How's the German Maniac BD in comparison to the BU release?

I was coming onto this thread to find out the same thing. It's not even the softness of the BU that's the biggest problem as it's to be expected to an extent but I had to switch my settings to get even something that resembled black in amy of it other than a milky dark grey.

Maniac
You can be sure that they are using the same exact master as Blue Underground. It is essentially a repack of the Blue Underground disc.

City Of The Living Dead
What they did is simply adding heavy DNR. Normally a no-go, but in this case it actually mostly eliminates the video noise and leaves the details intact.
For a "blast-from-the-past": Selecting the zombie head in the extras menu gives you acess to the old german video version.

The XT Steelbook wipes the floor with the Arrow print however you do lose all of the extras.

For me that was a price worth paying as I like to watch my film free from artifacts.

I still haven't watched the Arrow version despite owning it for about a year, in fact it's still sealed as I bought it cheap not long after watching their DVD version

The Arrow version is certainly worth having if you are into extras but I just couldn't watch the film again after seeing the XT release.

Many collectors have more than one copy of a film anyway so in this case it makes perfect sense

That's why I haven't watched it yet, I have numerous DVD editions of it (including the Arrow slipcase one) but only the one BD copy

Zane, you are now our unofficial German BD spokesperson. :lol:

Can you keep an eye out for any reviews on this?

http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00C391...bluraycom04-21

Does anyone know if Fox uses reversible covers in Germany? I'm looking to pick up the forthcoming Bloodsport blu-ray. I know it's on a double feature in the US with Timecop, but I already have the UK blu of that film.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/04/14/adu5a2u7.jpg

Yeath, they use reversible covers, although I don't know if on all their releases. But I checked some of their releases and all of them have a reversible cover.