A couple of things to consider when you watch the DVD:
- The tape is really 24 or 25 years old. It's not going to look perfect and even if the VHS was a few days old it wouldn't look perfect. VHS is a flawed storage medium and it can't ever look "perfect."
No one expects to look perfect.
- The enhancements were not made for people to pick apart and look at each frame. The enhancements were made to look good when you play them at full speed, 29.97 FPS on a television screen.
Wrong. If you did that enhancement, it would have been ok. Remastering is exactly that for. to adjust the colors and contrast when its needed. they have the equipment and the time for that. thats what they get paid for.
And most here like heavy de-noised picture, so I understand why many like the quality.
- When Michael's face is orange, or his Smooth Criminal jacket is yellow, or the background is blue or green, that isn't entirely because of VHS damage. The cameras capture the stage lights too. Stage lights change the color of things. One of the main problems with MANY amateur enhancements is that they go too far in color correction and end up removing stage effects and lighting.
We know that this comes because of the lightning. thats why particular scenes needs to be fixed.
- You can't judge the quality of the DVD off of the screenshots. Many screenshots posted here have been resized, resampled, compressed, deinterlaced, or any combination of the four things. The only way you can judge the quality of the DVD is by watching it the way it was meant to be watched: on a television screen with a DVD player.
You have to trust that they handled the footage and audio correctly.
I know that very well. I watched the dvd before most of you. i posted first the sceenshots (raw) and if you have readed my comments
you'll see that i said many times: "its going to be very good oh SD television and 'acceptable' of Hd tvs"
I just watched the original DVD on my Blu-Ray player and my 55 inch HD 3D TV; it was awful. It really made me mad. I could not enjoy one bit of the show. The noise reduction that was done is soo distracting. It's ugly, and don't get me started when it comes to the bonus features. Mastertape of Yokohama? Just give me a big break. That's hilarious.
Sony, you failed once again. I think it's better for the estate to shut down all the future releases. MJ is not longer with us and if he was he would have bitchslapped Sony three times.
This Is It was the best release, after that they shoul have quit and release INVINCIBLE outtakes.
We will never get a Michael Jackson concert in Full High Definition. Nobody has an old 4:3 TV. Even my grandma has a Flat screen tv.
Give me a break. I am so pissed right now. Sorry for those who did enjoy the concert, I am just a quality freak. Always has been.
100% agree on DNR.
Don't agree it's awuful. But i'm sure it could have be much better.
Its not Sony's fault. its the company that remastered. Sony took what they've been receiving. it was too late to turn back the release of the dvd.
Thats not the master tape they mentioned in the announcement. its the same source used for the broadcast and "the one" dvd and other promos. it has the songs titles. its copy of broadcast tape. And who knows what theestate indicates as "Master".
Also masters age, just like every other source and need to be renewed. And people should understan umatic masters are not the "holy grail" we hope for.
Don't be pissed. the show is what counts and it great. after the second time watching you irgnore the bad remastering.
^ You are forgetting that we did not know the video quality was shit, mister. Blaming the fans is just wrong, don't you think most fans would have LA in HQ instead of Wembley in this quality IF WE KNEW?
Of course most would pick LA. The Estate chose (?) to listen to the fans, releasing this video quality. I think it was a mistake done by them. When they saw the quality of the tape, they should pick another concert that was in really high quality instead.
YEs we didn't know. thats why we must be careful what we wish. wanting release of the Tour, ok. but not exactly specific city or date. So thats what this teached us. It did came bit harsh, but thats how it turned out. I don't blame no one, just saying, because i'm a smartass.
thats why i say, no more " I want Monza", "I want NY". Just "WE want that Tour". they should decide which one is best for release.
We still don't know in what quality they have any of the LA shows.
this is thread about the quality, right? we don't criticize the performance here. No one here said they don't like the dvd over-all.
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