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Quality of DVD releases?

posted 15 years ago by Sandoz
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Well, this film is obviously a public domain title since it shows up as being released by a multitude of DVD companies...

I'd like some feedback on any of these releases so I know which version to look for: ALPHA / IMAGE / TROMA(!) / and the Film Noir set that has Quicksand with about 8 other P.D. titles.

I kind of already know from past experience with ALPHA video that their release is probably the worst (I just had to replace my Alpha DVD of the The Big Combo because it was about the worst transfer of a film I've ever seen on DVD). And I'm going to consider the Film Noir set as my last option, because in the past whenever I get one of these sets with more than 2 movies scrunched all on one single disc, I've always had a problem with freeze-ups (and besides, I already have most of the other films already on DVD or DVD copies from TCM).

So I guess that leaves the IMAGE and TROMA releases...

[–] OhmsLaw 12 years ago

I have it on a double collection of a lot of thrillers ("50 Mystery Classics", at Walmart last year) and the first thing I noticed was that the sound was pretty good. Many on these discs are bad prints.

[–] detour1945 10 years ago

I just finished watching the new release of QUICKSAND from Film Chest and I definitely recommend this release. Picture and sound quality are excellent. From what I've read of previous PD releases of this film, it is a solid upgrade.

[–] Bodine 10 years ago

I would strongly recommend the Image Entertainment version of not only this but other titles as well. The image quality of their version is light years ahead of all others I've seen. Alpha's (like pretty well everything of theirs) is the pits. I also, on the recommendation of someone on an imdb board, went with Image Entertainment's version of D.O.A., which was also far superior to every other version I'd seen. Unfortunately, there are no extras included...