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| Author: | carrief [ Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | ALIEN ANTHOLOGY BLU-RAY |
I was just curious to know if the ALIENS blu[quote][/quote]-ray was supposed to look all "pixelated." I mean you could see all the actors' skin perfectly clear and sound is excellent, but there's like a film of pixels over that and you could see it more when the picture is dark. Is that just from the film transfer and is supposed to be there? |
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| Author: | nick-a-tron [ Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:18 am ] |
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It's meant to be there. Sadly ALIENS is a very grainy film. |
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| Author: | Vito [ Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:25 am ] |
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Agreed with Nick. Aliens is grainy. |
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| Author: | PVB [ Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ALIEN ANTHOLOGY BLUE-RAY |
Not 'sadly' though, just the way it is.  @carrief: A lot of blu ray films have digital noise reduction which softens the grain, sometimes too much. Have a read of this: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Predator-Blu-ray/11375/ Aliens used film stock which gave a very grainy look, less obvious on vhs or dvd, but blu ray shows it as close to how it looks in the cinema. 
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| Author: | carrief [ Sat Feb 22, 2014 1:57 pm ] |
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Thanks everyone! I wondered if I had a defective disk. |
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| Author: | Alien1099 [ Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:34 pm ] |
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If I recall correctly, back when the Aliens: Special Edition laserdisc was released there were some complaints about how grainy the video was. Yeah, that's just the way it is and as we get better and better digital resolution, we start to see this kind of detail. The first blu-ray I ever watched on a big 1080p screen was Casino Royale. I remember thinking about how grainy/noisy the video was. |
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| Author: | carrief [ Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:48 am ] |
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Alien1099 wrote: If I recall correctly, back when the Aliens: Special Edition laserdisc was released there were some complaints about how grainy the video was. Yeah, that's just the way it is and as we get better and better digital resolution, we start to see this kind of detail. The first blu-ray I ever watched on a big 1080p screen was Casino Royale. I remember thinking about how grainy/noisy the video was. Maybe by the time the 30th anniversary comes around they'll find a way to clean that up without taking away the essence of the film. I'm just glad the sound is so good on the surround sound system felt like seeing the movie for the first time. Then after awhile you don't notice the grain as much. |
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| Author: | BurntKona [ Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:01 am ] |
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Yeah, beware of wishing for clean-up. Look what happened to Predator.  http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=181599 |
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| Author: | carrief [ Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:01 pm ] |
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BurntKona wrote: Yeah, beware of wishing for clean-up. Look what happened to Predator. http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=181599 Wow, that is bad... looks cloudy. |
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| Author: | PVB [ Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ALIEN ANTHOLOGY BLU-RAY |
The image linked in spoiler tags in that thread shows that DNR can remove film grain, but then makes everything look cgi, instead of real. Be happy with film grain. 
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| Author: | AlienQueen [ Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:46 pm ] |
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I watched Aliens on a big screen at pinewood. It was fantastic. Retro like an old tv. Perhaps it was the wine and the sausage rolls? Losa |
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| Author: | Adie1979 [ Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:50 pm ] |
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Unfortunetly as said above, aliens was deliberately filmed in a grainy way which has led to all sorts of colour problems. Cue the Brown Bess conversation lol
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