The Anime Blu-ray Video Quality Thread

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by xXx$uicide_Ma$terxXx

Is this the MC DVD that's being compared? I'd like to own this and I'm sure as hell not going with the BD.

No, MC Entertainment is Russian distributor.

[professorwho]

Yikes. Just yikes.

I'm really surprised the audio is in DTS-HD MA for stereo tracks. The 255 kbps core is very effective.

[kuroshi]

I'm glad I managed to cancel my order while it was being prepared to ship.
This was announced over 2 years ago, surely they could have done better.

[jd213]

Not to excuse them, but I wonder if the licensor never sent them proper masters, so they decided to use a DVD rip.

[Marshall2000_uk]

Comparing the pictures it still looks better than the DVD to me. It’s likely they couldn't do a proper remaster or it was way too expensive to do... I’m not clued up on it all though tbh... I have the Manga Corps DVDs (pic below) I’ll have a look at both after I’ve watched the Blu-ray’s. I do still remember VHS days though so I probs won’t be too fussy unless there’s something really bad I notice

[NLScavenger]

Now I'm really curious about the Dynit's Oedo DVD in the Yoshiaki Kawajiri collection. If it is better than the RU/JP DVD (less artifacting, better chroma), maybe I'll pick it up.

EDIT: Probably a repack of original Dynamic DVD from 2003/2004. I guess it doesn't use the remaster from the 2005 JP DVD.

[SpaceDandy]

The german and french sets were released after 2005 on the base of a new contract (Manga owned the title in these countries before), they are more likely to use the new master. I think the 3-in-1 (FR/NL) pack from France is just 10€ on Anime Store if you want to see how that looks. SPVision DVD is 12€.

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by SpaceDandy

The german and french sets were released after 2005 on the base of a new contract (Manga owned the title in these countries before), they are more likely to use the new master. I think the 3-in-1 (FR/NL) pack from France is just 10€ on Anime Store if you want to see how that looks. SPVision DVD is 12€.

SPVision DVD uses old master

https://www.animepro.de/anima/dvdtes...y-oedo-808-dvd

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

We've seen some really poor BDs in this thread, but this one just takes the cake. We were told before the release date that this was going to be an upscale and that we had to temper our expectations, but never did I expect that they were going to "remaster" DVD MPEG-2 encodes:

[Show spoiler]

[KaizerChef]

Millennium Actress - Anime Limited UHD (UK)

Got this in the mail today, along with Cyber City Oedo 808 (which I now regret after seeing those screenshots I mean Jesus Christ). It uses the same master as the Shout Factory 1080p disc, so it has had excessive DNR applied in my opinion, there's almost no grain in the picture. It does look native 4K however.

Since they still won't let me post links here, I can't include the screenshots I have taken with MPC-BE.

Media-Info (English dub and lossy Japanese track removed):

General
Unique ID                      : 93913082265776965865185516637811239130 (0x46A70071699445537F4D122DAAADE8DA)
Format                         : Matroska
Format version                 : Version 2
File size                      : 31.8 GiB
Duration                       : 1 h 26 min
Overall bit rate               : 52.7 Mb/s
Movie name                     : Millennium Actress UHD
Encoded date                   : UTC 2021-01-27 14:11:10
Writing application            : MakeMKV v1.15.3 win(x64-release)
Writing library                : libmakemkv v1.15.3 (1.3.10/1.5.2) win(x64-release)

