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

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Is it just me or do I see more detail in the dirt and on the trees altough 5000 kbps less bitrate on the french disc?

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich

And more texture on the graffitti?

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich

The FR disc seems too bright to me, but I could be wrong.

[drb124]

I was wondering if anyone had any info on the DE release of The Killer Inside Me from Universum Films. The US release is from MPI on a BD25, the DE release is on a BD50. Both appear to have the same bonus features and similar audio.

[Bates_Motel]

I think we can actively add Studio Canal's 4K release of The Third Man to the list. Better PQ/grain structure, and region free.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

I think we can actively add Studio Canal's 4K release of The Third Man to the list. Better PQ/grain structure, and region free.

After looking at the caps I agree. It has been added.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

After looking at the caps I agree. It has been added.

While the German version is Region B locked, the UK and French versions (of the exact same disc) are Region Free. Might want to make note of that.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

While the German version is Region B locked, the UK and French versions (of the exact same disc) are Region Free. Might want to make note of that.

But the UK transfer is not the same: http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...less=1#auswahl

[Sky_Captain]

That's the old UK release, the new version is the same as the remastered German disc.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

That's the old UK release, the new version is the same as the remastered German disc.

Got it. It's fixed in the list.

[Ben_R]

Does anyone know if The Black Dahlia Universal transfer is the same one used world wide?

[tylerdurden10]

Does anybody know of a website that actually shows the disc specs for Japanese releases? Every Japanese website I've been on doesn't show them!

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

Does anybody know of a website that actually shows the disc specs for Japanese releases? Every Japanese website I've been on doesn't show them!

The only site I have ever seen for specs on JP discs is on caps-a-holic, but they just don't get JP discs very often.

[jordanwalkert]

Anyone know if there are different versions/encodes of "Ex Machina" out there? The U.S. one is fine, and it has DTS:X- but at times the bit rate goes quite low and has plenty of issues with its picture quality. During all of the blackout scenes when the room goes red, bitrates drop down to 10mbps and below which causes a lot of blocking and compression artifacts. Just curious of a superior picture out there!

[PuppetMasterBlu]

Originally Posted by Ben_R

Does anyone know if The Black Dahlia Universal transfer is the same one used world wide?

It is. France has a different encode but I believe it has forced french subs.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by jordanwalkert

Anyone know if there are different versions/encodes of "Ex Machina" out there? The U.S. one is fine, and it has DTS:X- but at times the bit rate goes quite low and has plenty of issues with its picture quality. During all of the blackout scenes when the room goes red, bitrates drop down to 10mbps and below which causes a lot of blocking and compression artifacts. Just curious of a superior picture out there!

Blocking and artifacts on a 2015 movie? Really? That would be crazy. The review here mentions that some of the movie was shot on pretty low-rent cameras, so maybe that is more what you're seeing that poor disc authoring.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Blocking and artifacts on a 2015 movie? Really? That would be crazy. The review here mentions that some of the movie was shot on pretty low-rent cameras, so maybe that is more what you're seeing that poor disc authoring.

Have you seen it yet? It doesnt look great to be honest.

[whitestang06]

Originally Posted by jordanwalkert

Anyone know if there are different versions/encodes of "Ex Machina" out there? The U.S. one is fine, and it has DTS:X- but at times the bit rate goes quite low and has plenty of issues with its picture quality. During all of the blackout scenes when the room goes red, bitrates drop down to 10mbps and below which causes a lot of blocking and compression artifacts. Just curious of a superior picture out there!

The UK disc is from Universal (region free) and comes with a healthier bitrate.

This is either the UK or ES disc.

