THE ABYSS, SPECIAL EDITION (1989/1992) BluRay Project BD-50 x2
Two different 1080p preservations of James Cameron’s The Abyss [extended cut aka “Special Edition”], which remains commercially unreleased in high-definition to this day.
- Blu-Ray A presents a remastered, 1080p upscale of the official R6 DVD edition.
- Blu-Ray B uses the only true HD source of the film available (a flawed Japanese HD broadcast with an erroneous color grading, which had to be slightly cropped to get rid of the network’s logo and the Japanese hardsubs), restored with a more coherent color grading and fully remastered.
# BLU-RAY VERSION A
The Abyss, Special Edition : remastered upscale | original A.R. | SD-sourced.
Extras : Rare original 1989 EPK with on-set footage & J.C. interviews, restoration module (8 min.)
Format : BD-50 | BDMV
Video : AVC1 | 1920x1080 | 2.35:1 O.A.R. | 23.97fps | 28.000 kb/s.
Audio : English | Original DTS 5.1 | 768 kb/s.
Runtime : 02:51:26
Size : 39,6 Gb
# BLU-RAY VERSION B
The Abyss, Special Edition : remastered HDTV broadcast | cropped | HD-sourced.
Extras : Animated gallery, Unreleased SPFX test footage by S. Johnson (6 min.)
Format : BD-50 | BDMV
Video : AVC1 | 1920x1080 | 2.70:1 A.R. | 23.97fps | 28.000 kb/s.
Audio : English | Remastered DTS 5.1 | 1.536 mb/s.
Runtime : 02:52:04
Size : 40,2 Gb
Preview on YouTube : http://youtu.be/MEDRLHr6lZg
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Screengrabs and video comparisons [1:1] available on my blog