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

[sartana]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Updated Howard the Duck. The masters for both the AU and DE discs are identical, but the DE disc has slightly better compression. On the flip side the AU disc is region free and has English subs.

So both releases have a 2.0 audio only.

Howard the Duck had a 70 MM blow up with 6 track Magnetic sound for its theatrical engagemnet. Even the DVD has a 5.1 audio. I hope the US BD release gets it right.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by sartana

So both releases have a 2.0 audio only.

Howard the Duck had a 70 MM blow up with 6 track Magnetic sound. Even the DVD has a 5.1 audio. I hope the US BD release gets it right.

There's a release date for the U.S.?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by wesslan

The new German disc of No Retreat, no Surrender looks great

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp...3415/picture:3

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/No-Re...lu-ray/134856/

Is it uncut like the AU disc?

[StingingVelvet]

Can anyone comment on Tobe Hooper's Funhouse? There are no caps on caps-a-holic, but it has a Scream Factory release here and an Arrow release in the UK. Usually the Arrow would be a no-brainer, but it's one of their early releases, so I don't know.

[sartana]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

There's a release date for the U.S.?

I meant whenever it is released.

[Spartan21]

Hi HDGoofnut,

I would put in The Long Good Friday (1980) from Arrow Films in your list. The re-mastered 2015 UK version that was released on May 04th is amazing. The film is great too. It has AVC (34.97 Mbps) for the video and English: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit) for audio. Region B locked. The US version is from Image Entertainment and is the inferior version.

[nitin]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Can anyone comment on Tobe Hooper's Funhouse? There are no caps on caps-a-holic, but it has a Scream Factory release here and an Arrow release in the UK. Usually the Arrow would be a no-brainer, but it's one of their early releases, so I don't know.

I think the contrast on the US disc is better and 'old' Arrow's encode is also a little spotty but there's not that much between them (scream's encode nothing to write home about either). So get the cheapest one?

[JimDiGriz]

Sure its been discussed before but now Ive got a region A player -

Are Drive (US) and The Prestige (US) noticeably better than the UK versions? I seem to remember seeing that both were better but also remember seeing arguments against this at a later date!

[Tech-UK]

Originally Posted by JimDiGriz

Sure its been discussed before but now Ive got a region A player -

Are Drive (US) and The Prestige (US) noticeably better than the UK versions? I seem to remember seeing that both were better but also remember seeing arguments against this at a later date!

Both are slight improvements in terms of PQ. But the UK release of The Prestige only features a lossy audio track, whereas the US release features a full fat LPCM track.

Import both.

[Pieter V]

Someone getting the UK disc of John Wick? Curious how it performs against the Nordic disc.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1234

[HD Goofnut]

Added the Flodder Trilogy (none are English friendly) and The Long Good Friday.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

Both are slight improvements in terms of PQ. But the UK release of The Prestige only features a lossy audio track, whereas the US release features a full fat LPCM track.

Import both.

Keep thinking I read something to the contrary lately though. Maybe I imagined it!

[Tech-UK]

Originally Posted by JimDiGriz

Keep thinking I read something to the contrary lately though. Maybe I imagined it!

Regarding Drive?

Someone brought up their opinion of it featuring black crush, when in fact the other disc I believe it was either the DE or NL disc has increased brightness.

The UK and US releases of Drive are the same apart from the higher bitrate of the US release and reduces any banding of which some can be seen in the darker shots on the UK disc.

The Prestige, again is the same, but the US release is AVC encoded and higher bitrate, giving slightly more detail and without the slight green push that plagues old VC-1 encodes:

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

There is also a moment in The Prestige that features banding (the field of light bulbs), which the US disc performs better, due to the encode.

[Geoff D]

I couldn't deal with the banding on the UK encode of Drive, I bought the US one as quickly as I could after that!

[Tech-UK]

I should have mentioned that it will be down to the higher bitrate and Sony's SBMV process. In Sony we trust. Well most of the time.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by jonam

Deer Hunter, The
US - VC-1 26925 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3712 kbps 24-bit with no pitch issue, DNR/EE, extras, English subs (Region free)
UK/DE (Studio Canal) - VC-1 14991 kbps, DTS-HD MA 2.0 903 kbps 16-bit is problem free / DTS-HD MA 5.1 2146 16-bit, no DNR or EE, extras, English subs (Region A/B locked) Best PQ

The highlighted one in bold, which country is that?
Is that still the UK/DE version?

It is, but make sure it is Studio Canal release here: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-D...-Blu-ray/5813/

[jonam]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

It is, but make sure it is Studio Canal release here: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-D...-Blu-ray/5813/

Thanks for that. I still own the US HD-DVD Universal release which has no DNR but would like to have the digi-book too and the additional extra features.

[HD Goofnut]

Added Chino (forced FR subs) and A.C.A.B. The DE disc of A.C.A.B. has better compression, but is not English friendly.

[hasslein]

No verdict on Prime Cut yet?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by hasslein

No verdict on Prime Cut yet?

I'd forgot this has been given a U.S. release. In my opinion the U.S. disc looks better than the DE: http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...less=1#auswahl