Spider-Man 2
Columbia Tristar Germany RC2
Columbia Tristar Destiny Box Japan RC2
Columbia Tristar Korea RC3
Columbia Tristar US RC1
Columbia Tristar Superbit US RC1

All transfers were mastered from clean source material and are nearly identical; the Japanese & Korean transfers are identical. Detail resolution ranges from good to average with some soft (pic#1, faces in pic#3) and grainy (background in pic#2) scenes. The image is overcontrasted and yields a reddish tint. Color noise (pic#2) and edge enhancement (sign, pic#1, silhouette pic#5) are present. The German PAL transfer is the softest, with stronger color noise, leaning most towards red and with the most noticeable compression artefacts (street lamp, pic#5), due to a low bitrate (~3.8 Mbps). The superbit version with a ~ 45% increased bitrate offers better compression and more definition (window left center in pic#4) than the second best US regular transfer. But not much. All releases keep the theatrical aspect ratio of ~2,40:1 intact. In some scenes the RC2, RC3 transfers have different framing (shift to the left and bottom: tree branch(es) in the right upper corner in pic#4). These releases have a scene with a headbutt removed (at ~00:49:00 PAL, ~00:50:00 NTSC).

transfer ranking:
Columbia Tristar Superbit US RC1
Columbia Tristar US RC1
Columbia Tristar Destiny Box Japan RC2 -
Columbia Tristar Korea RC3
Columbia Tristar Germany RC2


Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Germany - RC2 (PAL)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Destiny Box Japan - RC2 (NTSC)
&
Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Korea - RC3 (NTSC)


Note: These two transfers are identical pixel for pixel. This is a capture from the Japanese Release.

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar US - RC1 (NTSC)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Superbit US - RC1 (NTSC)



Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Germany - RC2 (PAL)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Destiny Box Japan - RC2 (NTSC)
&
Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Korea - RC3 (NTSC)


Note: These two transfers are identical pixel for pixel. This is a capture from the Japanese Release.

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar US - RC1 (NTSC)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Superbit US - RC1 (NTSC)



Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Germany - RC2 (PAL)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Destiny Box Japan - RC2 (NTSC)
&
Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Korea - RC3 (NTSC)


Note: These two transfers are identical pixel for pixel. This is a capture from the Japanese Release.

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar US - RC1 (NTSC)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Superbit US - RC1 (NTSC)



Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Germany - RC2 (PAL)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Destiny Box Japan - RC2 (NTSC)
&
Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Korea - RC3 (NTSC)


Note: These two transfers are identical pixel for pixel. This is a capture from the Korean Release.

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar US - RC1 (NTSC)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Superbit US - RC1 (NTSC)



Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Germany - RC2 (PAL)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Destiny Box Japan - RC2 (NTSC)
&
Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Korea - RC3 (NTSC)


Note: These two transfers are identical pixel for pixel. This is a capture from the Korean Release.

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar US - RC1 (NTSC)

Spider-Man 2 - Columbia Tristar Superbit US - RC1 (NTSC)

screen captures rc2 (de) by michael hoffmann
screen captures rc3 by stefan paulmayer
screen captures rc2(jap) & rc1(superbit) by wolfram meidlinger