The SD-DVD & HD Comparisons thread

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 21 Jul 2007, 23:11

Can do, but quite busy this weekend. Probably on Monday. Please remind me.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Jul 2007, 02:40

I have ordered the R3Ks of End of Evangelion: Renewal and Kare Kano. I will do comparisons of these:-
For EoE:- vs. the a 20-30% compressed rip of the shitastic R4 (same master as all the shithouse Mangle releases).
For Kare Kano:- vs. the R1.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 23 Jul 2007, 23:27

I'm hoping to get some Perfect Blue R3K caps from a fellow I found via Google. I'll compare those to R1, R2UK and R2FR ones. The R3K (presumably a R2J port + festival English script) and R2FR are both anamorphic.

Eva, will be interesting to see your KKNJ comparison. Will you compare the Korean broadcast discs as well? Btw where did you order from? I noticed it was OOP again.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Jul 2007, 23:33

Lourdes wrote:I'm hoping to get some Perfect Blue R3K caps from a fellow I found via Google. I'll compare those to R1, R2UK and R2FR ones. The R3K (presumably a R2J port + festival English script) and R2FR are both anamorphic.

I'd be interested in seeing that.

Eva, will be interesting to see your KKNJ comparison. Will you compare the Korean broadcast discs as well? Btw where did you order from? I noticed it was OOP again.

I'll be comparing whatever set that Dvdfromkorea ship out to me. Hopefully it ain't the same shithouse masters as the R1. It is a 12 disc set according to the DVDfromkorea page rather than a 6 disc one.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 23 Jul 2007, 23:51

6 discs are R2J ports, the other 6 are a Korean broadcast version with Korean text. Didn't notice it on DVDfromKorea, but found it now.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Jul 2007, 23:55

Lourdes wrote:6 discs are R2J ports, the other 6 are a Korean broadcast version with Korean text. Didn't notice it on DVDfromKorea, but found it now.

Awesome. I'll compare both versions against the R1.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 Jul 2007, 00:27

WHAT? Do the video versions include extra scenes not seen in the broadcast version?

Until I watch the whole thing through, or I can get some info on it, but I believe that the R3 version is the home video version. The R1 is the TV edited version to my knowledge. If someone can get me some info on what the home video version has that's extra, I can check my R3 DVDs.

EDIT: Ah I see.
The Japanese DVD release has an alternate scene of episode 18 when Yukino and Arima are having intercourse. The Japanese version features some tasteful stills of them. The American release by Right Stuf only features a blank screen.

I'll try to mostly get caps of one of the early episodes. Maybe include a couple from the cardboard cut-out ep and final episode with next to none actual dialogue.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 24 Jul 2007, 13:35

Lourdes wrote:I'm hoping to get some Perfect Blue R3K caps from a fellow I found via Google. I'll compare those to R1, R2UK and R2FR ones. The R3K (presumably a R2J port + festival English script) and R2FR are both anamorphic.

Damn. I didn't know the R3K had english subs. Otherwise I would've bought it a long ago. Now it's OOP. Damn.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 24 Jul 2007, 17:58

HungFist wrote:Damn. I didn't know the R3K had english subs. Otherwise I would've bought it a long ago. Now it's OOP. Damn.

I kind of regret not getting it when I learnt of it a couple of weeks ago. But it's a Korean release so it'll probably be in stock again in a few months.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 25 Jul 2007, 02:27

Lourdes wrote:I kind of regret not getting it when I learnt of it a couple of weeks ago. But it's a Korean release so it'll probably be in stock again in a few months.

I've been waiting for Perfect Blue R3K to come back in stock for over a year now.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 25 Jul 2007, 02:43

Hmm perhaps I was mistaken then. But why wouldn't you just buy the R2J and sub it? It's fairly inexpensive.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 27 Jul 2007, 11:42

Still waiting on the R3K Perfect Blue caps but I did manage to find the German release which is also anamorphic.

Has anybody got the HK release of Hana and Alice? I have the R3K and will have the R1 to hand soon.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 27 Jul 2007, 13:46

I'm gonna order the R2J Perfect Blue tomorrow. Hopefully the transfer ain't pants as the DVD is not the cheapest.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Jul 2007, 23:53

I plan to get the new R2J HD-downscale remastered Macross Plus boxset in a few months. Will do a comparison when once I've gotten it.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 Aug 2007, 17:43

Anybody got Dragon Lord ?
(anything but the HKL disc)

Ray_Rogers · Post by **Ray_Rogers** » 06 Aug 2007, 12:36

tom2681 wrote:Anybody got Dragon Lord ?
(anything but the HKL disc)

I'm pondering about ordering it from DDDHouse.com I'll let you know the progress of the order. I'll be buying the Joy Sales/Fortune Star release.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 06 Aug 2007, 14:38

Ray_Rogers wrote:
tom2681 wrote:Anybody got Dragon Lord ?
(anything but the HKL disc)
I'm pondering about ordering it from DDDHouse.com I'll let you know the progress of the order. I'll be buying the Joy Sales/Fortune Star release.

It's a downmix, in case you didn't know.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 06 Aug 2007, 17:31

Doesn't contain the original theatrical version either but a Taiwanese re-edit.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 07 Aug 2007, 13:31

Anyone up for a Howl's Moving Castle comparison? I've got the R4.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 07 Aug 2007, 14:28

EvaUnit02 wrote:Anyone up for a Howl's Moving Castle comparison? I've got the R4.

http://whiggles.landofwhimsy.com/writin ... -howl.html

But I have the R2UK so if you want to see if they have the same transfer or which is better than go for it.

I'll be doing Whisper of the Heart R2UK vs. R2J myself later.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 07 Aug 2007, 14:37

Just a point of note by the way. In addition to the ease of VDubMod I always demux the video using DVD Decryptor before taking caps. It makes life a lot easier to have the whole thing in one file, saves trying to work out which vob contains a certain part of the film when comparing different versions in multiple instances.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 12 Aug 2007, 09:47

Any chance for The Big Heat comparison? Joy Sales vs old HK release(s)

dudeabides · Post by **dudeabides** » 17 Aug 2007, 16:44

How about DARK CRYSTAL or LABYRINTH original Superbit and new Anniversary comparisons?? THANKS!!!

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 20 Aug 2007, 04:14

I'll put up Azumanga R1 vs. R2J sometime and I'm expecting the R2UK of Solid State Society tomorrow so I'll add that to the current comparison.
I'm also going to be renting a lot of UK discs as I have 3 months free rental. So I'll probably put up a fair few BFI/MoC vs. Criterion comparisons because the Beaver ones are untrustworthy and I need to watch some more classic Japanese cinema. I'll eventually add R2J's as well if I can.

I saw this fine gem at Beaver just now - http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRevie ... lu-ray.htm . Comparing a BD at 559x239 (that's what? 6% of the original resolution?) using camera shots, genius!

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » 20 Aug 2007, 05:02

What's the point, eh? I've seen forums on AVS that do a much better job because the captures are true captures and are in 1080 rez. This is just pointless.