Tag Archives: Good disc

Demonoid (Vinegar Syndrome)

No complaints. Video looks good.

I really wish Vinegar Syndrome wouldn’t attach their noisy logo to the end of every movie, though.

Clipped directly from the BD.

However, my BD player (Sony BDP-S6700) did not like the disc. About halfway through, it started occasionally dropping frames as if the video was a crude 25->24fps conversion. In slow-mo it looked ok, and when I later checked the files on my PC, they were fine. Anyone else have this problem? Seems that model overheats. Lucky it’s lasted as long as it has. I really don’t want to buy a new player…

The Iceman Cometh (1973, Kino)

Another good transfer from the American Film Theatre series. Watching the long version, it’s fascinating to see the brutal editing they did to get it to three hours. The cut portions, unsurprisingly, don’t match particularly well, but the sound is consistent throughout. Very nice.

Clipped directly from the BD.

The Mikado (1939, Criterion)

According to the booklet, Criterion applied DVNR for grain reduction and they did their typical hiss reduction. Regrettable, but their work doesn’t have distracting repairs and looks natural overall.

Clipped directly from the BD.

1926 Promo

Looks amazing! Clear and sharp, with wonderful grain and a generous bitrate.

Clipped directly from the BD.