Criterion releases for October 2010
#56
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Re: Criterion releases for October 2010
In for Magician, Paths of Glory, and Seven Samurai.
Pass on the other two. House was sort of a let down and Darjeeling Limited was very blah.
Pass on the other two. House was sort of a let down and Darjeeling Limited was very blah.
#57
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Re: Criterion releases for October 2010
question for next Criterion sale
I am planning on buying Amarcord and Pandora's Box both on SD. How likely are these titles to be upgraded to Blu-Ray?
They both come in a nice thick cardboard package but I'm wondering if there would be a lot of improvement in image quality and also according to DVD Beaver' review Pandora's Box is not shown at the proper aspect ratio so that has me thinking if is worth it
Thanks
I am planning on buying Amarcord and Pandora's Box both on SD. How likely are these titles to be upgraded to Blu-Ray?
They both come in a nice thick cardboard package but I'm wondering if there would be a lot of improvement in image quality and also according to DVD Beaver' review Pandora's Box is not shown at the proper aspect ratio so that has me thinking if is worth it
Thanks
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Re: Criterion releases for October 2010
question for next Criterion sale
I am planning on buying Amarcord and Pandora's Box both on SD. How likely are these titles to be upgraded to Blu-Ray?
They both come in a nice thick cardboard package but I'm wondering if there would be a lot of improvement in image quality and also according to DVD Beaver' review Pandora's Box is not shown at the proper aspect ratio so that has me thinking if is worth it
Thanks
I am planning on buying Amarcord and Pandora's Box both on SD. How likely are these titles to be upgraded to Blu-Ray?
They both come in a nice thick cardboard package but I'm wondering if there would be a lot of improvement in image quality and also according to DVD Beaver' review Pandora's Box is not shown at the proper aspect ratio so that has me thinking if is worth it
Thanks
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Re: Criterion releases for October 2010
"image is again pictureboxed (see our description of 'pictureboxing' in our Kind Hearts and Coronets review"
which describes it as follows
"the image has been 'pictureboxed' to overcome 'overscan' on commercially made tube television sets (can be up to a 15% loss of image and this is significant!). Pictureboxing leaves a black border around the edge of the image and most players automatically zoom-in to fill the screen - it limits resolution making the image slightly less detailed than it might be able to achieve. "
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Re: Criterion releases for October 2010
At this point, given the accelerated rate at which they seem to be releasing upgrades, I'd hold off on any "biggie" Criterion titles. And both of these certainly qualify as biggies. But, they are also both incredible films, so I would recommend you at least rent them (or stream them via Netflix) in the meantime.
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Re: Criterion releases for October 2010
The review for Pandora's Box says
"image is again pictureboxed (see our description of 'pictureboxing' in our Kind Hearts and Coronets review"
which describes it as follows
"the image has been 'pictureboxed' to overcome 'overscan' on commercially made tube television sets (can be up to a 15% loss of image and this is significant!). Pictureboxing leaves a black border around the edge of the image and most players automatically zoom-in to fill the screen - it limits resolution making the image slightly less detailed than it might be able to achieve. "
"image is again pictureboxed (see our description of 'pictureboxing' in our Kind Hearts and Coronets review"
which describes it as follows
"the image has been 'pictureboxed' to overcome 'overscan' on commercially made tube television sets (can be up to a 15% loss of image and this is significant!). Pictureboxing leaves a black border around the edge of the image and most players automatically zoom-in to fill the screen - it limits resolution making the image slightly less detailed than it might be able to achieve. "
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Re: Criterion releases for October 2010
In theory, a Blu-Ray transfer would not have window-boxing.