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There are many classic family movies available on Itunes. Many of them in HD, and many of them not available on Blu-Ray yet.<\/p>\n

I’ve had a look at some of them and assessed them purely from a video quality point of view, and summarized the results below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Title<\/strong><\/th>Itunes HD Review<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Absent Minded Professor, The<\/td>Great: 5\/5. Black and white with fine grain throughout at the correct 1.66:1 ratio. A typical Disney studio picture excellently presented. A few compression artifacts present during heavy motion, looks like it could have done with a higher bit rate. Recommended.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cat from Outer Space, The<\/td>Good: 4\/5. Grain and minor dust present in non-studio scenes, some minor artifacting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Darby O\u2019Gill and the Little People<\/a><\/td>Great: 5\/5. Grain and excellent color. Sean Connery and little people, who could ask for more. Highly recommended.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Escape to Witch Mountain<\/td>Fair: 3\/5. Picture is free of grain and noise, possibly due to the application of DVNR. Not bad, but a little soft.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herbie Goes Bananas<\/td>Fair: 3\/5. Very very grainy. TV movie of the week production values give the movie a very washed out and grainy look. However- I'm pretty sure this is how it's supposed to look. Unfortunately the aspect ratio got lost in the post, the film is presented 4:3, and is the shorter 'TCM' cut. Basically this appears to be the same transfer that was used for the 2004 DVD. Definitely the low point of the Herbie series.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In Search of Castaways<\/a><\/td>Great: 5\/5. Grain present, strong color. Some very minor artifacting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Love Bug, The<\/td>Great: 5\/5. Grain throughout, the jumps in quality between stock footage, effect shot are obvious and delightful. A fantastic presentation. Highly recommended.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moon-spinners, The<\/td>Good: 4\/5. Color a little muted in places, but probably reflects the source material. Grain and minor dust present throughout. Some minor artifacting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parent Trap, The<\/td>Fair: 3\/5. Compared to a HDTV broadcast I\u2019ve seen, it has obviously been de-grained. Still an improvement on the DVD.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Return from Witch Mountain<\/td>Good: 4\/5. Very little noise and some grain. Better than the original, but still a little soft in places.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer Magic<\/td>Good: 4\/5. Grain and minor dirt present.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

FTC Disclosure:<\/strong> I am an iTunes and Amazon affiliate advertiser, this means that if you click on one of the links above, I get a very small amount of money.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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