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TServo2049 said:

So you know for a fact that the German BD also has the home video cut?

Yep!

And the web DL you refer to is the Vudu version that's 1.78:1, right?

Nope! It's 2.35:1

I know the German BD was opened up to 1.78, but I don't actually know if the Vudu version is opened or just cropped..

Actually the German BD is open matte, with more details on top and bottom, but less on the sides:

(more pictures: http://fanres.com/showthread.php?tid=20&pid=211#pid211)

I discovered that Battlefield Earth has basically (AFAIK) two cuts: theatrical and "home" - the fist is available as web download, the second on DVD and BD; so I tought to do an "extended" cut, as some scenes/shots are present in only one cut and not in the other or vice versa.

The Cinema DTS will be very precious to do it, as the TC web download is only in stereo... unless an HDTV with 5.1 audio track will be found - I searched a lot, and didn't find it... yet!

When I learned better to use a grain plate, I tested this method with EFNY too, and I noted that the quality is quite better with it applied, thing that I haven't done at the time of project release... grain helps to hide the small artifacts present in the HDTV source, without over processing - DNR in particular...

If all my other projects are OK, maybe there was some sort of problem during the authoring; as V1.1 will involve a complete new encoding, I hope compatibility problems will not arise with it...

@humguy1: sign up at fanres - updated project will be posted there first.

@towne32: I'll give it a try for the V1.1 - and also for the other projects, too! Thanks for the input!

...still without... (xx/) but I hope to get one soon...

I think it will go, to make company to other projects, in the infamous project drawer... an utopical place where they lie until I have time to start to work on each of them... I admit it will not be top priority but, as it seems a "quite easy" job to do, maybe it will take not so much time... maybe... (^^,)

To whom it may concern: I'll return to actively work on my projects soon; meanwhile, you could always take a look at some new tests and proposals in the new fan restoration forum: fanres.com

Yep, you are invited to visit and sign up!!! (^^,)

This movie is still not on Blu-ray; yes, it’s available as web download, but the bitrate - as usual - is not so high, so overall quality is mediocre for an high def source…

The HDTV, altough it has a slightly higher bitrate than the WebDL, logo is present, with some macroblocking here and there… but, as I learned in the latest years, I found that merging two medium quality sources sometimes lead to obtain a better quality than each one used.

So, I thought to take the HDTV version, clean it a bit, use the WebDL for logo removal, then merge the two and add a grain plate, and… here you are the results:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112003
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112007
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/112009

What do you think? Does it worth a restoration, or the WebDL is good enough? Feedbacks, please!!!

(also posted on fanres.com)

New comparison: Terminator 3:

http://fanres.com/showthread.php?tid=20&pid=429#pid429

You know, people is never happy enough! (^^,) but, at the end, this is HIS project and he should be what HE decide to do; but, as he wrote he "will consider do both", indeed, I just answered "good idea"... to me, one version is enough!

I know what you are talking about... many ask me a DVD version (for example for Halloween, where there is clearly stated that the project is using the retail DVD as color reference, hence the DVD is available for sale), an AVCHD version (where I clearly stated that, due to added grain plate, an high bitrate is mandatory so no AVCHD could be done without losing the grain structure), thousand other versions...

The released version IS the one I prefer... then, everyone is free to take it and do whatever he/she want!

New comparison - Oblivion:

http://fanres.com/showthread.php?tid=20&pid=415#pid415

CSchmidlapp said:

The only problem I can see it my internet bandwidth for delivery

Don't tell me... it takes about a week to torrent one of my BD-25 project... so, I can understand!

Yup! Just Forgot to mention it on fanres, but it was planned!!! Going to fix the description right now, thanks!

Good idea to make two versions - more people will be happy!

Sadly, the money (plus more) that was reserved to buy it was spent for another compulsory thing... (xx/)

But it's on the "buy it ASAP" list... about fanres, just done! I deleted any reference to extra material, just because it will be released as bonus disc, in a second time... thegroovologist don't worry, extras WILL be released for sure! (^^,)

Well, as it will be released on a BD-25, "only" 23GB are available for video+audio... a 154min DST-ES track will be around 1.7GB... quite a lot IMHO for a track that will be probably the same as the Cinema DTS... we'll see!

"I'll release" = "I will release (in the future)"... a near future, I hope, as the most part of the work is done! Follow both threads here and on fanres, to know when it will be ready!

I'm following a lot the new fanres forum, and I stopped to work to any project due to several reasons - mainly because I have not an hd monitor, and the little old one I'm forced to use is quite impossible to calibrate properly... but this, with all the others, will be done for sure...

Indeed, I'm trying to find the fastest CPU I could put into my actual PC, or if it's the case to buy a brand "new" used, very powerful, new PC...

DTS track would be included but, if possible, I'd like to put the Cinema DTS.

I'll release a V1.1; the image will be deblocked then a grain plate will be added.

RU.08 said:

The point is to use the IB as the colour reference, not the others (certainly not the MGM 4k).

That's why Granpa Simpson may have better ideas than me... (^^,)

Well, unfiltered version will come soon... when? don't know exactly, let's say "rather" soon! (^^,)

Great, thanks a lot!!!

Now that I'm a year older, strange things come to my mind - Grampa Simpson may have better ideas, but I'm digressing...

OK, here you are my idea: even if 4K has green pushed too high, it has some quality, while Mondo is better but not perfect... what if... I take the best of both worlds? I took the film screenshot, regraded to both 4K and Mondo - the latter twice, once "as is", and once taking the levels from PC to TV - then I merged the regraded images and here you are the results:

film VS film ColourMatch'ed to 4K/Mondo "as is"

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/110944

film VS film ColourMatch'ed to 4K/Mondo "PC->TV"

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/110945

opinions?

GREAT! Thank you very much!!!