porco556
Jan 2003
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Holy shit... I watched 30 mins and then turned it off... Video quality on a larger TV is crap and I'm shocked that people are all over the 9/10 wagon.
3.6gigs for the movie which has 3 sets of credits and opening (in 3 angles which contain 3 different languages), not to mention the DC and the fact that the movie is 140 mins..
The menu is a whopping 600megs also.
I would have done a few things different, but IMO the only thing that would REALLY impact this would be the rip of the menu and DC. That's upwards of 900MB (600 menu + 200 DC + 90 other), which would equal to around 25% better video quality (if it was ripped). Which would be much appreciated.
However, the scene won't let the 550MB play button be erased (rules are rules), so it looks like this is almost as good as it will get.
Video 7/10 - Wow.... It's bad IMO, but on a 27" CRT or on the computer, you'll be in heaven. Huge action sequences hitting 4.2kbit/sec, then going as low as 1.7 in dramatic sequences. But IT is a long movie, and long (action) movies need the bandwidth. Doesn't help that this is a digital transfer also, makes it hard to hide imperfections in the grain/etc...
DVD-R 9/10 - Other than the DC, which personally I don't care to hear Lucas blabber, can't do much to improve this. The menu is the real hurt here, and that has to stay by scene rules. But equally, don't scene rules say you can't brand your releases in the title (which of course is easy to fix in DVD Decrypter prior to burning).
This is definitely a "hold you over" release till the real thing comes out. Personally, I am anticipating other movies and not in any big rush to see this one. Also, if you don't care for this movie much, this release is MORE than enough.
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10-18-2005 05:27 PM
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