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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Tex Avery DVNR, before and after

A few days ago, I posted about the Scratch removal (DVNR) artefacting on the "Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection" box set. Since then, a reader asked me to provide screen grabs of the shorts in unmangled form, so people could compare the differences for themselves. Good idea! Luckily, I have unmangled copies to hand:

New US DVD:

1993 US Laser Disc (colour corrected pour moi, originally had extreme blue tint):

New US DVD:

French DVD:

New US DVD:

French DVD:

Isn't restoration great? Well, yes, yes it is - when the video transfer technicians know what they're doing.

I actually said "Fucking hell!" out loud when I saw that last example. I can't believe such glaring mistakes make their way to market.

Wait, I can believe it - I just don't want to.

Kyle Hayes
May 10, 2007 11:39 PM

Yikes! That DVNR is bad. Especially the last screenshot with the mortar all but removed from the brick house.

The brighter colors of the Franch DVD also for some reason look better.

A Guy Named Leviathan
May 11, 2007 12:32 AM

Ugly and shameful. Not to mention absolutely unnecessary, with no excuse for it.

That's vomit inducing, is what it is.

Pretty soon, you'll see every cartoon made before the year 2000, with it's quality degraded down to pure shit and slapped with a "remastered" sticker.

The companies have learned absolutely nothing. And the real victim are films. Animation is not being preserved. Rather, it seems like there's a conceded mission to destroy it. And it's called DVNR.

KarmaRocketX
May 16, 2007 11:55 PM

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