- Region 1 - Special Edition - February 06' - Well, its 2006 and to think that MGM would be putting a Best Picture - Oscar winning film to digital in anything but high definition would be incredible to believe... but they did it. This is really shameful and disappointing.
The negative: the image has no more clarity/detail than the previous NTSC release although it is anamorphic.
The positive are that the colors appear to have improved drastically and look more in line with the PAL edition (skin tones especially). The extras - actually - only the commentary is a valuable addition. Hellman is soft-spoken and brings quite a lot of good information to the viewing. This is the biggest plus to this package.
The non-progressive transfer of the SE (non HD) will have a tendency to look very poor on excellent viewing systems but the combing may not be as visible on tubes. But we expect this DVD to physically last a lot longer than most peoples tube TVs. You will upgrade one day and this image may look unwatchable.