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Originally Posted by nicwood
Got my copy today. Lovely edition by Eureka with a nice booklet and, of course, a great 4K disc (BD-66) with a FiM encode.
The only thing that’s a bit questionable is that Eureka advertised a "new" 4K restoration on the cover but this doesn’t look like it’s the case. It’s the same scan and probably the exact same master The Film Desk (VS Partner Label) licensed for their BD, only with additional clean-up performed by Eureka or maybe David Mackenzie, which I appreciate but honestly, I was hoping for a new scan as the one made for this "new" 4K master isn’t the best. It’s a scan similar to those Ritrovata made for the Dollars trilogy with a periodic ebb and flow when it comes to image definition, causing a few frames to drop in clarity / sharpness only to jump back to full 4K beauty afterwards. Elsewhere, the lesser defined moments last longer and are more noticeable.
Whenever everything’s perfect (most of the time) and there are no occurrences like that, the 4K master is beautiful and looks very good in HDR/DV with great colors and of course encoding. HDR is on the darker side but I love it and the overall experience is film-like. The additional clean-up was worth it and I’d definitely recommend the LE for that alone.
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Maybe it's just me but I assumed it was the same 4K restoration as The Film Desk, but by "new," Eureka meant this being the first
native 4K presentation (with DV/HDR, no less).