mostlyharmless(Competent) posted this on Wednesday, 14th March 2001, 11:21
Is the R2 verion of Highlander any good ? I heard that the R1 version was not a very good tranfer ...
RE: Highlander R2
Johnny Utah(Elite) posted this on Wednesday, 14th March 2001, 23:52
It is true to say that the R1 transfer wasn`t that good, but it had a few good extras.I`ve seen the R2 available for £9.99 in a lot of places on the net, so you can`t go wrong really because it`s a quality film.
RE: Highlander R2
mostlyharmless(Competent) posted this on Friday, 16th March 2001, 09:17
Has anybody watched the R2 version ? I want to know if it`s much better than VHS ...
RE: Highlander R2
Felson(Harmless) posted this on Friday, 16th March 2001, 19:59
Hi
I bought the film from woolworths for £12.99 and have to say that the picture quality seemed pretty good to me certainly better than VHS.
The disc includes a trailer photo album and filmographies and is presented in 16:9 compatible 4:3 format ratio 1:85 with a dolby digital 5.1 soundtrack running time 1hour 55min
I would recommend buying the dvd version as its probably as good a version as you`re going to get.
RE: Highlander R2
Tony Vado(Competent) posted this on Saturday, 17th March 2001, 14:11
The R1 version looked awful because THX attempted to remaster the archived film (with disastrous results!). The finished print looks very grainy and they should have left it alone. The R2 edition is just a straight transfer onto DVD and is all the better for it. There`s an interview with Christopher Lambert (in french) which wasn`t on the American release. The remastered sound has been carried over though, and thankfully they did a first-rate job on that. If you like the film you must buy the R2 DVD.
RE: Highlander R2
mostlyharmless(Competent) posted this on Monday, 19th March 2001, 09:45
Thanks for the info guys. My R2 copy is on it`s way (from 21store, £9.50 ish) :-)
