A Chinese Ghost Story trilogy

[Mr. Odessa]

Can someone tell me... which version of A CHINESE GHOST STORY TRILOGY is the best as it pertains to video quality AND sound? For DVD? Side by side comparisons, anyone...?

I own the IVL DVD version from 2005 and the picture quality is noisy and grainy. But it is many steps ahead of the old Mega Star DVD that was released in 1998.

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by Mr. Odessa

Can someone tell me... which version of A CHINESE GHOST STORY TRILOGY is the best as it pertains to video quality AND sound? For DVD? Side by side comparisons, anyone...?

I think I read somewhere that the German releases were, but they're not English-friendly. Eureka will probably release a remastered trilogy sometime soon, though. That's the hope at least.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Surge92

Eureka will probably release a remastered trilogy sometime soon, though. That's the hope at least.

Don't hold your breath. GHOST STORY was produced by Cinema City, which means there are rights issues outside Asia.

[Mr. Odessa]

Never heard of Eureka. How are their DVDs? Great picture? Original logos? Original sound?

There’s a Korean Blu Ray set that looks great, but I don’t have a Blu Ray player. Also, there’s some new 2019 remasters from Kam & Robson...

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by Mr. Odessa

Never heard of Eureka. How are their DVDs? Great picture? Original logos? Original sound?

There’s a Korean Blu Ray set that looks great, but I don’t have a Blu Ray player. Also, there’s some new 2019 remasters from Kam & Robson...

Eureka is a British label known for the high quality of their releases. They've released top-notch remastered blu-ray versions of Iron Monkey, the Once Upon A Time in China, trilogy, Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain and Mr. Vampire in the past year.

[sonny gaunt]

I own the Korean set-watchable but, can use a proper re master. Love the films, first one in particular.

[Surge92]

Originally Posted by sonny gaunt

I own the Korean set-watchable but, can use a proper re master. Love the films, first one in particular.

I'm also a huge fan of the second one. It's more over-the-top, but I like the new characters, and the demonic monk makes for a great villain.

[Dragon Lee]

I have the mainland chinese trilogy box and its watchable. Could use a remaster anyday now. I also have the miramax dvd of part 1 and that version probably has the best looking print that ive seen.

[Mr. Odessa]

Miramax????

[Dragon Lee]

Originally Posted by Mr. Odessa

Miramax????

Yea, alliance released the miramax dvd in canada uncut, undubbed using a pristine english language print and the original mono audio.

[Mr. Odessa]

Originally Posted by Dragon Lee

Yea, alliance released the miramax dvd in canada uncut, undubbed using a pristine english language print and the original mono audio.

I think I know which DVD you're referring to. Hard to find. What do you know about the Kam & Ronson DVD releases?

[Dragon Lee]

Originally Posted by Mr. Odessa

I think I know which DVD you're referring to. Hard to find. What do you know about the Kam & Ronson DVD releases?

I'm assuming they are carbon copies of the K&R blu-rays since it was issued around the same time. They are probably better than the IVL dvd set since I cant imagine those holding up by todays standards.

[Mr. Odessa]

Originally Posted by Dragon Lee

I'm assuming they are carbon copies of the K&R blu-rays since it was issued around the same time. They are probably better than the IVL dvd set since I cant imagine those holding up by todays standards.

Ok. I just bought the IVL Fortune Star 2005 version of part 1. Someone is selling that boxset on eBay now and I have no interest in spending $90 on that, especially knowing the picture quality is very noisy and grainy.

So the K&R Blu rays/DVDs are the best versions standing today in terms of picture quality? If so, I’ll get it. Again, I only have DVD. No Blu Ray player.

There’s a Korean Version from Nova Media that has an excellent cover, but nobody has it.

[Mr. Odessa]

Can anyone tell me how's the Kam & Ronson DVD releases? Great picture quality, by any chance???

[Mr. Odessa]

https://www.play-asia.com/a-chinese-...xset/13/70a7ml

Curious about this one. Is it worth it?

[Mr. Odessa]

Ok. The 2005 IVL/Fortune Star DVD has extremely noisy grainy video transfer. Now I’m just hoping the Kam & Ronson DVD trilogy is a much better and touched up transfer. Then, there’s 2019 reprints of the same versions that were released last year.

I used to own the A BETTER TOMORROW trilogy from IVL/Fortune Star and it had seriously bad picture quality and serious sync issues within its original 2.0 mono track. And I swore I’d never buy anything else from IVL ever. So I think I’ll just get the K&M versions of ACGS via Play-Asia this week.

[Nutcracker]

If the K&R DVDs look like the Blu-rays, then they are not the best. The Blu-rays look dull and colorless.

I wanted to use this thread and ask if anyone has the original mono tracks of all three films. Or do you know, if they are still available somewhere? I want to make remuxes with the video from the German Blu-rays.

[Mr. Odessa]

Someone posted the movies from some Blu Ray versions on YouTube. I just wonder What versions are these from...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCXU...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5Dr...ature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avbo...ature=youtu.be

Anyone know where these are from? The picture quality looks the best here to me.

[Nutcracker]

This is the German version.

[Mr. Odessa]

Ok