Video
ID                             : 1
ID in the original source medi : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                         : HEVC
Format/Info                    : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile                 : Main 10@L5.1@High
Codec ID                       : V_MPEGH/ISO/HEVC
Duration                       : 1 h 26 min
Bit rate                       : 48.9 Mb/s
Width                          : 3 840 pixels
Height                         : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio           : 16:9
Frame rate mode                : Constant
Frame rate                     : 24.000 FPS
Color space                    : YUV
Chroma subsampling             : 4:2:0 (Type 2)
Bit depth                      : 10 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)             : 0.245
Stream size                    : 29.5 GiB (93%)
Writing library                : x265 2.6:[Linux][GCC 7.2.0][64 bit] 10bit
Encoding settings              : cpuid=1173503 / frame-threads=6 / numa-pools=64 / wpp / no-pmode / no-pme / no-psnr / no-ssim / log-level=2 / input-csp=1 / input-res=3840x2160 / interlace=0 / total-frames=0 / level-idc=51 / high-tier=1 / uhd-bd=1 / ref=4 / no-allow-non-conformance / repeat-headers / annexb / aud / hrd / info / hash=0 / no-temporal-layers / no-open-gop / min-keyint=1 / keyint=24 / bframes=3 / b-adapt=2 / b-pyramid / bframe-bias=0 / rc-lookahead=24 / lookahead-slices=4 / scenecut=40 / no-intra-refresh / ctu=64 / min-cu-size=8 / rect / no-amp / max-tu-size=32 / tu-inter-depth=1 / tu-intra-depth=1 / limit-tu=0 / rdoq-level=2 / dynamic-rd=0.00 / no-ssim-rd / signhide / no-tskip / nr-intra=0 / nr-inter=0 / no-constrained-intra / strong-intra-smoothing / max-merge=3 / limit-refs=3 / limit-modes / me=3 / subme=3 / merange=57 / temporal-mvp / weightp / no-weightb / no-analyze-src-pics / deblock=0:0 / sao / no-sao-non-deblock / rd=4 / no-early-skip / rskip / no-fast-intra / no-tskip-fast / no-cu-lossless / no-b-intra / no-splitrd-skip / rdpenalty=0 / psy-rd=2.00 / psy-rdoq=1.00 / no-rd-refine / analysis-reuse-mode=0 / no-lossless / cbqpoffs=0 / crqpoffs=0 / rc=abr / bitrate=50000 / qcomp=0.60 / qpstep=4 / stats-write=0 / stats-read=0 / vbv-maxrate=75000 / vbv-bufsize=65000 / vbv-init=0.9 / ipratio=1.40 / pbratio=1.30 / aq-mode=1 / aq-strength=1.00 / cutree / zone-count=0 / no-strict-cbr / qg-size=32 / no-rc-grain / qpmax=69 / qpmin=0 / no-const-vbv / sar=1 / overscan=0 / videoformat=5 / range=0 / colorprim=1 / transfer=1 / colormatrix=1 / chromaloc=1 / chromaloc-top=2 / chromaloc-bottom=2 / display-window=0 / max-cll=0,0 / min-luma=0 / max-luma=1023 / log2-max-poc-lsb=8 / vui-timing-info / vui-hrd-info / slices=1 / no-opt-qp-pps / no-opt-ref-list-length-pps / no-multi-pass-opt-rps / scenecut-bias=0.05 / no-opt-cu-delta-qp / no-aq-motion / no-hdr / no-hdr-opt / no-dhdr10-opt / analysis-reuse-level=5 / scale-factor=0 / refine-intra=0 / refine-inter=0 / refine-mv=0 / no-limit-sao / ctu-info=0 / no-lowpass-dct / refine-mv-type=0 / copy-pic=1
Language                       : English
Default                        : No
Forced                         : No
Color range                    : Limited
Color primaries                : BT.709
Transfer characteristics       : BT.709
Matrix coefficients            : BT.709
Original source medium         : Blu-ray

Audio
ID                             : 2
ID in the original source medi : 4353 (0x1101)
Format                         : DTS XLL
Format/Info                    : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name                : DTS-HD Master Audio
Codec ID                       : A_DTS
Duration                       : 1 h 26 min
Bit rate mode                  : Variable / Constant
Bit rate                       : 3 780 kb/s / 1 509 kb/s
Channel(s)                     : 6 channels
Channel layout                 : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate                  : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                     : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                      : 24 bits
Compression mode               : Lossless / Lossy
Stream size                    : 2.28 GiB (7%)
Title                          : Surround 5.1
Language                       : Japanese
Default                        : Yes
Forced                         : No
Original source medium         : Blu-ray

Text #1
ID                             : 3
ID in the original source medi : 4608 (0x1200)
Format                         : PGS
Codec ID                       : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                  : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                       : 1 h 21 min
Bit rate                       : 30.9 kb/s
Count of elements              : 1510
Stream size                    : 18.0 MiB (0%)
Language                       : English
Default                        : No
Forced                         : No
Original source medium         : Blu-ray

