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| Author: | alien [ 02 Sep 2018, 03:07 ] |
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forper wrote: ertoili wrote: "Conan the barbarian" is the best analog-like Bluray i ve seen to date; is like a HD Laserdisc ,pretty close to experience an old 35mm on the tv imho.  er ok get back to me when all movies look analog like they do on Laserdisc.Blu-Ray and 4K look truly analog like 35mm and 70mm, Laserdisc has that restricted, almost fake analog look due to the limitations of the format. |
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| Author: | forper [ 02 Sep 2018, 04:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
alien wrote: forper wrote: ertoili wrote: "Conan the barbarian" is the best analog-like Bluray i ve seen to date; is like a HD Laserdisc ,pretty close to experience an old 35mm on the tv imho. er ok get back to me when all movies look analog like they do on Laserdisc.Blu-Ray and 4K look truly analog like 35mm and 70mm, Laserdisc has that restricted, almost fake analog look due to the limitations of the format. You just can't see the beauty of LD due to the limitations of yourself. |
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| Author: | roger [ 02 Sep 2018, 12:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
Laserdisc like bu-ray has it's good pressings and bad pressing. When they were done property they were superb. Sadly when done badly they were an embarrassment. I haven't forgotten Criterion's The Blob. A complete letdown when I saw it. |
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| Author: | audioboyz1973 [ 02 Sep 2018, 17:18 ] |
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roger wrote: Laserdisc like bu-ray has it's good pressings and bad pressing. When they were done property they were superb. Sadly when done badly they were an embarrassment. Very true. LD seems to have more variability from one release to another than any other optical disc format I've seen since. My own take is that as an analogue format the process of disc mastering was as much art as science and those who knew the tricks of the trade and the foibles of the equipment they were using were the ones who got the best results. Digital techniques introduce a predictability and consistency that can be a strength but also allow some ignorant fools to erase everything from a film transfer that we might appreciate. |
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| Author: | roger [ 02 Sep 2018, 17:45 ] |
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true |
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| Author: | rein-o [ 02 Sep 2018, 17:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
I feel that some of the best releases are the early ones done right. They are just transferred directly from the source material, some are a little too dark or light, some may even have audio issues, but they are as close to film as you can get for the time. Like blam has posted about some early Discovision titles how they are struck directly from the nitrate film, they look amazing. Even some of the films from the early to mid 80s that were pressed when they first came out look as good as any release without any digital mucking. But there are lots of really, really bad releases on LD also as you have mentioned above. I think they are more of the films that people wanted to care about like for example Aliens, people were saying that it was too this or that, I can't remember now. But films that were just transferred to LD without any special edition, they look great as long as they weren't mucked with. |
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| Author: | roger [ 02 Sep 2018, 18:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
True. Having said that I hate the Aliens revision that was done for blu-ray |
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| Author: | audioboyz1973 [ 02 Sep 2018, 18:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
The best PQ LD's don't seem to be time dependant, more about the mastering. Later great releases there are obvious examples like fifth element and starship troopers, then I picked up Ferris Bueller's day off from the 80's and it's so good! No doubt individual examples abound but release date of the LD has a poor correlation to PQ in my experience. THX releases are a good example. They're all later releases (that allegedly offered the best PQ), but very variable in my experience - just like every LD release before them. |
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| Author: | roger [ 02 Sep 2018, 18:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
Yep very good points made. A lot of enjoy regardless of laserdisc, blu-ray or 4k. |
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| Author: | forper [ 02 Sep 2018, 21:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
rein-o wrote: But there are lots of really, really bad releases on LD also as you have mentioned above. I think they are more of the films that people wanted to care about like for example Aliens, people were saying that it was too this or that, I can't remember now.  The LD box set of Aliens is supposed to be "really really bad"? To me it's the absolute best edition to own, it's just perfect, looks and sounds amazing.My best looking disc besides demo and music discs is probably Robocop Criterion, just perfect. I love a lot of Japanese music video discs for PQ too. Globe's Faces Places LD is unbelievable, Yumi Tanimura My Prism is just beautifully filmed and looks incredible on LD. |
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| Author: | rein-o [ 02 Sep 2018, 22:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
forper wrote: rein-o wrote: But there are lots of really, really bad releases on LD also as you have mentioned above. I think they are more of the films that people wanted to care about like for example Aliens, people were saying that it was too this or that, I can't remember now. The LD box set of Aliens is supposed to be "really really bad"? To me it's the absolute best edition to own, it's just perfect, looks and sounds amazing.My best looking disc besides demo and music discs is probably Robocop Criterion, just perfect. I love a lot of Japanese music video discs for PQ too. Globe's Faces Places LD is unbelievable, Yumi Tanimura My Prism is just beautifully filmed and looks incredible on LD. Well, I never thought it was bad but Ty-Disclord said that it was trasfered wrong along with the box set of Alien. The first one he said was over matted when widescreen, Aliens had something to do with?? DNR or something that it was cleaned up and then boosted? I can't remember, there is mention of it in a topic but I can't remember which one and don't have time to search right now. There are a lot of issues that I can't even see or notice but others can. 
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| Author: | forper [ 03 Sep 2018, 11:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
Okay. Just realised I posted like Donald Trump, ha cool. |
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| Author: | mimylovesjapan [ 16 Jan 2019, 00:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
Just saw "The quick and the dead" yesterday. One of the most beautiful LD I ever seen. Edition is : PCLG-00039 |
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| Author: | admin [ 16 Jan 2019, 00:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
mimylovesjapan wrote: Just saw "The quick and the dead" yesterday. One of the most beautiful LD I ever seen. Edition is : PCLG-00039 The master must have been well shot, might be why it got the 4K treatment? https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Quick-and-the-Dead-4K-Blu-ray/205105/ Julien |
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| Author: | tarma_snk [ 18 Jan 2019, 22:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
Commando (the 1996 pressing) has got one of the best non-THX transfers I've seen to date, I prefer it to the blu-ray. Boogie Nights Criterion and Seven Criterion are both very impressive. Alien THX AC3 is another excellent transfer. T2 THX Squeeze is also really nice. |
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| Author: | mimylovesjapan [ 30 Jan 2019, 01:57 ] |
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"Sixth Sens" yesterday. Very beautiful image ! I was impressed. |
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| Author: | saeba [ 02 Feb 2019, 10:55 ] |
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The Star Wars THX CAV editions (French/PAL) |
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| Author: | scytales [ 02 Feb 2019, 18:26 ] |
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ryosaeba84 wrote: The Star Wars THX CAV editions (French/PAL) For my part, I wasn't especially impressed by the picture quality of this edition. The Japanese "Special Collection" edition of the original Star Wars Trilogy movies seems better to me. |
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| Author: | signofzeta [ 02 Feb 2019, 18:43 ] |
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The THX version of Independence Day looks amazing to my eyes. Yet another crap movie with a great LD. 
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| Author: | gypsy [ 02 Feb 2019, 18:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best quality Laserdiscs |
Zeta, what would you say are some of the best looking anime discs of GOOD movies/oavs? Disregarding DYRL and GITS as I already have those. |
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