| Most transfers looks about the same- non-anamorphic widescreen's in-and-around the 1.78 aspect ratio with inordinately high bitrates. Colors are bright with only bare hints of contrast boosting. There is slight speckles and damage spots on all 4 releases, but they only confirm that there has been very little digital manipulation of these transfers. As far as DVD image quality goes I suspect that most viewers will be quite happy. In the audio, I noticed a few fluctuations, but nothing overly distracting. The subtitle fonts range a little, but mostly they are clean, large, white and removable - with minor spelling and grammar errors. Overall I think we should be quite happy with this. As with many unrecognized films these could easily have been substantially effected by age and improper storage. No Extras on the DVD itself, but it comes in quite a handsome package with a 56 page color booklet with Chinese text.
Quoted as 'limited to 3000', which I don't necessarily believe, but regardless I wouldn't procrastinate if you are at all interested. For Hou fans (or all cinema fans) this is quite priceless. |
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