Text #2
ID                             : 5
ID in the original source medi : 4609 (0x1201)
Format                         : PGS
Codec ID                       : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                  : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                       : 1 h 21 min
Bit rate                       : 44.2 kb/s
Count of elements              : 2418
Stream size                    : 25.8 MiB (0%)
Language                       : English
Default                        : No
Forced                         : No
Original source medium         : Blu-ray

Menu
00:00:00.000                   : en:Chapter 01
00:05:36.375                   : en:Chapter 02
00:11:41.250                   : en:Chapter 03
00:17:14.250                   : en:Chapter 04
00:24:59.500                   : en:Chapter 05
00:32:25.166                   : en:Chapter 06
00:37:46.458                   : en:Chapter 07
00:44:14.625                   : en:Chapter 08
00:54:37.125                   : en:Chapter 09
01:03:40.708                   : en:Chapter 10
01:12:44.041                   : en:Chapter 11
01:19:08.333                   : en:Chapter 12

[Mangaranga]

Originally Posted by KaizerChef

It uses the same master as the Shout Factory 1080p disc, so it has had excessive DNR applied in my opinion, there's almost no grain in the picture. It does look native 4K however.

It was scanned at 4K so it is native, however from my comparisons between the UHD and BD on a 1440p display the quality difference between the two is positively minimal. UHD occasionally shows ever so slight detail improvements over the BD, but I really had to go looking for it. I'm genuinely surprised they bothered putting it out on UHD considering the monetary investment required, and it's understandable why GKids didn't bother to release it or any of the other Kon films on the format. I do agree with you regarding the excessive DNR though, and I wonder if there would've been a bigger difference if it was retained.

For what it's worth as well, the BD is more or less a flat 33mbps encode, whereas the UHD is a far more variable encode that's usually anywhere between 30-100mpbs, averaging at 48860 kbps (48.8mpbs). As per usual for Justin's handiwork, you can also find the encoding settings in the mediainfo of the UHD specifically.

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by KaizerChef

Millennium Actress - Anime Limited UHD (UK)

Since they still won't let me post links here, I can't include the screenshots I have taken with MPC-BE.

Link to KaizerChef's screenshots https://postimg.cc/gallery/T5ntvzK

andreasy969 posted UHD/BD comparison in the UHD subforum Screenshot Comparisons thread: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...postcount=1675

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by Mangaranga

It was scanned at 4K so it is native, however from my comparisons between the UHD and BD on a 1440p display the quality difference between the two is positively minimal. UHD occasionally shows ever so slight detail improvements over the BD, but I really had to go looking for it. I'm genuinely surprised they bothered putting it out on UHD considering the monetary investment required, and it's understandable why GKids didn't bother to release it or any of the other Kon films on the format. I do agree with you regarding the excessive DNR though, and I wonder if there would've been a bigger difference if it was retained.

For what it's worth as well, the BD is more or less a flat 33mbps encode, whereas the UHD is a far more variable encode that's usually anywhere between 30-100mpbs, averaging at 48860 kbps (48.8mpbs). As per usual for Justin's handiwork, you can also find the encoding settings in the mediainfo of the UHD specifically.

Viewing it in 1440p seems like a problem. If you viewed it in native res and took screencaps in native res (I've noticed you don't for UHD stuff) then the differences are far more pronounced. If you look at andreasy969's caps, there is an improvement that is noticeable, mainly in compression (the Shout BD's CBR is horrible and really sh*ts itself at points because there simply isn't more than 35 mbps targeted (if you look at the BDinfo you can see the target is 35 mbps, and it just lowers to around 33 as an average because of the credits), and the demanding scenes need more than that (see shot 3 in their comparison). The UHD's variable bitrate fixes that, and due to the superb encoding, grain is better rendered and more detail is visible. I'm sure if Justin did the included 1080p BD and AL didn't port over the Shout the difference would be even smaller, but at the same time, it does show off the advantages of the UHD format.

And, believe it or not, I do see grain, far more than the majority of anime UHDs, actually (in the screencaps, I'm still waiting on my copy). Shots 14 and 15 of andreasy969's caps are a great example, as they show off beautifully rendered grain in areas that need it. You know I hate DNR, but this looks far better than most anime UHDs, so from the screencaps I've seen, I think you're exaggerating a bit, but with the postal system being a disaster here, it'll probably be a week or two before my copy arrives and then I can make that huge comparison I'm promising.

