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

[HD Goofnut]

Added Audition.

Updated The Glass Key.

[infiniteCR]

Battlefield Earth DE info shows aspect ratio of 1.77 with OAR of 2.39. Anyone know if this is cropped or the matte is opened?


Same question for The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain. There's also a Spanish release of this now that shows its released in its OAR 2.39 https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-E...Blu-ray/63840/

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by infiniteCR

Battlefield Earth DE info shows aspect ratio of 1.77 with OAR of 2.39. Anyone know if this is cropped or the matte is opened?


Same question for The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain. There's also a Spanish release of this now that shows its released in its OAR 2.39 https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-E...Blu-ray/63840/

Open matte for Battlefield Earth: http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=182...0&a=1&go=0&l=1

Both the ES and JP discs for The Englishman are 2.39:1: http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=580...0&a=1&go=0&l=1

[infiniteCR]

You da Man, thanks HD!

[GasmaskAvenger]

Just received my copy of the Japanese blu-ray of Species (1995).

Looks way, way better in motion than the US disc (thanks to it being encoded in AVC as opposed to the US disc's MPEG-2 encoding) and has a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track rather than 5.1 PCM.

I'm sure this is more or less a Region A locked version of the UK disc and still sports a rather dated transfer, but overall it is a superior release and is consistent in quality with Scream Factory's AVC encoded blu-rays of the sequels.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

Just received my copy of the Japanese blu-ray of Species (1995).

Looks way, way better in motion than the US disc (thanks to it being encoded in AVC as opposed to the US disc's MPEG-2 encoding) and has a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track rather than 5.1 PCM.

I'm sure this is more or less a Region A locked version of the UK disc and still sports a rather dated transfer, but overall it is a superior release and is consistent in quality with Scream Factory's AVC encoded blu-rays of the sequels.

Can you get bitrates? We need to know if it's the same or a diffrent transfer than UK/NL.

Species
US - MPEG-2 17184 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, extras, English subs (Region free)
UK/NL - AVC 20296 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2247 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region B locked)

[GasmaskAvenger]

Alright. Here's the stats of the Japanese disc according to DVDFab 9:

JPN - AVC 25294 kbps, DTS-HD MA 1509 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region A locked)

[Ben_R]

Does anyone know if there are any screen caps available to compare the new Shout! release of Midnight Run vs the DE release?

[Tech-UK]

Originally Posted by Ben_R

Does anyone know if there are any screen caps available to compare the new Shout! release of Midnight Run vs the DE release?

Just the ones on this site (the BD reviews). I am hoping Caps-a-holic gets hold of the Shout! release for comparison.

From looking at the screen caps on this site, the Shout! release looks to have more grain along with more detail and looks slightly more red in colour.

[#Darren]

AUS Cult Cinema release of Barfly..

*region free*

1.85:1 AR
MPEG-4 AVC Video
Dolby Digital Audio 2.0
Disc Size: 22,482,050,715 bytes

Extra Features -

Director's commentary
Making of doco
4 video excerpts from "The Charles Bukowski Tapes"
Theatrical Trailer.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

Alright. Here's the stats of the Japanese disc according to DVDFab 9:

JPN - AVC 25294 kbps, DTS-HD MA 1509 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region A locked)

Nice, looks like a really good version if one can find it cheap.

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Nice, looks like a really good version if one can find it cheap.

CDJapan. Skitbillig!

[callahan09]

I understand City of the Living Dead from Arrow (UK) has significantly better/more bonus features vs the one from Blue Underground (US), but also has worse PQ/AQ. But how significant is the technical improvement from the US version? I'm debating which version to get. If the US version is like WAY better technically, I'd rather that than the bonus features of the UK edition. But if the difference isn't THAT big then I'd rather get the extras of the UK edition.

[Jompa]

See here:
http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=334...97&i=0&l=0&a=0

[PuppetMasterBlu]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

Alright. Here's the stats of the Japanese disc according to DVDFab 9:

JPN - AVC 25294 kbps, DTS-HD MA 1509 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region A locked)

So almost exactly the UK disc. Still if you are region A locked it sounds like a winner.

[wesslan]

Didn't see this but maybe blind?

Lionheart aka A.W.O.L.
US - AVC 32988 kbps, DTS-HD MA 2.0 2088 kbps 24-bit, theatrical cut, English subs Best PQ
UK - AVC 20000 kbps, LPCM 2.0 2304 kbps 24-bit, theatrical cut, no English subs
DE - AVC 25231 kbps, DD 5.1 448 kbps, no English subs, director's cut 1:50:17, DNR, more extras
DE - AVC 19999 kbps, DD 2.0 224 kbps, no English subs, theatrical cut, DNR, more extras

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Didn't see this but maybe blind?

Lionheart aka A.W.O.L.
US - AVC 32988 kbps, DTS-HD MA 2.0 2088 kbps 24-bit, theatrical cut, English subs Best PQ
UK - AVC 20000 kbps, LPCM 2.0 2304 kbps 24-bit, theatrical cut, no English subs
DE - AVC 25231 kbps, DD 5.1 448 kbps, no English subs, director's cut 1:50:17, DNR, more extras
DE - AVC 19999 kbps, DD 2.0 224 kbps, no English subs, theatrical cut, DNR, more extras

Done.

[tcdrek]

Anyone own the jp release of Wolf of Wall Street? If so, does it contains all the special features of the European releases or just the single "wolf pack" featurette of the standard US release?

[wesslan]

Update

1408
US/CA/AU - VC-1, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, extras, director's cut, English subs (Region free)
NL - VC-1, DTS-HD MA 5.1, director's cut, extras (Region free)
FI/NO/SE/DK - VC-1 19925 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2157 kbps 16-bit, director's cut, no English subs (Region B)
DE - VC-1 18969 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2262 kbps 16-bit, theatrical & director's cuts, no English subs (Region free)
FR - VC-1 24775 kbps, DTS 5.1/DD 5.1, no English subs
JP - AVC 37515 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1, theatrical cut, no English subs Best PQ

[wesslan]

Another update

No Escape
US - AVC 21917 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3683 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region A locked) worst PQ and AQ (chopped peaks, less dynamic range)
CA - AVC 30075 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 16-bit
FR - AVC 35873 kbps, no English subs Best PQ (Best details, best grain structure & retention)
DE - AVC 35947 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 24-bit, slightly cropped top & bottom
IT - AVC 33005 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1, no English subs, some hardcoded text in italian
ES - AVC 29334 kbps
UK - AVC 29334 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 1880 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region B locked)
NO - AVC 22132 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 16-bit