TWD S06E08 1080p WebDL x265 HEVC 5.1 noobless[UTR]

Season: 6
Episode: 8
Title: Start to Finish
Summary: After a few moments of peace, trouble finds its way to Alexandria again with a threat that may be too big to defeat.
Video: 1080p | x265 (H.265/HEVC) | CRF 23 | slow preset | denoise, deband, ordered noise pre-processing pass
Audio: English | AAC LC | 6 channels | Target Quality 0.4 | 299 Kbps Variable (376 Kbps max)
Subtitles (embedded SRT): English, English SDH
Source: The.Walking.Dead.S06E08.1080p.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H.264-Cyphanix.mkv (5535 Kbps)

TWD is the ugliest source material I've ever had the displeasure of working with. For one thing, the bitrate is too low in places, revealing artifacts. The grain is also horrendous and there is some color banding present. Why the studio allows the network to release a product this poor is beyond me.

Pre-processing the grain and color banding out took quite a bit of tweaking for me to get right. The end result is, in my opinion, a higher quality print than the original. See comparison screenshots below I did for E01 (these screens are not representative of the actual file in this torrent):


Until we get a BluRay, I believe this is the best WebDL product we're going to get. Even then I suspect the quality will only marginally improve (still grain, but no artifacts).



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