

Movie: Look Who's Talking (1989)
Format: Laserdisc [70186]
Input Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo (bit perfect)
Output Soundtrack: 16-bit, 44.1khz, Stereo
Ripped/Synced by: emunateD
Synced to: Bluray



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