DVD Disc Stats

Studio
WHV

Year
1989

Length
126 minutes

Orig. Aspect Ratio
1.85:1

DVD Aspect Ratio
1:85:1

Version(s)
PS/LBX

Soundtrack
5.1 (Eng 5.1, Fre 2)

Subtitles
Eng,Fre,Spa

Released
Mar 24, 1997

Price
$24.99

Age Rating
PG 13

Layers
1

Batman

PlayerConnectionScreenAuthor
Toshiba SD 3006S-VideoPanasonic 31"Jared M Brinkley

Batman DVD: Played several scenes, mainly the one following the press conference near the beginning, Nicholson speaks to Jerry Hall. Very strong color, accurate flesh tones, sharp blacks. Noticed (as in a prior post) digital artifacting in background areas of wooden area in right of scene.

Batman LD: Played scene again. Color in comparison very washed, flesh tones much pinker, image clarity grainier, with a degree of haze. Odd enough, noticed the SAME "digital" artifacting in backgrounds. I have concluded this to be a result of the original source material, not either software defect. Reds and browns in the picture yeilded harsh noise.

Conclusion: The DVD had STRIKINGLY better image quality. The Ld was pressed several years ago, and I'm sure this is partly to blame. Widescreen matte at 1:85:1 was identical. In looking back and forth between the two, the DVD version won with a clear victory. Too bad that the print itself seems to be poor from the get go, lots of noise and garbage going on in both versions.

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