Recent content by John H Ross

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...

Double post.

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!

Thank you!

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...

But why would your average movie watcher even GO to the audio setup after the movie has started?

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!