Blue Underground unleashes Deep Red on BD - May 17, 2011

[Der Spieler]

Originally Posted by J-Syxx

The Arrow version will have a greatly inferior transfer to the BU version.

And your source for that is... ? They're working with the same master. It's very unlikely that BU's version will be THAT much better.

[J-Syxx]

Originally Posted by Der Spieler

And your source for that is... ? They're working with the same master. It's very unlikely that BU's version will be THAT much better.

BU is doing their own new scan of the film. My source is Bill Lustig himself.

Even if they were using the same master, which from what I've heard so far they are not, Arrow's blu-rays employ digital sharpening and look overly processed. Just because they're imports and have new extras, doesn't mean the aq/pq is superior.

[monque]

Day one for me.

[TheManInBlu]

Arrow will be the one to go to for Fulci's The Beyond, though, if anyone's interested as BU doesn't have the rights to that one. They have all the other Fulci and Argento classics (save for Suspiria of course). So at least we have two good companies putting out Italian horror on Blu

[Leterface]

Hmm..I have a feeling this will be the 2nd Blue Underground BD locked to region A..

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Leterface

Hmm..I have a feeling this will be the 2nd Blue Underground BD locked to region A..

Why do you think so?

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by Leterface

Hmm..I have a feeling this will be the 2nd Blue Underground BD locked to region A..

Possibly, but I'm not so sure. The Arrow's region free status would seem to indicate there were no negotiations b/w BU/Arrow to lock their respective releases. It would be irrational for BU to lock their release with a region free release of comparable quality available for months prior.

[Leterface]

Originally Posted by Alkaline

Possibly, but I'm not so sure. The Arrow's region free status would seem to indicate there were no negotiations b/w BU/Arrow to lock their respective releases. It would be irrational for BU to lock their release with a region free release of comparable quality available for months prior.

You might be right. This BU release came with a big suprise to me, as I remembered that BU were to announce some other Argento flicks but not Deep Red in 2011..

Well just have to wait and see witch release of Deep Red I will be picking up. I am going just for the best PQ, or for the extras (Arrow) if both are equal in PQ.