OK, before I start, this DVD set has had more than
enough criticism, and I don't intend to add to that for no reason
at all. The purpose of this article is just to demonstrate DVNR
in action. There
are more negative aspects to the box set too such as small time
cuts to some of the cartoons, but personally I think it's still worth getting. You get to see Man's Best Friend (which isn't DVNR'ed!), after all.
That said, it's a little worrying that whoever
is in charge of this "digital remastering" either doesn't
know what the scratch removal system is for, or doesn't know that
it's turned on. What we term "DVNR" is intended to remove scratches
and dirt on material freshly transferred (telecined) from film reels.
Although this particular episode of R&S did touch celuloid during
the production process (as was the way back then), the materials
given to the remastering crew were actually broadcast tapes
featuring NTSC video.
These broadcast tapes contained already clean copies
of the episodes and there was no need whatsoever to add DVNR.
Did the technicians think that DVNR would
remove the dot crawl, a standard characteristic of Composite
Video? (To try and remove that particular artefact, they would need
to comb filter the video, not DVNR it).
Now that disclaimer is out of the way, take a look.
Each of these pictures should be clicked for a full-size graphic.
The last three most severe cases also include a frame grabbed from
the 1994 VHS tape for comparison. The VHS tape of course has less
accurate colours, with the reds turning a slightly more brown tone.
The DVD images have the correct colours.
 
 
 
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