American Hustle - Does it have the same transfer as US or is it worse ?

[mredman]

I ask because there is way more extrason the German version. So is the transfer the same as US or is it s botched job ?

[Leslie Dame]

I don't own either release, but people at bluraydisc-de have rated PQ of the German Blu 4/5 so far.

[Mortimer]

It's ... different.

left - German BD
right - caps from blu-ray.com





It seems that Tobis applied some noise reduction and color boost filters.

The bitrate however is healthy with an average of 24.00 Mbps:



btw it looks like "way more extras", but most of it is EPK stuff with a few minutes runtime (dubbed in German too).

The only essential additional bonus material are the Berlinale press conference (35 min in English) and 8 minutes of uncommented B-Roll footage.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

It's ... different.

left - German BD
right - caps from blu-ray.com





It seems that Tobis applied some noise reduction and color boost filters.

The bitrate however is healthy with an average of 24.00 Mbps:



btw it looks like "way more extras", but most of it is EPK stuff with a few minutes runtime (dubbed in German too).

The only essential additional bonus material are the Berlinale press conference (35 min in English) and 8 minutes of uncommented B-Roll footage.

Thanks. So the PQ isn't really worse its just different with more light to it then

Do you know about the UK version is it different as well ?

[McCrutchy]

FYI for those looking for a distinct edition:

According to Happinet, their Japanese version is a Collector's Edition with Dolby TrueHD (96kHz upsampling) 5.1 audio, and a bonus BD featuring "about 108 minutes" of extras:

Originally Posted by Happinet Japan

【初回限定特典】 ・アウタースリーブケース 【特典Blu-rayディスク】 約108分に及ぶ豪華特典映像!! ・メイキング ・未公開シーン集 ・セカンドロール映像集 ・NYプレミアQ&A ・キャストインタビュー集 ・ショートクリップ集 ・予告集 ※本編+特典BDディスク2枚組

[First Press Limited privilege]
Outer Sleeve Case [Benefits Blu-ray Disc] luxury Bonus! up to about 108 minutes -making , unpublished scene Collection Second roll footage · NY Premiere Q & A -Cast Interview Collection Short clip collection · notice Collection 2-Disc ※ main + bonus BD disc

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by mredman

Do you know about the UK version is it different as well ?

I just own the German disc.

But it's likely that Entertainment in Video not just copied the Sony encoding, given the past of the studio.

Blu-ray.com lists the following stats:
US: Codec: MPEG-4 AVC (24.94 Mbps)
UK: Codec: MPEG-4 AVC (30.02 Mbps)

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

I just own the German disc.

But it's likely that Entertainment in Video not just copied the Sony encoding, given the past of the studio.

Blu-ray.com lists the following stats:
US: Codec: MPEG-4 AVC (24.94 Mbps)
UK: Codec: MPEG-4 AVC (30.02 Mbps)

So the UK release could be even better Transfer than all of them

[GenPion]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

FYI for those looking for a distinct edition:

According to Happinet, their Japanese version is a Collector's Edition with Dolby TrueHD (96kHz upsampling) 5.1 audio, and a bonus BD featuring "about 108 minutes" of extras:

Any idea on the specs for this one? It sounds promising extras-wise. I love the artwork too.

[Corny Collins]

Originally Posted by GenPion

Any idea on the specs for this one? It sounds promising extras-wise. I love the artwork too.

The Japanese edition is a 2-Blu-ray disc set. It comes with a nice velvety slipcover (no text on the back) and a J-card with technical information.

Disc 1

• Movie

Video: 1080/24p
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 96 kHz, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0 48 kHz
Subtitles: Japanese 1, Japanese 2, none
Menu: animated

Disc 2

• Making of (16:36)
• Deleted scenes (23:16)
• B-roll
  - Part I (4:28)
  - Part II (3:30)
• Variety Screening Series Q&A (22:53)
  The panel includes David O. Russell, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner.
• Cast interviews (21:59)
  - Christian Bale
  - Bradley Cooper
  - Jeremy Renner
  - Amy Adams
  - Jennifer Lawrence
• Featurettes (8:23)
  - David O. Russell's direction
  - Costume design
  - Characters
  - "Irving Rosenfeld"
  - "Richie DiMaso"
  - "Mayor Carmine Polito"
  - "Sydney Prosser"
  - "Rosalyn Rosenfeld"
• Trailers & spots
  - Original theatrical trailer (1:46)
  - TV spots ("Biggest Hustle", "Fearless", "Imposter", "Unexpected", "Unexpected - Jennifer Lawrence", "Questions") (0:33 each)
  - Japanese trailer (2:08)
  - Japanese TV spots (15 and 30-second versions)