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

[casspir]

The entry for the Danny Boyle movie "Sunshine" (2007) has some wrong info. Currently it says that the UK/DE/FR releases have a 30991 kbps video bitrate. This is incorrect, the correct video bitrate for the UK/DE releases is 24.65 Mbps, and according to BRDC, the French release also has 24.65 Mbps (https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sunshine-Blu-ray/126103/).
The Hungarian/Greek/Czech/ etc. releases have the higher 30.99 Mbps video bitrate.

Video for the German release (from BDInfo scan, the UK should be the same):
MPEG-4 AVC Video 24650 kbps 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

[casspir]

And some nitpicking:
Alphabet says that "Last Boy Scout, the" should be before "Last Detail, the" in the list...

[HD Goofnut]

Updates made.

[knifethrower]

This release is region free and appears to have the same extras as the UK disc. In fact looking at the UK bit rates I suspect this might use the same encode for the movie too.

Disc Title: Pi AUS
Disc Size: 23,393,044,987 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00000.MPLS
Size: 21,215,496,192 bytes
Length: 1:24:22.182
Total Bitrate: 33.53 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 28645 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 989 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1003 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 979 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
Subtitle: English / 28.354 kbps

Edit:
Found a scan of the UK disc and as I thought the audio and video are identical.

[Show spoiler]

Disc Title: PI UK
Disc Size: 25 962 361 852 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00000.MPLS
Size: 21 215 453 184 bytes
Length: 1:24:22.182
Total Bitrate: 33,53 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 28645 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 989 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1003 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 979 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 16-bit)
Subtitle: English / 28,354 kbps

[HD Goofnut]

Added The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.

[oliviergregoire]

Lion (2016):

US - AVC 18086 kbps, English DTS-HD MA 5.1 3601 kbps 48 kHz 24-bit
FR - AVC 21588 kbps, English DTS-HD MA 5.1 1825 kbps 48 kHz 16-bit

If anyone has UK and australian for comparison...

[HD Goofnut]

Updates made.

[HD Goofnut]

Added One-Eyed Jacks.

[tenia]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

The funniest part is that most of the people arguing don't even have a BD PC drive or know how to take screen captures in the first place.

I've always taken the caps-a-holic caps as coming from people with a BD PC drive and knowing how to take screen captures properly, and the current comparison for Eye of the Tiger there shows that the Indicator releases uses a source which is at least 12 years old, is dirtier than the TT disc and also has plenty of EE absent from the TT disc.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by tenia

I've always taken the caps-a-holic caps as coming from people with a BD PC drive and knowing how to take screen captures properly, and the current comparison there shows that the Indicator releases uses a source which is at least 12 years old, is dirtier than the TT disc and also has plenty of EE absent from the TT disc.

The Arrow disc has better compression and fine detail. Just look at this shot of Brando: http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a...102496&i=2&l=1

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

The Arrow disc has better compression and fine detail. Just look at this shot of Brando: http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a...102496&i=2&l=1

He is referring to the "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" release, hence the references to Indicator and Twilight Time in his post.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by TheOneWithThePrize

He is referring to the "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" release, hence the references to Indicator and Twilight Time in his post.

I see now.

[tenia]

I've edited my post to make it clearer.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by tenia

I've edited my post to make it clearer.

I edited the entry. I originally meant to put Best AQ instead of Best PQ since it has the original mono, which is not present on the TT disc.

[HD Goofnut]

Added 48 Hrs.

[Ben_R]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Added 48 Hrs.

It would be nice if one of the boutique labels would pick up this and the sequel, they could look so good.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Originally Posted by Ben_R

It would be nice if one of the boutique labels would pick up this and the sequel, they could look so good.

48 Hrs, Extreme Prejudice, Casualties of War (extended Director's Cut)... I don't how available these are, but I want Shout to release these for their select label.

At this point I may just get the German release of Casualties (both cuts, proper framing, special features ported over from DVD), and the Japanese release of Extreme Prejudice.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Is Shout's Escape from New York really better than the German one? The German one seems to have quite a bit more detail.

https://www.caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a...1&l=0&i=2&go=1

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by JohnCarpenterLives

Is Shout's Escape from New York really better than the German one? The German one seems to have quite a bit more detail.

https://www.caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a...1&l=0&i=2&go=1

The MGM release is better than both for PQ.

[grodd]

Originally Posted by JohnCarpenterLives

Is Shout's Escape from New York really better than the German one? The German one seems to have quite a bit more detail.

https://www.caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a...1&l=0&i=2&go=1

The German one has had a lot of the film grain removed then given a sharpened pass. Look at the rocks in the first pic or the fight scene in the ring. Overall less detail. Waxy and EE galore.
I'd stick with Shout or MGM.