POTC BD FRAMING ERROR and comparisons using DIGITAL caps*Denner's companion thread

Thanks Xylon, your contributions to this site are invaluable. I can't wait to see wait to see your comparisons.

(I can delete this post if you want the space)

How the hell does anyone even catch this? Seriously, an eagle couldn't tell the difference. Could it be that the framing on the DVD is wrong. Afterall they are animorphic.

Does this change the composition of the shots at all, or the film itself?

I like POTC but it's hard to sit through film just once. You did it twice, with the film playing in double vision, with two eyes. That's like watching one POTC film for 40hrs(the math is right) in one sitting(whatever the runtime is).

Thanks for doing this though. I wonder if any other BD's have this issue. Or maybe just the Disney discs.

When I first opened the thread I saw the covers and thought, "well yeah, framing error indeed"

Dude, the guy's head is cut off in the second shot. The real question is how could anybody NOT catch this!

LOL.

Obviously your wrong if this was a clear head cut catch thing we would have heard about it earlier. Many have seen this and just didn´t catch it.

Did you see the bluray yourself?

Ohh there was another shot with Orland Bloom. Good point.

But maybe it's just because Orlando Bloom's face looks too beautiful in HD.

I looked at the other shot and now all I can think about are Orlando Bloom's lips. Looks like I won't be sleeping tonight. But I think I know why the editor wasn't concentrating now.

I didn't see the other cap the first time, that's pretty big damn mistake.

Xylon provided photographic evidence! Look at the pictures compared in post # 3.


Anyways, what I've ultimately taken from this situation is that the BD owners on this forum don't have wifes or girlfriends with whom they watch their BDs. Because I can say with the utmost assuredness that if I had been watching this BD with my girlfriend, she sure as hell would have noticed that Orlando Blooms head was cut off!

The framing "error" is obvious.
H264 looks like the framing has been opened up a bit.
Good for BD!

Man, the ABC HD version looks like junk. I think the dvd might be actually be a little better. The shadow detail on both are horrible (3rd set of pics).

It's sad the BRD is crippled by this framing issue as it's clearly the most detailed (albeit a little grainy).

The open matte version is hilarious.

Hi Xylon.

Thanks for taking the time and doing this high end comparison, instead of the crappy photos that I took for my original thread

Now I will be rid of all the people bashing me and calling me a lier and accusing me of photoshopping the pictures and faking the evidence

THANKS MAN

Thanks for the great comparison shots, Xylon. Now, when will Disney get back to everyone on the problem? I seriously hope they do a disc replacement program.

Wow. Maybe it's just me, but it's pretty funny that having a dude's head chopped off is apparently not noticeable. Ooops Disney.

Er, probably not, they'll just find something else to say, but who cares about them. This is definitely an issue that needs addressing as the framing is totally unacceptable.

Hear you, but I have been a public target since I noticed, and now it is just nice to be able to concentrate on the most important thing, and that is to get Disney to make a replacement or money back program :-)

That's cool. I think a lot of us really appreciate you bringing it to light, so thanks!

While I never would have noticed it until you brought it up, but it clearly should have been caught.

Good catch by Denner. Nice job Xylon.

I thought the same thing, but when I watched this the first time in "real time" not anticipating any problems, it went so fast that I didn't notice. Even watching it again this week it still goes by so quickly that you don't even really think about it.

It still needs to be fixed if it's a mistake.

That's my position....and I'm sticking to it!

I'd also like to thank Denner for catching this and bringing it to our attention. I don't know how anyone can argue that there is no framing error, or that maybe the DVD was wrong and the BD version is correct. The shots in post #6 are all the evidence you need that the framing is wrong.

The top portion is cut off but more details can now be seen at the bottom. Does this appear throughout the movie or only at certain scenes. Thanks to Denner and Xylon for the excellent work.

So far it only appears in certain scenes during an ~8 minute stretch near the beginning.