Megamind 3D release has better 2D picture quality!

Guys, I have some EXCELLENT news. I now have both Megamind 2D retail copy and Megamind 3D. The 3D version has better picture quality. The aliasing is 99% gone and the picture looks much clearer in general. It now looks like it SHOULD have in the first place and now the PQ is on the same level as other Dreamworks titles like HTTYD and Shrek Forever After. Since the original 2D release was rushed pretty quick to shelves, something went wrong in the encoding of it, and Dreamworks have used a different master for the 3D release. So whether you're watching the 3D disc in 2D or 3D, you're getting better PQ than the 2D disc. Here's a quick comparison, look at the escalator:

Megamind 2D Retail




Megamind 3D Samsung Exclusive

Yeh the main difference is the aliasing on the escalator is terrible in the 2D shot, and there's also weird colors surrounding the aliasing as well. In the 3D shot the weird colors are gone and the aliasing is almost completely diminished. Looks much sharper. Also note the middle statue on the right, his staff, aliasing also completely gone on that

I know there are aliasing problems littered throughout the 2D retail, but I haven't watched the whole movie to know exactly where the worst examples are, if anyone knows of specific timecode(s) that are particularly bad, just ask and I'll put up a comparison.

Interesting... just having a flick through the discs it seems any scenes with Tina Fey's character are particularly bad, the alising around her face is very bad on the 2D disc. This shot in particular shows the difference - look at the outline of her face, but also look at her hair! Her hair is all aliased! Looks shocking! All of this is fixed in the 3D version thankfully. I think that Megamind 2D is a lot worse than the MvA case.... it's not just the aliasing either. It's like the whole movie looks lower-resolution, kinda the same effect if you play a PC game at 1280x720 at fullscreen on a 1920x1080 monitor.

Another thing to mention is that the 2D disc looks a lot worse in motion than what the screenies show... when characters move their heads, jaggies become even more obvious.

Alright heres the pic of the beard - look at all the ugly green artifacting in the 2D:



And another shot not long after - pretty much all side-on shots in the 2D version look horrendous, look at the aliasing down Metro Man's character's face and nose, and Megamind's face in general:



Of course I'm saying it's horrendous for a big-budget Dreamworks animated title... if it was something like Alpha & Omega well then it would be normal

Another terrible shot - look at all the green and red on the buildlings! It looks shocking in motion. Look at the side of the white building on the bottom left - WTF?