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Look...let's forget about what a theater "needs" to do for a minute because of the mechanics of projection... In such a venue matting is part of a necessary evil so to speak...and rarely is cropping to this magnitude required for a pristine well-produced print (last month I saw a projected film...

Peter Apruzzese YOU ARE DA-MAN!!! Awesome to finally see what the heck is going on with that film-frame. Makes it clear that this new DVD excessively crops the image...grrrrr... p.s. LOVED the sci-fi series at the Lafayettea few months back...a serious high-point in my movie-going...

Ernest, I'm glad that your impressions of the audio reflect my own. Pretty scary hugh...I mean...I've heard messed-up audio tracks before but with a title like this you really have to wonder what type of audio-mixing/noise-reduction guy actually thought that the music sounded *better* once he...

no red-ting on the new verison

But it shows the R4 special edition as having these audio details (I've boldfaced what presumably would be the original 5.1 mix): Soundtrack(s): Danish Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 5.1 (Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix) Norwegian Dolby Digital 5.1...

agreed. What Drew said... Apparently, Disney didnt' want to spend the $$ to remix the auido from the original source elements. Now *that* would have been a DEHT mix (if they would have gotten Terry Porter to do it and resisted the new Foley effects) that might have blown us away. Maybe...

by "ambient" information I just mean the out-of-phase info comparing the L/R front channels...the way a Dolby ProLogic decoder extracts the surround channels...

They *sort of* included the original mix. The original mix was discrete L-C-R and so the 2.0 "original" mix on the DVD is a matrixed mix that loses fidelity due to ProLogic processing and the reduced bit-rate afforded 2.0 DD tracks. It would have been much better, and a proper solution...

Well...sortof. the previous DVD offered the "original" mix in 5.1. Here we get a low-bit-rate 2.0 DD matrixed version rather than the higher-bit-rate 5.1 discrete... That's only for R1 viewers however...overseas you get the real 5.1 *original* mix... -dave

Glad you guys also agree. Yes, a real shame that we get a 2.0 mix-down of this discrete multi-channel original mix. a 5.1 or 5.1 configuration would have allowed for a perfect L/C/R encoding and it's exactly what the PAL market will be getting on *their* Mary Poppins Disc. I'll be curious to see...

Great summary Chris. I concur on all points. Well said.

Agreed. I'm especially curious about that 1.66:1 issue. I've got a feeling I already know what they would say about the new DEHT mix...probably something like "wanted to update the sound to appeal to modern audiences and the home-theater environment" or something like that...

Keith, talking about the laserdisc? It may or may not be "framed" correctly, but the picture quality sure is wanting on the big-screen. It might hold up somewhat on a smaller television but I'd really have a hard time watching it now especially after having watched the 16x9 40th anniversary disc...

Sorry to assure that the "original" mix on this R1 disc is indeed merely 2.0 DD. It ticked me off too...would have much rather had a decent 5.1 encoded track sourced from the original mix featuring the discrete L-C-R historic mix with nice ambient surrounds. And get this...both foreign language...

Al, thanks for mentioning the new 2-disc CD set. I plan to purchase it ASAP...only found out about it the other day and am very much looking forward to replacing rather "thin" sounding disc I purchased way back when Mary Poppins was first released on CD. Adam's got me thinking...wonder how...

Agreed. Scott, unless you're watching your DVDs on a B&W 19" TV, the new disc will look MUCH better than the GC version. And all those extras? HELLO! Worth the purchase *alone*. Both DVDs *together* still cost less that my archive edition laserdisc... BTW, I'll update when I figure it...

MaryPoppins 2DiscSpecialEdition Studio:Disney Year:1964 RunTime:139 minutes Aspect Ratio:16x9 encoded 1.66:1 Audio:5.1 DD English Enhanced Home Theater Mix, 2.0 DD English Enhanced Home Theater Mix, 2.0 DD English Theatrical "Stereo" Mix, 5.1 DD French & Spanish Subtitles:English...