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digitalfreaknyc YOU ARE THE F*CKIN MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just outstanding work! I was curious to the method you used to capture the HD signal. I am assuming you have a PVR. Just curious on which capture card you are working with.

I cannot believe how great this film looks. I own 3 VHS, 1 SE DVD, and 2 LD releases, and just gotta say WOW.

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Did digitalfreaknyc capture this from HD? I just assumed he obtained the 15 GB HD files that were available from the newsgroups a few months ago.
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Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
Did digitalfreaknyc capture this from HD? I just assumed he obtained the 15 GB HD files that were available from the newsgroups a few months ago.


I got it from someone else. He captured it himself and it wasn't one from newsgroups.
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Originally posted by: Mentor
Anyone have any screenshots to do a comparison with the official release?


Mentor

When i finish downloading i'm going to do comparison screenshot to prove to you the difference.

This is actualy going to be very intresting, i live in London and the UK R2 DC version of Bladerunner i has been OOP for a few years. I got as soon it was released in 1999. so..

UK R2 DC in PAL = 575 Line of resolution from a laserdisc master Vs digitalfreaknyc's NTSC = 480 Line of resolution from a HD master

Lets get ready to rumble, ding ding!!

PS By the way digitalfreaknyc's thank you for answering the doco question but is there any chance of redoing the first disc as a PAL?

PSS What happened to citizen's version? Is he not bothering now?
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R--

Not a chance. I have too many other discs to do.
Plus I don't think the program will do PAL. It would have to speed up the framerate as well as other processes.

Just wait a few months for Blu-ray. That's when things really matter anyway.
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digitalfreaknyc, I would love to know what he used to capture it as far as hardware goes. I'm looking to get a good card that can do HD and the transfer on the DVD you made is incredible. If you get a chance to ask him, I'd be extremely grateful.

-B
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i will finish downloading in about 3-4hours, that makes a projected time of 1d 18hours, i was avaraging about 70kb/s topping at 150 at one point. OK got screenshots off my uk dvd.unsure how to resize them to make a fair comparson

EDIT - OK Guys i just finshed downloading and the early indications are not great. at least compared to the UK PAL. The UK PAL DVD seems to have more detail and better colour. Will put up screenshots later when i come back but i'm greatful for the extras
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Originally posted by: rmuneton

EDIT - OK Guys i just finshed downloading and the early indications are not great. at least compared to the UK PAL. The UK PAL DVD seems to have more detail and better colour. Will put up screenshots later when i come back but i'm greatful for the extras

Then you'd be the first to say that.

digitalfreaknyc, I would love to know what he used to capture it as far as hardware goes. I'm looking to get a good card that can do HD and the transfer on the DVD you made is incredible. If you get a chance to ask him, I'd be extremely grateful.


You don't need a capture card. You need firewire. I know everyone that does it just has a PVR and sends the file via firewire to their pc.
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Probably should be posted in the Technical forum, but how does it work exactly? Does their PVR have a Firewire out? I was under the impression that most PVRs wouldn't export to file.

-B
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If you really are curious about the recording of HDTV streams, then i would advise you
to check out www.avsforum.com

There is a great HD section there, where folks regularly discuss the recording aspects
of HD signals.

Some folks record direct to pc, while others are able to record via their set top tuners.

Win
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Thanks for the info. Will check it out.

-B
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There is no way you can compare this to the PAL Warners Bros release.

That had to be one of the worse dvd transfers ive seen. so much noise and grain it was very off putting

This HDTV transfer is gorgeous and must of come from a completely different master , there is so much more detail in the print.

digitalfreaknyc you are a star and this will do very nicely til they sort out the rights issues

Here is a link to a review of the Region 2 dvd with screencaps etc : Region 2 dvd review
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Originally posted by: dugpa
Probably should be posted in the Technical forum, but how does it work exactly? Does their PVR have a Firewire out? I was under the impression that most PVRs wouldn't export to file.

-B


All boxes are now REQUIRED to have Firewire. It's actually a law.

And thank you for backing me up. There is no way IN HELL that the PAL version is better than the HD version. I think you're mistaken, R....about a great many things.
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Originally posted by: Hoichi, the Earless
Yeah, the PAL cannot possibly offer much more than a HD version...even with the extra lines.
Can't wait till the HD logo can be edited out from this version!


If you're holding off on this simply because of a translucent HD logo that shows up for a couple of seconds, you've got issues.
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There is no way IN HELL that the PAL version is better than the HD version. I think you're mistaken, R....about a great many things.
OK guys, here it is! But before I post the images just like to say one thing...

Please note that i have not enhanced the images in anyway

I think a lot of people have got the wrong end of the stick, of course PAL can't have more detail then HD, BUT can have more detail then NTSC, no matter what the source is. But also I think I jumped the gun a little, knee jerk reaction so to speak, this is the comparison that sparked it off.
UK PAL DVD
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e15/rmuneton/Blade1.jpg
digitalfreaknyc's NTSC sourced from HD-Master
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e15/rmuneton/newblade1.jpg
As you can see the PAL version has more detail and more natural colours where as the NTSC version loses definition and has a strange green tint, but here are the rest of the comparasons. PAL always at the top.

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Please get a Photobucket account and host the pictures there. We all can't see a damned thing.

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http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e15/rmuneton/Blade3.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e15/rmuneton/newblade3.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e15/rmuneton/Blade2.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e15/rmuneton/newblade2.jpg

Although it seems the PAL has more detail i believe this is only due to the fact that it's PAL (which has 100 more lines of detail over NTSC) The NTSC from the HD seems to be less defined but I’m putting this down to the fact that it's NTSC, on the plus side the images is smoother and doesn't suffer from the grain that the PAL disc has.

On the subject of colour i would have to say I’m a bit confused. In some scenes I would say NTSC is more vibrant and natural but in others it seems to have a distracting green tint. I have no idea if this is the colour balance that the director originally intended. We could argue that until the cows come home.

CONCULSION

The HD is an excellent transfer, if only he did it as an PAL then it would kick the offical PAL discs ass
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yea but look at the grain and dirt in the PAL version its just ugly.
Like i said before this hdtv has far more detail especially in dark scenes.
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Originally posted by: mr-bridger
yea but look at the grain and dirt in the PAL version its just ugly.
Like i said before this hdtv has far more detail especially in dark scenes.


Thank you.

And PAL may have 100 more lines of resolution but it also speeds things up. I'd rather have a great looking transfer at the proper speed than one that's just slightly better and everyone sounds like they're on helium. I'm not a fan of PAL.
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digitalfreaknyc please don't take my comparisons as offence i really didn't mean to cause any. i think you've done a great job and I’m sure this looks way better then the official NTSC disc, i was only doing this as a bit of fun and thought that because we are all AV freaks then this would be an interesting comparison.

To settle this once and for all can you post the screenshot HD version of the eye picture that i posted i will then resize it to 720x576 and show everyone the HD version is truly the best one.
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sod it, something wrong with my tripod account, going to have to host it somewhere else
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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Please get a Photobucket account and host the pictures there. We all can't see a damned thing.


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I'm not too torrent savvy. Is there any one capable of making and sending a dual layer version of the disc with the second documentary disc? I love this movie.... have the Director's Cut DVD and a laserdisc transfer... but this version sounds to be hands down the best.

Don't want to violate the forum rules or anything so I won't go into any specifics of the trade, so you can email me at StinkyDinkins@gmail.com if it's more convenient for you.

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