Universal Monsters: Undo BD 'fixes'

[Koopa Luath]

No. Sorry. Anyway, I'll let you know if I need you to capture anything you do have for any of my projects.

[crissrudd4554]

Sounds good.

[monks19]

Hi. Any fresh news on the project (finding & compare HDTV or preBD restoration prints, editing fixes, bonus stuff collecting, etc) ?

Thanks to answer

[crissrudd4554]

Not presently I'm afraid.

[monks19]

BTW, about the messups on both the image of Frank & BOF, is it possible to just try rent a very good quality print and scan the shots that Universal messed up with and blend them with the image on the BD ? Is this even achievable and worth the time spent on this or not ? It'll be better than just try and waiting for a torrent tracker to re-show some HDTV pre-release files that aren't available anynore from an older master.

What do you think ?

[crissrudd4554]

Well I don't really have resources or the kind of money to secure a print for such a restoration. Maybe I'll keep an eye out on eBay should anyone sell any reels that could be necessary and perhaps get people to chip in. For now waiting for a print on a torrent site might be best. Furthermore more some of the Universal Horror films are available on Xfinity OnDemand if anyone wants to check those out not all are free but might be worth the look.

[monks19]

Ok. I'll check xfinity. BTW I've found Dracula and BOF HDTV files, but only in 720p. Any interests ?

[crissrudd4554]

Sure they may be useful.

[captainsolo]

The best I saw was 1080i captures of a few before the bds arrived. I think I have 720p/1080i versions of Frankenstein, Son of F, and FMTW all of which are identical to the legacy DVDs.

[crissrudd4554]

Not that it's of any significance but I have two digitized files of a VHS copy of Phantom of the Opera '43 on my computer. If anyone is interested please PM or otherwise I will be deleting them probably within the next few days.