Screen Captures (5-6 per post + links to additional images)

[sjostrom]

Un chien andalou by Luis Buñuel, DVD edited by Filmoteca Española – Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales:

[domino harvey]

Bellamy (Claude Chabrol, 2009) Mongrel Media (Canada R1 NTSC) French w/ English Subs







PAL-->NTSC Ghosting/Interlacing:

[denti alligator]

Sjostrom,

could you provide some caps for comparison with the Beaver ?

[Yojimbo]

Link your screen captures here to show off the quality (or lack thereof) of certain international DVDs that are, preferably, not shown on other websites. For organization purposes I'd appreciate it if each post only contained images from one particular DVD, unless it's a comparison.

Unfortunately due to bandwidth limitations users will be unable to post images directly onto this site. I suggest using an image hosting site (such as Photo Bucket or Image Shack) and then linking to those images from here.

I'd also appreciate it if the number of images per post were kept down to a reasonable amount, so that the thread doesn't take too too long to load and become too horrendous to look at. If images become dead (the red X) I may delete the images or delete the post, so you have fair warning.

Speaking of screen captures can anybody recommend a good, especially free screen capture software program; especially one which won't conflict with other software/drivers, etc

[sjostrom]

Sjostrom,

could you provide some caps for comparison with the Beaver ?

Excuse me, I saw your message only yesterday.

Here they are:


The same interlacing (unavoidable, since this is a silent movie telecined at 16 or 18 fps)

[David M.]

Come and See (1985)

DVD Icestorm Entertainment (GER) http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=fassun ... vid=155585" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


2DVD RUSCICO (RUS) http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=fassun ... vid=132390" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wonderful example which shows the differences between Flying Spot Scanner telecine technology (albeit a poorer example of that) compared to modern CCD technology. Film transfer has come a long way.

[petoluk]

Nostalghia [Zóna & Aerofilms/Zóna, R2 Czech Republic, released on December 3, 2008]


Cover art:


(Very stylish, IMO; check out their other covers here.)

Screencaps:






http://dvdfreak.bloudil.cz/nostalghia/images/092906.jpg
http://dvdfreak.bloudil.cz/nostalghia/images/175587.jpg
http://dvdfreak.bloudil.cz/nostalghia/images/178989.jpg

(They should match the Fox Lorber ones in DVDBeaver's review here and ChiaroScuro's here.)

The new (2008) anamorphic transfer (PAL, 1.62:1) is simply excellent! There's some background hiss in the Italian DD 2.0 mono soundtrack, but, supposedly, it's much cleaner / clearer than the previous offerings. Czech subtitles only.

Bitrate (min / avg / max):


Special features:
Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch (2000, by Chris Marker, 54:05, 1.33:1, French DD 1.0, Czech subtitles only)
40-page booklet (in Czech)

Cheers!
Peto

[DanV]

Thanks for the post, petoluk, you have a private message!

[NABOB OF NOWHERE]

I will also add my thanks for these captures Peto. Could you tell me if the Czech subs are removable on both films? Thanks.

[petoluk]

I will also add my thanks for these captures Peto. Could you tell me if the Czech subs are removable on both films? Thanks.

Yes, they're removable (for the film, there's an option to turn them off in the setting menu; for the Chris Marker docu, it's possible to turn them off using the RC)...

Cheers!
Peto

[MichaelB]

The BFI's Tokyo Story - grabs taken from the DVD as I don't have the wherewithal to do BD grabs. But the source master is the same, and I can confirm that the BD is appreciably sharper (and grainier, but that's not a complaint).













(frames deliberately chosen to match these Beaver grabs)

The DVD appears to be native PAL with no sign of standards conversion, which is what one would expect given that it was obviously sourced from an HD master.

UPDATE: Beaver now has full 1080p framegrabs.

[MichaelB]

The BFI's Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family, the supporting feature on their Tokyo Story DVD/BD:













The last grab reveals that this is (presumably unavoidably) from the same source as the Panorama disc featured on DVD Beaver here - though it appears to be PAL with no sign of standards conversion (I stepped through a shot of someone walking, and there was no sign of ghosting or repeated frames). The subtitles are also clearly superior, at least in terms of English usage - I can't vouch for the translation.

[DanV]

WoW! And those are caps from the DVD! Extremely superior to the Criterion! I can imagine the BD quality. Wonderful job, BFI.
And thanks to MichaelB, of course.

[Peacock]

Great stuff MichaelB!
Any chance of seeing Late Spring and Early Summer as well before I pre-order?

[MichaelB]

I'll get the others up as soon as I can, but I'm insanely busy today so it may have to wait till the weekend.

[MichaelB]

The BFI's Early Summer - grabs taken from the DVD for technical reasons, though a 1080p BD is included in the same package.













(frames deliberately chosen to match these Beaver grabs)

The DVD appears to be native PAL with no sign of standards conversion, which is what one would expect given that it was obviously sourced from an HD master. The booklet confirms that it was sourced from Criterion.

UPDATE: DVD Beaver now offers full 1080p framegrabs.

[MichaelB]

The BFI's What Did The Lady Forget?, supporting DVD-only feature to Early Summer - sourced from a Shochiku master that was clearly also the source of the Panorama release, although the BFI's subtitles are more coherent (at least in terms of their English).













(frames deliberately chosen to match these Beaver grabs)

The DVD appears to be native and progressive PAL with no sign of standards conversion - the running time of 1:08:14 looks like what I'd expect from the Panorama's 1:11:00 after PAL speedup.

[MichaelB]

The BFI's Late Spring - grabs taken from the DVD, but a 1080p Blu-ray is included in the same package:













(frames deliberately chosen to match these Beaver grabs)

As with the other BFI transfers, the DVD appears to be native and progressive PAL with no sign of standards conversion, which is what one would expect given that it was obviously sourced from an HD master.

UPDATE: Beaver now has full 1080p framegrabs.

[perkizitore]

This clearly eclipses Criterion'S transfer. Bravo BFI!

[MichaelB]

The BFI's The Only Son (the supporting feature to Late Spring) - grabs taken from the DVD, but a 1080p Blu-ray of both films is included in the same package:













(frames deliberately chosen to match these Beaver grabs)

As before, the DVD appears to be native and progressive PAL with no sign of standards conversion, which is what one would expect given that it was obviously sourced from an HD master.

UPDATE: Beaver now has full 1080p framegrabs.

[DanV]

Marvellous. So long, Criterions.

[artfilmfan]

The third picture from the BFI DVD of "Late Spring" looks a lot like that of the Criterion. I have the feeling that the BFI release generally looks like the Criterion (too bright or contrasty) which is not a good thing.

[MichaelB]

I've already confirmed in the BFI thread that both this release and the Criterion one came from the same HD master -though both the BFI transfers have a visual edge over the Criterion release thanks to being either full 1080p HD (the Blu-ray) or non-windowboxed (the DVD).

[artfilmfan]

We've seen the Criterion and BFI "Red Desert" releases looking differently even though they came from the same HD source. Couldn't the BFI have done some digital magic to reduce the brightness or contrast for their "Late Spring" release?

[Matt]

Captures of the flames in the opening scene of Red Desert taken from the Criterion DVD by request: