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Author:  captainjoe [ 18 Feb 2008, 02:44 ]
Post subject:  Total Recall: HD-DVD vs. SE DVD *LARGE PICS*
Total Recall



Top: 2001 R1 Special Limited Edition DVD
Bottom: Studio Canal HD-DVD


The North American Blu-ray disc is mastered in 1080p from the same source as the 2001 DVD compared here. I have never seen the HD-DVD in person but from the screen captures here it looks amazing. The Blu-ray, which I own, does not reach these
levels of perfection. It is very noisy, dirty and quite faded looking. The HD-DVD is quite excellent with perfect colours, grain structure and the faded appearance is gone.




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Author:  bradavon [ 18 Feb 2008, 03:20 ]
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Thanks CJ.

It would be really interesting if you could add BD captures too.

The BD only uses MPEG2 compared with the HD-DVD which is VC1. I'm not sure what the BD is but the HD-DVDs are Dual Layer. The BD is also Region Free too.

Audio is about equal:

DTS-HD HR on the USA BD and UK HD-DVD
DTS-HD MA on the French HD-DVD and Australian HD-DVD

The extras are also basically equal (HD-DVD barebones, BD 5 minute featurette).
Author:  bradavon [ 18 Feb 2008, 03:33 ]
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FYI the UK HD-DVD is in stock here and ships to America. They can be recommended, it's a bit cheaper (only buy a few pounds) elsewhere but is out of stock:

http://www.dvd.co.uk/DVD/Total-Recall-H ... roduct.htm

I'm sure you won't bother though ;)

For some reason the Studio Canal HD-DVDs (except for Terminator 2 and Mulholland Drive) in the UK are really hard to get hold of. It took me a month for my Graduate HD-DVD to arrive from BlahDVD and Basic Instinct for Saltysam the same amount of time.
Author:  captainjoe [ 19 Feb 2008, 01:10 ]
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I can't capture blu-ray pics because I don't have a blu-ray drive. If there's some way of getting around that let me know.
Author:  bradavon [ 19 Feb 2008, 02:15 ]
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Not in HD as far as I know (i.e - some review sites use the S-Video port to capture SD captures). I've presumed those who can capture BD/HD-DVD screenshots must have on (or a Video Capture card).

Thanks anyway. It's interesting you reckon the HD-DVD will look better though, that said with the recent (likely) drop of HD-DVD by Toshiba I'd definitely pick up the BD regardless.
Author:  grim_tales [ 19 Feb 2008, 15:04 ]
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The HD-DVD looks excellent IMO :)
Author:  bradavon [ 19 Feb 2008, 22:40 ]
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Bare in mind the DVD captures are blown up and won't look that bad on a TV screen.
Author:  EvaUnit02 [ 20 Feb 2008, 05:48 ]
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bradavon wrote:
Bare in mind the DVD captures are blown up and won't look that bad on a TV screen.
Stop being patronising towards Grim all the time.
Author:  grim_tales [ 20 Feb 2008, 09:05 ]
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I never said the DVD looks bad Brad, I have the UK R2 now (SE 2 disc) and it's fine (if dirty), just saying how good the HD-DVD looks (and I'm sure would look much better).
Author:  Markgway [ 20 Feb 2008, 14:38 ]
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Sharon was hot in that film. :D
Author:  grim_tales [ 20 Feb 2008, 16:38 ]
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She was 8)
Author:  bradavon [ 20 Feb 2008, 16:41 ]
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Firstly I wasn't being patronising. Secondly I mentioned it in case Grim didn't realise. Fair enough if he did. Grim has said a few times he's not got into HD yet.

Thirdly you're a fine one to talk about being patronising!

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I never said the DVD looks bad Brad.

I know ;)
Author:  saltysam [ 20 Feb 2008, 19:09 ]
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bradavon wrote:
Grim has said a few times he's not got into HD yet.

He's not the only one round here :wink: thanks CJ, i haven't watched my hd-dvd yet but i won't be replacing it with the allegedly inferior BD.
Author:  grim_tales [ 28 Jul 2009, 12:07 ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recall: HD-DVD vs. SE DVD *LARGE PICS*
How does the UK BD compare to the DVD/HD-DVD? :)
Author:  Markgway [ 28 Jul 2009, 13:12 ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recall: HD-DVD vs. SE DVD *LARGE PICS*
Good question, Grim.

Bugger the extras... if the UK BD looks as good as that HD it's a definite buy.
Author:  romerojpg [ 28 Jul 2009, 17:54 ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recall: HD-DVD vs. SE DVD *LARGE PICS*
The UK Blu Ray is superb, may well be the same transfer as the HD DVD or even better, cannot remember what I read now :D but compared to my dvd, it shit on it from miles above :) I got it cheap, so I dont care about the extras, just copied my dvd before I flogged it.
Author:  saltysam [ 28 Jul 2009, 18:35 ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recall: HD-DVD vs. SE DVD *LARGE PICS*
romerojpg wrote:
so I dont care about the extras, just copied my dvd before I flogged it.
why bother copying the dvd if you don't care about extras :) i wouldn't be arsed,the dvd is worth pennies anyway. The uk BD is excellent and cheap at hmv last time i looked.
Author:  romerojpg [ 28 Jul 2009, 21:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recall: HD-DVD vs. SE DVD *LARGE PICS*
My dvd I sold for more than the Blu Ray cost, so it was worth selling.

I never meant I did not want the extras, I meant for the price I got the Blu Ray for I dont care if it had extras or not, it was pretty much free. I keep extras, you never know when you need them, the commentary alone is worth owning.
Author:  gasteropod [ 28 Jul 2009, 21:55 ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recall: HD-DVD vs. SE DVD *LARGE PICS*
romerojpg wrote:
the commentary alone is worth owning.


'DAT'S ME GALLOPING TOWARDS DA CAMRAH!!!' :lol:
Author:  bradavon [ 28 Jul 2009, 23:09 ]
Post subject:  Re: Total Recall: HD-DVD vs. SE DVD *LARGE PICS*
For those who unaware, it's very rare for a studio that has already released a HD-DVD to Remaster the BD any further. Usually they just bump the bitrate. Meaning technically it's better but by how much? Not a lot. Most of the time the BD is the HD-DVD technical aspects of the discs aside. You can get a good idea by reading HD-DVD reviews/looking at HD-DVD captures.

Obviously if it's a different studio, this doesn't count.
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