Assembly - R3HK vs R2UK

Beat TG · Post by **Beat TG** » 14 May 2008, 15:32

Screen caps

R3 Top, R2 Bottom

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 14 May 2008, 15:38

R2 a conversion?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 May 2008, 15:56

I was thinking the same. The HK DVD easily looks better, it looks to have DTS over the UK R2 too. I'd get the BD now though.

Thanks Beat.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 14 May 2008, 19:42

Yeah, R3 wins.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 14 May 2008, 20:27

Region 2 is an Edge enhanced crapfest from the look of it. Muppets.

Glad I avoid standard dvds of many newer films and go for Blu Rays

as surley the Blu Ray wont be edge enhanced to death! but you never know!

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 14 May 2008, 21:33

Too much contrast boosting on the R3, too much EE on the R2.
Still the R3 is the way to go IMO.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 14 May 2008, 22:21

How do you know it's really dvd contrast booting? Today most films of these type are intended to look like crap and have zero detail. I never understood why.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 15 May 2008, 16:34

Contrast boosting erases detail in dark and bright areas.
If it's on the original print, all DVDs will automatically look like crap (You can't make those details reappear by reducing the contrast: once they're gone, they're gone).

In this case, it's clear that it's a DVD-related issue (since the R2 doesn't have it).

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 15 May 2008, 20:43

Oh, right. I forgot to compare the caps

Beat TG · Post by **Beat TG** » 15 May 2008, 22:09

R3 def wins image-wise. But I'm still very satisfied with R2 overall, at least the subs are joined together mostly and better translated making the read much easier.