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Post #1282179

Author
ZigZig
Parent topic
The Phantom Menace - Theatrical version scanned in 4K (a WIP)
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Date created
19-May-2019, 1:54 PM

Based on the test reel in 720p, it is by far better than the HDTV broadcast :

  • no Edge Enhancement
  • no exagerate cropping
  • no awful colors.

It seems to be more detailed than the HDTV, but it is difficult to compare a new rough scan with an old artificially sharpened one.

It is obviously a little bit less detailed than the Blu-Ray (which was scanned from the original negative, not from a theatrical 35 mm), but IMHO, the image is more natural than the Blu-Ray: there is no DNR (so you don’t get Qui-Gon’s wax face as in the Blu-Ray, the grain is preserved)… and the original alien subtitles are there.