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Another website, this time from the manufacturer of the
UFO (and Thunderbirds!) Blu-ray discs in Japan: http://www.geneonuniversal.jp/movie/sp/ufotb/ I think this pretty much confirms that this release is 4:3. It appears that there are 3 audio tracks: -- Japanese dubbed mono DTS -- English 5.1 DTS master -- English mono DTS So if this is 1080p/24 with the original English mono, and also they did a good job on the film to video transfer, then I'm happy. Well, except for the price, of course! Presumably someone will release cheaper versions in the USA, UK, Australia, Italy, Germany, etc. at some point in the future... Marc |
This should display that site in English:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geneonuniversal.jp%2Fmovie%2Fsp%2Fufotb%2F%23ufo&act=url --- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote: > > Another website, this time from the manufacturer of the > UFO (and Thunderbirds!) Blu-ray discs in Japan: > > http://www.geneonuniversal.jp/movie/sp/ufotb/ > > I think this pretty much confirms that this release is > 4:3. It appears that there are 3 audio tracks: > > -- Japanese dubbed mono DTS > -- English 5.1 DTS master > -- English mono DTS > > So if this is 1080p/24 with the original English > mono, and also they did a good job on the film to > video transfer, then I'm happy. Well, except > for the price, of course! > > Presumably someone will release cheaper versions > in the USA, UK, Australia, Italy, Germany, etc. > at some point in the future... > > Marc > |
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I've already pre-ordered my copy of this, so hopefully I
will get this soon after it's release and can report on what I see. The only worry I have is that they may have somehow "botched" the film-to-video transfer. After all, we were all very spoiled by the stunning job done by BBC Resources for the DVD release. But will Technicolor in Hollywood do as good of a job? (and did they really ship the original 35mm negatives from the UK to the USA?) After all, the original, cropped HDTV transfer (also done by Technicolor) had it's problems -- the flashbacks in THE LONG SLEEP weren't even sepia, and the episode THE CAT WITH TEN LIVES looked terrible for some reason (like it was an up-conversion from a bad VHS tape). Although most of the problems I think were due to making it fit a 16:9 screen. We'll just have to wait and see... Marc On September 22, Bill Cotter <[hidden email]> wrote: > This should display that site in English: > > http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geneonuniversal.jp%2Fmovie%2Fsp%2Fufotb%2F%23ufo&act=url > > > > --- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote: > > > > Another website, this time from the manufacturer of the > > UFO (and Thunderbirds!) Blu-ray discs in Japan: > > > > http://www.geneonuniversal.jp/movie/sp/ufotb/ > > > > I think this pretty much confirms that this release is > > 4:3. It appears that there are 3 audio tracks: > > > > -- Japanese dubbed mono DTS > > -- English 5.1 DTS master > > -- English mono DTS > > > > So if this is 1080p/24 with the original English > > mono, and also they did a good job on the film to > > video transfer, then I'm happy. Well, except > > for the price, of course! > > > > Presumably someone will release cheaper versions > > in the USA, UK, Australia, Italy, Germany, etc. > > at some point in the future... > > > > Marc > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > |
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Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote: > > After all, the original, cropped HDTV transfer (also > done by Technicolor) had it's problems -- the flashbacks > in THE LONG SLEEP weren't even sepia, and the episode > THE CAT WITH TEN LIVES looked terrible for some reason > (like it was an up-conversion from a bad VHS tape). I was going to ask about that actually, not having seen the existing HD release. We were thrilled by the job they'd done on the DVD release ten years ago. I can remember composing an excited email to the list myself, in 2002. But the combination of BluRay and modern television hardware is much more likely to reveal flaws in the source, which is, after all, a collection of celluloid film that's over 40 years old. |
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On September 22, James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:
> But the combination of BluRay and modern television hardware > is much more likely to reveal flaws in the source, which is, > after all, a collection of celluloid film that's over 40 years > old. For the most part, the 2006 HDTV version just reveals more detail, not more flaws. However, the people doing the transfer can have a big impact on the final result. For example, on the DVD version, they were on the lookout for "dupe" footage reused from previous episodes, and digitally edited in the footage that was closer to the original camera negative. That level of effort was not done for the 2006 HDTV version, so you instead see a drop in picture quality when dupe footage occurs. Also, if the people doing the transfer are not familiar with the original show, they may end up making some error that someone here would find obvious (like the lack of sepia tinting on the LONG SLEEP flashback scenes). Hopefully, the team doing the new HDTV transfer had a set of UFO DVDs on hand for reference... :-) Marc |
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On September 22, Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:
> For the most part, the 2006 HDTV version just reveals more > detail, not more flaws. Also, in order to get the maximum level of detail for an HDTV version, it's best to work with the original 35mm camera negatives. I believe this is what they used for the 2006 HDTV transfer. For the DVDs, I think they mostly used 35mm interpositives (which is one generation removed from the original 35mm camera negative). Of course, with this extra level of detail, you run the risk of everything looking for "fake" (the vehicles end up really looking like models, etc.). However, I didn't really find this to be a problem with the 2006 HDTV transfer. Marc |
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