King Solomon's Mines / Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (Cannon) - Koch

[DMRI2006]

Just a heads-up Koch did a solid job releasing both of these in Germany:

The Cannon KING SOLOMON'S MINES has, AFAIK, never been issued on Blu before. There's some discoloration in the print over the opening credits (perhaps why) but the image is crisp and satisfying. Stereo PCM audio and an interview with Richard Chamberlain was shot (and used only in part, obviously) for the "Electric Bugaloo" documentary.

ALLAN QUARTERMAIN is in real stereo, unlike Olive's US release (one of several Cannon discs they issued in mono for whatever reason). PCM audio again, good transfer, and an extended interview with director Gary Nelson, shot for Electric Bugaloo are also included.

Both are B locked

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[hansolo]

BDinfos for both releases:

Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold

Disc Size: 37,480,470,425 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00008.MPLS
Size: 30,013,339,008 bytes
Length: 1:39:35.552
Total Bitrate: 40.18 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 34866 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Subtitle: German / 19.060 kbps
Subtitle: English / 17.175 kbps

King Solomon's Mines

Disc Size: 36,299,645,688 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00008.MPLS
Size: 31,724,699,712 bytes
Length: 1:39:58.993
Total Bitrate: 42.31 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 36897 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: German / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Subtitle: German / 21.547 kbps
Subtitle: English / 19.610 kbps
Subtitle: German / 0.065 kbps

[Jompa]

Great. I will buy both, since they have the original stereo sound and slightly better picture quality than the American BDs, according to capsaholic.

[DMRI2006]

Originally Posted by Jompa

Great. I will buy both, since they have the original stereo sound and slightly better picture quality than the American BDs, according to capsaholic.

Good call. IMO KING SOLOMON's picture is much better than "slightly" better than Olive's -- in motion it is a marked improvement.

[Jompa]

I see. Good. Been a while since I saw the comparisons and just remembered they looked slightly improved, but I take you'll word for it.