Some Like it Hot: R1 SE vs. R1 CE

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 16 Aug 2007, 06:58

Some Like it Hot

Top: R1 SE (non-anamorphic 1.66:1)
Bottom: R1 CE (anamorphic 1.66:1 w/ side bars)

Menus:

Image Comparisons:

Side Bars on Collector's edition:

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 16 Aug 2007, 11:48

CE wins.

Better blacks, sharper, smidgen more info on all four sides.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Aug 2007, 14:45

Agreed but it's now a touch too dark.

Why the sidebars? I've not seen that before.

Kris · Post by **Kris** » 16 Aug 2007, 15:15

Because the aspect ratio is 1.66:1, same reason why 2.40:1 movies have bars on the top/bottom.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 16 Aug 2007, 15:18

bradavon wrote:Why the sidebars? I've not seen that before.

Christ brad, you already know this. Anamorphic 1.66:1 uses pillarboxing to preserve the ratio within the 1.78:1 frame. This pillarboxing is usually rendered invisible by a TV's overscan.

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 16 Aug 2007, 16:54

I don't think it's that dark. The original was too bright if anything.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 17 Aug 2007, 01:22

EvaUnit02 wrote:This pillarboxing is usually rendered invisible by a TV's overscan.

Right. My UEs of Dr. No, From Russia With Love & Goldfinger are 1.66 anamorphic but fill the 1.78 screen perfectly.

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 17 Aug 2007, 07:10

I have a TV upstairs that can show the whole entire image through a method called "Dot by dot" but it only works for 1080i/p signals. My main TV in the basement does over-scan the side bars on this and all the Bond discs that have then

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 17 Aug 2007, 13:00

The replacement of distributor logos really piss me off! However, it is better

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Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 17 Aug 2007, 19:31

I quite like the old United Artists logo.

Makes me think of Goldeneye.

But they should've made it B&W.

The film was originally distributed by UA not MGM so that logo is completely wrong. But I've noticed MGM doing that a lot.

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 17 Aug 2007, 19:39

Yeah like some of the Bond UEs had the new UA and MGM logo. But Goldeneye was one of the few that kept the older UA logo. Everytime I see it I too think of Goldeneye. I keep expecting that Goldeneye music to start everytime the logo fades to black.