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On December 8, lightcudder <[hidden email]> wrote:
> DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPEN THIS LINK. MALICIOUS ATTACK. Thanks, I've deleted this from the archives as well. Marc |
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Hi all,
Well, the Japanese UFO Blu-ray discs have been released and people are receiving them. I have yet to watch an entire episode, but I have taken some photos of the packaging and made some frame captures and posted them on Facebook (where it is easy to do such things). Even without a Facebook account, you should be able to see these: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.448331701881070.93935.169314393116137 The discs turned out to be region-free (a bit of a surprise), so they should play on any Blu-ray player in the world. As for the picture quality, I've heard a few people express disappointment about this. And I agree, this is certainly not up the jaw-dropping quality we saw on the Space:1999 Year One Blu-ray discs. But I think most people will consider it to look great, with some reservations. The biggest problem here is when they used film source material that was not from the original camera negative -- this would include anything with text superimposed on it (beginning credits), and fade ins/fade outs (for commercial breaks), anything where two pieces of film were combined optically (scenes inside cars, Straker's elevator office). These scenes look noticeably worse -- there is not as much detal, the color looks bad, and there is a lot more dirt and hair present on the film. They certainly could have spent more effort to make these parts look better -- for example, they could have at least tried to color-correct these better and also "erase" the dirt and hair -- but they didn't. I'm sure if these were done by the same folks who did the SPACE:1999 Blu-rays (BBC Resources), we would have seen better results. So now I'll actually start watching episodes, and put together some DVD/Blu-ray comparison examples. And I'm pretty sure we'll see a few cases where the DVDs actually look better than the Blu-rays. :-( Marc |
Such sad news :(
I am still waiting for CD Japan to ship mine... Sent from my iPad On 08.12.2012., at 18:21, "Marc Martin" <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Well, the Japanese UFO Blu-ray discs have been released and people are > receiving them. I have yet to watch an entire episode, but I have taken > some photos of the packaging and made some frame captures and posted > them on Facebook (where it is easy to do such things). Even without a > Facebook account, you should be able to see these: > > https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.448331701881070.93935.169314393116137 > > The discs turned out to be region-free (a bit of a surprise), so they > should play on any Blu-ray player in the world. > > As for the picture quality, I've heard a few people express disappointment > about this. And I agree, this is certainly not up the jaw-dropping quality > we saw on the Space:1999 Year One Blu-ray discs. But I think most > people will consider it to look great, with some reservations. The biggest > problem here is when they used film source material that was not from > the original camera negative -- this would include anything with text > superimposed on it (beginning credits), and fade ins/fade outs (for > commercial breaks), anything where two pieces of film were combined > optically (scenes inside cars, Straker's elevator office). These > scenes look noticeably worse -- there is not as much detal, the color looks > bad, and there is a lot more dirt and hair present on the film. They > certainly could have spent more effort to make these parts look > better -- for example, they could have at least tried to color-correct > these better and also "erase" the dirt and hair -- but they didn't. > I'm sure if these were done by the same folks who did the SPACE:1999 > Blu-rays (BBC Resources), we would have seen better results. > > So now I'll actually start watching episodes, and put together some > DVD/Blu-ray comparison examples. And I'm pretty sure we'll see > a few cases where the DVDs actually look better than the Blu-rays. :-( > > Marc > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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On December 8, Branko Vekic <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Such sad news :( Well, I think most people will be happy with this transfer. And I suspect this will be the same transfer used for all other Blu-ray releases, unless a company like Network or A&E decide it's not good enough. At least it's in 4:3! :-) Also, I've just updated my information page about this release: http://ufoseries.com/videos/bj/index.html Marc |
Well, you know me, I expressed my disappointment when I saw grain spiking in effects shots in youtube preview of the set, which indicated no use of dupe footage. I also suspect there won't be better transfer made. Best transfer and treatment of the material we are going to see is done by the BBC, for DVDs. Alas, it wasn't in HD :(
Sent from my iPad On 08.12.2012., at 19:17, "Marc Martin" <[hidden email]> wrote: > On December 8, Branko Vekic <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Such sad news :( > > Well, I think most people will be happy with this transfer. And I suspect > this will be the same transfer used for all other Blu-ray releases, unless a > company like Network or A&E decide it's not good enough. > > At least it's in 4:3! :-) > > Also, I've just updated my information page about this release: > > http://ufoseries.com/videos/bj/index.html > > Marc > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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On December 8, Branko Vekic <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Best transfer and treatment of the material we are going to see is done > by the BBC, for DVDs. Alas, it wasn't in HD :( Check out my first comparisons of Blu-ray vs. DVD. The Blu-ray is definitely an improvement in these scenes! http://ufoseries.com/videos/bj/ Marc |
From what I can see, aside from a slight better resolution on blu ray, colors are more vivid in DVD (which is a surprise), picture has been slightly cut from the edges on blu ray, and the picture is darker, especially in the Timeleash scene. I hope there won't be any black crush and bluish tinge prominently present on the awful Star Wars blu rays (to make them look more modern)...
