American Graffiti (1973) (Special Edition)

[The Duke]

Originally Posted by frozenhamster

I can usually spot EE pretty clearly, but I only see it in about three or four of the screencaps, and in at least one of them it looks more like a photographic artifact than a digital compression one. And in the most prominent one it's a slight halo in a situation where the characters are basically silhouetted against a bright sky, which happens on even some of the best transfers.

There's only a total of 5 screencaps, so if you're seeing the EE in 3 or 4 of them, that's 75%. And none of the screencaps have the characters silhouetted against a bright sky, although I do agree it's very hard to not get a halo then - it's probably captured by the film. The brightest screencaps is the first one where they're silhouetted against the plate glass of the drive-in and the EE is least obvious in that one, but it does highlight the lack of detail - look at their faces & Hair, a complete lack of any detail, it looks more like upconverted DVD. The EE is most obvious in the dark scenes - look closely at the 2nd cap, at night in front of a car. Look at the edges of their clothing against the dark background, the EE is very obvious, especially the middle character with his arm around another guy. And the last cap of the cars parked in front of the diner, look at the edges of the cars.