Dawn and day of the dead ...what one?

[ghidorah]

Im interested in getting both Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD and DAY OF THE DEAD. Can anyone tell me the best version between the UK Arrow releases and the US Anchor Bay (Starz) ones?

[KrugerIndustrial]

Dawn of the Dead - this one:

[Jompa]

The American Blu-ray of Day of the Dead has the best picture quality, but not most extra features. It still have DNR, but less than the UK BD. Both 5.1-tracks have dialog overdubbed by different actors and brief alterations to language. Mono track is untouched.

The UK Blu-ray from Arrow Video have much more extra features, but a bit poorer colours and picture quality since they have used more DNR, The picture is also stretched.

[skyofcrack]

Originally Posted by Jompa

The American Blu-ray of Day of the Dead has the best picture quality, but not most extra features. It still have DNR, but less than the UK BD. Both 5.1-tracks have dialog overdubbed by different actors and brief alterations to language. Mono track is untouched.

The UK Blu-ray from Arrow Video have much more extra features, but a bit poorer colours and picture quality since they have used more DNR, The picture is also stretched.

This review of the Arrow BD of Day looks pretty good.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRe...ad_blu-ray.htm

[Jompa]

I have it, but i wouldn`t say it`s anywhere near pristine quality, due to too much use of DNR.

Comparison between the US and UK BD:

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...less=1#auswahl

[ghidorah]

Thanks folks..... I'm set about DAWN now but still a bit unsure about DAY.
i guess it seems to be personal taste in terms of the picture quality.

[Sky_Captain]

Get the US release of Day. The Arrow release is awful.

With Dawn, get the cheapest. Colour differences aside, they're both DNR'd.

[MrBrown]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Get the US release of Day. The Arrow release is awful.

With Dawn, get the cheapest. Colour differences aside, they're both DNR'd.

The UK of Dawn is not as much DNR'd as the US. The US looses some image informations.

Regarding Day:
The image of US seem to be a bit better. The Audio of both is imperfect. But AFAIK the US Audio is not just buggy, but censored. The UK is not censored, but also buggy (muffled gunshot, wrong voice pitch ..)

[Sky_Captain]

As as I was aware, the mono track on the US Day disc, was fine, no?

Is it not just the multi-channel tracks that have errors?

[dallywhitty]

From what I can tell, the UK Blu for Dawn looks slightly better and the US Blu for Day looks slightly better. The differences are minor enough that I'd recommend going for whichever releases are superior in other departments.

[MrBrown]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

As as I was aware, the mono track on the US Day disc, was fine, no?

Is it not just the multi-channel tracks that have errors?

The mono track is on both Editions okay.

[thor]

I have the us release of Dawn of the dead and I found it to have pretty good picture quality considering how old this movie is.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by thor

I have the us release of Dawn of the dead and I found it to have pretty good picture quality considering how old this movie is.

Does anybody know what the framerates and aspect ratios are for the various blu-ray releases of Day of the Dead? I read somewhere that the French blu-ray was 24.000fps, not 23.976. Does anybody know? How about the Arrow UK version?

[chip75]

Originally Posted by mar3o

How about the Arrow UK version?

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00000.MPLS
Length: 2:07:03 (h:m:s)
Size: 32.784.196.032 bytes
Total Bitrate: 34,40 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-4 AVC Video 25000 kbps 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
DTS-HD Master Audio English 1698 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1698 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit

SUBTITLES:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics English 23,692 kbps
Presentation Graphics English 71,989 kbps
Presentation Graphics English 69,560 kbps

Here's the link.

[dvdmike]

This is like arguing what you want more, crabs or herpes.
They are both equally crap so get whatever is cheaper and wait for the remaster

[Patient-X]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

This is like arguing what you want more, crabs or herpes.
They are both equally crap....

lol

[chip75]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

This is like arguing what you want more, crabs or herpes.

So we should always wear protection when watching Dawn of the Dead?

[mar3o]

Thanks for the info. Confusing - regarding aspect ratios - the NSM Records and Anchor Bay versions appear to have the same exact aspect ratios, while the Arrow and French versions have a different aspect ratio. Either the NSM Records and Anchor Bay versions are being squashed in vertically, or the Arrow and French versions are being stretched vertically - I can't tell which. The French and Arrow versions are 16:9, while the NSM Records and Anchor Bay versions are 1:85:1. Which is right? Some comments seem to say the US is squashed, others say Arrow is stretched. I thought the original aspect ratio is 1:85:1? Neither transfer has any additional information on either the sides or top/bottom - it's just stretched or squished vertically, whichever way is wrong.

Interestingly the French blu-ray is 24.000fps, not 23.976. Odd.