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Old 1st August 2012, 04:54 PM
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If it looked like these screencaptures: The House by the Cemetery Blu-ray: Dual Format Edition (United Kingdom)

Then, no it isn't defective. This release has scanner noise as most Italian horror films released on Blu-ray. Just like Arrow's City of the Living Dead.

That had a lot of noise plus compression (which looks a bit similar to film grain) problems which only made it worse. This BD also have compression issues compared to the Blue Underground BD.

I think my BU BD looks pretty good compared to old DVD. Both have been compared here: The House by the Cemetery | Blu-ray: US vs. DVD: US
Ooof no my friend nothing like that! Best i can describe is imagine tracking slightly out on a video recorder, or heads slightly dirty .. all the gradients of snow/noise u would see. Well its almost that! .. i will try to get a screen shot.

I thought city and the beyond looked lovely but this is atrocious for some reason. I am sure Arrow would not have put something out this bad intentionally.
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Ooof no my friend nothing like that! Best i can describe is imagine tracking slightly out on a video recorder, or heads slightly dirty .. all the gradients of snow/noise u would see. Well its almost that! .. i will try to get a screen shot.

I thought city and the beyond looked lovely but this is atrocious for some reason. I am sure Arrow would not have put something out this bad intentionally.
No idea then. My copy isn't like that.
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Old 1st August 2012, 06:01 PM
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Hmmmm

Well done a video n uploaded it to Boobtube. The grain, flickering n shimmering is not coming from the camera low light ... to be honest its worse than it looks on here. It is more obvious about the 50 second plus mark.

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Hmmmm

Well done a video n uploaded it to Boobtube. The grain, flickering n shimmering is not coming from the camera low light ... to be honest its worse than it looks on here. It is more obvious about the 50 second plus mark.

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Jesus dude! Definitely something wrong with your copy. Mine isn't like that at all.
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Old 1st August 2012, 06:11 PM
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Cheers Stephen ... i was hoping it was fubar'd tbh ... i didnt expect Arrow to put out tripe. Did i read somewhere that there was a faulty batch? Have u got a contact email for Arrow at all Stephen?

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I've just watched that video, I think you've definitely got a faulty disc there mate
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Cheers Stephen ... i was hoping it was fubar'd tbh ... i didnt expect Arrow to put out tripe. Did i read somewhere that there was a faulty batch? Have u got a contact email for Arrow at all Stephen?

Try info@arrowfilms.co.uk You should get a reply fairly quickly, they're usually very good like that.
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Old 1st August 2012, 06:39 PM
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Thanks Stephen, i had that addy ... just wanted to be sure
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BU vs A

The House by the Cemetery | Blu-ray: UK vs. Blu-ray: US
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Old 4th August 2012, 04:16 PM
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Goodness, mine looks nothing like either of those! Image a worn out VHS copy and you are close.

I have emailed Arrow and the guys have offered to exchange mine, I just hope the replacement looks at least something like the shots in the examples on the link in the post above.
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