2015-10-28, 06:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 2015-10-28, 06:38 PM by jerryshadoe.)
Ok, so I wanted to address this in time for the anniversary, but I just got usenet access a couple days ago and wasn't able to verify anything until now.
Here, I'm not really addressing the first film, as we all know about the DCP copy and there is a WOWOW cap (not sure if it's not just the same source, as in the WOWOW is a DCP) but either way, here the DCP is superior to the BD release and enough said on that topic...
So I am in the process of pulling 1080i HDTV captures of BTT2 and BTTF3 and should have them both in about 22-24 hours. They are both incomplete, but I managed to find nearly 3GB of PAR2 files for each one in a separate nzb's that is apparently all there and complete so I should be able to re-construct the missing blocks (fortunately there ain't many of them) However, I was already able to download the sample files for both (roughly 1st minute of film) and immediately wanted to compare it to the BD...
In the process of trying to find some screenshots, I found an awesome "screencap" site with numerous films already there. For those interested, the site is: 🔍http://screencapped.net
Anyway, I found 3 screenshots there for BTTF2 and then capped them myself from the 1080i HDTV transfer. The results are... well, I'll show you in a minute
I plan on trying to get some from BTTF3 as well, (just excited about this "discovery" and wanted to share) however if BTTF2 is any indicator, then the comparison should be similar. Let's see, these caps are from HDnet, are MPEG2 encoded video, both at 17.2mbps @29.970fps, interlaced, with 5.1 AC3 sound @384kbps...
IMHO these look better than the BD releases and will be best alternative until a 35mm film print surfaces. Once I have both of these HDTV copies pulled, I plan on making them easily available to others on MS
Now, on to the three screenshots (top-BD/bottom-HDTV)
Thoughts??
Here, I'm not really addressing the first film, as we all know about the DCP copy and there is a WOWOW cap (not sure if it's not just the same source, as in the WOWOW is a DCP) but either way, here the DCP is superior to the BD release and enough said on that topic...
So I am in the process of pulling 1080i HDTV captures of BTT2 and BTTF3 and should have them both in about 22-24 hours. They are both incomplete, but I managed to find nearly 3GB of PAR2 files for each one in a separate nzb's that is apparently all there and complete so I should be able to re-construct the missing blocks (fortunately there ain't many of them) However, I was already able to download the sample files for both (roughly 1st minute of film) and immediately wanted to compare it to the BD...
In the process of trying to find some screenshots, I found an awesome "screencap" site with numerous films already there. For those interested, the site is: 🔍http://screencapped.net
Anyway, I found 3 screenshots there for BTTF2 and then capped them myself from the 1080i HDTV transfer. The results are... well, I'll show you in a minute
I plan on trying to get some from BTTF3 as well, (just excited about this "discovery" and wanted to share) however if BTTF2 is any indicator, then the comparison should be similar. Let's see, these caps are from HDnet, are MPEG2 encoded video, both at 17.2mbps @29.970fps, interlaced, with 5.1 AC3 sound @384kbps...
IMHO these look better than the BD releases and will be best alternative until a 35mm film print surfaces. Once I have both of these HDTV copies pulled, I plan on making them easily available to others on MS
Now, on to the three screenshots (top-BD/bottom-HDTV)
Thoughts??