[SpaceDandy]

Space Dandy (United Kingdom / France - Anime Limited)
Authoring: Com'On Screen
Episode 1 gallery

Episode 1 bitrate (avg 23.6, max 61.04 Mbps)
There are a few scenes with really apparent banding, otherwise there's nothing else to report. Some people said the US version is better. To anyone who wants their release, just go for the bare bone release. The CE is just ugly and poorly printed.

Full Metal Panic! (France - Dybex)
Authoring: IDP Home Video
Episode 1 gallery

Episode 1 bitrate (avg 29.51, max 60.97 Mbps)
Weak upscale, at least supported by a high bitrate.

[SpaceDandy]

Originally Posted by Some Kazé France reunion, circa 2014

-Hey fellow technical staff, how about we use a BD50 for this truly great movie?
-Okay.
[…]
>Proceed to encode it for a BD25.

Giovanni no Shima (France - K͚̽͌͜a̡͞z̧̯̓͒é ̄ͅḞ̮̱̕R͙͛͋ͅ)
Authoring: in-house
Film gallery

Film bitrate (avg 17.69, max 52.2 Mbps)
The on-disc extra only consume 8 GiB, so they had about 14 GiB left to avoid all this bloody macro-blocking and video noise mess. Some bright scenes look perfectly fine but as soon as it gets dark, the compressor shits its pants.
They had made some effort in regards to the packaging for once… but as usual, their AV department manages to sabotage the release.
MediaInfo:

[Show spoiler]

File size                                : 20.2 GiB
Duration                                 : 1 h 41 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 28.5 Mb/s
Movie name                               : L'Île de Giovanni
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-01-28 16:59:54
Writing application                      : MakeMKV v1.15.4 darwin(x64-release)
Writing library                          : libmakemkv v1.15.4 (1.3.10/1.5.2) darwin(x64-release)

Video
ID                                       : 1
ID in the original source medium         : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 3 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 3 frames
Format settings, GOP                     : M=3, N=12
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 1 h 41 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 18.1 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 26.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.365
Stream size                              : 12.9 GiB (64%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #1
ID                                       : 2
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : DTS XLL
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name                          : DTS-HD Master Audio
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 1 h 41 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 3 621 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 2.57 GiB (13%)
Title                                    : Surround 5.1
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #2
ID                                       : 3
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : DTS
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 1 h 41 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 509 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.07 GiB (5%)
Title                                    : Surround 5.1
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #3
ID                                       : 4
ID in the original source medium         : 4353 (0x1101)
Format                                   : DTS XLL
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name                          : DTS-HD Master Audio
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 1 h 41 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 3 704 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 2.63 GiB (13%)
Title                                    : Surround 5.1
Language                                 : French
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #4
ID                                       : 5
ID in the original source medium         : 4353 (0x1101)
Format                                   : DTS
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 1 h 41 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 509 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 6 channels
Channel layout                           : C L R Ls Rs LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.07 GiB (5%)
Title                                    : Surround 5.1
Language                                 : French
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Text #1
ID                                       : 6
ID in the original source medium         : 4608 (0x1200)
Format                                   : PGS
Codec ID                                 : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                            : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                                 : 1 h 33 min
Bit rate                                 : 22.5 kb/s
Count of elements                        : 2264
Stream size                              : 15.0 MiB (0%)
Language                                 : French
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Text #2
ID                                       : 8
ID in the original source medium         : 4609 (0x1201)
Format                                   : PGS
Codec ID                                 : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                            : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                                 : 1 h 30 min
Bit rate                                 : 3 170 b/s
Count of elements                        : 332
Stream size                              : 2.05 MiB (0%)
Language                                 : French
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Menu
00:00:00.000                             : en:Chapter 01
00:04:19.926                             : en:Chapter 02
00:13:19.715                             : en:Chapter 03
00:25:14.221                             : en:Chapter 04
00:37:32.625                             : en:Chapter 05
00:52:21.096                             : en:Chapter 06
01:05:02.607                             : en:Chapter 07
01:20:59.688                             : en:Chapter 08
01:34:11.020                             : en:Chapter 09

[Mangaranga]

Originally Posted by SpaceDandy

Space Dandy (United Kingdom / France - Anime Limited)
Authoring: (uncredited?)

