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WHAT IS THIS JAMES GUY ON CRACK the pic quality was the worst.]]>Jul 8th 2008 9:40AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/
Actually, it would be worth looking around at online reviewers to see just who got this right and wrong. Those who rated the GoNY picture quality highly are not reviewers I would trust in the future.]]>Jul 8th 2008 11:18AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Jul 8th 2008 12:02PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Shame, I never got the DVD version of GANGS and was looking forward to getting it in BD. Guess I'll just wait until they give it a proper release on BD.]]>Jul 8th 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/
Folks, the ONLY way this practice (which seems to now be part of BD releases) to end is if NOBODY buys it until it's "right." To those to HAVE to have it RIGHT NOW, consider that you will be thought of as a fool/tool for the studios! Trust me if in 4 months time they see only a few hundred in sales, you can take it to the bank they will FIX the issue.]]>Jul 8th 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Jul 8th 2008 9:54AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Jul 8th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/]]>Jul 8th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/
The only really bad DVD I kept was Chris Elliot's "Get a Life"]]>Jul 8th 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Jul 8th 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/
What's especially sad about this is that Disney has been releasing some very nice BDs up to this point. Enchanted is just about reference quality. Why they would reuse a known crappy master for arguably the best movie of 2002 is just mind boggling to me.]]>Jul 8th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/
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Reports from AVSForum suggest Disney used the same heavily EE'd master as the DVD release and therefore the BD suffers the same problems.

Personally I don't particularly love film grain so I don't mind some mild DNR. But I don't want the movie turned to pasty mush either from overzealous application. EE should never be necessary either. Best would be if the studios got either the director, or the DP or the film editor involved to supervise the transfer to ensure it was done properly.]]>Jul 8th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/
Too bad because this movie (despite the muddled plot) could be great eye-candy.]]>Jul 8th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Jul 8th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Jul 8th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Jul 8th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/Jul 8th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/07/08/gangs-of-new-york-blu-ray-transfer-not-up-to-snuff/
I wonder if Scorcese's Director of Photography, Michael Ballhaus is aware of this? He was also the DOP on The Departed, Goodfellas, and The Age of Innocence, so Scorcese must like using him for some of his films.



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