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madridista8700 · 08-08-2013, 11:39 PM

First of all, we really don't know what Fortune Star has said. Shout told us what Fortune Star has said, but we can't really be sure whether it's true or not.
Secondly, regarding the Jackie Chan transfers that Fortune Star provided to Shout is not the same compared to the Bruce Lee transfers because there's no HD transfers available for them, but there are HD transfers available for the Bruce Lee movies - that's what's messed up about that release.

reason108 · 08-10-2013, 02:50 AM

Yes, I should have stated that according to what Cliff wrote, FS said that they sent out to them the same HD masters that K&R received. But, as far as HD goes, didn`t Shout say that their JC releases - Police Story, Crime Story, etc were from HD sources sent by FS? It is frustrating that when there are HD masters we don`t get them but if there are no HD masters for the others then we have to take what we can get. Its been stated that FS had HD masters made of these movies a few years back in Canada. But, it makes me wonder what was really transferred to HD then.

sorry if I`m derailing the thread. I`m not trying to turn this into the BL Legacy Edition fiasco thread part 2.

madridista8700 · 08-10-2013, 08:55 AM

Only the Bruce Lee movies were remastered in Canada. The Jackie Chan movies were never remastered in any way and therefore Shout couldn't have gotten HD masters

reason108 · 08-10-2013, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madridista8700

Only the Bruce Lee movies were remastered in Canada. The Jackie Chan movies were never remastered in any way and therefore Shout couldn't have gotten HD masters

Thanks for the clarify on that issue. From the information that I had read, it sounded like they had done that for all the titles. Oh well.

reason108 · 08-14-2013, 10:24 PM

My blu arrived. The picture quality is a major improvement over my old Columbia dvd. This is an night and day difference. Can`t tell if this is HD or upscale but it is an major improvement. Otherwise, this is the typical Kam & Ronson release with Cantonese DTS/HD MA 7.1 and Mandarin Dolby Digital Ex. As well, 1 trailer for the movie. This release contains the Goodyear Movie Company logo at the beginning. Can`t remember if the Columbia dvd featured it.

hazelwu · 08-15-2013, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by madridista8700

Only the Bruce Lee movies were remastered in Canada. The Jackie Chan movies were never remastered in any way and therefore Shout couldn't have gotten HD masters

.. except City Hunter, which has an HD transfer.

By the way, is the Shout and HK BD transfer similar for City Hunter?

madridista8700 · 08-15-2013, 08:23 AM

They didn't remaster City Hunter, they just had an HD transfer available. The US ans HK transfers are identical.

drees5761 · 08-15-2013, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reason108

My blu arrived. The picture quality is a major improvement over my old Columbia dvd. This is an night and day difference. Can`t tell if this is HD or upscale but it is an major improvement. Otherwise, this is the typical Kam & Ronson release with Cantonese DTS/HD MA 7.1 and Mandarin Dolby Digital Ex. As well, 1 trailer for the movie. This release contains the Goodyear Movie Company logo at the beginning. Can`t remember if the Columbia dvd featured it.

Glad you like it...has it got any new added sound effects do you know..
I had the Columbia dvd and my remastered HK Legends dvd is 10 times better than that also.

reason108 · 08-15-2013, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drees5761

Glad you like it...has it got any new added sound effects do you know..
I had the Columbia dvd and my remastered HK Legends dvd is 10 times better than that also.

I could not tell if there were. But, I would need to sit down and put both movies on at the same time and compare. I guess I should have done that to begin with but I was working on a project and just had the blu playing in the PS3. I just wanted to see the visual. My guess is that they may have just spread the mono track around the audio field. But, I don`t have a surround setup so if there was something there I probably would not here it anyways. I guess that is why some of these blu rays released by K&R haven`t bothered me too much audio wise.

drees5761 · 08-16-2013, 11:51 AM

If you know the film well, then you can normally tell if there is added sound fx even without a surround sound set up, because its done so badly.

reason108 · 08-17-2013, 12:01 AM

I probably do not know the audio soundtrack as well as I should. I only watched the Columbia disc once or twice when I first bought it. Haven`t seen it since until a couple weeks ago when I posted about how bad the quality of the disc looked. Then, I watched the blu when it arrived. But, I did not hear anything that seemed out of place.

08-10-2013, 02:50 AM	#42
reason108 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 8	Yes, I should have stated that according to what Cliff wrote, FS said that they sent out to them the same HD masters that K&R received. But, as far as HD goes, didn`t Shout say that their JC releases - Police Story, Crime Story, etc were from HD sources sent by FS? It is frustrating that when there are HD masters we don`t get them but if there are no HD masters for the others then we have to take what we can get. Its been stated that FS had HD masters made of these movies a few years back in Canada. But, it makes me wonder what was really transferred to HD then. sorry if I`m derailing the thread. I`m not trying to turn this into the BL Legacy Edition fiasco thread part 2. Last edited by reason108; 08-10-2013 at 03:11 AM.

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08-08-2013, 11:39 PM	#41
madridista8700 Special Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Denmark 4K collection:92 Blu-ray collection:165 Trading Score:7	First of all, we really don't know what Fortune Star has said. Shout told us what Fortune Star has said, but we can't really be sure whether it's true or not. Secondly, regarding the Jackie Chan transfers that Fortune Star provided to Shout is not the same compared to the Bruce Lee transfers because there's no HD transfers available for them, but there are HD transfers available for the Bruce Lee movies - that's what's messed up about that release.

08-10-2013, 08:55 AM	#43
madridista8700 Special Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Denmark 4K collection:92 Blu-ray collection:165 Trading Score:7	Only the Bruce Lee movies were remastered in Canada. The Jackie Chan movies were never remastered in any way and therefore Shout couldn't have gotten HD masters

08-14-2013, 10:24 PM	#45
reason108 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 8	My blu arrived. The picture quality is a major improvement over my old Columbia dvd. This is an night and day difference. Can`t tell if this is HD or upscale but it is an major improvement. Otherwise, this is the typical Kam & Ronson release with Cantonese DTS/HD MA 7.1 and Mandarin Dolby Digital Ex. As well, 1 trailer for the movie. This release contains the Goodyear Movie Company logo at the beginning. Can`t remember if the Columbia dvd featured it.

08-15-2013, 08:23 AM	#47
madridista8700 Special Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Denmark 4K collection:92 Blu-ray collection:165 Trading Score:7	They didn't remaster City Hunter, they just had an HD transfer available. The US ans HK transfers are identical.

08-16-2013, 11:51 AM	#50
drees5761 Expert Member Member since:Nov 2009 Blu-ray collection:274 Blu-ray reviews: 6	If you know the film well, then you can normally tell if there is added sound fx even without a surround sound set up, because its done so badly.

08-17-2013, 12:01 AM	#51
reason108 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews: 8	I probably do not know the audio soundtrack as well as I should. I only watched the Columbia disc once or twice when I first bought it. Haven`t seen it since until a couple weeks ago when I posted about how bad the quality of the disc looked. Then, I watched the blu when it arrived. But, I did not hear anything that seemed out of place.

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