Sharpness is uniformly excellent, though a few shots exhibit
some slight edge enhancement.
Critical and high - end viewers will notice
some slight edge enhancement, but should otherwise be satisfied.
Not exact matches
It works pretty neutral with a
slight enhancement of a street style
edge.
Roger Deakins's cinematography is subject to
slight edge -
enhancement, but it's nothing unforgivable.
There is no evidence of
edge enhancement nor the
slightest color bleed, a remarkable achievement considering the breadth of the palette employed.
However, some mild but noticeable
edge enhancement did cause some concerns, along with
slight shimmering on a few occasions.
It reduces the minimal flaws —
slight motion - blurring, occasionally splotchy shadow detail, and unobtrusive
edge -
enhancement — of Anchor Bay's previous transfer while simultaneously pumping up the film's mid-Eighties palette to a pleasing level of saturation.
The 2.40:1, 1080p transfer is dated by a
slight vertical squeeze and some
edge -
enhancement perhaps applied to provide the image a synthetic gloss that better matches the CGI.
There is a
slight hint of problems from
edge -
enhancement on the image, but there are no overt artifacting problems.
In both cases, the transfers (MVC / MPEG -4 on the 3D, AVC / MPEG -4 on the Blu - ray) posed no problems other than some occasional visible
edge enhancement that erased just the
slightest bit of background behind objects.