Butterfly effect question.

[BLUCanadian]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

Because:

They are afraid of 1080i presentations which don't affect the quality greatly and in fact, its really hard to tell the difference between a 1080i and 1080p on a lot of televisions.

They are afraid of modified aspect ratios which is very rare. On top of that, the difference between 1.78 and 1.85 is miniscule. Further, some displays have overscan so the difference won't even be noticed.

In the end though, it comes down to not doing research and just assuming that every Canadian release is poorly produced.

these are the real reasons...

OAR - you dont always get it with Alliance releases. Sure, there is not much difference between 1.78 and 1.85 but what about 2.4? Alliance commonly crops 2.4:1 films

Old masters/transfers. Alliance commonly uses masters/transfers that were made for HD TV and NOT blu-ray. PQ is often not as good as a future USA release would be. eg, both Sin City & Requiem for a Dream are said to have better transfers for the USA versions. This is why some of Alliance releases are 1080i (they were ment for HD-TV broadcast)

No extras. Alliance releases are barebones!

French writing on the covers.