Worst DVD Transfer
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Conan the Barbarian (standard edition)
The Road Warrior (deserves more than a single layer, grainy transfer)
Johnny Handsome (swear it was transferred from a VHS tape)
48 Hrs. (Eddie Murphy's best film deserves better than this single-layer disc)
The Road Warrior (deserves more than a single layer, grainy transfer)
Johnny Handsome (swear it was transferred from a VHS tape)
48 Hrs. (Eddie Murphy's best film deserves better than this single-layer disc)
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For major releases, in anamorphic widescreen, The Departed and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix are my most disappointing transfers.
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What's wrong with The Departed? The HD DVD looked phenomenal and I assume that this was the same transfer.
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No love for the original Scarface DVD release?
Not only did they use an already horrible laserdisc transfer.
It was non anamorphic.
Included a multi-hour documentary, all on the same DVD9.
Not only did they use an already horrible laserdisc transfer.
It was non anamorphic.
Included a multi-hour documentary, all on the same DVD9.
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I don't watch nearly the amount of DVDs that some here do, but the worst I've seen from a relatively new movie is probably "The Fountain."
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My HD copy is fantastic, but the standard has some bad pixelisation (not sure if that's the right word) especially early...and no, I'm not just confusing the look of the flashback scenes with a bad transfer. I thought I remembered there being controversy as to whether this was real or not, but I know it's bothersome on mine, but I have the HD now so it doesn't really matter.
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Unforgiven.
My copy is from the Clint Eastwood collection series, and it's probably the worst transfer of any film that I have. My own VHS-to-DVD transfers are comparable to this one.
Too bad, too, because it's a pretty good western.
Are all the Rob Roy transfers bad? I like that film and have not come across it yet.
My copy is from the Clint Eastwood collection series, and it's probably the worst transfer of any film that I have. My own VHS-to-DVD transfers are comparable to this one.
Too bad, too, because it's a pretty good western.
Are all the Rob Roy transfers bad? I like that film and have not come across it yet.
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Hello Again with Shelly Long. Not only is the transfer bad, in progressive scan there is static elements that make it look like you are watching it on a badly tuned analog tv station.
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Also, Fox's horrible remaster of Oklahoma! - both versions. The CinemaScope version is OK, but it has noise reduction that causes skies to look frozen.
The Todd-AO version has to be seen to believed. Somehow, they took a beautifully shot 65mm film and made it look like a bootleg VHS. Not hyperbole, either. Fox didn't even attempt to make a decent excuse on how anyone let that get to the pressing stage. They blamed the film elements on the poor quality. Much to my surprise, the non-anamorphic DVD is quite sharper and has slightly better color. In one scene, it's possible to see the shingles on a roof. On the "remastered" version, it's just solid brown.
So, Oklahoma! has to rival The Quiet Man for horrible transfers.
The Todd-AO version has to be seen to believed. Somehow, they took a beautifully shot 65mm film and made it look like a bootleg VHS. Not hyperbole, either. Fox didn't even attempt to make a decent excuse on how anyone let that get to the pressing stage. They blamed the film elements on the poor quality. Much to my surprise, the non-anamorphic DVD is quite sharper and has slightly better color. In one scene, it's possible to see the shingles on a roof. On the "remastered" version, it's just solid brown.
So, Oklahoma! has to rival The Quiet Man for horrible transfers.