Snake in the Eagle's Shadow Mei Ah vs. Sony vs. HK Video

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 May 2006, 14:30

Mei Ah

Sony

HK Video

Mei Ah

Sony

HK Video

Mei Ah

Sony

HK Video

Mei Ah

Sony

HK Video

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 May 2006, 14:39

I'll add R1 caps in the weekend.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 May 2006, 14:42

EvaUnit02 wrote:I'll add R1 caps in the weekend.

Great, thanks.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 May 2006, 14:49

Could you please tell me the appropriate time indexes for those caps, Hung?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 May 2006, 14:49

@Hungfist:
Your caps look vertically stretched.
16/9 ratio is 720x404 or 720x405, not 720x408.

First shot:
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... ESHKV1.jpg
HK Vidéo lacks the contrastey look of the Mei Ah but is also sharper, brighter and doesn't have any edge-enhancement.

Second shot:
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... ESHKV2.jpg
It's much better but it's the same print.

Third shot:
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... ESHKV3.jpg
Even though I prefer the brighter HK Vidéo, I'd say both caps look good.

Fourth shot:
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... ESHKV4.jpg
Is it me, or does the Mei Ah look really bad in this shot ?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 May 2006, 15:00

Tom2681 wrote:@Hungfist:
Your caps look vertically stretched.
16/9 ratio is 720x404 or 720x405, not 720x408.

Then every cap I have ever posted here is stretched

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 May 2006, 15:04

Approximate time indexes please.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 May 2006, 15:09

Mei Ah
02:08
55:24
55:55
92:55

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 May 2006, 15:14

There's a lot of little white specs on Mei Ah. How about HK Video (it looks cleaner in the second cap)

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 May 2006, 15:26

There's lots of little specs too, but for the most part the picture is very clean (the lack of edge-enhancement hides a lot of print damage).

Some shots feature extreme print damage but are handled quite well (remember this scene in the HKL DVD ? Downright atrocious)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 May 2006, 15:36

Was it SITES or DM1 that had missing Cantonese dialogue that required bits from the Mandarin/English dub?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 May 2006, 15:38

Drunken Master.

The HK Vidéo is one of the few (the only ?) disc to feature a full cantonese mono track.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 May 2006, 15:48

The little specs on mei ah pop up like every two seconds. Really. I'm sure the HK Video is cleaner than that, right?

HK Video

Mei Ah

Sony

Mei Ah Drunken Master audio is a cantonese/mandarin/english mix. The dialogue is in chinese, but several other "sound effects" (like argh, ough etc. when people get hit) come from the english dub. It's really noticable that the effects come from a different source. Same goes with Columbia. HK Video is the only one with complete cantonese track.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 May 2006, 16:15

Yeah, most specks are removed.

HK Video is the only one with complete cantonese track.

Yep. Too bad the DM transfer is really washed-out.
Still, I think that original audio is what matters most.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 May 2006, 16:46

Good, I may get it then.

I thought their DM transfer was pretty decent. For some reason the colors look terrible on my computer but not nearly that bad TV. The first time I took caps I though I had some Eagle Vision on, but no.

But overall I think HK Video is about 500 000 times better than Mei Ah or Columbia. HK Video is the only one that didn't drive me crazy...

EDIT: I checked the DM transfer again and it does look washed out at times but it's still pretty decent IMO. And the sound more than makes up for it.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 23 May 2006, 17:10

Going from those caps I'd say I prefer the look of the Mei Ah.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 May 2006, 17:25

The 4th shot of the HK video looks much better than the Mei Ah, I cant tell much difference between the others.
I'm happy with my Mei Ah though, it will do

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 May 2006, 17:32

overall I think HK Video is about 500 000 times better than Mei Ah or Columbia.

I wouldn't go that far, but yeah.
What I like most about HK Vidéo is that they have constant quality. Sometimes other companies do better, but HK Vidéo are always good (not great, but not bad either).
Other companies are often hit and miss (HKL, Tartan, Mei Ah, even Columbia).

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 23 May 2006, 17:40

Tom2681 wrote: I wouldn't go that far, but yeah.

Believe me, I would be in a mental institution right now if I hadn't found a better disc

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 May 2006, 10:11

R1 Sony:-
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... sites1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... sites2.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... sites3.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... sites4.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... sites5.jpg

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 24 May 2006, 14:58

Thanks.

Sony looks pretty much identical to Mei Ah. There is a difference but it could be caused by different software. Judging by the second cap, the print is the the exact same (all the same white specs)

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 12 Nov 2006, 01:00

The Sony has English credits. How about the Mei Ah?

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 13 Nov 2006, 21:41

Ivan Drago wrote:The Sony has English credits. How about the Mei Ah?

Mei Ah has English credits but with false Chinese ones added.

The HKL and HK Video DVDs are the only ones to have the original bi-lingual English/Chinese credits.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 13 Nov 2006, 22:28

And HKL was cropped and cut. If you can get it cheap, it is worth a look for the US soundtrack

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 Nov 2006, 23:11

The R1 SITES is OOP, dvdplanet or dvdempire might still have it in stock though. There's a fairly cheap Korean Sony port-over in print at the moment.