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Title: BD is garbage
Review: Universal took an old outdated HD transfer (same as released on HD-DVD) which had already issues and then applied generous doses of digital grain removal and some digital sharpening to it and fiddled with the colors and contrast till it "popped". And there is your remastered version that looks nothing like the original film it came from. Poor release, poor policy. To see how it's done properly check out the new Cohen Brothers Blu Rays for "Raising Arizona" and "Miller's Crossing". Why do these look much better, more detailed and like film with a texture of grain? Because they are new transfers made on modern equipment and unnecessary and destructive digital tinkering was abstained from.Universal has probably the poorest record of all major studios when it comes to catalogue titles. And Lebowski is another victim of this cost cutting strategy (no new transfers, recycle and overprocess old ones instead).
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