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

[TheOneWithThePrize]

Originally Posted by OlGil

The extended/AVC edition of Apocalypse is also available separately:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/Resident-Ev...=AN1VRQENFRJN5

Same disc as in the Pentalogy (aside from the disc artwork).

I finally jumped on this. Currently a good enough price or I probably wouldn't have bothered.

[Early Memphis]

It appears that all versions of "Ronin" are MPEG-2, even the JP - and none are on The List. Is there an AVC version I'm unaware of or a better option than the US release?

[Gabkat2007]

Glengarry Glen Ross
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3862 kbps 48kHz, 24-bit, less extras, English subs (Region A locked)
UK - AVC 30.00 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3472 kbps 48kHz, 24-bit, more extras, English subs (Region B locked)

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Gabkat2007

Glengarry Glen Ross
US - AVC, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3862 kbps 48kHz, 24-bit, less extras, English subs (Region A locked)
UK - AVC 30.00 Mbps, DTS-HD MA 5.1 3472 kbps 48kHz, 24-bit, more extras, English subs (Region B locked)

Done. I also added Tower of London.

[Ben_R]

Looking at the recent Shout releases of Poltergeist II & III what do people think?

To my eyes the MGM releases appear to have better colour but the overall better picture seems to on the Shout versions.

The colours do vary between the two.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Ben_R

Looking at the recent Shout releases of Poltergeist II & III what do people think?

To my eyes the MGM releases appear to have better colour but the overall better picture seems to better on the Shout versions.

The colours do vary between the two.

I'd give the edge to the Shout releases.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Ben_R

Looking at the recent Shout releases of Poltergeist II & III what do people think?

To my eyes the MGM releases appear to have better colour but the overall better picture seems to on the Shout versions.

The colours do vary between the two.

Everything looks better on the Shout to me with Poltergeist 2. I think people are just used to the too warm color timing of the DVD/first BD. Poltergeist 3 looks like a very minor upgrade.

[HD Goofnut]

Added Train to Busan.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Added Train to Busan.

Anyone got the HK disc for comparison? I bet the future KR disc will be best since the movie done so well all over.

Edit: would say FR wins a notch for PQ with better compression in dark areas and more picture on each side(less cropping) where US wins AQ with hopefully original 7.1 and english subs which make the choice easy for most.

http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a...=94643&i=2&l=1

[Ray_Rogers]

What's the best release for Red Sonja in terms of filesize, bitrate, and grain structure? DE? UK? I have no idea yet. I don't want to buy a BD25 and find out there's a better version on a BD50 out there.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Ray_Rogers

What's the best release for Red Sonja in terms of filesize, bitrate, and grain structure? DE? UK? I have no idea yet. I don't want to buy a BD25 and find out there's a better version on a BD50 out there.

AFAIK the DE and UK disc feature the same transfer.

[HD Goofnut]

Added Death on the Nile.

Updated Caliber 9.

[HD Goofnut]

Added Tiger on Beat.

[oliviergregoire]

The Boy And The Beast:

US - AVC 1.78:1 34073 kbps, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3345 kbps 96 kHz 16-bit, cropped
FR - AVC 1.85:1 25949 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1 4133 kbps 48 kHz 24-bit, more image.

What's the more interesting in terms of sound? 96 kHz 16-bit or 48 kHz 24-bit?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by oliviergregoire

The Boy And The Beast:

US - AVC 1.78:1 34073 kbps, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 5.1 3345 kbps 96 kHz 24-bit, cropped
FR - AVC 1.85:1 25949 kbps, Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1 4133 kbps 48 kHz 16-bit, more image.

What's the more interesting in terms of sound? 96 kHz 24-bit or 48 kHz 16-bit?

96 Khz 24-bit is always better, but you rarely see 96 Khz on anything but JP releases. Most 24-bit titles are 48 Khz

[oliviergregoire]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

96 Khz 24-bit is always better, but you rarely see 96 Khz on anything but JP releases. Most 24-bit titles are 48 Khz

I'm sorry, I made a mistake, it's 96 kHz 16-bit or 48 kHz 24-bit. I've modified my post above.

[wesslan]

French is closer to JP source I would say, 16-bit is downgrade and the 96hz is just funanimation upsamling.

JP specs
LPCM Audio, 6912 kbps, 5.1 / 48 kHz / 24-bit

but....US PQ is probably closer to JP since they have almost identical bitrate. And JP don't have eng subs so I would probably go for US disc anyways.

[surfinhank]

Should these be removed from the list (from what I've read it looks like the U.S. versions are best)?
Pretty Poison / Room With A View / Rumble in the Bronx / Exodus.

And a few more updates:

The Money Pit
US - MPEG 4 AVC, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English SDH subs

Needful Things
US - MPEG 4 AVC 20940 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English subs (Region A locked)

A Prayer For The Dying
US - MPEG 4 AVC 29994 kbps, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English SDH subs (Region free)

Runaway Train
US - MPEG 4 AVC, 29994 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English SDH subs (Region free)

Shattered
US - MPEG 4 AVC, 24944 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English subs

Solarbabies
US - MPEG 4 AVC, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, no subs

The Unforgiven (1960)
US - MPEG 4 AVC, 21999 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English subs

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by surfinhank

Should these be removed from the list (from what I've read it looks like the U.S. versions are best)?
Pretty Poison / Room With A View / Rumble in the Bronx / Exodus.

And a few more updates:

The Money Pit
US - MPEG 4 AVC, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English SDH subs

Needful Things
US - MPEG 4 AVC 20940 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English subs (Region A locked)

A Prayer For The Dying
US - MPEG 4 AVC 29994 kbps, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English SDH subs (Region free)

Runaway Train
US - MPEG 4 AVC, 29994 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English SDH subs (Region free)

Shattered
US - MPEG 4 AVC, 24944 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English subs

Solarbabies
US - MPEG 4 AVC, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, no subs

The Unforgiven (1960)
US - MPEG 4 AVC, 21999 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English subs

Updates made.

[wesslan]

Where did you read US disc of Runaway Train is better than Arrows? Not saying it isn't but haven't seen any good comparison anywhere.

Runaway Train
US - MPEG 4 AVC, 29994 kbps, English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 24-bit, English SDH subs (Region free)
UK - MPEG 4 AVC, 34887 kbps, English: LPCM 2.0 24-bit, English SDH subs (Region B)