Princess Bride SE: Differences among the 2 versions?
06-25-06, 06:45 PM
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Princess Bride SE: Differences among the 2 versions?
I ordered the Buttercup edition of PRINCESS BRIDE, and I must say I'm very disappointed with the video quality of the release. I noticed:
1. The movie has been crammed onto a single-layer, single-density DVD with an abominable bitrate. The feature only consumes 3.1 GB of space!! Resulting in a lousy, soft picture, and many compression artifacts. If a higher bitrate was used (and a RSDL DVD) the "High Definition Remaster" would have been noticable. Instead, it seems to be a mess.
2. The 2-Disc special edition isn't really "special" because given number 1 above, they could have crammed the Special features & movie on one RSDL DVD. (The Special features have also been crammed onto a 4.7 GB DVD) Instead it is another example of "making the consumer think he gets more" when he does not.
3. The release was unnecessarly botched because of a bad transfer and bad compression job.
Surely, I can't be the only one to have noticed these annoying problems! Seems someone needs to hire a better DVD Authoring Person(s).
Is the DREAD PIRATE edition different in any way?
1. The movie has been crammed onto a single-layer, single-density DVD with an abominable bitrate. The feature only consumes 3.1 GB of space!! Resulting in a lousy, soft picture, and many compression artifacts. If a higher bitrate was used (and a RSDL DVD) the "High Definition Remaster" would have been noticable. Instead, it seems to be a mess.
2. The 2-Disc special edition isn't really "special" because given number 1 above, they could have crammed the Special features & movie on one RSDL DVD. (The Special features have also been crammed onto a 4.7 GB DVD) Instead it is another example of "making the consumer think he gets more" when he does not.
3. The release was unnecessarly botched because of a bad transfer and bad compression job.
Surely, I can't be the only one to have noticed these annoying problems! Seems someone needs to hire a better DVD Authoring Person(s).
Is the DREAD PIRATE edition different in any way?
06-25-06, 07:18 PM
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I have yet to read a single review that thinks either of the previous releases have a better video presentation that the latest Buttercup/Dread Pirate editions; however bad you think it is, it's still apparently the best it's ever been.
06-25-06, 09:20 PM
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Thanks for the info, whotony.
Well, I agree this is the "best" it has looked on DVD so far (certainly better than the non-anamorphic 1st version). However, the potential was there to make it look super, if the compression "artists" had done a better job encoding the material in MPEG2 during the DVD authoring process...
Well, I agree this is the "best" it has looked on DVD so far (certainly better than the non-anamorphic 1st version). However, the potential was there to make it look super, if the compression "artists" had done a better job encoding the material in MPEG2 during the DVD authoring process...
06-26-06, 04:42 AM
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Hmm... How does it compare to the previously released SE? I assumed it was the same transfer. I watched that title before I got my big screen TV, so I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
06-26-06, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Numes
Hmm... How does it compare to the previously released SE? I assumed it was the same transfer.
06-26-06, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Numes
Hmm... How does it compare to the previously released SE? I assumed it was the same transfer. I watched that title before I got my big screen TV, so I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.
06-26-06, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by rfduncan
Doesn't anyone read the DVDTalk Reviews?
