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Author Topic: I have rented PRIMAL FEAR Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-09-2009 02:51 PM                        And the picture quality is really, really good. That is all for now.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-09-2009 03:03 PM                     Did you rent the VHS or the Laserdisc?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-09-2009 04:16 PM                        I don't live in your world where there is only VHS and LaserDisc. In my world there is also VCD and Beta. Oh, and Blu-ray. But yeah, I haven't seen many if any real movies that have a picture quality this good on Blu-ray.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 06-09-2009 10:14 PM                     Is it wonderful though?  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-09-2009 10:22 PM                     I added this to my Netflix queue on your recommendation. It will be here in 350 discs or so.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-10-2009 12:07 AM                     It can't be better than the Baraka blu-ray. That would simply be impossible.  |  IP: Logged Joe Tommassello Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 547 From: Coatesville, PA, USA Registered: Jan 2008 posted 06-16-2009 03:51 PM                  It seems "Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With The Wind" are each being re-scanned in 8K from the three original Technicolor camera negatives. Probably won't equal the visual quality of "Baraka" but it should be very interesting to see.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-16-2009 06:43 PM                        Hey, where did my response go? Must have had a database crash somewhere after Brad's post because I responded to it. Anyway, I said that it doesn't look as good as Baraka, but it looks really good and better than most 35mm-sourced material. I don't know if it was an 8K scan, but probably a higher resolution scan than most movies get. Why they chose Primal Fear of all movies for this is beyond me. But hey, every movie should have a super high-res scan.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-18-2009 02:08 PM                     It would be interesting to know when Paramount had the HD master created and what techniques were used. Catalog titles on Blu-ray are often hit and miss in terms of image quality. It seems the ones with lackluster image quality are using old HD masters originally created for DVD release. Those old masters may have used less accurate telecine methods than a film scan "datacine" approach. Even a master acquired via film scanning several years ago will not compare well to scans done on the most modern film scanners in use today.  |  IP: Logged

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