,^…^, presents:
<span style=“font-size: large;”>Disney’s Beauty and the Beast [spoRv]</span>
| PROJECTS: Released | In progress | Future | Mission & Setup |
Mission: to restore Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, to recover its original color grading, and to add the laserdisc original soundtrack.
Video sources: analog video captured directly from Laserdisc, using one of the best laserdisc player ever produced, the Pioneer HLD-X9
Audio sources: uncompressed PCM captured directly from Laserdiscs; other soundtracks from BDs and DVDs.
Subtitles sources: subtitles for all languages.
Project info:
“Beauty and the Beast” was released in Blu-ray but, altough its quality is good, is different from the laserdisc; the color grading is not what it should be, and has massive contrast problems; the laserdisc soundtrack is closer to the original Dolby Surround soundtrack than the BD.
Source Material
Video:
- Beauty and the Beast - NTSC CAV laserdisc 1.66:1
Audio:
- Beauty and the Beast - NTSC CAV laserdisc - english PCM
- Various BDs and DVDs
Subtitles:
- Various BDs and DVDs
**Project status: RELEASED
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Final format: BD-25
Video:
1920x1080, 23.976fps, A.R. 1.66:1, AVC encoded 28mbps
Audio:
- English: PCM 2.0 16bit 1536kbps from US LD
- English: DTS 5.1ch 16bit 1509kbps from US BD
- French: DD 5.1ch 16bit 640kbps from EUR BD
- German: DTS 5.1ch 16bit 1509kbps from EUR BD
- Italian: DD 5.1ch 16bit 384kbps from PAL DVD
- Spanish: DTS 5.1ch 16bit 1509kbps from EUR BD
- Commentary: DD 2.0ch 16bit 192Kbps from EUR BD
Subtitles:
Main feature: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Commentary: English, French, Italian, Spanish
"Partner in crime":
nirbateman - the project promoter, quality control, soundtracks provider and synchronizer… he did so many things, that he should be considered to be the producer of this release… kudos!
Comments are welcome as usual.