Pearl Harbor

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1. Shane Bushman says

   March 31, 2015 at 10:51 pm
   95 of 110 people found the following review helpful

   
   I liked this movie – Too bad it’s another MPEG2 encode, January 30, 2007

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   Shane Bushman (Palm Beach, FL USA) –
   
     

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   This review is from: Pearl Harbor [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

   This movie was definitely one to show off the Blu-Ray format, but some corporate genius decided not to pay MS royalties for the use of VC-1, and they went with MPEG2 again on PH. Unless you have the sharpness dialed down on your set, or a 720p display blocking can be seen on this title pretty easily. If you’re not sensitive to it then you’re lucky. It comes through looking almost like a second layer of grain, but not the very fine grain of good film we’re used to. I know some films are intentionally grainy, but rather than error diffusion (like real grain) this movie exhibits patterned grain. It is an artifact of MPEG2 block in motion.

   Titles released on Blu-Ray in VC1 encoding have proven how much better they can look. Why won’t they maximize the potential of the format already?

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2. Paul Huang says

   March 31, 2015 at 11:43 pm
   48 of 58 people found the following review helpful

   
   Great movie, but so so video transfer, November 6, 2007

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   Paul Huang (Los Altos, CA United States) –
   
     

   This review is from: Pearl Harbor [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

   This movie is very enjoyable in plot and special effects. But, unfortunately the video transfer was poorly done in Blu-ray. If you already have standard DVD version, save your money.

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3. Steven Hancock says

   April 1, 2015 at 12:37 am
   54 of 68 people found the following review helpful

   
   A BETTER CUT & A GREAT DVD RELEASE!, June 16, 2002

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   Steven Hancock (Winston Salem, NC United States) –

   This review is from: Pearl Harbor (The Director’s Cut) (Four-Disc Vista Series) (DVD)

   The Vista Series has released the biggest and greatest DVD package ever assembled with “Pearl Harbor- The Director’s Cut.” The new 184 Minute cut is edited better. The attack sequence is more realistic and graphic, the reason for this cut’s R-rating. And the four-disc set features hours of behind-the-scenes footage, two documentaries on the real attack and the Doolittle Raid, and commentary tracks from Michael Bay and Janine Basinger; Jerry Brucheimer, Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Alec Baldwin; The Director of Photography, Costume Designer, Visual Effects Supervisor and Composer. A great addition to the DVD collection. And if you think this is good, then get ready for the November release of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring- The Director’s Edition” four-disc set! Movie Grade: A+; DVD Grade: A+

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