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the new version will be released on september 9th and will include both the PCM and trueHD track.
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Good news. I haven´t even seen the film yet, let alone owning the "original" BD-version...
But where are those original Superman-films in BD? Dammit.
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Superman The movie and Superman 2 donner cut are both on HDdvd and bluray!
hdnetmovies has played both the theatre version of superman 2 and superman 3.
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Good news! Thanks for the heads up. I love the movie and I've been holding out for this.
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I don't suppose Warners is offering a rebate to previous owners of the BD, are they?
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Better yet, why not an exchange? Wishful thinking I know but I'm a bit ticked off by this.....they should have released this with the lossless tracks in the first place.
I guess we'll be seeing more lossless reissues from them in the near future.
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Superman The movie and Superman 2 donner cut are both on HDdvd and bluray!
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Ah, sorry. I got confused, since I kinda thought about the big "Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition" (Superman - The Movie/ Superman II/ Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut/ Superman III/ Superman IV - The Quest for Peace/ Superman Returns) (available in SD DVD only)...
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Why offer a rebate when they can get suckers like us to pony up to the plate 2x?
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Like you maybe, not me. While this was just a ho-hum ok film it's not worth double-dipping for, not even with a TrueHD track.
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Like you maybe, not me. While this was just a ho-hum ok film it's not worth double-dipping for, not even with a TrueHD track.
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I completely agree. I may get a bluray set with all the Superman films, but, I damn sure won't go out and buy this one title for a sound upgrade.
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I think that WB needs to concentrate on releasing Superman 3 & 4 instead of re-releasing Superman Returns.
And I am also wondering when we will see Lethal Weapon 3 & 4?
I guess I would not be surprised to see both Superman and Lethal Weapon released as a 4 movie box set. With new transfers and new lossless audio tracks as well. Has anyone heard anything about the 3rd & 4th movies of ether series?
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While I was never really big on Superman 3 & 4, but in a way I would not mind having a 4 Superman movies on Blu-ray. I actually have never owned all the Superman movies so I might buy them all on Bluray if they where available. You would think that WB would have all the Superman movies on Blu-ray by now. I actually am alot more interested in seeing Lethal Weapon 3 & 4. I would also hope that if WB re-releases Superman 1 & 2 and Lethal Weapon 1 & 2. That they would release them with lossless audio instead of using lossy Dolby Digital.
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I have a kind of newbie-ish question about this re-release.
According to the Digital Bits, "the original Blu-ray featured only LPCM uncompressed surround audio."
If the original version already contained an uncompressed audio track, what would be the advantage of a losslessly-compressed audio track? Won't they sound exactly the same?
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According to High Def Digest, Superman Returns got a standard 5.1 Dolby Digital track on blu-ray the first time around.
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That is the one thing about the Blu-ray version that I hated! I am not to sure I am willing to double dip this title though. Mostly because I have the HD-DVD version that has a Dolby True HD track. So I am most likely going to have to pass on the re-release of the Blu-ray of Superman Returns.
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That is the one thing about the Blu-ray version that I hated! I am not to sure I am willing to double dip this title though. Mostly because I have the HD-DVD version that has a Dolby True HD track. So I am most likely going to have to pass on the re-release of the Blu-ray of Superman Returns.
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Weren't a number of people disappointed with the HD DVD on this however because although it was True HD, it was a relatively low sample rate 48khz 16bit if I recall. I don't know if the new version is a 96/24 release or not. Of course it the original recordings are 48/16 it wouldn't make any difference anyway.
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Does anyone know if this reissue will include a PCM track as well? I thought I read somewhere that the import TrueHD version currently being sold online also includes a PCM track which supposedly sounds better than the TrueHD track.
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Does anyone know if this reissue will include a PCM track as well? I thought I read somewhere that the import TrueHD version currently being sold online also includes a PCM track which supposedly sounds better than the TrueHD track.
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The PCM and the True HD track should sound identical unless they come from different source material, or were encoded at different rates, which seems unlikely.
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I didn't realize that about the HD-DVD, I did prefer it over the lossy DD track on my Blu-ray. I picked up the Blu-ray without checking it first and by then it was open and to late.
If the HD-DVD is a Dolby True HD 48khz 16bit track and they re-release the Blu-ray with a Dolby True HD 96KHz /24 bit track. I may end up buying this title all over again, if so I will be selling off my DD copy or give it away if necessary.
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I didn't realize that about the HD-DVD, I did prefer it over the lossy DD track on my Blu-ray. I picked up the Blu-ray without checking it first and by then it was open and to late. If the HD-DVD is a Dolby True HD 48khz 16bit track and they re-release the Blu-ray with a Dolby True HD 96KHz /24 bit track. I may end up buying this title all over again, if so I will be selling off my DD copy or give it away if necessary. |
I don't know this to be the case for sure, so check it out first. I just seemed to recall that being one of the gripes about Superman Returns on HD DVD.
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Have any of WHV's TrueHD tracks been 24/96?
I pretty sure they all have been 16/48 (The Matrix, Batman Begins, etc,) and maybe 24/48 on occasion.
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I don't see a release for this at any of the regular places I buy from including Amazon and DVD Empire. Is this going to be one of those releases where you have to look for a upc number like Back To The Future?
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