Best Version of Romero's Dawn of the Dead

[Jaymole]

Originally Posted by kidglov3s

All I can speak to is that the Anchor Bay disc is a disaster thanks to a weird ghosting/motion trail problem, that also carries over to the Arrow disc, as seen in this Caps-A-Holic comparison.

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich

(for comparison here's the US compared to the FR Argento disc that for its obvious flaws doesn't suffer the ghosting silliness.

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich )

It's amazing that the review here on the forum raves about the transfer:

Starz presents Dawn of the Dead in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 with a 1080p transfer. This is a drab film that has always looked a little dark to me. This may sound strange, but this is a movie you can almost smell based on the visual look (and a lot of the time, especially early on, it doesn't smell good). The Blu-ray presentation is nothing short of remarkable when compared to the most recent DVD release. There are a few speckles of dirt here and there, but overall this is a clean and clear transfer. I didn't notice any overt edge enhancement like what I saw in Evil Dead II. Fine detail that wasn't noticeable in previous versions is here. There is a depth to the text in the opening credits I never noticed before. Flesh tones never falter and the overall color palette never wavers. Blood actually looks red in this release! The blood issue is mentioned in the commentary and though they admit it looks fake, the filmmakers believe it adds to the cartoonish feel of the violence. Nevertheless, it looks great here, the best I have seen it yet. I've seen previous editions where there was a definite heavy orange tint to the blood (I've never seen the film on anything but home video). Minute detail in the gore, especially splatterings and drippings of blood, look dramatically improved here. There was quite a bit of noise on the old DVD editions, even the most recent one, but the print on the Blu-ray is pristine. I didn't think this was going to be a huge upgrade from the DVD while I was watching it, but to my surprise it blows the DVD away. There is no question that, video-wise, this the best Dawn of the Dead has ever looked on home video.

I have not watched the blu-ray, is the ghosting very noticeable?