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

[wesslan]

Quoting myself from the original post: There are probably still some small errors here.

I knew there could be errors and stated so VERY CLEARLY, I'm not god.

And no I don't remember where I got those specific VI specs since I spent all day collecting info on 1-7 from many different boards, pages, friends and own discs and that is the truth. Whereever I got them they were incorrect as you stated and I never said I owned that disc and that is why there are many ??? all around.

So here we are and there will probably never be a 100% accurate list but the infohunt is part of the charm. Time for bed

[wesslan]

Sinister 2
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English subs
UK - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, includes an additional short film over US disc, English subs
NO - AVC 17452 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3831 kbps 24-bit, no English subs
IT - AVC 32000 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3825 kbps 24-bit, no English subs

UK short film info
#SinisterHomeMovie Competition Winning Short Film (0:51)

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Sinister 2
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, English subs
UK - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, includes an additional short film over US disc, English subs
NO - AVC 17452 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3831 kbps 24-bit, no English subs
IT - AVC 32000 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3825 kbps 24-bit, no English subs

UK short film info
#SinisterHomeMovie Competition Winning Short Film (0:51)

Done.

[kidglov3s]

Daww wesslan and cevolution I hope you get things worked out, don't want to see yall fighting!

Here's what I'm planning for my adhoc Saw collection. My plan is to switch the Saw quadrilogy cases with single width 3 disc cases, and then have the discs as such:
Case 1: Saw TC JP, DC DE, Saw II DC DE
Case 2: Saw II TC JP, Saw III UR JP, DC FR
Case 3: Saw IV UR JP, FSK18 DE, Saw V FSK 18 DE
Case 4: Saw V UR FR, Saw VI UR FR, Saw 3D CA

[HD Goofnut]

Added Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by kidglov3s

Daww wesslan and cevolution I hope you get things worked out, don't want to see yall fighting!

Here's what I'm planning for my adhoc Saw collection. My plan is to switch the Saw quadrilogy cases with single width 3 disc cases, and then have the discs as such:
Case 1: Saw TC JP, DC DE, Saw II DC DE
Case 2: Saw II TC JP, Saw III UR JP, DC FR
Case 3: Saw IV UR JP, FSK18 DE, Saw V FSK 18 DE
Case 4: Saw V UR FR, Saw VI UR FR, Saw 3D CA

Looking good! Mine would look something like this if I started from the beginning :P

Saw TC-JP, DC-FR
Saw II TC-JP, UR-FR
Saw III UR-JP, DC-AT
Saw IV DC-JP
Saw V DC-JP
Saw VI DC-JP (depending on upcoming bitrates though. Otherwise FR)
Saw 3D UR-AT

[wesslan]

Posting the Arise discs because I can't find US discs yet and in 90% JP always is better that US anime.

Journey to Agartha/Children Who Chase Lost Voices
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, banding and blocking artifacts, English subs (Region A locked)
JP - AVC 34978 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3904 kbps 24-bit, English subs Best PQ

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Episode 1
JP - AVC 33762 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3562 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Episode 2
JP - AVC 30027 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3776 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Episode 3
JP - AVC 30699 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3592 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Episode 4
JP - AVC 30155 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3692 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: Pyrophoric Cult
JP - AVC 30505 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3301 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
HK - AVC 20933 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 2146 kbps 96kHz 16-bit, English subs
JP - AVC 33947 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3229 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
US - AVC 31978 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1675 kbps 16-bit, compression issues like banding and crawling, English subs
JP - AVC 39440 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs Best PQ

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Posting the Arise discs because I can't find US and in 90% JP always is better that US anime.

Journey to Agartha/Children Who Chase Lost Voices
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1, banding and blocking artifacts, English subs (Region A locked)
JP - AVC 34978 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3904 kbps 24-bit, English subs Best PQ

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Episode 1
JP - AVC 33762 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3562 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Episode 2
JP - AVC 30027 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3776 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Episode 3
JP - AVC 30699 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3592 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: Arise Episode 4
JP - AVC 30155 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3692 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: Pyrophoric Cult
JP - AVC 30505 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3301 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
HK - AVC 20933 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 2146 kbps 96kHz 16-bit, English subs
JP - AVC 33947 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3229 kbps 24-bit, English subs

Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
US - AVC 31978 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1675 kbps 16-bit, compression issues like banding and crawling, English subs
JP - AVC 39440 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs Best PQ

Do you have specs for the U.S. releases of Ghost in the Shell?

