Image Press Release: The Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Charles Smith]

Can anyone help with the following?

Which score on which version of the film was the one incorrectly pressed in mono?
Is there a way to visually identify either the first disc or the corrected one?

Many thanks!

 

[Ruz-El]

I'm not sure which version, but I have both the corrected disc and the screwed up disc at home (they never asked for it back). If no one beats me too it I'll have a look at each and let you know.

 

[Ruz-El]

Comparing the two, there's no way to tell that I can see. They both have the same UPC codes and ID number on the disc. I'm not sure what else to look for.

 

[Charles Smith]

Interesting. Thanks for checking!

The reason I asked is that I, too, have two copies, and I can't detect a difference between them. My suspicion is that I actually have two of the "corrected" ones, since I'd read comments on Amazon or elsewhere about Image making an improvement to the menu labeling, and I believe I have that improvement. (Earliest copies had the user selecting the score, while failing to identify the version of the film. These are clearly labeled for both, even if that's still a bit awkwardly executed.)

One of the orchestral soundtracks sounds like mono (on headphones), and the other is stereo, though not widely separated or exaggerated stereo. I don't want to keep going back to the well on this, since Image has already been exceedingly generous in providing replacements without asking for the disc to be returned.

 

[ajabrams]

Anyone know if it's likely that if this disc is ordered now from Amazon that it will be the "corrected" version. I've been holding off...

 

[Charles Smith]

If I'm right in thinking I already had the corrected version when I asked for the replacement from Image, then yes, Amazon has been shipping them for at least a couple of months.