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Many posters on internet chat rooms have noted the over-saturation of yellow in classic WHV titles, and still others have noted what can only be described as a subjective re-coloring of classic WHV titles. What is the reason for this? How should this issue be addressed? Can RAH suggest how...

It doesn't. Customers can only choose from the options they are given.

That's inappropriate behavior here. I'm not going to waste time exchanging putdowns with you. My posts are sincere and film-specific.

Here it is: http://www.amazon.com/Searchers-John...7031106&sr=1-3 Buy it. This edition is almost exactly what John Ford and Winton C. Hoch intended for audiences to see. I keep thinking and saying this standard DVD came out in 1998, but I just noticed it's from 1997. With regard to...

An interesting idea, but too problematic. No, it's best been done in the usual way. If the yellow layer is really that bad, there are other elements and other negatives and prints that could be sourced. There are original dye transfer prints in excellent condition owned by private...

On this thread, I consider that progress.

Again, I know what it means, thank you, and it doesn't score any points with me. I don't buy Ned Price's reasoning. Since you refuse to respond to the specific examples, there's no point in continuing. I thought the HD DVD Area would be the place to go where people care about the old films...

You're missing the point. Yellow layer or no yellow layer does not account for the absence of RED. That is a matter of personal whim, not technology, and not the elements.

You assume too much. The plasma screen was carefully, meticulously and professionally calibrated. I checked what I observed with a colleague who has a higher-end HD system. He's a professional dp who has shot in Monument Valley, now retired. He called my attention to these problems when I told...

That's not a rebuttal, but if it's the best you can do, suit yourself. Nobody's saying you can't watch this travesty if you want to.

Words fail me. On second thought, as I've said elsewhere, a fundamental change has been imposed on THE SEARCHERS that isn't supposed to be there. Yellow spreads like cancer throughout this new edition. THE SEARCHERS is many things, but it has never been yellow, and it has never been orange...

Forgive me, but I'm not the one who needs to be reminded of ethics because I'm not the one who over-saturated THE SEARCHERS with yellow and deliberately drained the red out. WHV, and Ned Price specifically, are well-informed, yet they have broadbrushed John Ford's efforts in a dismissive way...

They ruined it. Don't buy it.

That's quite true, but I handled the remotes and made my own adjustment. It's no big deal. It was more than sufficient to judge. I strongly recommend that consumers steer clear of the HD DVD of THE SEARCHERS. Don't waste your money.

No, I watched it at Circuit City. Used the remote and skipped around, but I watched it. It isn't worth renting.

Yes, I've read it, and my response is here: http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...d.php?t=235246 Please understand that Monument Valley is red. The sand is red, the dirt is red, the rock is red, the plateaus are red. In fact, Monument Valley has been red for millions of years. It was red...

Many thanks for that useful link. The HD DVD is a NO SALE for me. Yes it is an impressive restoration, but the color-timing is so utterly misguided it distorts the natural color of Monument Valley and undermines the visual story John Ford is telling. For all its flaws, the 1998 DVD is a...

That's the answer. I take it you're uncomfortable with my criticism. Everybody knows I'm right about THE SEARCHERS.

No way. I just bought the standard DVD. I want to upgrade, but I also want to be sure John Ford's film has been respected before I spend any more money on it.

Yes, I read Robert Crawford's remarks and RAH's replies. Let me phrase my questions differently. What color is the ground and plateaus in the HD DVD ? In the Edwards cabin, when Martha says "Let's enjoy the dusk" what color is the light flooding the cabin ?

Yes. I've just re-read the first page. RAH's initial review is encouraging but it does not answer my question. Is there too much yellow in the HD DVD ? Is Monument Valley red like it's supposed to be, or some other color?

I haven't seen the HD DVD yet. Before I buy it, if I buy it, can someone please advise me if the color issues pointed out in post #241 of this thread http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...d.php?t=235246 are duplicated in the HD DVD ? Is the light filling the Edwards cabin orange or...