I just got back from 2 days in London (without internet access unfortunately) to see the absolutely brilliant post by Ron - thanks Ron for making those enquiries, and for being one of the few contributors to the thread that hasn't taken some sort of personal swipe or been downright patronising...
I didn't say that "almost zero effort" was put into the discs. "Almost zero effort" was a reference to how much effort it takes to change audio settings DURING a movie for (apparently) most people (referring to a previous comment by Mr Blacklow). If anything, Warner is putting too MUCH effort...
There's that "restart" thing again. AAAARRRGGGHHH. Does anybody at Warners actually WATCH these things, apart from technicians who want to show off what they can do with bloody pop-ups? Did common sense just go out of the window between the DVD and Blu-ray eras? I guess there are some who...
The point of the thread was to raise 4 issues that I have with Warner Bros Blu-ray Discs. And I stick by all 4 of those issues. The fact that other studios are guilty of the same things (particularly points 2 and 3) is irrelevant. Warner Bros. is guilty of them. The reason I singled Warner...
Excellent. Right. So Warner could remove the DD5.1 option from the menu (but leave it encoded on the disc), and then default to the DolbyHD track, and nobody would be any the wiser. The discreet DD5.1 (AC3) track would just kick in if it was needed, as it does on Sony discs. So Warner Bros...
So what you're suggesting (I think) is that Warners are getting this right while every single other studio is getting it wrong? Funny, I seem to have missed the 10,000 complaints from people who aren't getting sound!!!
This is truly ludicrous. Okay, if I were to put this in basic terms and ask, given the choice, what would everybody prefer? a) You insert the disc. The movie starts with the HD track automatically selected. The end. or b) You insert the disc. The movie starts with the DD5.1 track...
But come on. All the other studios manage it. Is there a DD5.1 track on Paramount titles? (There isn't on The Duchess, one of their latest releases, Dolby TrueHD only) Or Dreamworks? (There isn't on Ghost Town, Dolby TrueHD only) Or Sony? (There isn't on In The Line Of Fire, Dolby...
So you have to decide whether to watch an integral (i.e. as broadcast!) segment of the show WHILE THE SHOW IS PLAYING and reset it for each and every episode? That's almost... comical. Remind me not to buy any WB shows until they sort out THAT little fiasco!
Oh well. I guess "put up and shut up" is the official stance then, much like it was when a "minority" kicked off over the flipped music channels on the Star Wars DVD and the colour/sound changes on the Bond UEs. I'm glad that people can take these "inconveniences" and live with them (and...
Yes it bothers me. It's an amateurish way to watch a movie. And I don't expect amateurish on an advanced high-definition format. As to not having sympathy, I'm not sure what it's like over in the States but here you simply don't get the original box when you rent a movie, so you have no way...
Fine. Then what can I say? Enjoy the audio dropouts on your WB movies I guess! And spare not a thought for those less informed who listen to the DD5.1 track on WB titles, not knowing that there's a better track on there!
I agree that skipping trailers etc is a pain in the butt, but I'd still rather do that than have a 2-second audio dropout in all my WB movies! But my point is you can have the best of both worlds. No trailers AND no audio switching. All WB has to do is default to the HD track. Simple. And...
But it doesn't make everybody else right. Hell, the James Bond "ultimate edition" cock ups weren't important to many people, but they were still cock-ups which, thankfully, have so far been addressed and corrected on the BD releases! (Thanks for the patronising tone there by the way, appreciated...
No it's entirely a disc issue! The way that Warner Bros designs their discs makes it unnecessarily fiddly to watch a movie. When that first frame of footage appears and that first note of the score strikes I don't want a single thing to distract me until that final closing credit disappears...
Oh I'd be fine with the movie starting automatically if there was no need to change settings before the movie started. But on Warner Bros titles there IS a reason to change settings. And again, it's not just the inconvenience/distraction of changing the audio that bothers me, it's the fact...
I'm sorry, but having to perform a fundimental task such as setting the audio track AFTER the movie has started is not something you have to do in cinemas, and it's not something you have to do on DVD, and it's not something you have to do on any other studio's blu-rays (at least from my...
Okay guys, seriously, enough is enough surely? Week after week I'm reading reviews of new BD releases and week after week Warner Bros is delivering the most disappointing discs, certainly on catalogue titles. There are four gripes (two of them major) that I have: 1. Their discs don't...
I would loooooooooove to get this, but I'm tempted to wait for a more comprehensive boxed set of at least the Sellers films (i.e. the ones that matter!) It can't be too far off, surely?
Indeed. The Japanese anamorphic DTS release of TRUE LIES is gorgeous!
Same with LAST ACTION HERO.
Add me to the list of people extremely keen to get the ABYSS in HD!
I'm not sure to be honest. If it's any help I have a Panasonic Viera TX-32LZD85 LCD TV. The problems are only visible for, literally, about 3 seconds out of the entire film but now I find myself looking for this problem on other discs. I'd rather it WAS a problem with my display rather...
I just watched the first X-Files movie for the first time on BD and I noticed some very strange picture "issues". There are a couple of times when closely spaced vertical lines seem to break up and turn to horizontal noise. Most noticable during the FBI building bombing sequence (the grills...
Not that I can remember.
Certainly the only way to do TMP justice would be a 3-discer. Strictly speaking, I suppose the TV version *should* be in 1.33:1 aspect ratio!
I'm in two minds about Trek 6. I'm not a big fan of the Scooby Doo ending, and the Scotty scene they added seems forced to...