Bingowings said:
Missing episodes of Doctor Who?
I believe toho-scope was referring to the episodes of Doctor Who, which had not yet been released on DVD at the time-- not the actual "missing" lost episodes.
Ziz said:
Not that I disagree with all of them, but "revisionist color timing" isn't always a mistake.
I understand this, but I only label something with "revisionist color timing" if the general online consensus is that it is not an accurate representation of what appeared in the theaters. Example, Suspiria's multiple HD transfers with blown out contrast and oversaturated colors are said to look absolutely nothing like IB prints. I do admit that I don't have visual evidence to support all my claims.
If there's something specific item on the list, you believe is actually more like the theatrical timing, feel free to point it out.
Are you basing all these on personal preference and your own comparisons or are you accounting for professional reviews from video and home theater sites?
I'm basing these on online screenshot comparisons, personal screenshot comparisons, and general forum opinion.
If a BD has color timing that is more theatrically accurate, but I just personally don't like that re-discovered aesthetic: it will not go on the list.
SilverWook said:
I've heard Dragonheart and Apollo 13 look much better on HD DVD, but I don't have those films yet.
Online review sources corroborate your opinion. I'll add them to the list, creds to you, of course.
Been wondering if someone should collect the info out there about converting HD DVD to Blu Ray. For preservation purposes only of course.
It's rather easy, in fact- if you have an HD-DVD ripper attached to your computer.
Once the HD-DVD is ripped, no re-encoding is required for the video (usually VC1, which works with BD); typically, if you just take the movie from HDDVD30s, they'll end up fitting comfortably on a BD25. Of course, anything from an HDDVD15 will fit on a BD25. However, there are a few that do go slightly over the BD25 size requirement.
As far as the audio side of things, Dolby Digital + sadly does not work on most BD players. You can either re-encode in DTS or just take the 640kbps core out (what I tend to do).
For those that do not have HD-DVD computer players (myself included), nearly-uncompressed HD-DVD remuxs are available from the torrent side RuTorrent; PM me if you want links to something specific, but the site is pretty easy to navigate on its own.
So far, I've been able to preserve to BD the following superior HD-DVDs with relative ease: Army of Darkness, The Sting, Terminator 2: Judgment Day- Extended Cut, and The Thing. I'm looking at Deer Hunter next but that one may need video re-encoding.