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8/5/08 at 1:05pm
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Re: Lonesome Dove

I watched about 45 minutes of Part 1 on my lunchbreak today. It is an enormous improvement over the previous DVD and better than it has ever looked. While I still believe it could have looked better with not too much forethought and execution, I'm still very pleased, as this is my all-time favorite western and mini-series.
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8/6/08 at 6:30am
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Re: Lonesome Dove

I watched half of part one last night. The 5.1 sound mix struck me as very strange with the foley pushed way forward at times, especially those darn pigs. The pig squeals were mixed louder than the stampeding horses. Ambient sound effects (shuffling feet, clanging cookware, etc.) also seemed extremely forward in the mix. I have not A/B'd it with the previous release to confirm if this is faithful to the original mix, but it was more jarring to me than any potential framing deficiencies.

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Ken McAlinden
Livonia, MI USA

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8/6/08 at 10:09am
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Re: Lonesome Dove

i noticed the sound mix was odd too, i just couldnt pinpoint what was odd about it.
other then the dialog problem that i mentioned.
the original dvd was a 2.0 mix so was this a new 5.1 mix for this release?
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8/9/08 at 7:27pm
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Re: Lonesome Dove

Even though I picked this up last Tuesday, I just now got around to sampling it on my system and comparing it to the first DVD. Yes the picture is 1000 times better and even the compromised ratio was nicely handled to make a cinematic widescreen picture. However, what is up with the 5.1 sound mix? My god, I don't know if they re-recorded the foley, but it is so over-cooked that it practically drowns out the dialog. I Compared it to the earlier DVD, whose mono sound was well balanced with background noises IN THE BACKGROUND. It would have been nice to have a fully emersive 5.1 audio experience that used the whole range of subtle to powerful instead of every single sound being blown out and turned up to "eleven" !
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8/9/08 at 9:09pm
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Re: Lonesome Dove

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Originally Posted by Mark-P
Even though I picked this up last Tuesday, I just now got around to sampling it on my system and comparing it to the first DVD. Yes the picture is 1000 times better and even the compromised ratio was nicely handled to make a cinematic widescreen picture. However, what is up with the 5.1 sound mix? My god, I don't know if they re-recorded the foley, but it is so over-cooked that it practically drowns out the dialog. I Compared it to the earlier DVD, whose mono sound was well balanced with background noises IN THE BACKGROUND. It would have been nice to have a fully emersive 5.1 audio experience that used the whole range of subtle to powerful instead of every single sound being blown out and turned up to "eleven" !
Having lived with it a little longer, now, I applied some dynamic range compression via my receiver and it actually helped things out. This should never be necessary, though, and the mix is still a disappointment.

Ken McAlinden
Livonia, MI USA

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