List of International BDs with Better PQ, AQ, and/or More Extras

[Tuco_76]

I overlooked it's Paramounts own release, not just distribution, so it's pretty sure region free as Paramount (also Warner, Universal) does all their German releases reg. free (excluding German movies).
Not the best idea though, putting 50Hz content right at start of a reg. free disc

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

It probably won't work but you could try to pause the disc immediately upon playback, hit triangle button and use the "Go To" function to change title or chapter.

Good idea, maybe it works just as with Panasonic ..

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

It probably won't work but you could try to pause the disc immediately upon playback, hit triangle button and use the "Go To" function to change title or chapter.

It doesn't. However, ripping it to BD-R does.

[Tech-UK]

Is Criterion taking the piss here:





https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-R...9/#Screenshots

I wouldn't call it a grain structure, its more of a smudgy artifacting blocky mess structure.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

Is Criterion taking the piss here:

I wouldn't call it a grain structure, its more of a smudgy artifacting blocky mess structure.

I hope you're not basing that solely off of BRDC's screencaps Tech, because they're lossy jpegs that probably aren't doing the compression any favours.

[Tech-UK]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I hope you're not basing that solely off of BRDC's screencaps Tech, because they're lossy jpegs that probably aren't doing the compression any favours.

If the jpegs have been produced poorly, then that may have an effect on PQ, but generally the difference between jpg and png is very small to none:

JPEG:

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...ess=#vergleich

PNG:

http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergl...ss=1#vergleich

But yes, I wouldn't 100% confirm that those caps taken for Blu-ray.com are exact. Its still likely that Criterion have yet again produced a bad encode. If what is shown is true, they look terrible in terms of grain structure. The master/transfer looks pretty darn good.

[Geoff D]

Sure, but not all jpegs are created equal, Tech. Those capsaholic ones are nearly double the file size of the BRDC jpegs.

[Pieter V]

Maps to the Stars
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, no extras, English subs (Region Free)
CA - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, same extras UK (Region A)
FR - AVC 28515 kbps 1080i/25fps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3552 kbps 24-bit, no English subs (Region B)
UK - AVC 29560 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3248 kbps 24-bit, extras, English subs (Region B locked)

US/CA/UK/FR updated.

Nightcrawler
US - AVC 31995 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3515 kbps 24-bit (Region free)
NO/SE/FI/DK - AVC 37423 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3510 kbps 24-bit, no English subs (Region B locked) Best PQ
FR - VC-1 29706 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 1818 kbps 16-bit (Region B)
DE - AVC 17989 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 1897 kbps 16-bit, no English subs (Region B)


DE/FR updated

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Maps to the Stars
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, no extras, English subs (Region Free)
CA - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, same extras UK (Region A)
FR - AVC 28515 kbps 1080i/25fps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3552 kbps 24-bit, no English subs (Region B)
UK - AVC 29560 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3248 kbps 24-bit, extras, English subs (Region B locked)

US/CA/UK/FR updated.

Nightcrawler
US - AVC 31995 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3515 kbps 24-bit (Region free)
NO/SE/FI/DK - AVC 37423 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3510 kbps 24-bit, no English subs (Region B locked) Best PQ
FR - VC-1 29706 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 1818 kbps 16-bit (Region B)
DE - AVC 17989 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 1897 kbps 16-bit, no English subs (Region B)


DE/FR updated

Done.

[HD Goofnut]

Added The Train.

[Sky_Captain]

Transformers: The Movie
US - No release
UK - AVC, DD 2.0 / DD 5.1, no English subs (Region free)
AU - AVC, DD 2.0 / DD 5.1, no English subs (Region A/B) Best PQ

These are both MPEG-2, with identical transfers. The AU has a load of extras, whereas the UK is barebones.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

These are both MPEG-2, with identical transfers. The AU has a load of extras, whereas the UK is barebones.

Fixed.

