I watched my copy of The Nightmare Before Christmas last night and I was amazed at how good the PQ was. The picture was crisp and bright on my Wega SDTV. I also noticed that the pro-logic light came on on my SDP-E800 during playback. The cardboard LD holder says "Dolby Surround Sound"; but, there was no AC-3 logo. I did not know that my E800 would detect the pro-logic data stream. This is good to know.

Beamed in the post today. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) [LV 32044-WS]

The Laserdisc PCM Dolby Stereo is way more puncher than the bluray.






Laserdisc a shy slight cropped on height/width.


Region 2 DVD


Laserdisc shows me the detail.


bluleg rubbish format hides the detail.

Blackjack, with Dolph Lundgren.

most of his later movies were real dumps in the toilet

Enjoy & (imo) as far as the PAL/NTSC units go the CLD-D925 is as good as you are going to get player wise, AC-3 output + frame grab etcetera do make it a superb player - have fun .

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je280

This is exactly the problem the Smurf Poo edition of Blade Runner has vs the LD! Even though on paper the Smurf version is 78,000,000 times "better" than the LD and people who go on and on about specs say it's "impossible" for LD to look good, in real life, it actually shows MORE DETAIL in the right places. Another drawback of the SP of Blade Runner is it's so sharp it shows the mat painting backgrounds as obviously mat paintings, something Ridlely never intended, coz in analogue they blend man, they blend, naturally and beautifully, like art and life, not like edge enhanced super hi def resolution. We don't watch resolution, we watch movies

It's really hard to compare the Final Cut of Blade Runner (which featured an all-new colour timing) on BD or DVD compared to the LD releases of the film. The Final Cut was obviously never released on LD, if you are going to compare Blade Runner on LD vs BD than choose a cut that is available on both formats.

Why not? 95% of the movie is the same on both formats. There was a thread where we directly compared them and my criterion LD won on detail hands down.

They're completely different in terms of visual appearance, which is due to the master. They could've made a Laserdisc with Final cut and you'd get just as much teal (if not more). If you like the look of the theatrical cuts or director's cut they're available on Blu-Ray for your viewing pleasure.

I'm not talking about content, I'm talking about colour timing. The Final Cut is graded quite differently to the other cuts, even on Blu-Ray the visual difference in colours of say the Theatrical Cut vs the Final Cut is quite noticeable. Check out the difference here - https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=5714&d2=5715&s1=53561&s2=53612&i=18&l=0

No. Your caps of the criterion LD were as I recall blown out in brightness, contrast, colour and sharpness resulting in a torched up, noisy mess, which we established was more a result of your TV settings rather than the LD itself.

From Dusk Till Dawn: Special Edition (1996)

great picture quality!

Armitage III: Polymatrix (1997)
Pioneer Animation
NTSC