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I feel the same way. My 5.1 system works for the room I have. Eventually, in a future home, I can imagine going to 7.1 and maybe Atmos, but at the moment, the lack of an Atmos track makes no practical difference to me. I understand the frustration of people who upgraded for Atmos a couple years...

I don't think that's it. It's become common practice for certain studios to withhold Atmos and other more advanced tracks from BD, in what appears to be an effort to push physical media buyers into UHD. For instance, Warner used to support Atmos and 7.1 on BD3D. Pacific Rim, a film that...

I get that - but at the same time, where do you draw the line? The argument could be made that for a 3D movie, the 2D disc should just get a failing grade on the principal that 50% of the movie is missing (only seeing one of the two eye views). Heck, I used to try taking that stand around...

I suppose that's the age-old conflict for a reviewer - do you review what's on the disc measured against what the makers of that disc intended the disc to be, or do you measure against the nearly limitless options they could have chosen but didn't? I'd probably be inclined to review what was...