Escape from NY, The Fog, They Live

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Originally Posted by RuLeX

I got the uk EFNY around this time last year, without ever seeing a review (something i never normally do) and when i put it on i did to be truthfull at first think 'oh dear' at the PQ, i then went and got my dvd and put that into my upscaling pioneer dvd and i couldnt beleive how bad it was compared to the bd, the blacks were positively grey on most scenes and the sound was nigh on s***e.

This is my first post and i dont claim to be the most knowledgeable person on br's or high end equipment but what i do know is (even if it is a sd master, which i didnt know) then EFNY is 10times better than the old DVD release, anyone who says BR's aint a genuine leap in quality must have crap in their eyes.

So while not 100% amazing compared to some transfers, EFNY is certainly a marked improvement over what is already available.

Only my opinion though.

No way, Jose. The EFNY Blu-ray is disgusting and should be out of production already.

Compare it with the DVD again. The DVD upscaled at 1080p offers the same resolution than the Blu-ray, because the Blu-ray doesn't didn't use the right source, and I still think it's an upscaled source too, so same thing as the DVD. The Blu-ray is vastly disgusting, and has the worst edge enhancement to date. Everything on the EFNY Blu-ray has a white halo, and the blacks are crushed, which eat up any shadow detail. EFNY is the worst Blu-ray- The DVD is better (especially the PAL DVD). I bet the sound from the DTS-HD track isn't any better than the DD 5.1 track on the DVD, because this is a lossy track that impresses me with it's clarity and it's directional effects. Another-words, I don't even think they've restored the audio either.

I've got the Escape from New York on DVD on PAL (576 horizontal lines), and the Blu-ray offers no detail or clarity gain, but just ugly fat edge enhancement.

PAL DVD any day. Stay away from Escape From New York on Blu-ray. Never advise anyone to buy it.