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gag · #**59761** 26th October 2021, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The Sentinel is currently £8 on Blu on Amazon.

There is another film with the same title. A very enjoyable thriller starring Michael Douglas and Keifer Sutherland from 2006 so it wasn't necessarily the Winner film Shaun bought.

£8 on blu ray think I’ll order that, thanks

marvinnashsear · #**59762** 26th October 2021, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

It doesn't seem to be getting reported anywhere, but according to Melon Farmers this new Blu-Ray release of the 'Scream' trilogy actually contains the uncut directors version of the first film - previously releases have been the edited theatrical one

Apparently this image of a gutting...

...and this image of a head crushing...

...are included in the new release but have never appeared before

Whoever it is that's mentioned on Melonfarmers says it's the box set from 2020 that he has. Still no idea if what he says is true or not but he doesn't seem to be talking about the most recent release.

trebor8273 · #**59763** 27th October 2021, 04:27 PM

Babylon 5 remastered complete series off itunes.

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Anyone know why it's 4:3 ration now and not 16.19 like dvd?

Nosferatu@Cult Labs · #**59764** 27th October 2021, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by trebor8273

Babylon 5 remastered complete series off itunes.

Edit

Anyone know why it's 4:3 ration now and not 16.19 like dvd?

From DVD Compare, about the first season:

General Note:
Because the Babylon 5 visual-effects shots were archived as 4:3 NTSC and the purely live-action shots were archived as High-Definition, there is a noticeable drop in quality whenever a shot containing CGI occurs (since the 4:3 NTSC image had to be blown up to fill and cropped to fill the 1.78:1 DVD). This drop in quality is much worse on PAL DVDs (were the shots had to be then transformed to PAL).
Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Babylon 5: Season 1 (TV) (1993)

I think that means the only way to have a high definition picture is to use the same aspect ratio as the visual effects.

Nosferatu@Cult Labs · #**59765** 27th October 2021, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

From DVD Compare, about the first season:

General Note:
Because the Babylon 5 visual-effects shots were archived as 4:3 NTSC and the purely live-action shots were archived as High-Definition, there is a noticeable drop in quality whenever a shot containing CGI occurs (since the 4:3 NTSC image had to be blown up to fill and cropped to fill the 1.78:1 DVD). This drop in quality is much worse on PAL DVDs (were the shots had to be then transformed to PAL).
Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Babylon 5: Season 1 (TV) (1993)

I think that means the only way to have a high definition picture is to use the same aspect ratio as the visual effects.

Additionally, the show was originally broadcast in 1.33:1 (4:3), so the Blu-ray/HD stream has the original aspect ratio.

"Now for the most surprising piece of news... Engadget has confirmed that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now completed a six-year effort to upgrade the classic 1990s J. Michael Straczynski science fiction TV series Babylon 5 for the digital age. Babylon 5 Remastered is now available for viewing on HBO Max, and it’s also available for download on iTunes and Amazon. The new HD presentation includes all five seasons of the show with live action film elements scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, digitally cleaned and properly color graded, with VFX upsampled from the original SD. The entire series is available in its original 4x3 broadcast format. The 1998 version of the series’ original pilot film, The Gathering, has also been included, though it’s unremastered and so in 16x9 (as the original film elements were lost during the Northridge earthquake in 1994)."

https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/m...ts/012621-1430