Alpha noirs with good transfers?
 

I know that for the most part Alpha's transfers tend to run from semi-watchable to terrible, but there are occasionally exceptions. A year or so ago I saw someone mention at the HTF that Alpha's transfer of Impact was basically on par with the more expensive Image (I think) one, so I went ahead and ordered it and was happy with it and glad I didn't pay the extra $10-15 for the other version. I've read recently that Alpha's version of the Big Combo has a good picture as well so I just went ahead and ordered that at DDD (hopefully soon I'll see if it's true). So I was wondering if any of Alpha's other noirs have pretty good presentations. If I remember correctly, I've heard that Kansas City Confidential from them is pretty good too, but I may be wrong about that. Anyone who has any of them have any information to share?

edit: On second thought, it appears that the Image of Kansas City Confidential is very inexpensive, so there's no reason to get the Alpha version of that particular title. Carry on. :)

Image's version of Kansas City Confidential is much better (same print, but Alpha's comes from a videotape master that has some twitching at the bottom, and is much softer).

Alpha's version of Impact is very good, and they do have some very good quality prints on a few of their DVDs (Three Came Home is another) - unfortunately it only represents about 5% of their catalog...