![]() ![]() The edited BD was a AVC encode while the uncut version is MPEG-2 (no surprise considering Ladies Vs. Very late post but I picked up the Uncut Blu-ray recently and I watched this last night on my PS3 & my Uncut DVD on my PC at the same time while looking through my Edited BD afterwards so I can confirm a few things. Sounds like it is and I might pick it up but I'll probably keep both Edited BD & Uncut DVD as well for a 3-disc combo pack. I have that disc and it's easy to tell which is upscaled because the quality of them look very similar to how Toei handled the censored violent scenes in the Fist of the North Star movie for most video releases. The only other upscaled adult section I noticed was during the last sex scene with Sawa the majority of the scene is HD, but upscaled shots pop in throughout the scene.So it's basically the same spots as the edited version. The adult scenes were mainly true HD, although the extremely brief scene around the start of episode 2 when Sawa was falling (with the random office employees) is clearly upscaled not surprising, since that part of the episode seems to be something of a mess in general. Other than that issue, this seems like the best version of Kite available on HD worldwide definitely better than the edited Kite BD, and better than the Japanese BD of Kite as well (which was completely an upscale from composite masters, and censored on top of it). ![]() Not sure what the deal is with that materials issue? Mistake? Licensor requirement? To be clear: the scene is the same length, no dialog or audio is missing (you can hear the girl's moaning, as well), you just don't see those five seconds of the girl - the camera's on Akai's face for 5 seconds longer. However, on the Kitty Media BD, you'll see Kanie on the phone, then the camera switches to Akai's face five seconds earlier you never see the 5 second shot of the girl. Around the 34 minute mark or so, there's a scene where Kanie is on the phone you'll see Kanie's face, then for five seconds or so you'll see Akai getting some "attention" from a girl, then the camera switches to a closeup of Akai's face. ![]() So far as I can tell, the release is mostly uncut, BUT there is one thing missing/changed. The only other upscaled adult section I noticed was during the last sex scene with Sawa the majority of the scene is HD, but upscaled shots pop in throughout the scene. The materials for that part must have been a mess it switches back and forth between true HD and upscale throughout that section. Maybe 4 minutes worth in all, the vast majority of which seemed to be in episode 2 a decent chunk of it was around when Sawa falls from the building during the start of episode 2. There were sections that were obvious upscales of a composite master those parts didn't look so great, and were pretty easy to pick out. The majority of Kite was in true HD, and it looked very clean with vivid colors. Note that I am not a videophile, so if you're looking for a discussion on bitrate, black crush, etc, then I'm not your guy. Okay, I just finished watching the Kitty Media "Kite Uncut" release, and since I haven't seen any other comments on it, I thought I'd throw out my impressions. ![]()
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