Fox EU DTS Hi-res instead of DTS HD MA thread

[*TIMMIE*]

It appears Fox love to bully the EU consumer by not giving them the full audio treatment. At least in various countries. Here a thread for those who definitaly wants an English DTS HD MA track on their releases, and do not want to get fooled by an DTS Hi Res (@ 3mbps). This list gives you in which countries the DTS Hi Res treat is given. Titles may be discussed and added.

Affected titles
DTS Hi Res in plaats van DTS HD MA:
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes (France / The Netherlands / Spain)
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (France / The Netherlands / Spain)
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (France / The Netherlands / Spain)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (France / The Netherlands / Spain
- Happening, The (Italy / The Netherlands / Spain)
- Me, Myself and Irene (The Netherlands)
- Mirrors (The Netherlands)
- Planet of the Apes 1968 (Italy / The Netherlands)
- Predator 2 (Spain)
- Prison Break: Season 1 (Germany / The Netherlands)
- Quantum of Solace (The Netherlands / Poland / Russia)
- Street Kings (UK)
- X-men trilogy (France / Italy / The Netherlands)

Dolby Digital in plaats van Dolby True HD:
- Da Vinci Code (France / The Netherlands)
- Resident Evil Degeneration (France / Netherlands)
- Superman (All EU releases - Rereleased in US with Dolby True HD)
- Star Wars Clone Wars (EU)

[alphadec]

First I like to say I prefer DTS over Dolby but I have got a big collection of BD and many are DTS MA 5.1 can't say I have checked every singel disc but when I play a disc I only get DTS MA on the highest.

The only time the DTS HI RES Lights up on my Sony STR 3400ES is when I play some movies but ONLY in the intro not the movie.

[FrankV]

These titles also include DTS-HD HR:

- Battle for the Planet of the Apes (France, The Netherlands, Spain)
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (France, The Netherlands, Spain)
- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (France, The Netherlands, Spain)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (France, The Netherlands, Spain)
- The Happening (France, The Netherlands, Spain)
- Planet of the Apes (1968) (Italy)
- X-Men (Italy)
- X-Men 2 (Italy)
- X-Men 3: The Last Stand (Italy)

[*TIMMIE*]

Thanks! I've added them. Luckely there is import, because I am not buying these suboptimal titles. I hope this is not a strategy Fox helds for their ultimate blu ray experience.

Why not handling (at least) two regions:
Region 1: English oriented countries like UK/Scandinavia/Benelux
Region 2: Others?

[*TIMMIE*]

Originally Posted by alphadec

First I like to say I prefer DTS over Dolby but I have got a big collection of BD and many are DTS MA 5.1 can't say I have checked every singel disc but when I play a disc I only get DTS MA on the highest.

The only time the DTS HI RES Lights up on my Sony STR 3400ES is when I play some movies but ONLY in the intro not the movie.

Norway (Scandinavia) is sharing with the UK, who seem to be unaffected and get DTS HD MA. The Netherlands are English oriented with movies too, but we seem to share with the dubloving French.

[aygie]

I think Eastern Promises is Hi Res as well.

[Wilfredo]

Predator 2 from Spain is also DTS Hi Res, despite the back cover shows the DTS-HD Master logo.

[Mullins]

Street Kings (UK) is DTS-HR. It is a wierd one though because the box art and blu-ray menus say DTS-HDMA

[*TIMMIE*]

Originally Posted by Aygie

I think Eastern Promises is Hi Res as well.

Which country? Can you confirm 100%? Which subs and audiotracks does it have?

@lgans316: As the EU market consists of many countries dubbing their movies/series/etc, they want to take effort out of the amount of masters. The want to use at least possible masters as possible, because it is cheaper in the production process. Unfortunately that means the skip the MA for Hi Res. Even for us in the Netherlands. We are used to watch movies in the original language with subtitles. With DVD we got the same release as the UK/Scandinavia, so we could enjoy DTS in the English language. Now it seems we can enjoy extra dubs, and no MA. Luckely the UK, Scandinavia and Australia are getting MA. So I gueass that means I will only import.

Updated the list.

[Sky_Captain]

The UK release of Eastern Promises is High Res. There's also reportedly a problem with the sound mix.

[alphadec]

Originally Posted by *TIMMIE*

Norway (Scandinavia) is sharing with the UK, who seem to be unaffected and get DTS HD MA. The Netherlands are English oriented with movies too, but we seem to share with the dubloving French.

Yes we do.

If u put on "the fog" from "optmum releasing...." the intro there a smal clip from canal plus that is in dts hi-res but the film is in dts ma.

[Dreedree]

@Timmie,

Will you be updating this list anymore?



TIA

[ShockFly]

Originally Posted by Dreedree

@Timmie,

Will you be updating this list anymore?



TIA

Yeah, I'm wondering this too. I think this topic is a good idea, but it needs to be updated once in a while.

I also have some movies I could check, but I'm waiting for this to be updated. ;-)