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[igotcabada]

Why do certain Blu's default to a 'lesser' sound quality???

I popped in Blackhawk Down for the first time tonight and the audio track just wasn't doing it for me.. After a couple minutes I checked the audio and noticed setting 1 was for Dolby Digital... I switched over to setting 2, which is PCM 5.1, and the difference was night and day..

Is there a reason they do this? I think i remember the dark knight being the same way..

I bet there are alot of people out there see "Dolby" on their screen, and assume its the best choice

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by mbader21

Why do certain Blu's default to a 'lesser' sound quality???

I popped in Blackhawk Down for the first time tonight and the audio track just wasn't doing it for me.. After a couple minutes I checked the audio and noticed setting 1 was for Dolby Digital... I switched over to setting 2, which is PCM 5.1, and the difference was night and day..

Is there a reason they do this? I think i remember the dark knight being the same way..

I bet there are alot of people out there see "Dolby" on their screen, and assume its the best choice

Strange cause that is a Sony title. Warner BDs always default to Dolby Digital.

[jomari]

simply because not everyones setup can handle the hd audio format. this is also the case for dark knight, and a couple more warner releases.

[hardcorefrokid]

Originally Posted by jomari

simply because not everyones setup can handle the hd audio format. this is also the case for dark knight, and a couple more warner releases.

Don't DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TureHD codecs have a core track. For those who can't do HD audio.

[Rob J in WNY]

Interestingly, The Dark Knight defaults to Dolby Digital, and not the TrueHD track.

Most other BDs with lossless audio will default to that option, which is not a problem for equipment which doesn't decode it, because it will simply move down to the either DD in the case of Dolby Digital TrueHD, or DTS in the case of DTS-HD Master Audio.

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by jomari

simply because not everyones setup can handle the hd audio format. this is also the case for dark knight, and a couple more warner releases.

Much more than a couple. I don't have any statistics, but my guess is almost all.

If Warner movies would go to the intial root menu instead of starting the movie immediately, it would allow people to change the audio and choose subtitles. It is a problem for non-English speaking people and hearing-impaired people. Some people are not even aware that Warner titles go to Dolby Digital and assume that they have watched the movies with the most recent HD codec.

[hardcorefrokid]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

Much more than a couple. I don't have any statistics, but my guess is almost all.

If Warner movies would go to the intial root menu instead of starting the movie immediately, it would allow people to change the audio and choose subtitles. It is a problem for non-English speaking people and hearing-impaired people. Some people are not even aware that Warner titles go to Dolby Digital and assume that they have watched the movies with the most recent HD codec.

Yep.

[Bear28]

I was wondering the same thing for a lil while now. I noticed it on TDK blu ray and some others. The other day I bought Batman and the default track was DD not HD. I am wondering how many people have the capability for HD audio, but aren't aware they need to change it. Another bit of an issue I have is that for Batman, I couldn't find anything in the "menu" to change to HD audio. I simply used the audio button on the PS3 remote, but the lack of option in the menu could be frustrating to some users I would think.


Thanks

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Strange cause that is a Sony title. Warner BDs always default to Dolby Digital.

I can happily report that the new Contact Blu-Ray defaults to the TrueHD track.

And boy does it sound incredible.

[Infrared Sight]

I hate this with a passion. If the companies are touting blu-ray with high-def picture and sound, why don't they give us the high-def sound on start-up? Makes absolutely no sense to me.

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by Infrared Sight

I hate this with a passion. If the companies are touting blu-ray with high-def picture and sound, why don't they give us the high-def sound on start-up? Makes absolutely no sense to me.

I know! Because it's so hard to hit the "audio" button. Whew. That's just too much work!

[Bear28]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

I know! Because it's so hard to hit the "audio" button. Whew. That's just too much work!

I don't think it's too much work to hit the audio button, but as I said in my post above I think that some users may not be aware of doing that. If there is no real menu system (like on Batman) then novice users might think they are listening to HD audio when in fact they aren't.

I would of thought that the default track would be HD by now and if your system can't process that then it would just drop down to DD or DTS.

Thanks

[progers13]

Originally Posted by Bear28

I don't think it's too much work to hit the audio button, but as I said in my post above I think that some users may not be aware of doing that. If there is no real menu system (like on Batman) then novice users might think they are listening to HD audio when in fact they aren't.

I would of thought that the default track would be HD by now and if your system can't process that then it would just drop down to DD or DTS.

Thanks

My sentiment exactly. I watched I Am Legend recently and forgot to change the audio to TrueHD until about 30 mins into the movie.

On a side note, the DD track on I Am Legend is still very, very good. But that's not really the point, is it? Come on Warner, get with the program!

[Infrared Sight]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

I know! Because it's so hard to hit the "audio" button. Whew. That's just too much work!

For my wife it is.