Disc Size: 39,415,746,811 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
Playlist: 00800.MPLS
Size: 34,944,755,712 bytes
Length: 1:48:00.891
Total Bitrate: 43.14 Mbps

Video:
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 31927 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

Audio:
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3335 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: Portuguese / DTS Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: Czech / DTS Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: Hungarian / DTS Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: Spanish / DTS Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Audio: Polish / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: Russian / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: Thai / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB
Audio: Turkish / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps / DN -4dB

Subtitles:
Subtitles: English / 29.710 kbps
Subtitles: Portuguese / 25.765 kbps
Subtitles: Czech / 23.031 kbps
Subtitles: Hungarian / 26.222 kbps
Subtitles: Spanish / 24.857 kbps
Subtitles: Polish / 25.068 kbps
Subtitles: Russian / 27.086 kbps
Subtitles: Thai / 22.210 kbps
Subtitles: Turkish / 26.342 kbps
Subtitles: Bulgarian / 26.613 kbps
Subtitles: Chinese / 18.520 kbps
Subtitles: Chinese / 20.509 kbps
Subtitles: Croatian / 24.494 kbps
Subtitles: Estonian / 21.866 kbps
Subtitles: Greek / 26.147 kbps
Subtitles: Hebrew / 17.696 kbps
Subtitles: Indonesian / 28.008 kbps
Subtitles: Korean / 15.889 kbps
Subtitles: Latvian / 24.030 kbps
Subtitles: Lithuanian / 25.556 kbps
Subtitles: Romanian / 22.746 kbps
Subtitles: Chinese / 21.776 kbps
Subtitles: Slovenian / 19.451 kbps
Subtitles: Ukrainian / 25.032 kbps
Subtitles: Portuguese / 0.375 kbps
Subtitles: Czech / 0.105 kbps
Subtitles: Hungarian / 0.149 kbps
Subtitles: Spanish / 0.250 kbps
Subtitles: Turkish / 0.166 kbps

[jordanwalkert]

Originally Posted by whitestang06

The UK disc is from Universal (region free) and comes with a healthier bitrate.

This is either the UK or ES disc.

Thank you! Hopefully that helps improve the quality a bit on what I thought was a very poor looking picture for Blu Ray.

[Tuco_76]

Originally Posted by jordanwalkert

Anyone know if there are different versions/encodes of "Ex Machina" out there?

[Show spoiler]The U.S. one is fine, and it has DTS:X- but at times the bit rate goes quite low and has plenty of issues with its picture quality. During all of the blackout scenes when the room goes red, bitrates drop down to 10mbps and below which causes a lot of blocking and compression artifacts. Just curious of a superior picture out there!

Originally Posted by whitestang06

The UK disc is from Universal (region free) and comes with a healthier bitrate.

FTR, the same Universal disc will also be the German release, Sept., 3rd. The Canadian Mongrel release might be worth checking out for you though, features 25% higher bitrate vs US release (which has few more extras)

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ex-Ma...lu-ray/134041/

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ex-Ma...lu-ray/131531/

I just received the Mondo steel myself, the semi-permeable slip looks great imo. Haven't watched it yet (neither US, just UK so far), but what I read in this thread
no PQ issues ahead.

[jordanwalkert]

Originally Posted by Tuco_76

FTR, the same Universal disc will also be the German release, Sept., 3rd. The Canadian Mongrel release might be worth checking out for you though, features 25% higher bitrate vs US release (which has few more extras)

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ex-Ma...lu-ray/134041/

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ex-Ma...lu-ray/131531/

I just received the Mondo steel myself, the semi-permeable slip looks great imo. Haven't watched it yet (neither US, just UK so far), but what I read in this thread
no PQ issues ahead.

I actually just bought a copy of the mondo steel on eBay! Should be here by the end of the week, good to know it will have picture quality improvement. Thanks for the info!

[Tuco_76]

Originally Posted by jordanwalkert

I actually just bought a copy of the mondo steel on eBay! Should be here by the end of the week, good to know it will have picture quality improvement. Thanks for the info!

That's cool , I bet you'll like it. Thought the steel looks actually better than the pics would suggest btw.
Comes with a google play digi copy, never had one and didn't use it.
Curious to hear about, though.