Band of Brothers DVD, HBO MPEG-2, HD DVD & Blu-ray comparison *PIX* - Page 9

Originally Posted by DrCrawn

Well if you happen to have the HD DVDs also and thought about dumping them on Ebay, don't bother, looks like HBO is blocking resales and Ebay is cancelling the auctions. I've never seen anything like this before and thought others might get a kick out of it.

Originally Posted by Rigby Reardon

Well, outside of the US this is nothing unusual. Here in Europe, the distributors pressure Ebay to block auctions of imported discs (e.g. R1 DVDs from the US), even though selling them privately is perfectly legal. But if in doubt, Ebay always sides with the corporations (that obviously want to keep competition out of their region) against private sellers. I guess in the US you don't see it that often because importing discs is less prevalent.

Originally Posted by PixelMixer

As a post production professional currently working on The Pacific, it is with interest I read these speculative comments about HBO's mastering.
In my 25 years of working in post, it would be hard to find a more discerning quality control department than the professionals at HBO.
They are very, very thorough.
On my home display I can see what evidently is a repositioned shot in Part 1 of BoB at the previously mentioned time code. It is surprising that this apparently slipped by the Q.C. I would like to look at that scene at the office on a professional display with the gamma bumped-up.
As far as grain reduction, there are times when it is selectively applied to scenes that have blow-ups to reduce what can be excessive grain as a result of the enlargement of the shot. Scenes are "blown-up" beyond their native resolution fairly regularly in post so as to re-frame for composition, remove an unwanted boom mic, etc. etc. When subsequent grain reduction is applied, the scene-to-scene grain continuity can be noticed.
As far as the "DNR" comments go, I can't intelligently reply as I am not close with the staff who mastered BoB. I have watched 4 parts of BoB on Blu-ray and feel it is an excellent transfer. I would need to see it from HDDVD to make comparisons on grain reduction.
With respect to the grain issue, I have been made aware that excessive grain can be a technical headache with disc encoding, particularly Blu-Ray.

Originally Posted by Bitwize

I just picked up a mint HD-DVD set of BoB on eBay for $103.07 I still prefer HD-DVD when video quality is better than the Blu-ray release. Sure I'll probably spend more, but I'm a collector.

Originally Posted by eric.exe

Amazon.co.jp page for the JPN version is up: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/switch-la...language=en_JP

It's by the same company that released the HD DVDs (Amuse Soft), so my hopes are high for no DNR.

Originally Posted by PixelMixer

As a post production professional currently working on The Pacific, it is with interest I read these speculative comments about HBO's mastering.
In my 25 years of working in post, it would be hard to find a more discerning quality control department than the professionals at HBO.
They are very, very thorough.
On my home display I can see what evidently is a repositioned shot in Part 1 of BoB at the previously mentioned time code. It is surprising that this apparently slipped by the Q.C. I would like to look at that scene at the office on a professional display with the gamma bumped-up.
As far as grain reduction, there are times when it is selectively applied to scenes that have blow-ups to reduce what can be excessive grain as a result of the enlargement of the shot. Scenes are "blown-up" beyond their native resolution fairly regularly in post so as to re-frame for composition, remove an unwanted boom mic, etc. etc. When subsequent grain reduction is applied, the scene-to-scene grain continuity can be noticed.
As far as the "DNR" comments go, I can't intelligently reply as I am not close with the staff who mastered BoB. I have watched 4 parts of BoB on Blu-ray and feel it is an excellent transfer. I would need to see it from HDDVD to make comparisons on grain reduction.
With respect to the grain issue, I have been made aware that excessive grain can be a technical headache with disc encoding, particularly Blu-Ray.

Originally Posted by Mennham

ALthough this thread has long since retired: http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...f_brothers_bd1 .