Crime Story UPDATED

[Scott_Napier]

Hi there,

http://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=17737

There are some mistakes in relation to the 88 Films Blu-ray entry for 'Crime Story'.

1. The subtitles are not listed right (there's five sets, not two). See my comments: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php? ... tcount=289

2. The Teddy Chen interview is 480 resolution. I assume it's progressive along with the Bruce Law interview (and possibly Kirk Wong), because it no longer has the video-look (they were converted from the original PAL source, which was interlaced).

3. The Singapore scenes are 480p and contain removable subtitles.

4. From a new 2K master (the only release to feature it so far). All the other releases in the comparison are based on an upscale.

Source: I have the disc (though unable to check on a computer, only a standard Blu-ray player) and was involved in the production.
Note: For anything that I cannot verify, I would recommend checking with someone who has the disc. I stand open to correction, but I suspect the specification is based on a Blu-ray.com review (with added assumptions from Rewind) which wasn't entirely accurate (I wrote to the author requesting corrections).

Thanks!

[Scott_Napier]

A Caps-a-Holic entry exists (not mentioned in the comparison): https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=521

[Eric_Cotenas]

Updated.

[Scott_Napier]

Thanks for amending, but a few things remain:

I would mark the interviews as progressive (not interlaced); the deleted scenes certainly are. Typo: "4800"i
I would say 88 is the winner (not a draw) because of the genuine HD transfer; nothing is mentioned about the others being based on upscaled masters.
The Singapore scenes still say ‘burned in subtitles’ when they are removable (the interviews have burned in subtitles, yes).

[Eric_Cotenas]

fixed

[Scott_Napier]

Thanks, Eric!

The Singapore scenes are marked as 480i (they are progressive).

Also: The Hong Kong trailer has removable English subtitles (subtitles not mentioned at all).

[Eric_Cotenas]

fixed