ITRocks

DVDBeaver.com we have compiled some directed visual graphic comparisons of DVDs. The first now accessible by the public are listed below:
Criterion Collection Region 1 "In the Mood For Love" vs. TF1 French Video Region 2

Columbia Tri-Star "Vertical Ray of the Sun" Region 1 vs. Studio Canal/Universal Pictures Region 2

Criterion "Andrei Rublev" Region 1 vs. Ruscico/Artificial Eye Region 2

Image Entertainment "Nosferatu" R1 (not encoded) vs. BFI version R2 (UK)

Touchstone Home Video "Dead Poets Society" Region 1 vs. Touchstone Home Video Region 2 (UK)

Criterion Collection "Juliet of the Spirits" Region 1 vs. Image Entertainment Region 1

Criterion "Rebecca" Region 1 vs. Anchor Bay "Rebecca" Region 1

Criterion "Notorious" Region 1 vs. Anchor Bay "Notorious" Region 1
You may access links to them all from HERE

TechBoy

Thanks a lot! Those are very interesting... especially Andrei Rublev.

Semona

Wow! MEET JOHN DOE looks so much better on the British disc! I may have to pick that one up, considering it's NTSC.

ITRocks

Added at www.compare.dvdbeaver.com :

Paramount Region1 "The Truman Show" vs. Paramount Region 2

Image Region 0 "Meet John Doe" vs. Sanctuary Region 0

Warner Region 1 "North by Northwest" vs. Warner Region 2 Courtesy of CineDVD.net (French text)

Universal Region1 "Vertigo" vs. Universal/GCTHV "Vertigo" Region 2 ...

ITRocks

Two interesting updates... both leaning the way of Fox over Criterion...
www.compare.dvdbeaver.com

Criterion Region 1 encoded "Hard Boiled" vs. Region 1 encoded Fox/Lorber - Winstar

Criterion Region 0 "The 400 Blows" vs. Region 0 Fox/Lorber - Winstar

Cyborg

I honestly can't see any difference between the two North By Northwest samples. The Image Nosferatu is a LOT better than the BFI one. David Shepard really pulled out the stops for the SE transfer. I don't see much difference in the Notorious samples, but I trust the restoration. The AB disc was just a print (with a few frame jumps), while the Criterion disc is a bona-fide restored version. The camera negative sections are breathtaking.

Vertigo looks much better in the R1 samples...despite 16x9 enhancement. The color is a lot more accurate, as well.

Semona

Two more posted at www.compare.dvdbeaver.com :

A link to the:
Kino Region 1 Tarkovsky's "Mirror" vs. RusCiCo Artificial Eye Region 2
- Posted by Jan Bielawski and Trond Trondsen of www.Nostalghia.com

Fox/Lorber Region 1 "Two English Girls" vs. Region 2 Mk2

I have been sent some screeners to do more:
Region 1 Beijing Bicycle comparison from Seville Pictures and Columbia Tr-Star
and the Region 1 Under the Sand from Seville Pictures and Fox/Lorber
I will post these by the weekend.

ITRocks

Another two added:

Image Region 1 "Ossessione" vs. Films sans Frontières Region 2

Universal Home Video Region 1 "Topaz" vs. Universal Home Video Region 2

Good news for all who own R2 versions of Universal Hitchcock films like Topaz: After comparison of the screenshots R1 vs. R2 it is beyond any doubt that the films were not panned-and scanned by Universal, but rather that they are presented in open matte (like the Kubrick collection), adding picture information on top and bottom of the frame. Zooming on a 16x9 screen would give the same framing as on the R1, with the exeption that it is not anamorphic. Results of the comparison can be seen with the "Topaz" comparison at www.compare.dvdbeaver.com .

You can all see the rarther large difference in the Ossessione region transfer with R2 blowing away R1...

Maybe we should all get a region free machine

Cyborg

Question regarding "Beijing Bicycle".

Is the Seville version cut since the running is different from the Sony release?

Columbia - 1:53:24 min
Seville - 1:48:24 min

Difference, 5 mins... is this a typo?

TechBoy

In both Spartacus and Do the Right Thing, the Universal versions look vertically squished. Is this how they really are? This makes Universal look a bit incompetent.

Seeing the Spartacus comparison really makes me want to replace my Universal one now.