Thanks for comparisons! My set still hasn't been sent (had some problems with amazon.co.jp, so I ordered from cd Japan) All the best, Branko On 09.12.2012., at 02:18, "Marc Martin" <[hidden email]> wrote: > On December 8, Branko Vekic <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Best transfer and treatment of the material we are going to see is done > > by the BBC, for DVDs. Alas, it wasn't in HD :( > > Check out my first comparisons of Blu-ray vs. DVD. The Blu-ray is > definitely an improvement in these scenes! > > http://ufoseries.com/videos/bj/ > > Marc > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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On December 9, Branko Vekic <[hidden email]> wrote:
> From what I can see, aside from a slight better resolution on blu ray, colors are > more vivid in DVD (which is a surprise), picture has been slightly cut from the > edges on blu ray, and the picture is darker, especially in the Timeleash scene. I've now watched TIMELASH all the way through, and it seemed perfectly fine to me. The Blu-ray does have better resolution, so occasionally something will be noticeable that was never noticeable before. The Blu-ray does reveal flaws that are probably in the original film (for example, the depth-of-focus is rather shallow in some special effects shots, so you might notice something going out of focus that you never noticed on the DVDs). I do think the Blu-rays are "darker" in that a different gamma was used, but I never noticed any black crush in this particular episode. And TIMELASH doesn't have a lot of stock footage in it, so not much problem with excess grain from dupe footage. Marc |
I was referring to the frames from Timelash you posted on your page - Strakers costume looks black in the blu ray and it is obviously brown in DVD.
Glad to hear that there isn'nt any black crush - it can be awful sometimes. On the other note, I just saw the documentary on "Rosemary's baby" blu ray, which has a lot of Robert Evans, the producer of planned UFO move, in it. If I ever direct a movie, I couldn't wish for anybody better to produce it! The guy is just great! All the best, Branko On 09.12.2012., at 18:05, "Marc Martin" <[hidden email]> wrote: > On December 9, Branko Vekic <[hidden email]> wrote: > > From what I can see, aside from a slight better resolution on blu ray, colors are > > more vivid in DVD (which is a surprise), picture has been slightly cut from the > > edges on blu ray, and the picture is darker, especially in the Timeleash scene. > > I've now watched TIMELASH all the way through, and it seemed perfectly fine > to me. The Blu-ray does have better resolution, so occasionally something will > be noticeable that was never noticeable before. The Blu-ray does reveal flaws > that are probably in the original film (for example, the depth-of-focus is rather > shallow in some special effects shots, so you might notice something going > out of focus that you never noticed on the DVDs). > > I do think the Blu-rays are "darker" in that a different gamma was used, but > I never noticed any black crush in this particular episode. And TIMELASH > doesn't have a lot of stock footage in it, so not much problem with excess > grain from dupe footage. > > Marc > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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On December 9, Branko Vekic <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I was referring to the frames from Timelash you posted on your page - > Strakers costume looks black in the blu ray and it is obviously brown in DVD. I think some of this is just personal preference -- one could also argue the opposite -- that the DVD gamma and color saturation are too high on the DVDs. And as long as there is no "crushing/clipping" going on, some of these things can be adjusted with your television picture controls. The only real problems I've found with the Blu-rays so far are areas where they obviously were not using the original camera negatives -- those don't look great, and could have been better. But I'd guess they are using the original camera negatives about 98% of the time. Marc |
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