Glad they don't make MPEG2 Transfers anymore. because some scenes look bad

[mredman]

I think MPEG2 transfers looks really poor. Other scenes quite good but there is also scenes in a MPEG2 release that looks really bad.

Does anyone agree with this also?

[DeadDog]

I think it just depends on the how well the studio handled the transfer. Some mpeg-2 blu-rays look amazing. Just look at Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven. Both have beautiful PQ.

[ganthc]

Originally Posted by DeadDog

I think it just depends on the how well the studio handled the transfer. Some mpeg-2 blu-rays look amazing. Just look at Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven. Both have beautiful PQ.

I would throw in The Covenant, The Devil Wears Prada, and Invincible. But overall, I think that mpeg2's were not efficient and AVC and VC-1 are better codecs for blu-ray.

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by ganthc

I would throw in The Covenant, The Devil Wears Prada, and Invincible. But overall, I think that mpeg2's were not efficient and AVC and VC-1 are better codecs for blu-ray.

Don't forget Night At The Museum.

Mikey

[mredman]

Idiotic by the studios to still release some movies in MPEG2. When they know VC-1 and AVC gives the best transfer

[wallendo]

Originally Posted by mredman

Idiotic by the studios to still release some movies in MPEG2. When they know VC-1 and AVC gives the best transfer

VC-1 and AVC are more efficient (same quality at a smaller size) but do not necessarily look any better than a high bit rate MPEG2.

[bajor27]

Originally Posted by mredman

Idiotic by the studios to still release some movies in MPEG2. When they know VC-1 and AVC gives the best transfer

While this is certainly no excuse, the MPEG-2 encode is likely due to this being mastered and planned for release several years ago. Fox/MGM had a number of titles ready for release back in the early days (MPEG-2 days) but went on a sort of hiatus. I believe they were waiting for BD+ (the Blu-ray security stuff).

When they finally did release the titles from that period, they didn't go back and re-do them. They left them as MPEG-2 and generally not of great quality.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Black Mask is an MPEG2 transfer. I thought it looked pretty good considering its a film from 1996.

[benricci]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

I thought it looked pretty good considering its a film from 1996.

What is that supposed to mean - as if movies from 1996 are old, all of the sudden?

[Rob J in WNY]

Originally Posted by mredman

I think MPEG2 transfers looks really poor. Other scenes quite good but there is also scenes in a MPEG2 release that looks really bad.

Does anyone agree with this also?

DeadDog a few posts above this made two very excellent exceptions to your case (Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven), although MPEG-2 is generally more associated with lower visual quality. You can certainly have a high-quality encode with MPEG-2, though. It's just that VC-1 and AVC (MPEG-4) options have come along.

Rollerball was recently released on Blu-ray as an MPEG-2 disc on June 2nd. Not sure if it was released in HD-DVD before BD and the transfer "ported" over. The review was posted today, and its PQ didn't fare well.

[Jwilly019]

Originally Posted by Rob J in WNY

Rollerball was recently released on Blu-ray as an MPEG-2 disc on June 2nd. Not sure if it was released in HD-DVD before BD and the transfer "ported" over. The review was posted today, and its PQ didn't fare well.

It wasn't released on HD-DVD.

[mredman]

So do studios really still do MPEG2 transfers(Rollerball). That is just beyond stupid. Why would they even do that if VC-1 and AVC is the best is the best for superior transfers now?