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Which HD-DVD is better than Blu-Ray?
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Padawan Learnerdark_jedi said:
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
I've got these 2 and The Scorpion King. They all look really nice.
Does that French Terminator 2 set have each version on a separate disc?
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This is a rather good list a guy made some time ago but I have several of these HD-DVDs and this information is correct to my knowledge, especially in regards to discs such as The Deer Hunter, Animal House and The Thing.
from AVS Forum...
"I have personally confirmed the following HD DVDs look better than their Blu-ray counterparts either due to better grain structure, less contrasty boosting, or both:
RELEASES THAT LOOK *MUCH* BETTER ON HD DVD than Blu-ray
Animal House
Apollo 13
Army of Darkness
The Big Lebowski
Coming to America
Daylight
The Deer Hunter
The Sting
The Thing
Waterworld
RELEASES THAT LOOK *SLIGHTLY* BETTER ON HD DVD than Blu-ray
Casino
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
U-571
RELEASES WITH BETTER AUDIO ENCODES ON HD DVD than Blu-ray
The Lady in the Water
RELEASES THAT LOOK SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER ON BLU-RAY THAN HD DVD
12 Monkeys
The Breakfast Club
Flags of Our Fathers
Miami Vice
RELEASES THAT ARE CONFIRMED TO LOOK SIMILAR ON HD DVD & BD
An American Werewolf in London
Billy Madison
Bulletproof
Darkman
Dune
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Happy Gilmore
Tremors
Most Warner/Paramount titles unless otherwise specified.
RELEASES THAT LOOK and SOUND BETTER ON STANDARD DVD than any HIDEF release
The Last Starfighter (1999 CE DVD - Blu-ray / HD DVD extremely DNR'd and has missing audio cue)
RELEASE THAT HAVE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACKS ONLY ON DVD, HIDEF only have modified SOUND EFFECTS or MUSIC
Conan the Barbarian series (Blu-ray music problems)
Smokey and the Bandit (DVD Pursuit Pack - HD/BD dont have original sound effects)
Terminator (extremely old Image DVD is actually best mono track - HD/BD dont have original sound effects, subsequent DVDs have comparatively poor bass on mono track)"
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Really Waterworld and Army of darkness US theatrical i take it look better? i would love to see some comparisons.
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Slayer of DeaditesFlexicon9 said:
RELEASES THAT LOOK *MUCH* BETTER ON HD DVD than Blu-ray
The Big Lebowski
Didn't know that this edition existed. Is it better than the Italian BD (with less DNR)? I haven't seen it in awhile and would love to see it looking good.
The Deer Hunter
The foreign Region A/B Studio Canal BD is better I believe; got a bigger file size. I haven't done any side by side comparisons though. The only thing is that the 5.1 is screwed up but the original theatrical audio (stereo) is fine and lossless so it doesn't bother me.
RELEASES THAT LOOK and SOUND BETTER ON STANDARD DVD than any HIDEF release
The Last Starfighter (1999 CE DVD - Blu-ray / HD DVD extremely DNR'd and has missing audio cue)
Spartacus would also got underneath this category. The color timing is not to Kubrick's intentions; it looks like a transfer straight off the negative. Criterion's DVD was color-corrected manually to a Technicolor IB's palette and looks all the better for it. Also, both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD are hit hard with the grain reduction stick. The HD-DVD is technically slightly better because it doesn't have fake-looking, fake grain put over it after the fact like the BD does.
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Jetrell Fo
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Padawan LearnerWhat about 2001 on HD-DVD? Is it worth the purchase?
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