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- Robert Harris
The viewing of Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl has been quite the adventure.
Last evening, before moving on to Apocalypto out of technological frustration, I attempted to persuade Pirates to load into my Pioneer Elite BD player.
It wasn't having any of it.
Multiple attempts brought about the same result. The disc would load, only to stall on a time code screen filled with zeros.
Early this morning I attempted once again, only fail. Before placing a call to Disney reps, and after successfully running Apocalypto, I decided to attempt loading Pirates 2.
Same problem.
A call to Pioneer customer service gave me the answer. They've received a number of calls regarding the two discs, have come up with a quick fix, which is now downloadable to burn to DVD -- yes, it works on Mac systems -- which provides a fix, albeit temporary and extremely slow.
Load times can reach several minutes.
I was promised that a proper fix, with normal load times would be available in June via either website download or final product shipped by Pioneer in disc form.
I've been waiting for a similar upgrade disc from Toshiba for over three months, and that disc has now been reordered for delivery in LA. I continue to ask why Toshiba doesn't take the easy route and provide a download link via the support area of their website.
As I watched the upgrade disc slowly load, I hoped that the trouble would pay of in the end with something of high quality, if not spectacular.
You don't get "spectacular" very often.
Fog is something extremely difficult to replicate on home video, and the opening of Pirates could have been a digital disaster.
What it was... was Spectacular!
With nary of pixel out of place, the fog rolled across my Elite plasma screen. I knew that I was in for a treat.
There really is little that needs to be said about this disc.
Colors are detailed, bright, pure and perfect.
Blacks and shadow detail are magnificent.
Human, both living and dead, facial tones are spot perfect.
Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean is a Blu-Ray joy to behold.
Is it a perfect disc?
I believe that it is, and a noble addition to one's "knock your friends socks off" demo collection. For those with a Pioneer Elite, even with a temporary slow load, the presentation is worth both the small trouble of download, as well as the loading time wait.
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
is Very Highly Recommended.
RAH
Last evening, before moving on to Apocalypto out of technological frustration, I attempted to persuade Pirates to load into my Pioneer Elite BD player.
It wasn't having any of it.
Multiple attempts brought about the same result. The disc would load, only to stall on a time code screen filled with zeros.
Early this morning I attempted once again, only fail. Before placing a call to Disney reps, and after successfully running Apocalypto, I decided to attempt loading Pirates 2.
Same problem.
A call to Pioneer customer service gave me the answer. They've received a number of calls regarding the two discs, have come up with a quick fix, which is now downloadable to burn to DVD -- yes, it works on Mac systems -- which provides a fix, albeit temporary and extremely slow.
Load times can reach several minutes.
I was promised that a proper fix, with normal load times would be available in June via either website download or final product shipped by Pioneer in disc form.
I've been waiting for a similar upgrade disc from Toshiba for over three months, and that disc has now been reordered for delivery in LA. I continue to ask why Toshiba doesn't take the easy route and provide a download link via the support area of their website.
As I watched the upgrade disc slowly load, I hoped that the trouble would pay of in the end with something of high quality, if not spectacular.
You don't get "spectacular" very often.
Fog is something extremely difficult to replicate on home video, and the opening of Pirates could have been a digital disaster.
What it was... was Spectacular!
With nary of pixel out of place, the fog rolled across my Elite plasma screen. I knew that I was in for a treat.
There really is little that needs to be said about this disc.
Colors are detailed, bright, pure and perfect.
Blacks and shadow detail are magnificent.
Human, both living and dead, facial tones are spot perfect.
Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean is a Blu-Ray joy to behold.
Is it a perfect disc?
I believe that it is, and a noble addition to one's "knock your friends socks off" demo collection. For those with a Pioneer Elite, even with a temporary slow load, the presentation is worth both the small trouble of download, as well as the loading time wait.
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
is Very Highly Recommended.
RAH