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Do you have specs for the U.S. releases of Ghost in the Shell?

See what I wrote in the top of my post HD Goofnut? Not yet no....but will add when found and if by some miracle US is better you can delete those but don't see that happening anytime soon for anime. Japan goes all the way in production and really max those bitrates and extras.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by wesslan

See what I wrote in the top of my post HD Goofnut? Not yet no....but will add when found and if by some miracle US is better you can delete those but don't see that happening anytime soon for anime. Japan goes all the way in production and really max those bitrates and extras.

I added the first one and last one. I will add the other ones once we see how the U.S. discs compare.

[infiniteCR]

HD, while going back through the list and absorbing some of the new additions I noticed that Steel Dawn was not on here yet. Maybe you missed my posts about it earlier, or is there some criteria it does not meet for this list?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by infiniteCR

HD, while going back through the list and absorbing some of the new additions I noticed that Steel Dawn was not on here yet. Maybe you missed my posts about it earlier, or is there some criteria it does not meet for this list?

I must have missed it. Can you link the post?

[svenge]

Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
US - AVC 31978 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1675 kbps 16-bit, compression issues like banding and crawling, English subs
JP - AVC 39440 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs Best PQ
HK - AVC ~37000 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs (no compression issues)

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by svenge

Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
US - AVC 31978 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1675 kbps 16-bit, compression issues like banding and crawling, English subs
JP - AVC 39440 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs Best PQ
HK - AVC ~37000 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs (no compression issues)

Updated.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I added the first one and last one. I will add the other ones once we see how the U.S. discs compare.

You should also add this also since the US disc is not released yet since we have done that for many other titles. Best yet....

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
US - 5 april
HK - AVC 20933 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 2146 kbps 96kHz 16-bit, English subs
JP - AVC 33947 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3229 kbps 24-bit, English subs

[svenge]

Originally Posted by svenge

Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
US - AVC 31978 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1675 kbps 16-bit, compression issues like banding and crawling, English subs
JP - AVC 39440 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs Best PQ
HK - AVC ~37000 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs (no compression issues)

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Updated.

Whoops, one quick correction: The JP release of Evangelion 3.33 does not have English subtitles. Whoever put that down originally was incorrect.

[HD Goofnut]

Added Wilde.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by svenge

Whoops, one quick correction: The JP release of Evangelion 3.33 does not have English subtitles. Whoever put that down originally was incorrect.

Hmm I got that from another member that posted the BDinfo in the anime forum. Need to check again at home. That HK you own might be a good replacement though. You are satisfied with the quality Svenge?

[svenge]

Originally Posted by svenge

Whoops, one quick correction: The JP release of Evangelion 3.33 does not have English subtitles. Whoever put that down originally was incorrect.

Originally Posted by wesslan

Hmm I got that from another member that posted the BDinfo in the anime forum. Need to check again at home.

Here's the BDInfo for the JP BD of Eva 3.33. Note that the run time is ~9 minutes longer than the US/HK releases (1:45:56 vs 1:36:58) due to the "Giant God Warrior" live-action short being appended to the beginning of the film. Also, the JP BD runs at 24.00 fps vs the US/HK discs at 23.976 fps (again likely due to the live-action short).

[Show spoiler]

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     BDROM
Disc Size:      48.301.046.217 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        Yes
BDInfo:         0.5.8

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   00011.MPLS
Length:                 1:45:56.000 (h:m:s.ms)
Size:                   38.257.754.112 bytes
Total Bitrate:          48,15 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        39440 kbps          1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
LPCM Audio                      Japanese        4608 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 4608 kbps / 16-bit
LPCM Audio                      Japanese        1536 kbps       2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           Japanese        154,107 kbps

[mikematt101]

Hi all

Does anyone here happen to own both the 2008 SE and 2010 UE editions of Stargate which were released in the UK? If so, can you tell me whether the PQ of the bonus features common to both versions is the same? I've just bought a cheap second-hand copy of the SE to complement the US 15th Anniversary edition I already have, but some of the extras (like the "Interviews") look pretty poor and I'm now wondering whether I should have paid more for a copy of the UE.

regards

Mike