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Post #583982

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The Aluminum Falcon
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HD-DVDs and DVDs Superior to Blu-Ray
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Date created
3-Jul-2012, 2:16 PM

SilverWook said:

The Warriors BD (Lack of original 1979 version) Walter Hill pulled a Lucas with his "Ultimate Director's Cut", but the '79 had an anamorphic DVD release in 2001 at least.

All right. I added that to the list.

You might also want to list movies that have a superior version on HD DVD as well.

Good idea. I know that they point out releases like those on AVSForum often, usually DVNR or MPEG-2 Encoding makes the BD worse. I can easily think of titles like Terminator 2, The Thing, and Army of Darkness with Superior HD-DVD releases. Does anyone have any more suggestions?

zombie84 said:

The Kingdom of Heaven BD may lack the overture and intermission, but the picture quality makes up for it... But I would never say that the DVD is better, simply because of the superior audio and video of the BD.

I see your point, but I do think it should still follow the Roadshow format. Missing the overture and intermission, to me, seems like it's missing footage. For instance, I'd be very upset if the intermission was not included in 2001; fortunately, that's not the case.

The Star Trek movies don't bother me, as the "directors cuts" were created for DVD anyway... Like the DVDs, there will likely be expanded-cuts versions which have better picture due to later release.

True. You are right about the DVD's inferior picture quality despite the DVNR. Truth by told, I wasn't positive whether I should put the Star Trek Movies on the list or not. I personally relished the Theatrical Cuts and wasn't too bothered by the DVNR. The BD is definitely a noticeable upgrade and honestly, I personally would go to the BD first. I think I'll remove that one from the list.