Warner Bros starting to use DD: 5.1 on Scandinavian BDs - Blu-ray Forum

Jompa · 04-26-2015, 08:50 PM

I recently made a thread here about it: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=255682

And now i see it for the second time: https://www.platekompaniet.no/global...stbdsleeve.jpg

Why do they suddenly start to do this? Is it to save money and time? Or some other reason? I don't like this.

Canada · 04-26-2015, 08:55 PM

I'm sorry that really sucks, if your only getting HD video and not HD audio your only getting half the experience.

Jompa · 04-27-2015, 10:59 AM

Yes, Seems like it only happens when Warner Bros has the exclusive rights to the films in Scandinavia.

Sky_Captain · 05-03-2015, 08:47 PM

Take it up with these guys, Warner are only distributing.
http://www.nonstopentertainment.com/

This applies to Joe and The Guest.

Jompa · 05-04-2015, 11:27 AM

Ok. I will avoid NonStop Entertainment's releases.

Naiera · 05-06-2015, 02:06 AM

Of their releases it seems I have only "Loveship, Hateship", and that one isn't available anywhere else anyway.

There's quite a few suspect distributors in Scandinavia. Midget Entertainment/Noble did exclusively 1080i50 in the beginning. After that they insisted on putting everything on BD25s.

Another World still do 1080i50 all the time, and seemingly always do so when it comes to French movies.

Atlantic Film AB used to do 1.78:1 on 2.35:1 movies all the time. 1080i50 too, of course. Now that they've fixed that, some... person they hired thinks that MPEG2 is a superior compression standard to AVC and VC-1. I e-mailed her to complain, but she won't listen to logic. So we get brand new releases using MPEG2!

varmintx · 05-06-2015, 02:11 AM

I clicked on the thread and was expecting to see it was bumped from 2008. This is just ridiculous.

Masza · 09-21-2015, 12:19 PM

I think there could be couple reasons why Nonstop Entertainment is using only DD 5.1:
- they save disc space to fit movies in 25GB discs (if they are using higher bitrate encodes for video or other countries' encodes which wouldn't fit if there would be a HD audio track)
- they don't have equipment or licenses to use DTS-HD or Dolby TrueHD
-> they save money

That's bad for us though.

04-26-2015, 08:50 PM	#1
Jompa Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Aug 2010 Location:Bodø, Norway 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:880 Blu-ray reviews:78	Warner Bros starting to use DD: 5.1 on Scandinavian BDs I recently made a thread here about it: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=255682 And now i see it for the second time: https://www.platekompaniet.no/global...stbdsleeve.jpg Why do they suddenly start to do this? Is it to save money and time? Or some other reason? I don't like this.

04-27-2015, 10:59 AM	#3
Jompa Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Aug 2010 Location:Bodø, Norway 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:880 Blu-ray reviews:78	Yes, Seems like it only happens when Warner Bros has the exclusive rights to the films in Scandinavia. Last edited by Jompa; 04-28-2015 at 11:14 AM.

04-26-2015, 08:55 PM	#2
Canada Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Victoria, BC Home Theater Gallery:17 4K collection:305 Blu-ray collection:1201 DVD collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:42	I'm sorry that really sucks, if your only getting HD video and not HD audio your only getting half the experience.

05-03-2015, 08:47 PM	#4
Sky_Captain Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:17	Take it up with these guys, Warner are only distributing. http://www.nonstopentertainment.com/ This applies to Joe and The Guest.

05-04-2015, 11:27 AM	#5
Jompa Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Aug 2010 Location:Bodø, Norway 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:880 Blu-ray reviews:78	Ok. I will avoid NonStop Entertainment's releases.

05-06-2015, 02:06 AM	#6
Naiera Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Denmark Home Theater Gallery:2 Trading Score:25	Of their releases it seems I have only "Loveship, Hateship", and that one isn't available anywhere else anyway. There's quite a few suspect distributors in Scandinavia. Midget Entertainment/Noble did exclusively 1080i50 in the beginning. After that they insisted on putting everything on BD25s. Another World still do 1080i50 all the time, and seemingly always do so when it comes to French movies. Atlantic Film AB used to do 1.78:1 on 2.35:1 movies all the time. 1080i50 too, of course. Now that they've fixed that, some... person they hired thinks that MPEG2 is a superior compression standard to AVC and VC-1. I e-mailed her to complain, but she won't listen to logic. So we get brand new releases using MPEG2!

05-06-2015, 02:11 AM	#7
varmintx Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Covington, KY PSN/NNID:varmintx 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:1002 DVD collection:199 Trading Score:5	I clicked on the thread and was expecting to see it was bumped from 2008. This is just ridiculous.

09-21-2015, 12:19 PM	#8
Masza Active Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Finland 4K collection:413 Blu-ray collection:1802 DVD collection:23	I think there could be couple reasons why Nonstop Entertainment is using only DD 5.1: - they save disc space to fit movies in 25GB discs (if they are using higher bitrate encodes for video or other countries' encodes which wouldn't fit if there would be a HD audio track) - they don't have equipment or licenses to use DTS-HD or Dolby TrueHD -> they save money That's bad for us though.

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