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Video quality is awful as hell

posted 11 years ago by mattiasflgrtll6
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All the time I looked at this movie, I wondered it actually was made for TV, because the picture quality is some of the worst I've ever seen!

[–] mlang_dvd 11 years ago

I have the German Blu-ray release of this film (In einer kleinen Stadt). It was released last year by EuroVideo and it has restored image quality with English-language DTS-HD Master Audio track.

I made a small screenshot comparison of it with the Scandinavian DVD which has an appalling image quality. The difference can easily be noted: http://www.dvdplaza.fi/forum/threads/90754/.

(Click on “Näytä spoiler” to view the images.)

DVDCompare.net lists the currently known DVD and BD releases:
– http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=3248 (DVD)
– http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=25514 (Blu-ray).

[–] brightmidnight71 10 years ago

I just saw it on comcast on demand and some scenes look like they were shot w a VHS camera. The part where the kid has a gun to his head looked awful.

[–] cheekyfilm 10 years ago

My copy looked great.. but the cinematography, and especially the lighting, was awful at times.

[–] martinjames-muzo 9 years ago

Watching it on UK TV now - they have the 'tapey' looking version, though it's in widescreen. I saw it in 4:3 on TV a good while ago. Still, the chroma key on the buildings and the sky behind them looked very obvious at a couple of points. I'm a fan of this film, so will look out for the remastered version. And Max von Sydow, what a presence. And to think, he's played Jesus and the devil, plus he's still going strong and in some space sequel people keep talking about.

[–] Prismark10 9 years ago

The lighting was was not very good and it did have a videotape kind of quality to it.

It's that man again!!