This Movie came out in Germany on January 17.
My Disc arrived saturday.
It's the best the Film has ever looked.
Its clearly an older Source but PQ looks good. Not overwhelming but good.
Its from an older MGM HD Master.
Low Bitrate Encoding on the BD unfortunately.
I did a comparison with the UK PAL DVD from MGM (same Source):
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/3238
Keep in mind that the US DVD is non anamorphic and looks much worser than the MGM UK DVD. So no doubt this Blu Ray will look miles better in comparison with the us dvd. The UK MGM DVD is derived from the same master and therefore the difference is not that big.
It also exists a newer HD Master which was used for HDTV Broadcasts.
I will only say this: Orange & Teal baby! The newer HD Master has a complete new Color Grading and different contrast. Black is worse for example.
I did a comparison with the 1080i Broadcast from this newer Transfer:
Set 1: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/3240
Set 2: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/3242
You can clearly see that this is a newer Transfer and it has the better framing.
But i hate colors/contrast.
So maybe the German BD is the last chance to get the (imho) better Color Timing in HD.
The Blu Ray is Region B.
BTW: We had maybe the worst dvd of this movie worldwide in germany: Non anamorphic, wrong aspect ratio and bad quality. Look at this Comparison: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/3232
So im really grateful for the Blu Ray.
BD Info Scan:
MrHollandsOpus.jpg 33k .jpg file
My Disc arrived saturday.
It's the best the Film has ever looked.
Its clearly an older Source but PQ looks good. Not overwhelming but good.
Its from an older MGM HD Master.
Low Bitrate Encoding on the BD unfortunately.
I did a comparison with the UK PAL DVD from MGM (same Source):
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/3238
Keep in mind that the US DVD is non anamorphic and looks much worser than the MGM UK DVD. So no doubt this Blu Ray will look miles better in comparison with the us dvd. The UK MGM DVD is derived from the same master and therefore the difference is not that big.
It also exists a newer HD Master which was used for HDTV Broadcasts.
I will only say this: Orange & Teal baby! The newer HD Master has a complete new Color Grading and different contrast. Black is worse for example.
I did a comparison with the 1080i Broadcast from this newer Transfer:
Set 1: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/3240
Set 2: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/3242
You can clearly see that this is a newer Transfer and it has the better framing.
But i hate colors/contrast.
So maybe the German BD is the last chance to get the (imho) better Color Timing in HD.
The Blu Ray is Region B.
BTW: We had maybe the worst dvd of this movie worldwide in germany: Non anamorphic, wrong aspect ratio and bad quality. Look at this Comparison: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/3232
So im really grateful for the Blu Ray.
BD Info Scan:
Code:
DISC INFO:
Disc Title: MR HOLLANDS OPUS
Disc Size: 23'934'332'815 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
BDInfo: 0.5.4
PLAYLIST REPORT:
Name: 00000.MPLS
Length: 2:22:55 (h:m:s)
Size: 22'914'711'552 bytes
Total Bitrate: 21.38 Mbps
VIDEO:
Codec Bitrate Description
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MPEG-4 AVC Video 16000 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
AUDIO:
Codec Language Bitrate Description
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 1911 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1911 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
DTS-HD Master Audio German 1944 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1944 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
SUBTITLES:
Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics German 95.320 kbps
Presentation Graphics German 0.367 kbps
MrHollandsOpus.jpg 33k .jpg file
