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Post #653537

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Doctor M
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Info: Recommended Editions of Disney Animated (and Partially Animated) Features
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Date created
7-Aug-2013, 3:17 PM

Compared the Diamond and Limited Lady and the Tramp DVDs today.

The screenshots linked in the first post are semi-fair.  The Diamond DVD looks about identical to the Platinum (probably the same master).

I'm torn on this.  I don't like the overclean of the newer transfers, but there is nothing immediately wrong with the new disc.

The "semi" part of semi-fair is that the images are resized.  The Limited Edition is much more cropped on the left and right (like Sleeping Beauty) and is 4x3 letterboxed.  There is definitely less detail.

So is the Limited more accurate?  I dunno.  It does look poor in comparison, but then again the Diamond has that over restored look that annoys me.

Is it fair to still call the Limited the "Purist" choice and Platinum/Diamond "good enough"?  Am I missing something?