Shot using HD camera vs. copied from film

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Originally Posted by Sonny

Allot of HDDVD's catalog titles look like crap especially from *Universal
& they were all my favorite's too , ie: "Fear & Loathing" "Casino" it was a BIG let down...but what the hell...it was crappy old HDDVD, soooo.........Anyway thats why it going to take Universal along time because they have to re-encode a lot of films ( bringing um up to standard )

I have not seen either of the two you mentioned.

But Chronicles of Riddick and the two prior Bourne movies (Identity and Supremacy) are reference quality video encodes (and audio as well). The Thing looks awesome. Those Universal titles come to mind. So they are not all bad.

Bourne Ultimatum was voted one of the best video encodes of 2007. It is awesome (if you don't get sick from the shaky camera). Children of Men is awesome as well.

Keep in mind that "grain" and "washed out look" are sometimes the directors intent (wouldn't surprise me if that was the director's intent in the pictures you mention).