The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

[Cholly]

Originally Posted by tama

After seeing the screen captures I'm glad I held off on this title. Despite the touting of a new 2K scan it's easy to tell the master used has been degrained and sharpened. There's black edge halos. Very disappointing.

Saw a nice layer of grain and detail was lovely when I watched it on my 65in the other night, the video looked very nice. I've NEVER heard of a "black edge halo" on anything before.
The audio to me sounded a bit scratchy and distorted in moments, but for the last little while I've been having this sneaking suspicion that my center speaker is not doing so well, so it could be an issue on my set up.

[tama]

Originally Posted by Cholly

Saw a nice layer of grain and detail was lovely when I watched it on my 65in the other night, the video looked very nice. I've NEVER heard of a "black edge halo" on anything before.
The audio to me sounded a bit scratchy and distorted in moments, but for the last little while I've been having this sneaking suspicion that my center speaker is not doing so well, so it could be an issue on my set up.

Look at the edges of her oufit. Right side of the hip and again along the lower back.



degraining.

[Cholly]

Originally Posted by tama

Look at the edges of her oufit. Right side of the hip and again along the lower back.



degraining.

If it were sharpening wouldnt *everything* look edgy and weird? Its one of those things that has been bugging me for the last year as I've noticed it more. Made the old discs for Few Dollars More completely unwatchable. Never noticed any issues here. A couple of spots looked a little less pleasing than others but not everything can be fixed, most likely source issues.
Overall the transfer on this disc is outstanding. Not seeing any issues youre attempting to point out in a couple of screenshots.