The video transfer of this test pressing of The Day of the Jackal is overly dark. It's not a contrast problem
as with so many of the other "dark" transfers from the production stage of DiscoVision, it's just too dark. There
are portions of the film where there is no visible information at all. For example, on the first side when the
leader of the OAS is put to death by firing squad, you can't see anything at all. Colors throughout the rest of the
film are fairly good, but not as good as the production transfer of the title. The audio transfer appears to be the
same as that of the production run with almost no high-end material and the same annoying deep hum that will drive
sub-woofer equipped systems into fits. Most of the film is presented here. There are spots at at least one side-break
where there is about 10 seconds of film missing. Since the disc contains no bumpers or opening logos, the frame counts
are among the most accurate of any DiscoVision title. This could account for the difference in running times for
this version and the production edition. There are no obvious changes to the film which would indicate a Television
or similar cut of the film was utilized for this transfer. Disc replication is pointless to mention as these test
discs were hand picked from the completed run. There are some speckles present but overall, the discs are fairly clean.