The Night of the Hunter (1955) 4K - Capelight

[nicwood]

Announced by Capelight for 2024 as a Mediabook release.

Here's hoping for better audio particularly for this film AND a LSP Medien encode for all of them.

[Ikari]

Hm, just remembered about this, anyone got it?

[ko8ebryant24]

Kino BL/BL+FEL vs Capelight BL/BL+FEL

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1930

[MovieBuff647]

2K Capelight screencaps up at Caps-A-Holic. Obviously, both have encoding issues, but I'd argue the Capelight beats the Criterion. https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=18897&d2=17211&c=6418

[nicwood]

Originally Posted by MovieBuff647

2K Capelight screencaps up at Caps-A-Holic. Obviously, both have encoding issues, but I'd argue the Capelight beats the Criterion. https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=18897&d2=17211&c=6418

Where do you think does the Capelight have encoding issues?

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by nicwood

Where do you think does the Capelight have encoding issues?

It’s nothing serious at all, but there do seem to be minor artifacts. Could just be my eyes misleading me though. https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=3&x...&l=0&i=14&go=1

[ko8ebryant24]

caps needs to get rid of zoom/ultra zoom

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by ko8ebryant24

caps needs to get rid of zoom/ultra zoom

But how will we be able to appreciate the lovely grain structures on FiM encoded releases to the fullest degree!

In all seriousness though, I don't even think the Capelight looks particularly bad at all and I was probably being nitpicky. If anything, I'm even more glad I went with importing the mediabook after seeing how much better the included 2K disc looks compared to the Criterion.

[paradise1984]

Hello, after seeing the capelight blu ray on capsaholic, the 2k disc seems superior once compared to all the present release on this website, is the german disc in 4k vs the kino 4k, offer à gap on screen, that justify a second 4k dip ?

[lilboyblu]

Originally Posted by paradise1984

Hello, after seeing the capelight blu ray on capsaholic, the 2k disc seems superior once compared to all the present release on this website, is the german disc in 4k vs the kino 4k, offer à gap on screen, that justify a second 4k dip ?

ko8ebryant24 posted 4K comparison caps.

Have a look:

Originally Posted by ko8ebryant24

Kino BL/BL+FEL vs Capelight BL/BL+FEL

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1930

[MovieBuff647]

Originally Posted by paradise1984

Hello, after seeing the capelight blu ray on capsaholic, the 2k disc seems superior once compared to all the present release on this website, is the german disc in 4k vs the kino 4k, offer à gap on screen, that justify a second 4k dip ?

If you don't want to wait for an eventual 2K standalone of the Capelight, this is where I got the mediabook. Went up by 3€ since (and I'm not sure how conversion rates compare now), but still a good bargain if you ask me. https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/movie/detai.../hnum/11797458

[paradise1984]

It appears that the grain seems to be slightly better in capelight uhd, this is very subtle but i can see it, to be clear are we all thinking the capelight is better than kino release?

[oddbox83]

So, what's all this with the framing? Which is right? The aspect ratio is dramatically different to the older versions, and people used to argue the toss that 1.66 is perfect for this movie.

Has anyone uncovered evidence that 1.85 is the actual intended ratio?

[M A]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

So, what's all this with the framing? Which is right? The aspect ratio is dramatically different to the older versions, and people used to argue the toss that 1.66 is perfect for this movie.

Has anyone uncovered evidence that 1.85 is the actual intended ratio?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=119