porco556
Jan 2003
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I know I'll get bitch slapped hard for this, but this release is actually better than the BHP.
First, I downloaded the samples. I checked out the DVD-9, BHP and MPT comparison. The BHP was not good. The DVD-9 was pretty good (they used that odd senior citizen dancing/sex scene, which has lots going on). The bitrate of the original DVD-9 sample was hitting 6-8mbit/sec, BHP was mid 3-4mbit/sec and MPT was 4-5mbit/sec. I wish MPT used the exact same clip for each of the samples.
MPTs had much less artifacting around the edges and looked better (far from perfect though), which was my main complaint with the BHP version.
So, then I got the release (thinking that MPT only did a decent job on the sample), but it looked still better than the BHP release.
Now, the retail doesn't look too good to begin with, but MPT is not a bad representation of the retail.
Math came out correct too (3,984,525,312bytes for the main movie, which is approx. the 4004kbit/sec + 448kbit for the 5.1 sound). But math could have been made up to give the appearance of CCE.
Interlacing? I didn't see it in the BHP copy, so I dunno where to look. Other than the menu, which is "interlace city" on both releases.
Extras were all ripped excepted for the extended scenes (a full 600megs of it). No commentary track on this either.
Was this DVDShrink?! I dunno. Looks way too good for that. But it was mentioned above. I estimate the orig video at a high 5 gigs or low 6gigs. Which would make this around a 65-70% DVD Shrink. Which would look like puke (to my eyes that is).
I am still skeptical of MPT, but this release was pretty good. I could have done without the extra scenes, but oh well.
Technically this release wasn't needed though. The BHP did look crappy, but that's no reason to release a proper. Should have been internal. Personally I hate the politics of that though. Looking forward to the ShinBet *REAL ACTUAL SUPER PROPER PROPER* release
What this does come down to is, you like extras, keep the BHP. You like video quality (I can't believe I am typing this), give the MPT a shot.
Anyone else check this release out? I'm interested what other people thought.
WHOOPs. Forgot to vote...
Video 8/10 - The retail doesn't look too good (super ass grainy... Looks like it was filmed in the early 90's), and this ain't too bad compared to the retail. Better than BHP to my eyes.
DVD-R 9/10 - Nice to see less extras and an extra 700kbit/sec on the video. MPT or not, this wasn't bad. Only thing left IMO is the interlacing (wherever that is)...
Last edited by porco556 on 04-01-2005 at 01:02 AM
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