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The Searchers (1956)


Blu-Ray (HD/VC-1)
http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1241961
http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=9968#1
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Searchers-Blu-ray/231/
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/25409/searchers-the/


Original Disc Specifications

Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
IMDB Reported aspect ratio: 1.75:1 1.96:1 (Negative)
English: Dolby Digital Mono
French: Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono
(Unreported)
English: Dolby 2.0 Commentary

Original Video Size: 19.18GB, 22,488Kb/s 1:53:55 (6825s)


MERGEKIT.A (Recoded to BD25 size)
Movie Video Recode Specifications:
Codec: x264 (2Pass)
Container: MKV
Size: 1:1 with Original (*Smoothing Recode*) 1920x1072 (MeGUI/DXVA-HD)
Audio:
Dolby 1.0 (English Original)
Dolby 2.0 (English Original) Commentary
By Director/John Ford Biographer Peter Bogdanovich
Dolby 1.0 (French Original)
Dolby 1.0 (Spanish Original)

Chapters and English SRT subtitles 

Introduction from Patrick Wayne, the son of John Wayne -featurette 
(SD/Mpeg2/m2ts)
*No Recode*

Trailer
(SD/Mpeg2/m2ts)
*No Recode*

Also extras (SD/Mpeg2/NTSC) from The Searchers 50th Anniversary Edition DVD D2
(see http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=896#2 for complete listing),
*No Recode*   

BURN TESTED W/ both BD-RE and BD25 (24.75GB)
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MERGEKIT.B
All Audio Streams from Original Disc, plus generated, including:
Dolby 1.0 (English Original)
Dolby 2.0 (English Original) Commentary
By Director/John Ford Biographer Peter Bogdanovich
Dolby 1.0 (French Original)
Dolby 1.0 (Spanish Original)


Chapters, PGS Subtitles, and English SRT Subtitles
(newsgroup=alt.binaries.blu-ray)


MERGEKIT.C
Introduction from Patrick Wayne, the son of John Wayne -featurette 
(SD/Mpeg2/NTSC)
*No Recode*

Also extras (SD/Mpeg2/NTSC) from The Searchers 50th Anniversary Edition DVD D2
(see http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=896#2 for complete listing),
*No Recode*      
  
All as included in MergeKit.A

(newsgroup=alt.binaries.blu-ray)


MERGEKIT.D
BD50 DISC - COMPLETE ORIGINAL (~27.2GB)
(newsgroup=alt.binaries.blu-ray)


NOTE: MediaInfo listing included with most MergeKits



ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ON USENET:

(Note: These listings are for reference perposes only, no gaurantee as to their 
completeness or suitability is implied; in short, let the user beware)


The Searchers (1956) 50th Anniversay Edition Disc 1 DVD9 PASSWORD=eAnYLVMvqw6m
(Posted: 9May09)
filename: "JGPXbnfk58QC"
6.07GB Original (DVD9)
http://nzbmatrix.com/nzb-details.php?id=465444&hit=1


The Searchers (1956) 50th Anniversay Edition Disc 2 DVD5 PASSWORD=jyvWpT7A5mfq
(Posted: 12May09)
filename: "dGrqP2szbiDY"
3.26GB Original (DVD5)
http://nzbmatrix.com/nzb-details.php?id=465446&hit=1




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