To: TD911
Uh, because they're bootlegs, from the LaserDisc releases. No, the compression artifacts are a byproduct of bad DVD mastering, whatever the video might have been bootlegged from. Laserdiscs don't have compression artifacts, because they never involved compression.
69 posted on
05/06/2003 1:45:54 PM PDT by
absinthe
To: absinthe
Visible artifacts are the result of cheap or incompetent DVD mastering, probably a real-time conversion from a tape or laserdisk. I'm pretty sensitive to artifacts since I do a lot of digital photography. There are differences in the quality of various compression algorithms.
72 posted on
05/06/2003 1:51:34 PM PDT by
js1138
To: absinthe
Bingo!
I'm shocked, shocked to find bad mastering/compression on a bootleg Asian DVD from a source that has not been released in any digital medium, legitimately at this time.
Actually, as to compression LaserDiscs did have compression. Mostly for AC-3 audio and anamorphic video.
94 posted on
05/06/2003 5:05:54 PM PDT by
TD911
To: absinthe
They're bootlegs... Why do you think they're being released now in Region 1 on DVD? Because they haven't been released yet...
98 posted on
05/06/2003 5:32:07 PM PDT by
marajade
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