Army of Darkness: R1 vs. Anchorbay R1 vs. HD-DVD(SD version)

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 28 Jan 2007, 22:50

Army of Darkness

Top: Anchorbay R1
Middle: HD-DVD (standard definition side B)
Bottom: Universal R1

I feel I should add that all the caps except for the HD-DVD SD version are from DVDBeaver.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 28 Jan 2007, 22:54

Hail to the King, baby. 8)

Oh, and I think the second set looks the cleanest.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 Jan 2007, 23:30

surely the mgm region 3 of this fillm blows all other editions out of the water with it being the most complete version and having excellent PQ

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 28 Jan 2007, 23:53

It has good extras and is complete but from what I hear the HD has the best picture. Not sure though, you could be correct.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Jan 2007, 00:30

The colour looks horrible on the HD.

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 29 Jan 2007, 00:39

Aside from the moon it looks good. I don't think the actual HD version looks that bad though.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 29 Jan 2007, 01:36

While I think the HD wins this one, it definitely looks like a pretty shit HD release! There's little increas in detail over the DVD releases and just look at the EE present in that shot of the castle!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 29 Jan 2007, 01:45

Shingster wrote:While I think the HD wins this one, it definitely looks like a pretty shit HD release! There's little increas in detail over the DVD releases and just look at the EE present in that shot of the castle!

FYI the HD-DVD release is a combo disc, the caps were taken from the SD-DVD side. The EE could've been applied when the SD transfer was being downscaled from the HD master.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 29 Jan 2007, 01:51

Ahh, I missed joe mentioning it was the standard definition side, d'oh!

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 29 Jan 2007, 05:17

I wish I could capture HD-DVD images for comparisons!

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 29 Jan 2007, 08:42

Erm... who funked up the colours on the HD release? And the last screenie is a "completely different" frame than the others.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Jan 2007, 19:21

any timings for those caps? i could try and add the region 3,i don't know the film well enough to go searching for those captures

mike dk · Post by **mike dk** » 29 Jan 2007, 20:17

The SD-DVD from the HD-DVD is by far the best. Would be great to see how the HD print looks like compared to the SD-DVD.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Jan 2007, 00:55

gojensen wrote:Erm... who funked up the colours on the HD release? And the last screenie is a "completely different" frame than the others.

The R3HK DC has similar colours to the HD-DVD IIRC.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 31 Jan 2007, 08:35

Well, I personally don't think western actors should look yellow... but maybe that's just me...

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 31 Jan 2007, 17:04

gojensen wrote:Well, I personally don't think western actors should look yellow... but maybe that's just me...

Of course they should look yellow! Just as Chinese should look pink and Japanese should be red.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 01 Feb 2007, 08:25

They should?

DAMN!

Now I need to recalibrate my theater!