[In progress] Event Horizon BD fix

[spoRv]

Thanks, but... don't hate me... there is an error in the iTunes picture here: https://diff.pics/jy2nE8b8qSpj/3

As you have to make it (again?!?), just two things:
upload JPGs instead - at the end, we are comparing colors, after all, and it will make the comparisons load much faster!
fix HDTV & iTunes A/R as the BD, or leave the latter alone, to get more consistency

Hope you would not hate me (not too much, at least! )

[markymark]

No problem, I must have been sleepwalking through those, sorry! Fixed the iTunes release and added the uncorrected Blu-ray instead.

https://diff.pics/tdBWbjLk40mg/1
https://diff.pics/5yKLGVrUDzA0/1

[spoRv]

Made a quick'n'dirt comparison with the NTSC LD; apart some details lost on both sides (but not top/bottom), framing is the same as US DVD; colors should be the same, but as you know, it's an analog format so it depends also by the capture device or display setting, but I would say they are the same - once properly adjusted; definitely not a mile near the BD ones!

Can't capture for the moment, but it's in the todo list for PCM (and maybe AC-3) track capture.

PS: I've stolen your comparisons and put them in the first post!

[spoRv]

Two small notes:

• I thought to use the WEB version as contrast reference, to get closer colors to DVD; I know there are some shots which has clipped whites, but it's always possible to correct them only, or just use BD contrast untouched for levels higher than a given value - should be seen if the colors would suffer too much for that...
  
• managed to find out an HDTV recording; sadly it's a cropped 16:9 version, but it has a bit more details on bottom - I can say we would gain 10/12 about 44 lines, but only on the central part... it would be a sort of "T" or "+" aspect ratio, with missing small corners on left and right bottom; still possible to add a YAO sub to cover the added part. *Maybe* there is an OAR HDTV version somewhere, and luckily it would have all those bottom lines!
  

[spoRv]

Preliminary test:



http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/213793

https://mega.nz/#!1uZUWLbT!tWoHF9vOnXYAz...pCcsezvZX4 - also YAO test!

Problem is, the HDTV position isn't fixed, but varies - sometimes it's also a pan&scan!
So, dunno if I'll be able to use it in the final version... unless someone would help me with that...

[markymark]

The extra frame is so nice!

[maksnew]

And can not the place that was left with black stripes on the sides, replaced with a picture from the DVD?

[spoRv]

And can not the place that was left with black stripes on the sides, replaced with a picture from the DVD?

On the right, yes, on the left, partly; look at the comparison here: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1290-post-...l#pid30346

There, I used inpaint to mask the left top and bottom corners, but it would not work with moving images...

[markymark]

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=13996293

See post #270. Allegedly a remaster from 84 Entertainment is inbound.

[spoRv]

markymark, what's about your work on extended frame?