Die Hard with a Vengeance: SE DVD vs. Blu-ray *LARGE PICS*
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Die Hard with a Vengeance: SE DVD vs. Blu-ray *LARGE PICS*
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Top: R1 SE DVD
Bottom: North American Blu-ray
These BD screen captures were taken by a member on the AVSforum who goes by the name of "House". I matched them with the DVD release. The pictures speak for themselves.
The DVD has an infamous reputation for being one of the worst DVD transfers to ever come out of a major studio. Thankfully Fox has seen fit to correct this
mess of a video transfer that was plagued by noise reduction and severe edge enhancement with a wonderful 1080P transfer on Blu-ray. Colours
are much more vibrant and not faded like the DVD. This looks more film-like. Definately worth the upgrade!
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Top: R1 SE DVD
Bottom: North American Blu-ray
These BD screen captures were taken by a member on the AVSforum who goes by the name of "House". I matched them with the DVD release. The pictures speak for themselves.
The DVD has an infamous reputation for being one of the worst DVD transfers to ever come out of a major studio. Thankfully Fox has seen fit to correct this
mess of a video transfer that was plagued by noise reduction and severe edge enhancement with a wonderful 1080P transfer on Blu-ray. Colours
are much more vibrant and not faded like the DVD. This looks more film-like. Definately worth the upgrade!
Mouse-Overs:
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Thanks.
Have you tried Lourde' method? Mentioned under "Easy Alternative method" -
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=2428
Have you tried Lourde' method? Mentioned under "Easy Alternative method" -
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=2428
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Saving the street scene and flicking between the two of them full screen on my 40 incher really shows the difference. You have to sit a long away away to view the standard dvd caps as frankly they are awful, the HD ones you can get one foot away from the screen and its just right.
Just wish I had a bigger screen
Good to see the hideous horizontal line at the top and bottom of frame on the standard dvds is not on the HD version. That really irratates me.
I need people like you to go on another forum and say the standard transfer is crappy, as they just say its amazing I have proivded proof and they still say I am wrong some people are just blind and should not comment on any dvds at all.
Just wish I had a bigger screen
Good to see the hideous horizontal line at the top and bottom of frame on the standard dvds is not on the HD version. That really irratates me.
I need people like you to go on another forum and say the standard transfer is crappy, as they just say its amazing I have proivded proof and they still say I am wrong some people are just blind and should not comment on any dvds at all.
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Ahh some peeps over at TheImportForums, in the end all they said back to me was a list of Great reviews from when the dvds first came out.
I guess if some reviewers say its great, then it has to be
I have reviewed many dvds for a few places over the years, some acctually say to me cut down on the picture information, even stuff people need to know. Each to their own I guess, I personally like as much info as they can give me, even if I dont know what they are on about I can always find out.
Picture comparisons with HD and Standard dvds latley have been what I like to see, if the right guys have done the HD caps it really does blow me away seeing them together.
Shame all HD Vs Standard comparisons are not as significant as these Die Hard 3 caps
I guess if some reviewers say its great, then it has to be
I have reviewed many dvds for a few places over the years, some acctually say to me cut down on the picture information, even stuff people need to know. Each to their own I guess, I personally like as much info as they can give me, even if I dont know what they are on about I can always find out.
Picture comparisons with HD and Standard dvds latley have been what I like to see, if the right guys have done the HD caps it really does blow me away seeing them together.
Shame all HD Vs Standard comparisons are not as significant as these Die Hard 3 caps
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They're Fox discs so are very likely to be Region A.dvdvision wrote:Do you know if they are region coded ?
It doesn't matter too much when Fox are releasing Die Hard and Die Hard 2 on UK Region B anyway but it does matter for Die Hard 3 which is a Buena Vista title in the UK (plus it's cut)
and they're not releasing it yet.
There are 3 Blu-ray regions unlike DVDs 6 regions.captainjoe wrote:I heard they're encoded for Region A but I could be wrong. I still am not sure how these BD work with regions.
In reality only Fox, Lionsgate and New Line in America actually use Regional Coding for all titles. Some Sony BDs are region coded for example
but as a rule of thumb they're not. Paramount and Warner on Blu-ray have never used Regional Coding.
Region A gives you North America plus most of the Far East. Region B gives you Europe plus Australasia and Region C is places like India.
Here is an exact list:
A - North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
B - Europe, Greenland, French territories, Middle East, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
C - India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mainland China, Pakistan, Russia, Central and South Asia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc
As Region A gives you America, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Thailand it's arguably the most important of the regions.
The only important DVD/HD Disc countries it misses out on are The UK, France and Australia.
You can't have everything. There is nothing or merit in Region C.
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I already know about them being off and have been planning on re-doing them along with a few other comparisons.chenlung wrote:Got the R1 2-discer a while back and the image seems processed. You can see the splices too.
Image looks a tad pinkified on the HD one ! Not a bad image, but detail isn't the greatest (thanks to the grain).
Note: Those captures aren't the same frame.