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2.0 out of 5 stars great set so far BUT ......, May 27 2008

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Paul Shikata (toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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first off, i have only seen two of the films so far ........ winchester 73, and bend of the river ...... the 2 stars is for the video xfer of 'Bend ..."

winchester 73 is FANTASTIC in everyway ..... film AND new xfer.

bend of the river is also pretty fantastic, but the xfer is HORRENDOUS as it is ALMOST unwatchable .......

i bought this set on recommendation from the dvdbeaver site, which unfortunately, in the case of 'bend of the river', completely FORGOT ? to mention this image issue in their review ..... or they didn't NOTICE it ...

i just googled for more reviews ....

taken from dvd savant review of the dvd image ..... which i am in total agreement with .....

"Universal's DVD of Bend of the River has a well-compressed image that suffers only when the composite Techicolor scenes are misaligned, which is unfortunately fairly frequent, especially in outdoor footage. The picture will cut from a perfect medium shot to a grainy and indistinct wide image with the magenta register out of whack, ever so slightly. Perhaps on a small screen it's not a problem, but it's a little disappointing on a large monitor."

it frankly looks horrible because of this as MOST of the film looks soft and out of focus ....but when the image is in alignment it looks great ! ... i'm viewing on a 42inch panasonic plasma

the image captures on the dvdbeaver review seem to only show the xfer at it's best. VERY misleading, unfortunately. it does state though, that this xfer is exactly the same as the 2003 release. which is fine. i went in understanding which xfers were new 2008, and which ones were 2003. fine. BUT there was no mention about the nasty overall image of 'bend of the river' ..... luckily i enjoyed the film so much that i could 'live with' the BELOW AVERAGE xfer.

lesson. don't trust dvdbeaver IMPLICITLY as i did. it's too bad since i consider them the best technical dvd review site on the web ...... i guess they still are, even with this little slip up ..... no one's perfect, but i tell you it was a SHOCK to watch this.

i was hoping that i just had a 'bad disc', but when i saw the review from 'savant' describing the image, it seemed obvious that the xfer is what it is. too bad. it's a great film that deserves better.

even at 5$ a disc, in this boxset, it is still very annoying. one of THE WORST video xfers i've ever seen on dvd. really.

on a lighter note. i am LOVING these anthony mann westerns. fan-tastic !

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Gordon; check this out, May 13 2008

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Digital Delay Head "Technoplugin" (Canada) - See all my reviews

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Go to www.dvdbeaver.com; a good website where these titles are currently being reviewed; all titles are listed and they appear to be new transfers rather than the re pressings of 2003 editions.

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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars james stewart western collection, May 11 2008

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gordon tulloch - See all my reviews
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Whats the chances of knowing which movies are in this collection.
There always seems to be a lck of information in this area with you
folks

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