117
people found this helpful, as of 2023
ranked #235,588 most helpful
out of 571,544,897 reviews
★☆☆☆☆
Crisp and Clear, Washed Out and Dull
PROS:
The bonus material is great content-wise.
Everything is much, much sharper and clearer.
CONS:
Much of the new 1080p 'detail' is man-made noise and artifacts, intentionally put into the production.
As others have noted, the brightness on these blu-rays is through the roof. Anything that should be black is grey. That includes the bars on the sides that would normally be solid black. This is a deal breaker.
As a result of the crazy-high brightness, all the colors are washed out and bland. The scene depicted on the beautifully remastered cover of the case? Yeah that's not anywhere near what it looks like on disc.. It really contradicts the efforts that went into restoring this masterpiece.
I'm returning this, which is probably the first for me in my decade of shopping on Amazon (other than outright non-working defects). This is such a big issue that there's no doubt in my mind it will be fixed and re-released. I've attached an image of one of the discs playing on my computer. Keep in mind this is a screenshot, not a photo, so blacks should theoretically actually be black, not grey.
