From Dusk Til Dawn, U.S. release vs Canadian release?

[Member-38928]

Alliance/Canadian vs Echo Bridge/U.S. releases? thanks in advance!

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Are you asking which one has the better transfer? The Canadian version has the much better transfer but its barebones.

[Member-38928]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

Are you asking which one has the better transfer? The Canadian version has the much better transfer but its barebones.

Much better, why is this? And how packed with extras is the U.S. release, tons of them or? Oh and how about the audio? thank you.

[Cortiz]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

Are you asking which one has the better transfer? The Canadian version has the much better transfer but its barebones.

I don't think the US Echo Bridge release has any extras either.

[HD Goofnut]

The Alliance version is superior, which is unusual for them. From my superior international thread:

From Dusk Til Dawn
U.S. - DNR with incorrect color timing, OAR
CA - No DNR with correct color timing, open matte to 1.78:1

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Originally Posted by bentvalve

Much better, why is this? And how packed with extras is the U.S. release, tons of them or? Oh and how about the audio? thank you.

This has nothing to do with the extras! I was comparing the visual & audio presentations between the US and Canada versions.

[Member-38928]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

The Alliance version is superior, which is unusual for them. From my superior international thread:

From Dusk Til Dawn
U.S. - DNR with incorrect color timing, OAR
CA - No DNR with correct color timing, open matte to 1.78:1

Thanks a bunch HD Goofnut, impressive thread you have there. But something tells me that reading it in full could be a bit expensive.

[Member-38928]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

This has nothing to do with the extras! I was comparing the visual & audio presentations between the US and Canada versions.

Yeah, I guess I misunderstood you, when you called the Canadian barebones I was thinking that you meant the U.S. release was not, but I guess they are both barebones.

[Cortiz]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

The Alliance version is superior, which is unusual for them. From my superior international thread:

From Dusk Til Dawn
U.S. - DNR with incorrect color timing, OAR
CA - No DNR with correct color timing, open matte to 1.78:1

So, what is the corect OAR?

[DetroitSportsFan]

I actually preferred the EB release. While the contrast on the EB was cranked up a bit high, the colors on the Alliance release were too washed out. Both have their flaws and could be better.

I'm going to get the Japanese release from WB next month and see how that stacks up. I wouldn't be surprised if that ended up being the one to get.

[42041]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

The Alliance version is superior, which is unusual for them. From my superior international thread:

From Dusk Til Dawn
U.S. - DNR with incorrect color timing, OAR
CA - No DNR with correct color timing, open matte to 1.78:1

Incorrect compared to what, the Canadian version?
I've seen the Echo Bridge disc and it actually looks quite good to me, compression is a bit weak but no significant DNR problems that I can spot. The audio seems to have absolutely nothing in the LFE channel however, which is more of a problem. The UK release may be a better choice, I hear its region free.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by 42041

The UK release may be a better choice, I hear its region free.

It's not. I found out the hard way.

But apparently the new Alliance SteelBook release has a new disc, which is believed to be a port of the UK release (different transfer and extras).

[mikey horror]

Are there any extras from the two-disc dvd that weren't ported over to the Canadian steelbook other than Full Tilt Boogie?

[Dragon Lee]

Canadian steelbook transfer looks to be same as the EB transfer. they look identical to me.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by cortiz

so, what is the corect oar?

1.85:1

[A.MONK]

Originally Posted by Dragon Lee

Canadian steelbook transfer looks to be same as the EB transfer. they look identical to me.

If you don't mind me asking...what are you watching them on? You don't have pictures of your home theater in your home theater gallery. I want to buy one of these copies at some point.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by Dragon Lee

Canadian steelbook transfer looks to be same as the EB transfer. they look identical to me.

I heard that they redid the disc.

If you want Full Tilt Boogie, get the Quadruple feature. The encode for the first film on it is the same as the encode on the double feature with the first two films, 14.63 GB. The encode on the individual release by Echo Bridge is 19.7 GB

[frogmort]

Echo Bridge sucks. I will never buy anything from them, ever. Alliance is not much better, but it is a frog-hair better. Echo Bridge Sucks.

[frogmort]

The Canadian version is a little washed out, but it doesn't look like it was drawn with a crayon.

[Kriztoffer Swank]

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich..._till_dawn_bd1

US version has the same filter that was applied to both the US Memento (10th anniversary) and Pulp Fiction BDs which oversaturates the colors and has way too high of contrast. The color timing on the US release is definitely wrong, but just how correct it is on the Canadian disc, I don't know—but for what it's worth, it looks like the VHS and DVD copies I've seen.

Neither of them looks particularly great. I bought the Canadian one a year or two before the US one came out, so I'll stick to that. It's just kind of an ugly, brown movie, and I think it's safe to say that the Canadian BD is a faithful transfer.