Friday The 13th 1980 UK Blu- Ray identical to USA Blu in picture quality? - Blu-ray Forum

Alhlan Ain Ajeeba · 11-26-2011, 09:39 PM

Is the cover art the only diffrence? If it is ill just go with the UK.

Bad Sandwich · 11-26-2011, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Alhlan Ain Ajeeba

Is the cover art the only diffrence? If it is ill just go with the UK.

No, the US paramount release has better image quality. It's high bitrate AVC; the UK is Warner and is their usual treatment of VC-1 with mediocre bitrate and a little filtering. Not a tremendous difference though. See specs here

Alhlan Ain Ajeeba · 11-26-2011, 11:31 PM

Thanks, my copy already entered the dispatching soon in amazon uk. Looking at those specs you linked to is scaring me. The usa version has the feature film at 28 gb, while the uk is 15. something. Hopefully like you said the diffrence is minimal.

Leterface · 11-27-2011, 05:51 PM

If I remember correct there is two versions of the original 1980 film in the UK and the other, Paramount release is very much like the USA version?

I have UK parts 2 and 3 and I think part 3 looks awesome and part 2 is quite good too. And they are all released by Paramount.

Alhlan Ain Ajeeba · 11-27-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Leterface

If I remember correct there is two versions of the original 1980 film in the UK and the other, Paramount release is very much like the USA version?

I have UK parts 2 and 3 and I think part 3 looks awesome and part 2 is quite good too. And they are all released by Paramount.

I do not see a Paramount version of part 1 on amazon uk.

Bad Sandwich · 11-27-2011, 06:18 PM

There is no Paramount UK BD release. Paramount released it with the UK Crystal Lake to Manhattan DVD set (licensed from Warner I guess), but the standalone (uncut) DVD release is Warner along with the BD. Paramount does have the UK DVD/BD rights to the remake too, so maybe that caused your confusion.

Leterface · 11-27-2011, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bad Sandwich

There is no Paramount UK BD release. Paramount released it with the UK Crystal Lake to Manhattan DVD set (licensed from Warner I guess), but the standalone (uncut) DVD release is Warner along with the BD. Paramount does have the UK DVD/BD rights to the remake too, so maybe that caused your confusion.

So there is a European Paramount release but not a UK one? I think I confused those ones?

hk3cx · 11-28-2011, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Leterface

If I remember correct there is two versions of the original 1980 film in the UK and the other, Paramount release is very much like the USA version?

I have UK parts 2 and 3 and I think part 3 looks awesome and part 2 is quite good too. And they are all released by Paramount.

lol are you crazy part 3 looks the worst in pq, part 2 looks the best and then part 1.

AndrewFM · 09-05-2013, 01:49 AM

I didn't notice any real difference watching both versions - I think it looks really good in either case. The big difference between the discs is the commentary and the feature length making of which are carry overs from Warner Brother's UK DVD (it's a solo commentary with Sean S. Cunningham, nothing to do with the group one on the US blu). For some reason Warner was doing unique special features for the UK for a couple of years, on this title and also their excellent two disc CREEPSHOW DVD.

Part 2, any region, is still the better looking blu-ray and Part 3 is hideous.

11-26-2011, 09:39 PM	#1
Alhlan Ain Ajeeba Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Naples, Italy	Friday The 13th 1980 UK Blu- Ray identical to USA Blu in picture quality? Is the cover art the only diffrence? If it is ill just go with the UK.

11-27-2011, 06:18 PM	#6
Bad Sandwich Special Member Member since:Jan 2011 Trading Score:1	There is no Paramount UK BD release. Paramount released it with the UK Crystal Lake to Manhattan DVD set (licensed from Warner I guess), but the standalone (uncut) DVD release is Warner along with the BD. Paramount does have the UK DVD/BD rights to the remake too, so maybe that caused your confusion. Last edited by Bad Sandwich; 11-27-2011 at 06:24 PM.

11-26-2011, 11:31 PM	#3
Alhlan Ain Ajeeba Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Naples, Italy	Thanks, my copy already entered the dispatching soon in amazon uk. Looking at those specs you linked to is scaring me. The usa version has the feature film at 28 gb, while the uk is 15. something. Hopefully like you said the diffrence is minimal.

11-27-2011, 05:51 PM	#4
Leterface Power Member Member since:Dec 2008 Blu-ray collection:92 Blu-ray reviews:1	If I remember correct there is two versions of the original 1980 film in the UK and the other, Paramount release is very much like the USA version? I have UK parts 2 and 3 and I think part 3 looks awesome and part 2 is quite good too. And they are all released by Paramount.

09-05-2013, 01:49 AM	#9
AndrewFM Expert Member Member since:Mar 2012 Blu-ray reviews:11	I didn't notice any real difference watching both versions - I think it looks really good in either case. The big difference between the discs is the commentary and the feature length making of which are carry overs from Warner Brother's UK DVD (it's a solo commentary with Sean S. Cunningham, nothing to do with the group one on the US blu). For some reason Warner was doing unique special features for the UK for a couple of years, on this title and also their excellent two disc CREEPSHOW DVD. Part 2, any region, is still the better looking blu-ray and Part 3 is hideous.

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