Spaced Ranger said:

PDB said:

I don't have that particular scene yet with the Criterion yet (only have a copy of the first side so far). But when I get it I will send it your way. If noise is the problem, the Criterion may not be much more help since it is very soft and noisy.

Thanks -- whenever you can grab'em!

Up until now, noise hasn't been any problem at all for the color (H-S) source. I once made a test H-S-L mix from a half-size, compressed, color YouTube video and the full-size, quality broadcast, B&W TV capture:

It looks just great, even into the shadows! Granted, the overall look of each source was the same (same Lightness spectrum spread -- something I took for granted, up until now).

I'm beginning to think Blade Runner had some funky processing done to it and that the Blu-ray is really a bit of a mess. My first order of business will be a close look at the Blu .PNG to see what it's got and what it's not.

Cool, I will send the PNGs when I get them, Space Ranger. Out of curiosity what movie is that?