Can we get some comparison shots of different B5 versions?

[Bwilly]

For reference I am using ~14seconds in on S01E05 The Parliament of Dreams - I do this because there is a lot of detail in both foreground and background.

Where I live I cannot stream this at all, happy to purchase the blurays, but only if the quality is worth it.

What I can find so far:

* old AMZN. super grainy, but background quality is superior in some ways 4:3
* super compressed HMax. no grain, but 720 and so technically more detail in the amazon one, though imo the HBO looks better.


HBO

AMZN

I'd love to see some shots of the Bluray or full quality HBMax - or even current AMZN to see if it's the same as the old one.

 

[Springer]

I've just posted in the other thread, then remembered your post here. I admit, that HBO version does look very clean, but also a little smoothed out? Despite the grain in the Amazon version, that bottom picture seems better defined to my eyes?

 

[Bwilly]

I've just posted in the other thread, then remembered your post here. I admit, that HBO version does look very clean, but also a little smoothed out? Despite the grain in the Amazon version, that bottom picture seems better defined to my eyes?

It's better defined for sure, as it's not the original HBO version, but a 720p compressed version. These are just what I have access to. I will say even with the Bluray I prefer watching this 720p as the grain/noise is incredibly distracting.