Just saw this bit at the bottom of the blu ray siteā¦ so I guess full res shots are available. I appreciate the info offered on this site, but their setup is rather annoying:
Disclaimer : Please note that this screenshot was captured at 1080p, resized to 720p and then compressed using JPEG to improve the loading time.
While it should give you a general idea of what a title will look like, itās not representative of the true quality that Blu-ray offers.
Ok, Iām not going to make a third post with all the screenshots again, but here is one selected comparison at full 1080
And for the heck of it, a third shot where I blasted the sharpening onto the Arrow to see what it would look like
The Blue Underground definitely looks a lot dirtier than the Arrow at full res, but again Iām not sure how to compare them with just screenshots instead of seeing the video. I definitely appreciate the new coloring.
Because this availability pattern is exactly the one a sold out release would display. Seen it before with Arrow releases as mentioned.
Just got a mail from Arrow stating that the US Sartana box was close at going OOP by the way. That was pretty quick for a release also released in the UK. Since the limited Django-box is a US release only importing will make that one go a lot faster.
After looking between the full res shots, Iām still thinking the BU disc has more detail despite sharpening and scanner noise problemsā¦ like if you look at the majorās coat, you can see all the dust & lint on his jacket. And its definitely lint that was really there because its only present on his jacket and you can really see it zoomed in full res. You canāt see this at all in the Arrow, or the sharpened Arrow shot.
While the Blue Underground probably has some oversharpening, I think the grain is still much more present in its transfer, along with other dirt/imperfections in the film that I actually enjoy viewing. It feels more like Iām watching the actual film print than a modern digital version.
I like the additional detail, as well as the grainy/dirtier lookā¦ it suits both the film and its age, IMO
Its clearly this is the case, isnāt it? Its been a long while since my last viewing, but Iām pretty sure its somewhat obvious that the major represents the failed Confederacy and Django the Union, although Django now doesnāt want anything to do with it
Blu-ray.com review has been deleted? Even the links to the screenshots donāt work.
I donāt think itās grain on the BU, it is mostly scanner noise. I would also like to see the exact frames compared. A lot of Italian movies were released with scanner noise filled transfers and as far as I can remember they were all improved by a new 2K scan with a better scanner. So I canāt believe a 4K scan would do worse. (Actually I prefer the Arrow screenshots)
(Actually I prefer the Arrow screenshots)