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Old 08-07-2013, 05:14 PM   #9
Guy R Guy R is offline
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As I posted in my review, the box does say SD so no one should be expecting BR quality on the video. However, the Oppo 103 upscales this one nicely. Pretty good for SD. The audio on the other hand is a huge leap from the DVD version. Very happy with this in general. Vocals are crystal clear. Also, the video is no doubt originally SD and not HD. What you see is probably the best that they had to work with. People are making comments that the source material is better but how do they know? They don't, it's all speculation. As the old saying goes, "You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear". Some people expect too much. Would you rather have no BR release of this or a BR release with an upgraded audio track and original video? For me I am glad to have the audio upgrade. Kudos to Eagle Rock for providing this audio upgrade even though they probably knew they were going to get negative comments on the video. The audio is also at 24 bit 96 khz. Thanks for doing that rather than sampling at 48 khz like a lot of other releases. They kept the price low based on the fact that only the audio was upgraded. I like that! It's fair. Let's all support Eagle Rock because they are just about the only purveyor of non-classical BR's and if they stopped producing then it would look pretty bad out there as far as releases go. Now I am assuming that all my comments regarding the video are true. If they aren't then Eagle Rock does have their customers to answer to as to why they did this.

Last edited by Guy R; 08-07-2013 at 05:17 PM.
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