Originally posted by: tellan
I think I should have captured off [the Faces set] instead of the DE. it's a damn sight better considering what I've seen of Zion's and Karyudo's screen grabs.

Thanks for the unsolicited praise! But don't get too disheartened: most of the screen caps you've seen of mine are either from the PAL set or from the Japanese Faces set. Both of those sources are (in my opinion) nicer than the US NTSC Faces set, which is for all intents and purposes exactly the same as the Definitive Collection (which I also have).

The US and Japanese Faces and Definitive Collections are all taken from the same telecine transfer (the PAL telecine transfer is different; it's not just upsampled or converted from NTSC). The DC is CAV, which allows freeze frames better than CLV, and takes more sides. Other than that, it's the same exact thing as the Faces release. The Japanese discs are (probably) at IRE 0, as opposed to the US NTSC standard practice of IRE 7.5. So they're darker (and maybe better mastered?), but still the same source.

Don't forget that Zion has done some pretty fancy post-processing to get his caps lookin' as good as they look. It's not coming off the disc looking that nice!