Matt_Stevens said:
...a tragic crime against humanity.
I LOVE this kind of phrases! (^^,)
OK, here you are the test I made: took the worst offender screenshot from UHE, the same frame from the MPEG2, then I ColourMatch'ed the UHE with the MPEG2 as color reference, a blur, a grain plate and voilà: almost watchable wax face!
(click images for larger versions)
UHE:
CM'ed+blur+grain:
MPEG2:
(screenshot taken from dvdactive)