Halloween pq sucked - Page 3 - Blu-ray Forum

Banjo · 01-25-2008, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlshelt

I wanted Halloween to lookas good as say casino royale and it just didnt. i know its an unfair comparison,but watch them back to back and u will see what i mean

I can see the difference between both movies by just recalling them in my mind. Casino Royale was a brand new movie when it was released on Blu-ray Disc, and they would be able to make it look absolutely the best it can because of all of the resources they have.

Anchor Bay isn't a big studio, it's somewhere of a middle-level distributor. Their resources are limited compared to the major distributors'.

turboLAZER · 01-25-2008, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlshelt

I wanted Halloween to lookas good as say casino royale and it just didnt. i know its an unfair comparison,but watch them back to back and u will see what i mean

that's an extremely unfair comparison. if you were to watch both of these films in the theater the PQ of Casino Royale would blow the doors off Halloween

dlshelt · 01-25-2008, 10:53 PM

thank u. u just made my point This is all about me be disappointed in the transfer. It may never look any better than it does on blu but thats not great,but its true that it doesnt look as great because of age

dlshelt · 01-25-2008, 10:55 PM

i agree its unfair but its true and lets just say because of age

lildon24 · 01-25-2008, 10:59 PM

I seen it on VHS when i was a kid.. it was scary to my mom.

I own it on DVD, it was clean with deep rich color with the help of THX.

I owned it on blu-ray and looks like my first time watching halloween cause there are details that i couldnt see on DVD and VHS version.. and the sound quality sound better and what.... Only one scene scare the hell out of me for the first time when the window was crack by Dr Loomis when he got scare too.. i start having deep heartbeat like i was havin heart attack cause i got it on PCM.

mrpoker1985 · 01-25-2008, 11:06 PM

For a movie this old, your not going to see a better transfer. I thought the PQ was amazing. The theater version i seen wasnt even as good as my blu ray version.

For any halloween fan, its more than impressive.

bhampton · 01-25-2008, 11:13 PM

Hey,

I know I already said it twice,.. but Halloween on Blu Ray is on sale for $10.99 at JRMusic right now. (Have to keep mentioning that. Lots of people may be like me and have a fondness for the movie but not for MSRP.)

I ordered my copy today.

-Brian

ryoohki · 01-25-2008, 11:17 PM

Let's compared a 30 years old, Privately funded picture to MILLIONS OF Dollar Corp Picture that was filmed 3 years ago

bageleaterkkjji · 01-25-2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlshelt

I wanted Halloween to lookas good as say casino royale and it just didnt. i know its an unfair comparison,but watch them back to back and u will see what i mean

HDPerfection · 01-28-2008, 03:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dlshelt

huge halloween fan,but really disappointed with pq and aq

I actually rented the standard version to play in my PS3 as Block Buster did not get a Blu Ray copy....I didn't think it looked that bad maybe the Blu Ray Disc enhanced it too much.....I generally find Blu Ray Movies not all that overwhelming but in this standard DVD upscale I thought it was looking pretty good....weird...I think future BRD's will be better as the Film makers should adapt to the new HD era

HDPerfection · 01-28-2008, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bhampton

Hey,

I know I already said it twice,.. but Halloween on Blu Ray is on sale for $10.99 at JRMusic right now. (Have to keep mentioning that. Lots of people may be like me and have a fondness for the movie but not for MSRP.)

I ordered my copy today.

-Brian

there is a hot deals forum you should post in there.....

sean10mm · 01-31-2008, 03:42 PM

I think part of the problem is that the Halloween Blu-ray got 4 and 5 star reviews for picture quality, and people were expecting it to look like the remaster of The Fifth Element or something. It doesn't.

it looks very good FOR AN OLD, LOW BUDGET PICTURE. On a smaller screen size it probably looks better, but blow it up on a 65" 1080p screen and it starts to look its age, soft in places and grainy in others, not terrible but nothing like 5 star PQ either. A for effort, maybe B- for absolute PQ.

BStecke · 01-31-2008, 06:08 PM

Isn't the early beginning of mass-market adoption great? It's awesome when people have no understanding of what they're buying.

01-25-2008, 10:59 PM	#45
lildon24 Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Why you wanna know? Blu-ray collection:47 Blu-ray reviews: 39	yall blind I seen it on VHS when i was a kid.. it was scary to my mom. I own it on DVD, it was clean with deep rich color with the help of THX. I owned it on blu-ray and looks like my first time watching halloween cause there are details that i couldnt see on DVD and VHS version.. and the sound quality sound better and what.... Only one scene scare the hell out of me for the first time when the window was crack by Dr Loomis when he got scare too.. i start having deep heartbeat like i was havin heart attack cause i got it on PCM.

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01-25-2008, 10:53 PM	#43
dlshelt Special Member Member since:Jan 2008	thank u. u just made my point This is all about me be disappointed in the transfer. It may never look any better than it does on blu but thats not great,but its true that it doesnt look as great because of age

01-25-2008, 10:55 PM	#44
dlshelt Special Member Member since:Jan 2008	i agree its unfair but its true and lets just say because of age

01-25-2008, 11:06 PM	#46
mrpoker1985 Active Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Springfield Mo Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:124 Trading Score:47	For a movie this old, your not going to see a better transfer. I thought the PQ was amazing. The theater version i seen wasnt even as good as my blu ray version. For any halloween fan, its more than impressive.

01-25-2008, 11:13 PM	#47
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:981 Blu-ray collection:2537 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	Hey, I know I already said it twice,.. but Halloween on Blu Ray is on sale for $10.99 at JRMusic right now. (Have to keep mentioning that. Lots of people may be like me and have a fondness for the movie but not for MSRP.) I ordered my copy today. -Brian

01-25-2008, 11:17 PM	#48
ryoohki Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2007 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:6 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:5	Let's compared a 30 years old, Privately funded picture to MILLIONS OF Dollar Corp Picture that was filmed 3 years ago

01-31-2008, 03:42 PM	#52
sean10mm Active Member Member since:Nov 2007 Blu-ray reviews:4	I think part of the problem is that the Halloween Blu-ray got 4 and 5 star reviews for picture quality, and people were expecting it to look like the remaster of The Fifth Element or something. It doesn't. it looks very good FOR AN OLD, LOW BUDGET PICTURE. On a smaller screen size it probably looks better, but blow it up on a 65" 1080p screen and it starts to look its age, soft in places and grainy in others, not terrible but nothing like 5 star PQ either. A for effort, maybe B- for absolute PQ.

01-31-2008, 06:08 PM	#53
BStecke Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007 4K collection:182 Blu-ray collection:567 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:6	Isn't the early beginning of mass-market adoption great? It's awesome when people have no understanding of what they're buying.

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