Thanks for that. Why is PNG better on caps’o’holic?
On the video/audio issue, I am quoting a review on amazon.co.uk: "Arrow have done a great job with the video here, which was created from a new 4K scan. My only gripe, which at times becomes a major annoyance, is that it’s heavily on the dark side. There are sequences in the film where whole areas of the shot disappear into blackness, and a cursory comparison with the earlier Twilight Time blu ray shows how much detail is actually being lost in these moments. Otherwise, detail and stability are stunning, and the colours, while a little softer than on Twilight Time’s disc, are warm and realistic. What impressed me the most, doing a comparison, is how well Arrow have cleaned up the image. The Twilight Time disc was littered with scratches and marks, which actually became quite distracting at times. Arrow have removed almost all of the damage and the film looks completely natural and absolutely beautiful. I would rate it a perfect 5 were it not for the darkness, but I can’t help the nagging feeling that it could have been just that little bit better.
Sadly the audio quality is a huge letdown. It’s described as “original mono”, by which they clearly mean exactly that. The sound is horribly limited and lacks any genuine dynamic range, and there are sections of dialogue which are completely unintelligible. Another cursory comparison with the TT disc reveals a staggering difference in quality, with TT besting Arrow by a country mile. Why Arrow could not have licensed the same soundtrack is a mystery, especially given the obvious efforts made to deliver such wonderful PQ."
I fully agree with you that this may be the wrong tree I am barking up. Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid in the Turner version is IMHO the most needed HD title. I recently recorded a broadcasted version from TNT Film in Germany, but it unfortunately had a distracting logo, was not in full widescreen and was compressed to app. 3GB data size and looks worse on my system than the DVD.