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Old 03-01-2016, 09:15 PM   #2601
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Added Breathless (1983).
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Removed The Graduate since the Criterion release now offers the best PQ.
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Hyena
US - No release
FR - AVC 17.99 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2955 kbps 24-bit, forced French subs, extras (Region B)
JP - 3/2/16


JP - AVC 39.43 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2285 kbps 16-bit, brief optical censorship, burned-in English subs for non-English dialogue, optional Japanese subs, trailer (Region free)

The French BD does have a making of featurette, which is about 20 minutes, but it also has the forced French subtitles. I did not watch much of the French BD when I had it, but I did find that the film has a substantial amount of foreign (I believe Albanian) dialogue in it. So the French BD is not a good choice. The Japanese BD appears to use the master for the UK, and has burned-in English subtitles for the non-English dialogue.

The bad news is that, despite the film carrying the highest age restriction in Japan (R18+), there is still one instance of optical censorship in the film.

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Old 03-04-2016, 10:42 AM   #2604
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Ghost and Hannibal should have "Best PQ" on JP disc. Also AQ on Ghost since that is the original and the HK is upmixed only.

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
US - AVC 24310 kbps, Japanse DD 5.1 640 kbps, accurate English subs (Region A)
JP (Absolute) - AVC 29791 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 6.1 2527 kbps 16-bit / Dolby TrueHD 6.1 1961 kbps 16-bit, accurate English subs (Region A)
AU/UK - AVC 27885 kbps, Japanese DD 5.1 640 kbps, inaccurate English subs (Region free)
HK - AVC, Japanese DTS-HD MA 7.1, inaccurate English subs (Region free)

Hannibal
US - MPEG-2 17633 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 4022 kbps 24-bit, no extras, English subs (Region A)
DE - VC-1 23986 kbps, DTS-HD HR 6.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs, English subs (Region free)
UK - VC-1 30305 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 4789 kbps 24-bit, English subs, extras (Region free)
JP - AVC 38000 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2127 kbps 16-bit, more extras upscaled to 1080i and with DTS-HD MA 2.0, English subs (Region free)


It's called Enchanted Kingdom (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1762233/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)

Hidden Kingdom (BBC)
US - 3D: MVC 19.97 Mbps, Dolby Atmos, fewer extras, 2D & 3D on same disc (Region A)
JP - 3D AVC 27224 kbps + MVC Video @ 12926 kbps, Dolby Atmos @ 5372 kbps, more extras (Region B) Best 3D PQ
JP 2D: AVC 33070 kbps,Dolby Atmos @ 5372 kbps, more extras (Region B) Best 2D PQ
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Old 03-04-2016, 11:36 AM   #2605
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Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983) UK release plays in region A and I think has an good picture and sound.
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Hannibal should have "Best PQ" on JP disc.

Hannibal
US - MPEG-2 17633 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 4022 kbps 24-bit, no extras, English subs (Region A)
DE - VC-1 23986 kbps, DTS-HD HR 6.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs, English subs (Region free)
UK - VC-1 30305 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 4789 kbps 24-bit, English subs, extras (Region free)
JP - AVC 38000 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2127 kbps 16-bit, more extras upscaled to 1080i and with DTS-HD MA 2.0, English subs (Region free)
The Japanese Hannibal disc has framing errors like the original UK disc, I've pointed this out before. I don't think it should be marked as best PQ for this reason.
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Updates made.
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Old 03-04-2016, 02:02 PM   #2608
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JP should be best PQ even if open matte or not? Things can still be great looking even if not OAR or should we only go by "original" standards in both audio and video? If only original then a lot of newer remixes would be excluded, like all atmos tracks :P

Sahara (2005)
US - MPEG-2 17280 kbps, DTS 5.1 1509 kbps, extras, English subs (Region free)
FR - AVC 17831 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2294 kbps 16-bit, all US Extras, no English subs (Region B)
DE - AVC 27961 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2125 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region B locked)
JP - AVC 38629 kbps 1.78:1 open matte, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1627 kbps 16-bit, no English subs (Region A)

