Whoa! What's Wonka? 480p????

Hi Def Digest gave the original Wonka 4 stars, so I figured aside from some grain and source limitations it'd be as good as Wonka gets. Unfortunately I bought it tonight and now I'm wondering if 2 versions are floating around.

On both the A2 and the 360 HD-DVD player there are horrible jaggies throughout. it looks like 480p, not anti aliased. It reminds me of the issues with perfect Strom. Definitely 1 star, not 4. In fact I put on the SD disc and it actually looks better. there's no more resolution, but at least there isn't star stepping on contrasty edges.

Did I get some sort of old pressing? Please tell me they don't consider this a Hi-Def title. ...and again, I am not talking about the source. Old movies can look great, grain, dust and all. This is a digital artifact problem mostly related to low actual resolution.

I am not confused. I know both versions well. I am referring to Willy Wonka, not Charlie. I will try to take some pictures. For instance in the beginning of the film the edges of the titles all have jagged stair stepped edges, like a low res GIF. It looks like 720x480 source, but not filtered to blur the edges thus leaving them with heavy aliasing.

Here this is the one -



and the review - So you know it's the same one. I can see disagreeing on a star or so, but it gets 4 here and I wouldn't give it a 1 as far as HD goes. It's not an HD source.

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/willy...tefactory.html

"this 1080p/VC-1 transfer of 'Willy Wonka' still looks good enough to lick. Colors are as sweet as cotton candy, and certainly improved over the standard-def release. Even the lushest reds, purples and greens free from bleeding and chroma noise. Detail is also raised up a notch, with Harper Goff's immense sets revealing finer details even in long shots, while even the smallest hairs on the purple pelt of Willy Wonka's coat are readily apparent"

We must be watching different versions. Source flaws aren't the issue here, it is a lack of resolution in the transfer. The upsampled SD-DVD does actually look better. Same detail, no jaggies.

and here is the trouble - this is at 1080p of course. Even the WB logo at the beginning has the aliasing. Maybe it only affects 1080p sets. If you have a 1080p set and get close you should see the same issue.