Supposedly, older (specifically analog) American and Japanese TVs have slightly different black levels (about a 10% difference) which would explain the differences in brightness: the LDs etc. were adjusted to best fit the region. This is supposedly still common practice.
Post #479108
- Author
- bkev
- Parent topic
- THX 1138 "preservations" + the 'THX 1138 Italian Cut' project (Released)
- Link to post in topic
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/479108/action/topic#479108
- Date created
- 28-Feb-2011, 11:31 PM