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L'armée des ombres · 02-25-2016, 06:36 PM

Mine is this by some margin, annoying hum or buzz sound the whole movie through.
And also it's distorted in many scenes.

HD Goofnut · 02-25-2016, 06:53 PM

Probably this one:

OneWayFilms · 02-26-2016, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by hd goofnut

probably this one:

this!

DMRI2006 · 02-26-2016, 04:16 AM

1) EXORCIST III.

Not even close. An absurd abomination of a mix, throwing discrete audio information all into the center channel and pumping up the LFE. To be fair, the mix went bad when it first released on DVD, but it's something that needs to be corrected if/when it's ever reissued. To hear how awful the mix truly is, try one of the foreign tracks which actually have the proper stereo mix with audio coming out from left/right/surround.

2) HOOSIERS

This was another 5.1 travesty, with tinny dialogue. The good news is the 2nd Blu-Ray has the original 4.0 stereo track, and it's much more natural, fuller sounding than the bad 5.1 mix.

3) MY SCIENCE PROJECT

Mono. 'Nuff said!

HD Goofnut · 02-26-2016, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

1) EXORCIST III.

Not even close. An absurd abomination of a mix, throwing discrete audio information all into the center channel and pumping up the LFE. To be fair, the mix went bad when it first released on DVD, but it's something that needs to be corrected if/when it's ever reissued. To hear how awful the mix truly is, try one of the foreign tracks which actually have the proper stereo mix with audio coming out from left/right/surround.

2) HOOSIERS

This was another 5.1 travesty, with tinny dialogue. The good news is the 2nd Blu-Ray has the original 2.0 stereo track, and it's much more natural, fuller sounding than the bad 5.1 mix.

3) MY SCIENCE PROJECT

Mono. 'Nuff said!

You mean 4.0 track.

sumo8675309 · 02-26-2016, 04:55 AM

defiantly this one

DMRI2006 · 02-26-2016, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

You mean 4.0 track.

Yep, sorry, it's the "lossy" DD 4.0 track I meant to say. Thx

dmt · 02-26-2016, 12:33 AM

I KEEL YOU · 02-26-2016, 01:47 AM

You can't even hear what they're saying half the time.

KINGDANGER · 02-26-2016, 02:07 AM

Doubtful I have a bad disc but I find the audio is terrible despite 2 positive user reviews here. Dialog is too low and sometimes pans awkwardly to surrounds while LFE and SFX are way overblown. May not be my worst but the most I was recently disappointed.

bigdaddyhorse · 02-26-2016, 03:28 PM

Without question:

It's not the BD's fault, it's the production and not looping (maybe just the worst looping ever?) or doing anything to fix the original sound which has nasty in and out sounds. Literally ever time the shot changes, so does the sound.

babybreese · 02-26-2016, 04:12 PM

Astounding this was never recalled and fixed...audio is abysmal.

VanDammage80 · 02-26-2016, 04:15 PM

Probably, the SHOUT release of Prison. I have to crank the shit out of it just to hear anything. And even then, it feels like it should go louder.

GOMEZFAN69 · 02-26-2016, 06:58 PM

The German release of Trick or Treat. The cheapo Platinum Disc DVD sounds better.

Andrew-Kenneth · 02-26-2016, 09:13 PM

Businessman is not amongst the best telugu films available on blu-ray.

I only bought this disc since I'm a Kajal Agarwal fan and I really liked the acting of Mahesh Babu in "Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu".

Video : disappointing with weak black levels.
Also => during two songs body parts of dancers are censored. (blurred out)
This censorship appears random (to my european eyes) => one moment the cleavage and legs of a dancer are shown uncensored. In the next shot,all of a sudden, they are shown blurred.

Audio : really disappoints.
The LPCM 5.1 audio track is faulty => the sound of the center channel (dialogues) is re-directed to the right front channel. This makes the LPCM 5.1 track impossible to enjoy. (0/5)
The only way to enjoy the movie is by using the lossy DD 5.1 audio track. (3/5) (This track sounds OK for DD 5.1)

So, I can only recommend this disc to Mahesh Babu & Kajal Agarwal fans who are willing to deal with disappointing audio and video quality and weird censorship issues.

dvdmike · 02-26-2016, 09:55 PM

Dark knight Rises, that mix...

Ugh

DarknessBDJM · 02-27-2016, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by GOMEZFAN69

The German release of Trick or Treat. The cheapo Platinum Disc DVD sounds better.

I was definitely disappointed when I listened to the blu-ray, it seems like more of a source problem than an encoding one though. If I recall not only does it lack fidelity, but there's also a cassette tape like white noise hiss?

JimDiGriz · 02-27-2016, 12:38 PM

Eyes Wide Shut. Its one of the worst for PQ too!

8traxrule · 02-26-2016, 11:36 PM

Cheech and Chong's Corscian Brothers- Dolby Stereo mix presented in MONO on Blu-Ray. A shame since the picture quality was excellent.

Camp Nowhere was also mistakenly in mono. Don't know if they fixed it for the double-feature disc with Ernest Goes To Camp on it.

Did they mess up My Science Project the same way? Would be helpful if those posting their "worsts" would explain why.

02-25-2016, 06:36 PM	#1
L'armée des ombres Contributor Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:In a Galaxy far far away 4K collection:434 Blu-ray collection:1395 DVD collection:124 Blu-ray reviews: 21	Worst sounding Blu-ray in your collection Mine is this by some margin, annoying hum or buzz sound the whole movie through. And also it's distorted in many scenes.

