[Rieper]

I just purchased my copy of Anchor Bay's latest AOD: Boomstick edition. I put it in my Philips DVD-963SA, and made sure to turn on progressive scan.


Well, the blue "Progressive Scan" light turns on, and the movie begins. But 'lo and behold, I see horrible lines outling in and around the teeth and noses of the actors, and in several other places.


What gives? I have my Sony KP-51WS500 set to full, my Philips is not "Zoomed" in. Everything is perfectly set up and I'm still getting this horrible picture. Anyone have a clue what's going on?


I played the Transporter afterward, and it looked AMAZING. No lines or anomalies anywhere...


/Steven

 

[Jules343]

i believe these are the same rehashed terrible transfers. There was a thread discussing a R2 version that looked great. Well I think it was R2 it might have been another region. Anyway Anchor Bay has butchered those films.

 

[Krynos]

Probably an incorrectly flagged disk confusing your dvd player. Cabaret is the same, looks terrible - deinterlacing errors everywhere.


- Rick

 

[Matt_Stevens]

The R2 edition is what you need. It's so vastly superior, you will have a stroke when you see it.

 

[jcmccorm]

I received the R2 a couple od weeks ago myself. Whoah! It's sweet. There's a couple of grainy shots in there but otherwise it's the best I've ever seen this movie look.


Cary

 

[Hank527]

Get the Region 3 MGM version


it is the director's cut and is remastered with those scenes. MGM has done the movie a terrific justice and to boot its NTSC so you won't need to worry about PAL speedup etc..,


here is a comparison with the R1 vs R3 version

http://www.davisdvd.com/images/screenshots/aod_r3.jpg