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About This Page: This is a discussion on Computers/Tech/Photo within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Originally Posted by go
But I thought bluray was supposedly better?
A **** transfer is a **** transfer. Sony ****ed up The Fifth Element also, but remastered it later. This
A **** transfer is a **** transfer. Sony ****ed up The Fifth Element also, but remastered it later. This title? Not worth it.
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Originally Posted by High Def Digest's Bram Stoker's Dracula Review
Unfortunately, as cool as it is that Coppola is so involved, I've found the technical quality of Zoetrope's previous DVD releases to be a hit-or-miss affair -- for every great transfer like 'One from the Heart' or 'The Outsiders,' there are big-time disappointments like 'The Godfather Trilogy,' which I found shockingly poor in terms of video and audio. So I set my sights low going into 'Bram Stoker's Dracula,' and I'm sorry to say that even my meager expectations weren't exceeded.
It sounds like FFC involvement has plagued his standard def releases. Anyone that has The Godfather Trilogy on DVD knows it so-so at best. Obviously, Coppola doesn't have involvement in ALL Blu-ray releases (or HD DVD for that matter), so there are many other reasons that lead to bad transfers.
And for the sake of argument, there are plenty of catalog titles that look like crap on HD DVD, too.
Ironically, there are 22 titles reviewed of each format that had PQ below 3 stars. Considering there have been more BR titles released, that's a better ratio. Again, HDD hasn't reviewed ALL titles released.
Also, 6 of those 22 titles are shared on both formats. They both have **** PQ because they share the same encode, which may or may not be limited to HD DVD's limited disc capacity.
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Last edited by Unfiltered; February 18th, 2008 at 02:52 PM.
Maybe they should be giving these crappy looking titles to us. All of the transfers we've done have gotten 4/5 stars. Mind you, that department is still young.
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Last edited by NastiMarvasti; February 18th, 2008 at 04:14 PM.
Maybe they should be giving these crappy looking titles to us. All of the transfers we've done have gotten 4/5 stars. Mind you, that department is still young.
1K Studios (across the street from NBC Studios). We work with Deluxe a lot of the time on the projects we create menus for (mostly Paramount) but they keep trying to steal away our clients which makes it difficult to like them. And to be honest, they don't do as good a job as us which is why clients keep coming back. The main client we have for encoding/compression is New Line ie. Rush Hour 3, Hairspray, Pan's Labyrinth, Shoot 'Em Up, etc.
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Last edited by NastiMarvasti; February 18th, 2008 at 08:31 PM.
1K Studios (across the street from NBC Studios). We work with Deluxe a lot of the time on the projects we create menus for (mostly Paramount) but they keep trying to steal away our clients which makes it difficult to like them. And to be honest, they don't do as good a job as us which is why clients keep coming back. The main client we have for encoding/compression is New Line ie. Rush Hour 3, Hairspray, Pan's Labyrinth, Shoot 'Em Up, etc.
Pan's Labyrinth & Shoot'em Up are
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That said, how long before Paramount and Universal make their announcements? Anyone? I say no later than by week's end. Hell even Microsoft has been rumored to bring an add-on for the 360.
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Aww damn! I guess I'm stuck with a very, very expensive upconverted DVD player now...
Maybe I can cash in on people getting rid of their movies titles for a lot cheaper in the meantime.
Seriously. Go for it. If you already have the player, and it's good working order, it doesn't make much sense to try and dump it. That's what some of the other folks are doing. There are some really good titles that look and sound incredible. To get those at standard DVD pricing is a no-brainer.
Besides, how long do you think it'll be Uni gets their BR titles out? On Deep Discount right now, you can score HD DVD titles $12.20-18.89, and that was before the announcement today. (I started when BB and Netflix bailed. )
If 30G can get awesome reviews then so can 25G Bluray.
It depends a great deal on how those 5GBs are used. 5GBs of AVC/VC-1 goes a long way, in an SD source or an HD source.
Batman Begins is one of the best HD DVDs out there, no question. I have enjoyed it quite a bit at my brother-in-law's house.
When New Line releases the Lord of the Rings Trilogy on BR, that's when you'll see why the format's storage capacity will greatly effect the PQ and AQ.
Transformers had a great review for PQ and AQ, but they biased the audio review based around it not being a next gen audio format. It really did sound good and the PQ was even better. Take out the picture-in-picture commentary, and I bet there would be room for the HD audio tracks. But Paramount kinda' screwed the pooch there.
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Originally Posted by High Def Digest's Transformers Review
When audio specs for 'Transformers' were announced, there was a collective sigh of disappointment from early adopters when we learned that there would be no high-res audio tracks included on this disc. Given that this is such a flagship title for the studio, the decision was quite the head-scratcher.
Indeed, I had the opportunity to attend a special 'Transformers' media event with Paramount late last week, and the question was asked almost immediately -- why no Dolby TrueHD or uncompressed PCM? The studio's answer was that due to space limitations on the disc, the decision was made to limit the audio to Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 Surround only (here at 1.5mbps). Unfortunately, this confirms the long-held theory that the 30Gb capacity of an HD-30 dual-layer HD DVD disc has forced studios to choose between offering a robust supplements package (as they've done here) and the very best in audio quality.
That said, it is hard to imagine any film taking a Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 Surround track to its zenith better than 'Transformers.'
Note that although I'm giving this audio mix five stars, that doesn't mean I agree with Paramount's decision to forgo high-res audio on this title. Without a TrueHD or PCM mix to compare this one to, there's no way of telling how much better such a track might have been, but based on the upgrade I've seen with other titles, I'm guessing a high-res mix could well have trounced this one. That's not to take anything away from this truly exceptional mix, but this is one case where I think you truly can improve upon perfection.
In a lot of ways, I really wish Toshiba could've taken their fabled 51GB triple layer HD DVD into production. Even if the older players couldn't play those discs, I would suspect the old media WOULD play in the hypothetical players. What different place would the HD DVD consumer be then that they aren't in now? (Having to buy a new machine. Whether it's BR or some new HD DVD player.) Well, they could still have a useful library going forward.
Now, if their unit dies, they're probably going to have to switch to Blu-ray. (Unless they get a couple of units when they get blown out and store them in their closets.)
Last edited by Unfiltered; February 19th, 2008 at 09:34 AM.
NastiMarvasti
Mind you, that department is still young. 
