toho-scope said:
blade runner dvd and bluray 2006 briefcase and earlier dvds (colour timing)
predater 2010 blu (absurd dvnr)
yellow submarine all releases since 1999 (no us cut)
Right. I added these. Thanks. Predator was actually on there already.
most classic doctor who dvds (dvnr and missing episodes)
all arabian knight dvds (pan and scan or wobilly badly cropped widescreen transfer)
the princess and the cobbler (pan and scan only)
droids and ewoks (incomplete)
pokemon the movie (no original japenese theactrical version available)
digimon sesions 2 and 3 (english dub unavailable in any form on dvd or vhs)
yugimon 1999 tv movie (only on LD, rest of the first season commercially unavailable)
Point taken but aren't most of these strictly DVDs? The thread was supposed to highlight inferior BD releases, not DVD releases. Also, I didn't think the Doctor Who DVDs were bad by any means, even the old ones. The DVNR doesn't seem excessive to me, but to each his own, I suppose.
Bobocop said:
Perhaps some films just aren't meant to be seen in HD.
This is an argument I've never been sure about. Personally, I always think a film always can deserve higher resolution, but things do end up showing that normally wouldn't in theaters. Then again, back in theaters, you couldn't pause movies and analyze frame by frame. But, hmm... the alternative of digitally removing wires always seems a bit revisionist to me. I'd be interested to see the consensus if there's some films that need to be revised or not shown in HD at all. Anyway, I added Highlander for it's lack of Special Features.
captainsolo said:
I'd also add all discs with lossy audio or simply audio ported from the DVDs. Why not give the higher resolution audio we pay for?
That would make quite a comprehensive list indeed though. Sorry, but, even with lossy/ported audio, it still pretty much equals the DVDs. However, now that you mention it, I would be interested in adding BDs with inferior audio tracks to the DVDs (i.e. lower bitrate or a lack of a DTS track). I'm pretty sure there are some cases like that.