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JP should be best PQ even if open matte or not? Things can still be great looking even if not OAR or should we only go by "original" standards in both audio and video? If only original then a lot of newer remixes would be excluded, like all atmos tracks :P
It's not open matte. I don't think you understand what the actual issue is, perhaps you should read over some of the U.K. threads to familiarise yourself with the issue.
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JP should be best PQ even if open matte or not? Things can still be great looking even if not OAR or should we only go by "original" standards in both audio and video? If only original then a lot of newer remixes would be excluded, like all atmos tracks :P

Sahara (2005)
US - MPEG-2 17280 kbps, DTS 5.1 1509 kbps, extras, English subs (Region free)
FR - AVC 17831 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2294 kbps 16-bit, all US Extras, no English subs (Region B)
DE - AVC 27961 kbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 2125 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region B locked)
JP - AVC 38629 kbps 1.78:1 open matte, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1627 kbps 16-bit, no English subs (Region A)
Done. I also added the ARs of the other releases.
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Old 03-04-2016, 02:27 PM   #2611
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It's not open matte. I don't think you understand what the actual issue is, perhaps you should read over some of the U.K. threads to familiarise yourself with the issue.
Haha funny. You are still on hannibal and we other are on sahara now...

And for Hannibal you are correct, there are framing errors (stretching)
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Haha funny. You are still on hannibal and we other are on sahara now...
Sorry, my mistake. It is early hours of the morning here in Sydney (currently 2:50am), so I didn't take it in properly.

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And for Hannibal you are correct, there are framing errors.
I know I am correct. The info regarding the Japanese disc having this issue come from me, which is how you know that there is an issue to begin with
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Old 03-04-2016, 03:48 PM   #2613
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Are we basing best AQ here on 24-bit without info what the original is? Too me it looks like spirits have padded 24-bit audio for PL release and source is probably 16-bit only. But then what should be best AQ for children since JP is 16-bit...although Japan mostly only do 16 even if source is 24.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete
US - AVC 20145 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3612 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
JP - AVC 24210 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1714 kbps 16-bit, different ending theme, no English subs (Region A)

Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within
US/UK/SE - AVC 26315 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region free)
PL - AVC 26315 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3380 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region B) Best AQ


Best PQ on JP re-release:

Kiki´s Delivery Service (Majo no takkyûbin)
US - N/A
UK - AVC, Japanese LPCM 2.0, English subs (Region B locked)
AU - AVC 29591 kbps, Japanese LPCM 2.0 1536 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region B)
JP - AVC 36410 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 2124 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
JP (re-release) - AVC 38926 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 2124 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region A)


Best AQ on HK disc like most new movies HK keep the original 7.1 for themself:

Drug War
US - AVC 22126 kbps, Cantonese DTS-HD MA 5.1 2296 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region free)
HK - AVC 26489 kbps, Cantonese Dolby TrueHD 7.1 3393 kbps 16-bit / DTS-HD MA 7.1 2819 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region A)


Should be noted on Pandorum that text in beginning and the end is in french only and have some blurring in some screens but overall little better PQ over JP so depends on what you prefer here and is a good example that high bitrate isn't always best.

Here is a example with FR vs JP (JP is better than US)

http://imgbox.com/sthyHZns
http://imgbox.com/jp86eQiX

FRA (27838 kbps)
JPN (24852 kbps)
US (29819 kbps)

Pandorum
US - AVC 29.82 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3771 kbps 24-bit, exclusive extras, English subs (Region A locked)
UK - AVC 28.9 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
FR - AVC 27.8 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 16-bit, no English subs (Region B) Best PQ
DE - AVC, DTS-HD HR 6.1 2046 kbps 24-bit, most extras, no English subs (Region B)
NO/SE/FI/DK - AVC, DTS-HD MA 7.1, fewer extras, no English subs (Region B)


One english subs is enough for ponyo re-release

Ponyo
US - AVC 1.85:1, Japanese DD 5.1, extras, English subs (Region free)
UK - AVC 1.85:1 27500 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 6.1 24-bit, English subs (Region B locked)
JP - AVC 1.78:1 23515 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1 24-bit 4537 kbps, English subs (Region A/B)
JP (Re-release) - AVC 33199 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 6.1 4463 kbps 24-bit, English subs, English subs (Region A) Best PQ/AQ


