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

[DanV]

The Graduate: grabs from the Italian (Studio Canal) BD:
(compare with http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare/graduate.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

MGM and Studio Canal have done completely different transfers, but the Studio Canal seems to me very, uselessly green and is quite cropped. That's a shame. Probably, the UK BD (september 13th) will look like this, since it comes from Studio Canal.

[perkizitore]

If you mean this, it's not Studio Canal but Universal. Anyway, SC releases get out almost simultaneously in Europe, there is no way Italy got this 2 months earlier...

[DanV]

This is a strange case actually, since the French SC BD was issued in June 2009 (the Italian one in September).

(this is the actual cover-> )

It's Studio Canal/Universal, trust me; like The Deer Hunter BD (in Italy, there's this kind of "co-production") which is the same Optimum/Kinowelt disc. In fact, the BD transfer of The Graduate is identical to Studio Canal/Optimum's (the DVD, I mean).

I sincerely hope Optimum will make a better transfer, but it' not very likely.
Cheers!

[perkizitore]

Yes, but Deer Hunter is out on blu-ray by SC exclusively. On The Graduate case the MGM blu-ray is already out, so Universal might have used their transfer. Is the Italian BD MPEG2?

[DanV]

Nope, it's VC1 like the French BD and most likely the same disc.
Regards!

[otis]

Ripley Home Video's Ossessione (removable Italian, English and French subtitles)











(cf. DVD Beaver)

[DanV]

Visconti's Senso

1. Dolmen 2-disc (DVD) vs 2. Studio Canal Blu-ray

Asp. ratios:
Dolmen: 1.52:1
SC: 1.37:1

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[denti alligator]

From the Taiwanese DVD of Yang's Terrorizers discussed in this thread.

[otis]

I compagni (Mario Monicelli, 1963) Dolmen Home Video, Italian subs only

[DanV]

Upcoming (10/4) UK edition of Losey's The Damned (available at Moviemail at present)
PAL>NTSC
(extra: 24-page booklet)

(comp. with http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_revi ... _films.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

[DanV]

Russell's The Devils (Spanish DVD, 7/27/2010):

[Rowan]

MULHOLLAND DRIVE
Universal DVD first and then the UK Studio Canal Blu:

[Rowan]

More caps (resized):

[DanV]

More caps (resized):

Nooo! Interlaced, innit??? And I see absolutely no improvement over the DVD. Such a letdown.

[Peacock]

Try stretching the dvd image to match the same size as the BD caps and you'll see a difference!
I think it looks great.

[DanV]

Try stretching the dvd image to match the same size as the BD caps and you'll see a difference!
I think it looks great.

Aye, but it's very very minimal! Oh, anyway, the DVD was superb, so the improvement is not so noticeable.

[carax09]

Nooo! Interlaced, innit??? And I see absolutely no improvement over the DVD. Such a letdown.

Maybe you're joking, but that's not interlacing, it's an optical effect.

Many thanks, Rowan! This appears to be much better than I feared.

[DanV]

Sorry, I've seen it only once, I can recall nothing! I'm glad it's only an effect.

[Rowan]

Dan, I thought you were kidding! Yes it's film effect. If it was interlacing, it would be the worst example of it EVER

I posted some impressions in the Studio Canal thread. In motion, especially on the projector, the blu makes all the difference - isn't that what the format is really about?

Point is, this isn't the disaster it could've been and many feared (see HDDVD).

[Oedipax]

Seventeen (Joel DeMott & Jeff Kreines):

VHS 'rip':


DVD:

[eltopo]

Moby Dick

DVD 2003 (MGM Germany RC2)


LD 2003 (MGM)


TV ORF2 2003 (Austria)

[ola t]

India Song by Marguerite Duras. Scandinavian DVD from Atlantic Film, 2010. PAL format; most likely region 2; French audio; optional subtitles in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish; no special features. Looks open-matte to me.

I've used Totem Movie Player in Ubuntu to take these captures, and I have no idea if that program is actually any good. I'm fairly sure I've never changed any of its settings, for what it's worth.

[ola t]

Might as well do this too while I'm at it...

Taking Off by Milos Forman. Scandinavian DVD from Studio S Entertainment, 2010. PAL format, anamorphic; most likely region 2; English audio; optional subtitles in Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish; no significant special features.









Same caveats re. software as in previous post.

[Michael Kerpan]

Hitoshi Yazaki's Sweet Little Lies (2010)





More pictures here.

[otis]

La signora senza camelie (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1953) Medusa Video, Italian subs only