Lionsgate films are the sharpest so far... comments or other suggestions?

[marcogaray]

So Far out of all the movie studios that have released Blu Ray titles the sharpest picture i've seen is Lionsgate Films, which includes, all the Saw films, Crank, Daddy's Little Girls Beutiful Picture...any comments any other studios like this???

[JTK]

Try Sony and Disney/Buena Vista titles.

[Scorxpion]

Originally Posted by marcogaray

So Far out of all the movie studios that have released Blu Ray titles the sharpest picture i've seen is Lionsgate Films, which includes, all the Saw films, Crank, Daddy's Little Girls Beutiful Picture...any comments any other studios like this???

Dont tell me you have only lionsgate Blu-ray movies and nothing else.

you should try Sony titles, Buena Vista titles,Especially Casino Royale,Rocky Balboa,Ghost Rider and POTC Apocalypto

What about Fox Like kingdom of Heaven

You are welcome

[ground chuck]

man, broaden your horizons. black hawk down is one of the better BD's out there to date.

[dobyblue]

PQ Studio
4.19 Buena Vista
4.01 Paramount
3.97 Warner
3.92 Sony
3.84 Fox
3.80 Weinstein
3.75 Universal
3.65 Lionsgate

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

PQ Studio
4.19 Buena Vista
4.01 Paramount
3.97 Warner
3.92 Sony
3.84 Fox
3.80 Weinstein
3.75 Universal
3.65 Lionsgate

Well, I guess that pretty much says it all - but there is no way I believe Lionsgate is below Warner and Universal. In fact, There's no way I believe Sony is below Warner Are those reviewers blind? Those bit-starved, Warner smoothies? Please.

[Anthony P]

must agree with GoldenRedux, that list cannot be right (not that I am saying you are not right, but that thre must be some insane review marks)

[phloyd]

I still think Crank is the cleanest disc I have ever seen.

I know it is shot and stylised to look clean, but there you have it.

As demo material IMHO it is second to none.

[movies3]

Originally Posted by marcogaray

So Far out of all the movie studios that have released Blu Ray titles the sharpest picture i've seen is Lionsgate Films, which includes, all the Saw films, Crank, Daddy's Little Girls Beutiful Picture...any comments any other studios like this???

are you serious?? lol look at Disney movies!! wow

[AlaskaDon]

I can't recall having any specific complaints about the releases from Lionsgate. Still, I find myself with the group that feels Disney and Sony are the best in terms of PQ. Mainly I think it's because at this point in the game you can pretty much rely on them to do a stellar transfer. It's still somwhat hit or miss with the other studios. All of the studios do seem to be improving, with the possible exception of Warner who keeps crippling their transfers in order to make them fit on HD DVD.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by GoldenRedux

Well, I guess that pretty much says it all - but there is no way I believe Lionsgate is below Warner and Universal. In fact, There's no way I believe Sony is below Warner Are those reviewers blind? Those bit-starved, Warner smoothies? Please.

you have to keep in mind that these are averages - they include all the original T5E and HoFD for Sony and the unreleased Robocop which got one review from DVD Talk.

Keep in mind that in February Sony was sitting at 3.71 and they're now approaching 4.00 and climbing.

If you look at the last 30 reviews for each studio as of June 18th you get the following.

PQ Studio
4.32 Buena Vista
4.18 Sony
4.18 Paramount
3.92 Warner
3.87 Fox
3.67 Weinstein
3.55 Lionsgate
3.35 Universal

For Lions Gate the list is short, so I can post all of their reviews from the 5 sites in order of PQ decreasing.

