The particular one I got is very disappointing. It is very speckly and almost unwatchable in dark scenes with so much speckles. I have tried different settings and adjustment on my tv and nothing makes it better. Is there a particular release that has better picture quality or do they all have the same remastering. Price is not a concern for me because this is one of my favorite movies and I only want the best. The release I have is from 2011.

All of the US releases are from the same source. I'm not aware of any international versions with better PQ. I didn't realize it was such a bad release., considering its a recent 4K scan.

I've watched it a few times this summer and never noticed anything wrong with it.

The only release that looks different is the 3D release. But the difference is that it has the warmer color timing the movie had theatrically versus the colder color timing of the 2D release on BD.

Heh heh....speckles.

I do have a 3d blu ray player that can convert 3d to 2d. Should I get the 3d release just to see if it would be any better or different?

The 3D version is so far also the best sounding version as well since Gary Rydstrom did the remix personally. This might seem a tad dumb to ask or suggest but make sure your TV settings sharpness is set to '0' you maybe getting mosquito noise

Make sure you didn't get a bootleg. I'll say this about Jurassic Park's PQ. It was made at a time when CGI was in its infancy and they had to pull a lot of tricks to make it look reasonable, which doesn't really lead to great video quality upon close inspection.

I'm not sure, but I think the OP may just be put off by film grain, which can indeed be more prevalent in darker scenes.

It's probably film grain that's the issue but it's just really bad with this movie. And what the heck is mosquito noise?

mosquito noise is a video anomaly where select image patterns look like mesh/through a screen door effect.



film to video transfers tend to have this problem more as compared to say digital photography/capture to hidef transfers.

TV setting of the sharpness can accentuate this problem - that is when and why sharpness settings can degrade the image.

watch say Blue Underground's Django blu-ray at a TV sharpness setting of say '5' and it is very prevalent and obnoxious.

In other words, transfers taken off of film or video rather than a DI?

um, no, only film to hidef transfers when film grain is retained and not DNR'd; any added sharpness boosts mosquite noise and creates this artificial video flaw.

Just watched the 3D version a few wks ago - looked great (best I've seen for live action movies).. I'm not sure how that would translate to a 2D viewing experience, but it is the newest (and best) transfer currently available.

I personally like a degree of grain rather than DNRing everything to hell, but I suppose, like anything else, it's a balancing act