[Tuco_76]

3rd and last attempt

Fall, The
US - AVC, 27,31 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, uncut, extras, 2x commentary, English +English SDH subs (Region free) Best PQ
JP - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, cut, more extras, English subs (Region free)
DE - VC-1, 18.00 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 1561 kbps 16-bit, uncut, less extras, 2x commentary, English subs (Region A, B)

[Tuco_76]

Maps to the Stars
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, no extras, English subs (Region Free)
CA - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, same extras UK (Region A)
FR - AVC 28515 kbps 1080i/25fps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3552 kbps 24-bit, no English subs (Region B)
UK - AVC 29560 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3248 kbps 24-bit, extras, English subs (Region B locked)
DE - AVC 26234 kbps 1080i/25fps (constant, not 50Hz) , DTS-HD MA 5.1 2007 kbps 16-bit, extras, no English subs (Region B)



DE added.

[Tuco_76]

I haven't seen yet the UK/US Fury release. You guys think it's encoded in the wrong color space, or just sloppy black levels? From some caps, it could be wrong color space, not sure though.

Is the French transfer confirmed to look better?

[HD Goofnut]

Updates made. I also noted that The Fall U.S. disc is OOP.

[Sky_Captain]

The Book of Eli, Japanese release.

Scanned from my own disc. Region free.

Disc Title: THE_WALKER_BLURAY
Disc Size: 46,925,370,531 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00002.MPLS
Size: 35,896,682,496 bytes
Length: 1:57:41.971
Total Bitrate: 40.66 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 32963 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4001 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: Japanese / DTS Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitle: Japanese / 23.140 kbps
Subtitle: Japanese / 0.245 kbps
Subtitle: English / 24.289 kbps

Extras mirror the US disc, but with the PiP track removed and the same content available as separate featurettes.

The front artwork is also in English, contrary to the many images on the internet.

[Tech-UK]

Darn it. Looks like I will be re-buying The Book of Eli for the third time. Although I cannot see it being massively improved upon, as the DK release that I own, is very good.

What studio has released The Book of Eli in Japan?

The DK release is from Sony, so its been through the SBMV process, of which reduces the banding that is quiet obvious on the US and UK releases.

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

Darn it. Looks like I will be re-buying The Book of Eli for the third time. Although I cannot see it being massively improved upon, as the DK release that I own, is very good.

What studio has released The Book of Eli in Japan?

The DK release is from Sony, so its been through the SBMV process, of which reduces the banding that is quiet obvious on the US and UK releases.

Studio: Kadokawa Shoten

[Sky_Captain]

^^^^What he said.

A-Bing it with the UK disc, it's a hair sharper. Would need time codes regarding any banding. The various releases appear to be from the same source anyway. This is evident by the faint lines where the black bars meet the actual picture. Downscaling artifact? Possibly, but they all have it from what I've seen.

[McCrutchy]

Friday the 13th (2009)

US - VC-1 17580 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1562 kbps 16-bit, SDH subs only, extras (105-minute Extended Killer Cut)
US - VC-1 17433 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1549 kbps 16-bit, SDH subs only, extras (97-minute Theatrical Cut)

AU/DK/FI/NL/NO/SE/UK - AVC 29095 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3295 kbps, 24-bit, English SDH and non-SDH subs, extras (105-minute Extended Killer Cut only)

Notes:

The US BD from New Line/Warner (which I don't own) has two cuts on one disc, while outside North America, Paramount decided to split the two versions across multiple territories. Despite some confusion in the listings here, it looks like only the UK, Australia, Holland, and the Nordic territories got the Killer Cut (my UK BD has Australian, Dutch and UK/IRE rating logos), while most of Europe and Asia has a disc with the 97-minute R-rated version. Here is an unverified scan of that disc I found online:

AVC 30935 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3250 kbps, 24-bit, English subs, less extras

According to the subtitle options in various scans online, this edition has audio and/or subtitles for:

Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch (again), Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish and Ukrainian languages

depending on which of three discs you pick up (roughly West Europe, Central Europe or Asia), and it omits the PiP track which is included on both the US and UK BDs. Only one English subtitle file is provided on these discs, and it is probably non-SDH.