skyjedi2005 said: Terminator 2's second release had better color definition and not as dark but too much dvnr. Never a perfect release.

It is even more pathetic when you realize a lot of the problems on the American release like too much dvnr were not there on overseas releases.

The japan release for instance looked better. Not too sure about the euro release.

Yes; the Japanese Geneon release looks great. I too think I will probably end up sticking with my first Terminator Blu-ray, just as I did with Predator.

Ziz said:

Maybe this is the "cropping" you guys are talking about and just not describing it correctly but I also noticed there's a shift in the aspect ratio between the D and BD shots, but not literally a width/height difference. Look at the shapes of things when you shift from one cap to the other. The D-Theater shot is squeezed a bit left/right (or the BD is stretched, depending which you think is correct), so they're also doing something to the image proportions.

I think that is because the D-theater is intended for overscan/nominal analogue blanking, i.e. it is meant to be overscanned/stretched horizontally a little on playback. This is not the cropping issue though.

Screenshots of Aliens on BD and DVD:

http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/headlines/temp/temp2303.jpg