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There are no digital compression problems and the original print is pristine, with only the faintest smattering of grain here and there, but in all this is a wonderful picture, fully deserving of its reference mark 9 and one that I thought couldn't be bettered, that is until I watchedĪ disc that had been available in the UK for a while and was always used in the trailers for the new HD Format. Contrast and brightness too are set to give lush, deep and wonderful blacks the scene when Harry is waiting for the night bus, when the bush moves and we see an outline of a possible dog like creature in the SD, here it is as clear as a bell, the shadow detail is exquisite, take a look at the detail in the Dementors. Colours too have undergone a change, the film is far darker, so the pallet is more muted, but there are strong greens and browns with a defiance on the screen. Since the production was taken to Scotland for the first time Cuarón takes time to show us the lush and harsh landscape and in HD it looks breathtaking, the crags of the exposed rock, the sway of the grass, the reflectance off the lake, the branches of the trees in winter, all are pristine in their clarity, postcard quality.
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Detail is spectacular, from skin defects and clothing weaves to the bark and leaves of the Whomping Willow, to the bottles and brickwork of the Leaky Cauldron. Now we're talking, this is a sparkling transfer. A decent picture this one and deserves a good solid 8.
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The original print was free from dirt or noise and the grain was far more acceptable. I noticed no compression problems or any edge enhancement. Contrast and brightness are very well set there is some very good depth to frame with lovely deep blacks and decent shadow detail. Colours have far more depth, reds, greens and blues are now quite striking and bold without bleed or wash and skin tones are far more natural. Detail is far better, the long landscape shots of Hogwarts are definite, brickwork has texture, skin has texture, interiors have a distinct feel to them, the many cluttered areas of the various teaching rooms or offices have much to see and read. The image is now far clearer, of course this is because the source material is that much cleaner and free from the many soft filters this renders the picture clear and precise. Individual rating 7.Įverything that made the Philosophers stone average has been sorted out for this transfer, the clean up is better, the detail is better, the colours are better.
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In all a well above average picture, far superior to the standard release, but falling short of the HD sparkle to give top marks. Original print problems were limited only to the amount of grain. Digitally there are no compression problems and there was only the tiniest hint of edge enhancement but the added clarity did tend to show up the inconsistencies of the CGI, the troll and Quidditch players were particular examples here. Brightness and contrast are set to give some reasonably deep blacks there is a good depth of frame and whites are well realised. However, blues come out well and the reds and greens of the Quidditch player uniforms are strong and bold there is no bleed or wash seen. Colours are pretty well realised, although the entire picture is rather warm in nature leading to flesh tones becoming somewhat more boosted than you would normally expect.
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However, once things move to Hogwarts the picture dramatically improves, sharpness vastly improves with some nice distinct edges and grain although evident becomes far less. The picture is all rather soft and grainy, but then so is the original print, as seen by the outdated SD DVD releases, and this is especially true of the opening scenes which are not much better than that standard release. These Blu-rays are identical to their HD DVD counterparts in terms of picture quality - I compared while I still had my HD DVD player - thus I present here the same views as before. OK, let's get all the technical detail out of the way first, all the discs are presented in their theatrical aspect ratio of 2.40:p and are VC-1 encoded.