02-26-2016, 04:16 AM	#4
DMRI2006 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:215	1) EXORCIST III. Not even close. An absurd abomination of a mix, throwing discrete audio information all into the center channel and pumping up the LFE. To be fair, the mix went bad when it first released on DVD, but it's something that needs to be corrected if/when it's ever reissued. To hear how awful the mix truly is, try one of the foreign tracks which actually have the proper stereo mix with audio coming out from left/right/surround. 2) HOOSIERS This was another 5.1 travesty, with tinny dialogue. The good news is the 2nd Blu-Ray has the original 4.0 stereo track, and it's much more natural, fuller sounding than the bad 5.1 mix. 3) MY SCIENCE PROJECT Mono. 'Nuff said! Last edited by DMRI2006; 02-26-2016 at 01:55 PM.

02-25-2016, 06:53 PM	#2
HD Goofnut Blu-ray King Top contributor Member since:May 2010 Location:Far, Far Away Home Theater Gallery:114 4K collection:743 Blu-ray collection:2373 DVD collection:128 MA collection:751 Digital collection:1091 Prime collection:598 Blu-ray reviews:133 Trading Score:39	Probably this one:

02-26-2016, 04:55 AM	#6
sumo8675309 Active Member Member since:Feb 2011 Location:Dimension C-137	defiantly this one

02-26-2016, 12:33 AM	#8
dmt Active Member Member since:Sep 2008 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:22 Trading Score:3

02-26-2016, 01:47 AM	#9
I KEEL YOU Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:May 2011 4K collection:67 Blu-ray collection:458 DVD collection:42	You can't even hear what they're saying half the time.

02-26-2016, 02:07 AM	#10
KINGDANGER Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Home Theater Gallery:21 4K collection:686 Blu-ray collection:3281 DVD collection:515 Digital collection:539 Trading Score:6	Doubtful I have a bad disc but I find the audio is terrible despite 2 positive user reviews here. Dialog is too low and sometimes pans awkwardly to surrounds while LFE and SFX are way overblown. May not be my worst but the most I was recently disappointed.

02-26-2016, 03:28 PM	#11
bigdaddyhorse Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Oct 2012 Location:SE MI. 4K collection:152 Blu-ray collection:1243 DVD collection:1148 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:103	Without question: It's not the BD's fault, it's the production and not looping (maybe just the worst looping ever?) or doing anything to fix the original sound which has nasty in and out sounds. Literally ever time the shot changes, so does the sound.

02-26-2016, 04:12 PM	#12
babybreese Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2012 Blu-ray collection:304	Astounding this was never recalled and fixed...audio is abysmal.

02-26-2016, 04:15 PM	#13
VanDammage80 Power Member Member since:Sep 2009 Location:North Carolina Home Theater Gallery:20 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:1047 Blu-ray reviews: 10	Probably, the SHOUT release of Prison. I have to crank the shit out of it just to hear anything. And even then, it feels like it should go louder.

02-26-2016, 06:58 PM	#14
GOMEZFAN69 Active Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Sartell, MN 4K collection:1574 Blu-ray collection:8202 DVD collection:87	The German release of Trick or Treat. The cheapo Platinum Disc DVD sounds better.

02-26-2016, 09:13 PM	#15
Andrew-Kenneth Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2010 Location:Antwerp, Belgium Blu-ray collection:1241 Blu-ray reviews:13 Trading Score:1	Businessman is not amongst the best telugu films available on blu-ray. I only bought this disc since I'm a Kajal Agarwal fan and I really liked the acting of Mahesh Babu in "Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu". Video : disappointing with weak black levels. Also => during two songs body parts of dancers are censored. (blurred out) This censorship appears random (to my european eyes) => one moment the cleavage and legs of a dancer are shown uncensored. In the next shot,all of a sudden, they are shown blurred. Audio : really disappoints. The LPCM 5.1 audio track is faulty => the sound of the center channel (dialogues) is re-directed to the right front channel. This makes the LPCM 5.1 track impossible to enjoy. (0/5) The only way to enjoy the movie is by using the lossy DD 5.1 audio track. (3/5) (This track sounds OK for DD 5.1) So, I can only recommend this disc to Mahesh Babu & Kajal Agarwal fans who are willing to deal with disappointing audio and video quality and weird censorship issues.

02-26-2016, 09:55 PM	#16
dvdmike Banned Member since:Jun 2010 Blu-ray collection:1069	Dark knight Rises, that mix... Ugh

02-27-2016, 12:38 PM	#18
JimDiGriz Blu-ray Champion Member since:Oct 2010 Location:UK 4K collection:262 Blu-ray collection:645 DVD collection:142 Blu-ray reviews:11	Eyes Wide Shut. Its one of the worst for PQ too!

02-26-2016, 11:36 PM	#19
8traxrule Power Member Member since:Jul 2009 Blu-ray collection:1	Cheech and Chong's Corscian Brothers- Dolby Stereo mix presented in MONO on Blu-Ray. A shame since the picture quality was excellent. Camp Nowhere was also mistakenly in mono. Don't know if they fixed it for the double-feature disc with Ernest Goes To Camp on it. Did they mess up My Science Project the same way? Would be helpful if those posting their "worsts" would explain why.

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