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Shout Factory acquires Golden Princess library
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(2025-06-05, 08:45 AM)zoidberg Wrote: I have the JPN LD, to my eyes it is the same transfer as the Fox Lorber DVD but with the correct RGB levels. The Criterion LD is slightly different again but if memory serves it's in the same ballpark.

So the burnt in Japanese Subs on the LD are from a character generator and not scanned from a print that has them burnt in?
Does it have the 'RED' titles in English only at the beginning?
I don't remember the Fox Lorber DVD being anything particularly spectacular, but maybe that's because of the incorrect RGB levels.
The Criterion DVD was good for the time and somewhat well-balanced of an old 4:3 transfer which I assume was the same master as the LD, but it's not actually how HB looked in a theatre projected.

(2025-06-05, 08:45 AM)zoidberg Wrote: The UK LD from Tartan was the same transfer (but better quality) as the widescreen VHS and is from a release print, with burned-in subtitles. At the time it was famous for having one of the longest running times for a single side of an extended play CLV LD

I had all the Tartan releases, excluding the LD (never had a player) and the dubbed VHS was my first viewing and I wore it out Smile
Although early releases were from a release print, I did find the French DVD a better representation of the Film Print I saw projected.
And I believe that print was a Tartan U.K one.
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(2025-06-04, 06:57 PM)CSchmidlapp Wrote:
(2025-06-04, 11:18 AM)dvdmike Wrote:
(2025-06-03, 06:41 PM)CSchmidlapp Wrote:
(2025-06-03, 09:54 AM)dvdmike Wrote: I will love to see how Hard Boiled compares to my LD

Which LD do you have?

https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/26229/PIL...ard-Boiled

I've never seen this one.
Any chance of some screenshots bud?
Photo's from your TV would do Smile

https://i.postimg.cc/9Mrm4ghr/20250605-202724191.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/tggyfv72/20250605-202454587.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/pTwHm2C6/20250605-202409916.jpg

Can do better tomorrow
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Japanese LD
[Image: HB-mkv-snapshot-04-00-912.png]

Criterion DVD
[Image: dvd-snapshot-00-03-42-200.png]

French DVD
[Image: dvd-snapshot-00-03-45-320.png]

Meh Ah HK DVD
[Image: dvd-snapshot-00-03-52-200.png]

Tartan UK First Release (35mm Release Print Source)
[Image: dvd-snapshot-00-03-16-280.png]

Tartan UK Extreme Edition
[Image: dvd-snapshot-00-03-34-360.png]

Dragon Dynasty BD
[Image: Hard-Boiled-1992-BDRip-1080p-CHD-mkv-sna...13-556.png]

Japanese BD
[Image: HB-BR-avi-snapshot-00-03-53-499.png]
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https://mega.nz/file/crZHiIbQ#rsROa6OSUR..._wv_oD_63o
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The JPN LD has different opening titles, with text in English and (I presume) Chinese. The Japanese subtitles are electronic and superimposed at the bottom of the frame.
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The criterion is the same master then
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