dark_jedi said:
I just bought the Ultimate Box Sets of both(1&2) and have a Blu-ray drive and can rip,but have no way to share the files,to big.
my little boy and I are going to start a HP marathon today,looks like his School will be closing due to WAY TO MUCH DAMN SNOW,so that is why I got in my big 4x4 and went to the store early this morning,nothing is open yet so I can't comment on quality yet or anything else,but I can soon.
"So the extended cut is the ABC edit, warts and all, making ADM's (and my edit here) a better alternative."
Not sure I agree with this statement though,your edits are NOT Blu-ray quality by a long shot,and how do you know the quality exactly without actually watching them for your self? they just came out,more to come later.
You misunderstand, I wasn't referring to picture quality. My comment was with regards to the cuts themselves. The ABC edit has poorly framed shots, bad overdubbing, continuity errors, and many other issues.
If you read the first post, you'll see what I'm talking about. ADM didn't have a few transitional bits the ABC cut has, but he fixed some basic problems ABC just didn't bother with.
The issue is that whoever assembled the extended cut was a hack. That cut should have been scrapped, not released on DVD (assuming it really is the exact same cut).
Quality-wise, my cut is only fair at best. There are compression and broadcast artifacts among other issues. I would definitely consider re-doing this from a better source if I had access to the source material, software, and know-how.