Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Concerning The Dark Knight Video Quality

Few days ago when I gave my Dark Knight review I said that the digital copy was the best video quality than from the DVD itself. Although that may be true (and still is) there are still some pretty noticeable differences which make the DVD edition a tad good as well. Yet as I have noticed in comparison shots, it is also somewhat an awkward transfer. I’m not kidding. The transfer seems somewhat and slightly squeezed. You’ll see what I mean in a bit. Let’s just say its not good, and its in pretty bad shape for DVD quality. As a quote from the Joker himself: (not my words mind you) “I mean, what happened? Your balls drop off?” I have seen Batman Begins better than this. (Okay, I have seen many DVDS better than this) Another government conspiracy it seems for people to side with Blu-Ray. Now for the comparisons:

jokerintro

DVD Edition (Remember to click for bigger quality)

jokerintro2

Digital Copy (QuickTime Version)

jokerintro3

Blu-Ray Quality (from 720p source)

itsallpartoftheplan

DVD Edition

itsallpartoftheplan2

Digital Copy (Quick Time)

itsallpartoftheplan3

Blu-Ray (720p)

scarecrowsbriefvisit

DVD Edition

scarecrowsbriefvisit2

Digital Copy

scarecrowsbriefvisit3

Blu-Ray (720p)

battankblown

DVD Edition

battankblown2

Digital Copy

battankblown3

Blu-Ray (720p)

comissionergordon

DVD Edition

comissionergordon2

Digital Copy

comissionergordon3

Blu-Ray (720p)

As you can tell with the Commissioner Gordon pics that with the DVD version, its been squeezed a bit. Its possibly the strangest thing I have ever seen. Also each screen isn’t perfectly matched so some will looked zoomed than others because again its not the same position. But many I did get lucky on. From the picture comparisons we all know that the Blu-Ray edition is truly the best edition to get. Here are the same and more comparisons in the same order, but closer together: (pictures may look not as good because of resolution change, but its how it would look though)

Comparison Picture 1

Comparison Picture 2

Comparison Picture 3

Comparison Picture 4

Comparison Picture 5

Comparison Picture 6

Comparison Picture 7

Comparison Picture 8

Comparison Picture 9

Comparison Picture 10

 

This DVD is cursed, well just have to wait to get a Blu-Ray player now.

Update: Guess who's back? Back Again. (I totally went there)

1 comment:

Anthony said...

The DVD images do look murkier and less detailed than the Digital Coy and the Blu-Ray. That's a bummer.