La Chimera (2023) - Curzon Blu-ray

[nicwood]

Here are some screenshots for the new La Chimera BD by Curzon.
Compared to the Wim Wenders set, they've now changed some settings as the only (occasionally) problematic spots are the highlights compared to the entire image which ruined their Wim Wenders set.

Encoding settings:

[Show spoiler]: cabac=1 / ref=4 / deblock=1:-2:-2 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=tesa / subme=11 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.25 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=6,6 / fast_pskip=0 / chroma_qp_offset=-4 / threads=24 / lookahead_threads=2 / sliced_threads=0 / slices=4 / nr=0 / decimate=0 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=1 / stitchable=1 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=1 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=1 / weightp=1 / keyint=24 / keyint_min=1 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=24 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=36000 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.80 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=38000 / vbv_bufsize=30000 / nal_hrd=vbr / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.10 / aq=1:0.50

I've used Diffchecker to look at the differences between a random Wenders encode and La Chimera and the key change I noticed is that they're no longer encoding at a constant bitrate. This was changed to variable. See here for more: https://www.diffchecker.com/0vVOApdt/

Screenshots:

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[Nitroes]

Nice to see this getting its own thread.

A gem of a film from Rohrwacher.

[DAT_JB]

Just received this from Rarewaves. No Slipcover..

EDIT: Apparently it doesn't come with one. Must've mixed this up with MUBI.

[CelestialAgent]

Curzon only do slips for 4Ks and some of the older CAE titles

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by Nitroes

Nice to see this getting its own thread.

A gem of a film from Rohrwacher.

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Reversible cover? Damn, might have to go with this one then, was planning on picking up the Italian Eagle. Does it come in tick UK case or standard?

[Nitroes]

Reversible cover + Scanavo 14mm case.


eBay

[shinrasboy]

Late to this but I got this the Curzon version after owning the NEON version and the Curzon version blows the NEON out of the water. The NEON version, being a BD-R just kinda looks like someone downloaded a digital copy and burned it to a disc.