What Laser Pressings Are Better Than The DVD's?

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>Also, WAR OF THE WORLDS.>

I own the LD because it offers stereo and the DVD does not. Both the
LD and DVD offer WAR OF THE WORLDS in its OAR of 4:3. Are you claiming that the
video presentation of the DVD is inferior to the LD, too?
Kraig

 

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Need to keep in mind, many dvd's that are released are "remastered" or
taken from better sources than the laserdisc releases. Now I said
many, not all. One laserdisc I can think of that blows away the dvd
release is the Knebworth 1990 concert. The DVD is full of
"macroblocks" and is overall poor video quality compared to the LD.
Even my VCD looks better than DVD release.

Steve

 

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>If the DVD had offered OAR and anamorphic enhancement, but only had
>Dolby Digital 5.1, I would have likely purchased it,

Agreed. I can live without the DTS sound but a widescreen DVD release would've
been nice. And I'm not sure why they havn't released one. I finally broke down
on Sunday and bought Batman and Batman Returns on DVD, I've grown sick of
waiting for better Special Editions.They're both bare bones, and could benefit
from better transfers but at least both discs have the option to view the films
in widescreen.

 

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"Joshua Zyber" <jzyber@SPAMMERS-DROP-DEAD.mindspring.com> wrote in
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: "Biz" <biznospam@att.net> wrote in message
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: > > Easier yes. "Better" is subjective. At least when it comes to
: 2-channel
: > > sources, laserdisc PCM sounds vastly better than Dolby Digital
2.0.
: The
: > > 5.1 sound options are more evenly matched.
: >
: > What about DVDs with PCM audio as well? It really isnt fair to
: compare a LD
: > with PCM audio to a DVD without the same PCM audio as well.
:
: How many DVDs are there with PCM sound?

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MANY opera DVDs have PCM.
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: I think I could count them on my
: fingers. Meanwhile, almost every laserdisc has PCM as the default
sound
: option. PCM is the 2-channel standard on LD, and DD 2.0 is the
2-channel
: standard on DVD, thus it is fair and proper to compare them.
:
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