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Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

post #1 of 12
5/13/09 at 4:53pm
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I remember there being a thread a while back which talked about movie watchers having to manually switch audio on WB blu-rays from DD5.1 to lossless TrueHD - DURING the movie!

I recall the thread becoming rather controversial but it was a point of view I happened to agree with.

Somebody said at the time that WB had already decided that their discs would default to the HD track but that it would take a while for those discs to filter onto the market.

It's been a while now. Do WB discs now default to the TrueHD track and, if not, does anybody know when they will?
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post #2 of 12
5/18/09 at 11:38am
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Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

Anybody? Has anybody bought a WB title within the last week or so?
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post #3 of 12
5/18/09 at 12:25pm

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

No. At least not on the last TrueHD title I bought (not in the last week).

Unfortunately.
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post #4 of 12
5/18/09 at 1:15pm

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

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Originally Posted by Hamilton72
I remember there being a thread a while back which talked about movie watchers having to manually switch audio on WB blu-rays from DD5.1 to lossless TrueHD - DURING the movie!

I recall the thread becoming rather controversial but it was a point of view I happened to agree with.

Somebody said at the time that WB had already decided that their discs would default to the HD track but that it would take a while for those discs to filter onto the market.

It's been a while now. Do WB discs now default to the TrueHD track and, if not, does anybody know when they will?

Wasn't the decision WB made about including a Dolby TrueHD track with all titles? I can't recall anything about defaulting to it. If it was announced, I would think that the titles right now would be the correct ones.
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post #5 of 12
5/18/09 at 1:23pm

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

They've said both. The defaulting to TrueHD statement is fairly recent (within 3-4 months I'd say), so I wouldn't expect it to show up for a little while still.
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post #6 of 12
5/18/09 at 1:29pm

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

The Blu-ray of True Romance (which streets on May 26) defaults to TrueHD. However, as that is a Morgan Creek title, I'm not sure that it can be considered representative of Warner's output.
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post #7 of 12
5/20/09 at 7:51am

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

OK, now this is interesting: My review copy of the Falling Down Blu-ray defaults to the TrueHD track, and that's a "pure" WB title. So it appears they're heading in that direction (though I suspect there are still plenty of titles in the pipeline with the old style of soundtrack mastering).
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post #8 of 12
5/20/09 at 4:06pm
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Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

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Originally Posted by Michael Reuben
OK, now this is interesting: My review copy of the Falling Down Blu-ray defaults to the TrueHD track, and that's a "pure" WB title. So it appears they're heading in that direction (though I suspect there are still plenty of titles in the pipeline with the old style of soundtrack mastering).

Oooh, this is interesting - good new indeed! :-) Defaulting to the best soundtrack on this disc is just so much cleaner, easier, professional and customer friendly - especially when the disc will simply switch the DD5.1 for those that don't have the necessary equipment. Everyone's a winner!

Fingers crossed this is permament policy when, let's say, the Lord Of The Rings movies appear...
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post #9 of 12
5/21/09 at 7:07pm

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

Ok, that is definitely great news about FALLING DOWN, let's pray that's a new Warner trend.

While thankful for this and their now committment to TRUEHD on upcoming releases, you have really have to wonder why this studio moves so slow on adapting to the consumer's wishes? I almost wonder if they can't make any changes as a home video division until they clear it from someone from corporate Warners. If that's the case, too bad they aren't empowered to make their own decisions.
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post #10 of 12
5/21/09 at 7:13pm

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

They move "slow" (a truly relative term) because making a Blu-ray disc takes several months, even years. You can't turn that process on a dime in most cases.
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post #11 of 12
5/22/09 at 7:02pm

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway
They move "slow" (a truly relative term) because making a Blu-ray disc takes several months, even years. You can't turn that process on a dime in most cases.


What about Universal and Paramount's turnaround?
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post #12 of 12
5/22/09 at 10:52pm

Re: Has WB started defaulting to the lossless HD audio track yet?

If you mean in changing formats, that was the exception rather than the rule. Universal worked at break neck speed, but it still took I think 4 months to release their first Blu-ray after announcing they would.

Warner simply isn't gonna redo authoring on something already finished and on schedule to change a default. It's a relative waste of money.
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