Dark Crystal (1982) - Blu-ray Forum

cherbert · 09-04-2019, 11:15 PM

Has anyone else purchased this and listening in Dolby Atmos?

The opening narration can't seem to decide which speaker it wants to come out of. It starts on the center channel and then suddenly its above to my left and generally all over the place. I'm pretty sure it's not artistic choice because it sounds stupid and just not normal.

I haven't got much further yet to see if the rest of the film suffers any other audio issues with the Atmos track.

Also, IMO the picture quality doesn't seem as stunning as the 4K UHD review here seems to suggests - so my question is, is the 4K UHD a different master and therefore superior or was the reviewer just getting overly excited?

PS-RagE · 09-05-2019, 12:36 AM

Mine only shows as HD? Is this a new upgrade?

cherbert · 09-05-2019, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by PS-RagE

Mine only shows as HD? Is this a new upgrade?

It shows for me a 4K Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos. (UK iTunes)

BNex99 · 10-01-2019, 06:13 AM

I only have a 5.1 setup, but the narration stays pretty anchored to the center channel for me.

I'm not a big fan of this remix, though. It seems to have started with the 2007 5.1 remix as a base, and although it fixes a few of the issues with that one, it still sounds a bit harsh for my taste.

09-04-2019, 11:15 PM	#1
cherbert Senior Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:United Kingdom Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	Dark Crystal (1982) Has anyone else purchased this and listening in Dolby Atmos? The opening narration can't seem to decide which speaker it wants to come out of. It starts on the center channel and then suddenly its above to my left and generally all over the place. I'm pretty sure it's not artistic choice because it sounds stupid and just not normal. I haven't got much further yet to see if the rest of the film suffers any other audio issues with the Atmos track. Also, IMO the picture quality doesn't seem as stunning as the 4K UHD review here seems to suggests - so my question is, is the 4K UHD a different master and therefore superior or was the reviewer just getting overly excited?

09-05-2019, 12:36 AM	#2
PS-RagE Senior Member Member since:Mar 2019 Location:Canada Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:24 Blu-ray collection:528 DVD collection:1638 Digital collection:73 iTunes collection:1736	Mine only shows as HD? Is this a new upgrade?

10-01-2019, 06:13 AM	#4
BNex99 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2014	I only have a 5.1 setup, but the narration stays pretty anchored to the center channel for me. I'm not a big fan of this remix, though. It seems to have started with the 2007 5.1 remix as a base, and although it fixes a few of the issues with that one, it still sounds a bit harsh for my taste.

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