Posted by Curtin/Dobbs on 12/26/15 11:29

"anthony" <anthonyjhcnospam@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> 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. I've only got a test pressing of the movie, and not of the
> extras that will make up the final package, but what I've seen is
> enough to make this a must-have.

> I guess I'll end up having to buy
> copies for each of my three grown-up children too -- that's if I want
> to keep mine....

The DVD or the kids?

:-)

>

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