(2018-07-28, 01:21 AM)BronzeTitan Wrote: The "legal range" for US is 16-235 while JP is 0-235 (out of the full range of 0-255). Could that be the crucial factor for doing the math without compensation ("US"? what's that?) ... it comes out orange?
So, regarding Slipstream (forgive the digression), if I played this on a JP system, it would be normal? Or would it be permanently damaged but still looking as "normal" as my "quick fix"? The answer would be interesting for a general, best-fix approach to correction.
i am under the impression that the limited range for JP release is the same as everywhere else, eg 16-235 on luma and 16-240 on chroma planes. or did mean this is something specific to laserdiscs?
from what i remember it's just the latter. permanently damaged but looks 'normal'. basically, it introduced a colour shift to counter a general colour shift on TV equipment. one of those dumb legacy stuff things that was kept sometimes in newer processing for the heck of it. it wasn't even done consistently everywhere.
(2018-07-28, 02:04 AM)BronzeTitan Wrote: Thanks for the new additions! Can you fully describe to what each category-abbreviation refers? Some I get, but others I'm not sure.
Without the proper equipment (and I am without proper 4K equipment), I'm still interested in it's features (resolution, mostly). Would a down-rez'd 4K produce a better HD than their plain, old HD release? I understand that there really isn't any detail up to HD standard to begin with.
for the 4k comparison:
4K UHD BD - the screens i found and weren't done by me from the new 4K UHD BD
BDMV - screens by me straight from the first GitS japanese BD (a bit less bitrate starved than the 25th anniversary BD)
DVD R2J - screens by me from the first japanese region 2 DVD
Judgment new - screens by me from my second filtered release (reencode of the WMV3 raw)
Judgment old - screens by me from my first release (the unfiltered WMV3 one)
for the 1080p comparison:
BD - see BDMV above
DVD R2J - see DVD R2J above
Judgment - see Judgment old above
Judgment filter - see Judgment new above, just a lossless encode
Judgment v2 - see Judgment new above
from what i have seen so far, yeah the new 4k BD downsized to 1080p will produce a better result than the old normal BD, if properly processed. though just on a side note, there is also a new normal BD from the new transfer that might look a bit better depending on how bad the HDR conversation of the 4k BD was.
i feel the 4k BD was tempered a bit with too much to make it look "HDR". like the colours are bit too vibrant especially the reds.