JP re-release have best PQ

Porco Rosso
US - N/A
JP - AVC 35203 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 2164 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
JP (re-release) - AVC 38259 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 2164 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region A)
UK - AVC 29352 kbps, Japanese LPCM 2.0 1536 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region B)

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US - N/A
DE/GR - VC-1 30450 kbps, DTS-HD MA 2.0 2090 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
AU - VC-1, DTS-HD MA 2.0, no English subs (Region free)
Are we certain the AU disc is different? I finally opened and watched my UK copy and typical of global Universal releases, the disc had ratings for many countries including Australia. I ran it through BDinfo and it also had every dub and sub one could imagine needing.
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Are we certain the AU disc is different? I finally opened and watched my UK copy and typical of global Universal releases, the disc had ratings for many countries including Australia. I ran it through BDinfo and it also had every dub and sub one could imagine needing.
I'll take it off until we know for certain.
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Old 03-04-2016, 07:39 PM   #2616
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Are we basing best AQ here on 24-bit without info what the original is? Too me it looks like spirits have padded 24-bit audio for PL release and source is probably 16-bit only. But then what should be best AQ for children since JP is 16-bit...although Japan mostly only do 16 even if source is 24.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete
US - AVC 20145 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3612 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
JP - AVC 24210 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 1714 kbps 16-bit, different ending theme, no English subs (Region A)

Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within
US/UK/SE - AVC 26315 kbps, LPCM 5.1 4608 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region free)
PL - AVC 26315 kbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3380 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region B) Best AQ


Best PQ on JP re-release:

Kiki´s Delivery Service (Majo no takkyûbin)
US - N/A
UK - AVC, Japanese LPCM 2.0, English subs (Region B locked)
AU - AVC 29591 kbps, Japanese LPCM 2.0 1536 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region B)
JP - AVC 36410 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 2124 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
JP (re-release) - AVC 38926 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 2124 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region A)


Best AQ on HK disc like most new movies HK keep the original 7.1 for themself:

Drug War
US - AVC 22126 kbps, Cantonese DTS-HD MA 5.1 2296 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region free)
HK - AVC 26489 kbps, Cantonese Dolby TrueHD 7.1 3393 kbps 16-bit / DTS-HD MA 7.1 2819 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region A)


Should be noted on Pandorum that text in beginning and the end is in french only and have some blurring in some screens but overall little better PQ over JP so depends on what you prefer here and is a good example that high bitrate isn't always best.

Here is a example with FR vs JP (JP is better than US)

http://imgbox.com/sthyHZns
http://imgbox.com/jp86eQiX

FRA (27838 kbps)
JPN (24852 kbps)
US (29819 kbps)

Pandorum
US - AVC 29.82 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3771 kbps 24-bit, exclusive extras, English subs (Region A locked)
UK - AVC 28.9 Mbps, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
FR - AVC 27.8 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 16-bit, no English subs (Region B) Best PQ
DE - AVC, DTS-HD HR 6.1 2046 kbps 24-bit, most extras, no English subs (Region B)
NO/SE/FI/DK - AVC, DTS-HD MA 7.1, fewer extras, no English subs (Region B)


One english subs is enough for ponyo re-release

Ponyo
US - AVC 1.85:1, Japanese DD 5.1, extras, English subs (Region free)
UK - AVC 1.85:1 27500 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 6.1 24-bit, English subs (Region B locked)
JP - AVC 1.78:1 23515 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1 24-bit 4537 kbps, English subs (Region A/B)
JP (Re-release) - AVC 33199 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 6.1 4463 kbps 24-bit, English subs, English subs (Region A) Best PQ/AQ


JP re-release have best PQ

Porco Rosso
US - N/A
JP - AVC 35203 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 2164 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region free)
JP (re-release) - AVC 38259 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 2.0 2164 kbps 24-bit, English subs (Region A)
UK - AVC 29352 kbps, Japanese LPCM 2.0 1536 kbps 16-bit, English subs (Region B)
Done.
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I wonder how the Umbrella release of 1990's Night of the Living Dead will fare when it comes out? It seems pretty positive at the moment.

Also, how is Umbrella's release of the original Dawn of the Dead when compared to the OOP US release and the Japanese blu?
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