Posted by Henri Pannevis on 10/14/05 04:36

On 13 Oct 2005 20:43:36 -0700, "anthony"
<anthonyjhcnospam@netscape.net> wrote:

>I've just seen a test pressing of the new edition of 'The Wizard of Oz'
>which is coming out later this year.
>
>Throw out your old editions. The new transfer is sensational. Warners
>has put the film (or at least the colour segment of it) through its
>Ultra Resolution treatment, in which it takes each individual negative
>from the three-strip Technicolor negatives, treats each frame
>individually from the three negs, and then combines them digitally to
>create a new and perfect Technicolor image. The image quality is
>superb, and the color is subtly different than on the earlier DVD
>transfers -- it's not quite so garish, but with far more tonal contrast
>and depth.

They use the same process as they had used for Gone With The Wind,
which release is also superb.

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Hen®i

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