Don't Look Now: SE

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Oct 2006, 20:44

13th November 2006 - UK R2:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62969

NEW Stuff:

* Commentary by director Nicolas Roeg
* Introduction by Alan Jones (7:12mins)
* Interview with Pino Dinoaggio (17:36mins)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 Nov 2006, 04:06

New extras, but same old Studio Canal transfer and reportedly bad audio track.

I dunno bout this one, might try to track down the R1 first I guess.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 14 Nov 2006, 18:39

The DVD Times review says the audio is now fixed. Personally I'd get this when it's cheaper for the commentary, more here:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=63266

Personally I thought it was eerie, the ending is good but otherwise it's not as good as most make out IMO. I should give it a second chance though.

Personally I never had a problem with the audio anyway.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 18 Nov 2006, 22:55

bradavon wrote:The DVD Times review says the audio is now fixed.

Ah, I was just skim-reading it before and missed that part. Anyway the discusses it still being plagued by some distortion is but that is no big deal. Distortion is fairly common on mono tracks, I had to rewind and turn on the subs occasionally when watching Shane yesterday (terrific film BTW).

but otherwise it's not as good as most make out IMO. I should give it a second chance though.

I'll decide for myself, but Mike Sutton's reviews tend to be right on the money for me.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 Dec 2006, 09:19

Optimum SE added to Beav comparison. It wins hands down.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Dec 2006, 16:09

It does, much more than I was expecting. It also shows how bad the R1 is.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 10 Dec 2006, 20:35

Actually the R1 transfer is pretty good, looked fine on my m8's projection set up when I took it round to watch the other month. This new SE definitely looks better though.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Jan 2007, 01:59

Some still reckon that the R1 is still better in the PQ and sound departments. A double-dip may be in order.

haineshisway wrote:BTW, the Beaver captures are hilarious - none of them represent what you see on the screen when running the DVD.

haineshisway wrote:I posted about this new region 2 in some other thread, I guess. I found the image on the region 2 very disappointing, compared to the region 1, which has much more accurate color - you can tell instantly in the main titles - on the region one the text is blue as it should be (and as it was in the release prints) - on the region 2 it's barely blue, more of a sickly color. And that sickly color impacts all the other color. Of course, the region 2 has some extras, so that's always nice and I'll keep it for that - but this is yet another case of people going on and on about how much better a transfer is when it isn't - I've been caught in this trap several times here, but I'll still keep taking the chance just in case once, just once, someone is right. :-)

Michael Mackenzie wrote:
Robin Davies wrote:How do you feel the sound compares between R1 and R2? I think the sound on the R2 is still awful.
Having owned both, I can confirm that the sound on the R1 is much better.

source

Haines and Michael (DVDtimes hardware reviewer) know their shit BTW.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Jan 2007, 02:12

Thanks Eva.

Personally I'd still opt for the UK R2 SE. It's not a big enough reason to get two versions IMO, it's an old film so neither will look great.