Recent content by BillM

Ken, Sorry if it seems like Roogs and I are ganging up here but I think our ideas on what occurs in the mastering process are a little different than yours. First it is never the intent in the process of mastering (from loading source material to final encoding) to change or alter in any way...

In regards to the level of Monsters Inc. NO! Mastering alters nothing in relation to the mix or dynamics of a soundtrack. EX is simply the addition of an EX flag on the headers of the bitstream to signal the amplifier to turn on the EX output. Nothing in terms of the original track is...

Read the book when I was a kid (13 or 14) and distinctly remember it being the first book I ever read that I couldn't put down. Loved it!!!! I thought the movie was good, but I think my experience with the book will stale anything in comparison. If you have a kid - give it to them one summer...

Jeff, TS2 is an EX mix. But... It was released before Dolby had updated their encoding and decoding hardware to embed an EX bitflag in the ac3 stream. So if you have an amplifer that has 6.1 channels, you will have to manually set the decoder for EX. Remember EX is in the dub, so if it...

I also picked up a copy. Michael Coate is on the money! 2.0 Surround - PL bitflag ON Too Bad, WM

Rob, Sounds like most of your complaints are about the physical condition of the disks themselves. Disney does not press the disks, this seems like an issue with the pressing plant. Remember they run off hundreds of thousands of disks at one time. I doubt anyone looks at everyone of them...

Michael, Does the DPLII engage automatically (bitstream flag) or do you do it manually? If DPII is not engaged are you getting audio in L-R-Surr only? Perhaps this track was encoded improperly! Correctly (to original Road Show Format) it should be 3/1 - no PL flag Reality (because the...

Interesting thread here. First lets get back to the original Issue. Stephen indicated that he was expecting the KHARTOUM DVD to have the original 4 track stereo dub, meaning he was hoping to see a DD 3/1 discrete - not an LT/RT ProLogic track. Dolby has gone to a lot of trouble to make...

Martin, _______________ (I'm one of the very few people who can actually tell the difference between 384kbps and 448kbps) ________________ Yes you are! :) WM

Gerard,

I learned to be selective as an ex laserdisc collector. I LIKED IT! Do I really LIKE the movie. MULTIPLE VIEWINGS Is it a title I will watch more than once or may want to watch with friends or family. NOSTALGIA Some movies you might consider mediocre, but they have a nostalgic value...

Sorry, we will never loose the black bars. Even when the nation goes 16X9 (Ha!). As stated earlier 2:35.1 will still have bars and 1:33.1 (most films from the 20's to the 50's) will have bars on the Right and Left. Or people will be using a zoomer and cutting off foreheads. As long as there...