Spider-Man
2 |
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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). |
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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