PQ Lionsgate Title
5.00 Crank
5.00 Happily N'Ever After
4.50 Saw III
4.50 Crank
4.50 Crank
4.50 Lords of War
4.50 Reservoir Dogs
4.50 The Descent
4.50 The Descent
4.50 The Descent
4.50 Happily N'Ever After
4.50 Happily N'Ever After
4.50 Daddy's Little Girls
4.00 Saw III
4.00 Reservoir Dogs
4.00 First Blood
4.00 Stir of Echoes
4.00 Terminator 2
4.00 Devil's Rejects
4.00 The Descent
4.00 First Blood
4.00 Saw II
4.00 Saw III
4.00 First Blood
4.00 Stargate
4.00 Stir of Echoes
4.00 Terminator 2
4.00 Saw II
4.00 Basic Instinct
4.00 Daddy's Little Girls
3.50 Crash
3.50 Employee of the Month
3.50 Saw II
3.50 Terminator 2
3.50 Lord of War
3.50 Stargate
3.50 Total Recall
3.50 Employee of the Month
3.50 Saw III
3.50 American Psycho
3.50 The Devil's Rejects
3.50 Saw
3.50 Weeds Season 1
3.50 Weeds Season 1
3.50 Basic Instinct
3.00 Crash
3.00 Stir of Echoes
3.00 Young Guns
3.00 American Psycho
3.00 Employee of the Month
3.00 Total Recall
3.00 Ultimate Avengers
3.00 Dirty Dancing
3.00 Ultimate Avengers Collection
3.00 Ultimate Avengers Collection
2.50 American Psycho
2.50 The Punisher
2.50 Saw
2.50 Young Guns
2.50 Crash
2.50 Reservoir Dogs
2.50 Basic Instict
2.50 Dirty Dancing

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

you have to keep in mind that these are averages - they include all the original T5E and HoFD for Sony and the unreleased Robocop which got one review from DVD Talk.

Keep in mind that in February Sony was sitting at 3.71 and they're now approaching 4.00 and climbing.

If you look at the last 30 reviews for each studio as of June 18th you get the following.

PQ Studio
4.32 Buena Vista
4.18 Sony
4.18 Paramount
3.92 Warner
3.87 Fox
3.67 Weinstein
3.55 Lionsgate
3.35 Universal

For Lions Gate the list is short, so I can post all of their reviews from the 5 sites in order of PQ decreasing.

Well, I guess that makes sense, but it still seems ridiculous. Warner.

[zombieking]

Every movie house has at least one title deserving of 5 star PQ. For Lionsgate, the best in my collection is The Descent. I think they did a remarkable job on the PQ for a movie this dark. This disc could've easily been a hi-def disaster.

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by zombieking

Every movie house has at least one title deserving of 5 star PQ. For Lionsgate, the best in my collection is The Descent. I think they did a remarkable job on the PQ for a movie this dark. This disc could've easily been a hi-def disaster.

I agree, The Descent looks amazing. It's even more amazing when you consider that there are two full length 1080p encodings of the movie on there - one with PiP and one without, plus seamless branching and a discrete 6.1 uncompressed PCM soundtrack. How's that for showing off the superiority of the Blu-ray format? HD-DVD could never even dream of doing that.

[zombieking]

Originally Posted by GoldenRedux

I agree, The Descent looks amazing. It's even more amazing when you consider that there are two full length 1080p encodings of the movie on there - one with PiP and one without, plus seamless branching and a discrete 6.1 uncompressed PCM soundtrack. How's that for showing off the superiority of the Blu-ray format? HD-DVD could never even dream of doing that.

Damn I forgot about the PIP feature. Now I have to watch it again!!

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by zombieking

Damn I forgot about the PIP feature. Now I have to watch it again!!

[PaulDubya]

We're only trying to free your mind Neo.

[atdm71]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

PQ Studio
4.19 Buena Vista
4.01 Paramount
3.97 Warner
3.92 Sony
3.84 Fox
3.80 Weinstein
3.75 Universal
3.65 Lionsgate

I'm thinking Paramount might be a little over-rated here. All the rest look about right to me, with the exception of Universal, which for obvious reasons I haven't seen much. Warner and Sony are fairly close on the video side of things, but Sony has the most impressive audio I've heard thus far...

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by PaulDubya

We're only trying to free your mind Neo.

take the "blu" pill

[crackinhedz]

I agree, Crank is probably the smoothest looking pic for me...

Disney also makes some awesome looking films...

Lionsgate is good too, also Lionsgate is coming with more 7.1 PCM titles....this is a huge + !!