Isn't Com'on credited for that in the disc menu? I haven't had those discs for years but I'm fairly certain it was them.

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by Mangaranga

It was scanned at 4K so it is native, however from my comparisons between the UHD and BD on a 1440p display the quality difference between the two is positively minimal. UHD occasionally shows ever so slight detail improvements over the BD, but I really had to go looking for it. I'm genuinely surprised they bothered putting it out on UHD considering the monetary investment required, and it's understandable why GKids didn't bother to release it or any of the other Kon films on the format. I do agree with you regarding the excessive DNR though, and I wonder if there would've been a bigger difference if it was retained.

Millennium Actress is a Eleven Arts release in North America, while Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers are GKIDS releases. Not sure if Eleven Arts or its home video distributor Shout Factory (which also handles GKIDS home video releases) decided to forgo a 4K BD release. It's also possible Eleven Arts may not have the rights to release it on 4K BD.

[SpaceDandy]

Dennoh Coil (France - Dybex)
Authoring: Pianeta Zero (without Amakusa Corps )
Additional disc 1 captures

Comparison with US BD (US BD captures by Sensuishu, The Fandom Post)

https://slow.pics/c/ypefkWIV

Episode 7 bitrate
See all those low plateaux followed by sudden spikes (+20Mbps)? These are all consecutive still-scenes.
MediaInfo:

[Show spoiler]

File size                                : 28.9 GiB
Duration                                 : 2 h 30 min
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 27.6 Mb/s
Movie name                               : 33127_Denno_Coil_1
Encoded date                             : UTC 2021-01-29 07:53:31
Writing application                      : MakeMKV v1.15.4 darwin(x64-release)
Writing library                          : libmakemkv v1.15.4 (1.3.10/1.5.2) darwin(x64-release)

Video
ID                                       : 1
ID in the original source medium         : 4113 (0x1011)
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : High@L4.1
Format settings                          : CABAC / 4 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames        : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                                 : 2 h 30 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 24.0 Mb/s
Maximum bit rate                         : 38.0 Mb/s
Width                                    : 1 920 pixels
Height                                   : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Constant
Frame rate                               : 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Standard                                 : NTSC
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.482
Stream size                              : 25.1 GiB (87%)
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Color range                              : Limited
Color primaries                          : BT.709
Transfer characteristics                 : BT.709
Matrix coefficients                      : BT.709
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #1
ID                                       : 2
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : DTS XLL
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Commercial name                          : DTS-HD Master Audio
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 2 h 30 min
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : 2 042 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless
Stream size                              : 2.14 GiB (7%)
Title                                    : Stereo
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Audio #2
ID                                       : 3
ID in the original source medium         : 4352 (0x1100)
Format                                   : DTS
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 2 h 30 min
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 1 509 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                               : 93.750 FPS (512 SPF)
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossy
Stream size                              : 1.58 GiB (5%)
Title                                    : Stereo
Language                                 : Japanese
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Text
ID                                       : 4
ID in the original source medium         : 4608 (0x1200)
Format                                   : PGS
Codec ID                                 : S_HDMV/PGS
Codec ID/Info                            : Picture based subtitle format used on BDs/HD-DVDs
Duration                                 : 2 h 29 min
Bit rate                                 : 31.3 kb/s
Count of elements                        : 4070
Stream size                              : 33.6 MiB (0%)
Language                                 : French
Default                                  : No
Forced                                   : No
Original source medium                   : Blu-ray

Assuming the US captures are proper:
-The US BD is cropped/zoomed in (all directions).
-There's some filtering going on here and there on the US BD, i.e the first pic shows edge enhancement around the show logo. This affects the grain to some extents and makes it less apparent.
-The US BD packaging sucks (you say this is the PQ thread? Alright…)

[NLScavenger]

Can't see the comparison. You need to wrap slow.pics links in CODE tags

PHP Code:

[code]comparison link[/code] 


US BD uses broadcast version and iirc it also has comb artifacts in some shots.

[SpaceDandy]

Right, I keep doing this mistake because it is not intuitive.