The Descent At About 26Mbps AVC!

[Ascended_Saiyan]

I put The Descent in the PS3 and looked at the bitrates. It didn't drop below 30Mbps for a while! The audio also read 7.1 Ch. 48kHz @ 6.1Mbps. Could it really be 7.1 surround sound (box says 6.1)?!

I saw this title at the theater. This is an exact replica IMO! This title is absolutely perfect (from what I've seen so far)...a definite MUST HAVE! I wonder if this title will ever get rated on highdefdigest.com. If it is rated, over there, Peter will probably only give it 4.5 stars as usual.

[slckofit]

in my opinion, this is one the stupidest movie i've seen. well the movie was good but the ladies just made this movie suck! put a bunch of women together and look at what they do.. not trying to be sexest, but man what a waste of 30 bucks.

[theknub]

Originally Posted by slckofit

in my opinion, this is one the stupidest movie i've seen. well the movie was good but the ladies just made this movie suck! put a bunch of women together and look at what they do.. not trying to be sexest, but man what a waste of 30 bucks.

wow, thank you for the in depth review. have anything else you'd like to add? have you seen the BR? curious as to what you think about PQ.

[slckofit]

you're welcome. sorry to come out like that, but the movie was good. just that some of the things that happen were so cheesy and lame. by BR are you refering to Blu-Ray? if so yes i saw it on blu-ray. i rate the pq at 3.5.

[DV92Camaro]

I don't understand how this movie sucked. If you have seen the movie Pulse which came out around the same time, people have compared both since both from independent film companies. Plus Pulse sucked major ass. Stupid story line. Aside from that The Descent was a good film in general and I view new movies at least 3 times a week so its easy to distinguish the lame from the good. Plus the women had accents which made the film sexier. Come on, if you are going to call a movie lame at least pay attention to it. Who doesnt want to see women kick ass and kill crazy creatures?

The Descent was a solid 4 out of 5 stars.

[charlesm]

From the comments it looks like its playable, but in mt Sony, it seems to load OK, but about the time you would expect the menus to start, it gives no picture or sound, just read 000000 on the front panel and no fast forward, chapter skip, etc works. I reset the player, same result, Other discs play without problem.
Is there anything about this disc (settings, etc) that I'm missing?

CMM

[roninvii]

I had issues with my Sony Vaio (VGN-AR290G) notebook not playing certain Blu Ray titles; that and the fact that it did not play well w/ my Sony 40" XBR2 caused to me ship it back.

I replaced what I hoped to be my Blu Ray player w/ the Sony BDP-S1 (nice) and until last night I've not had a problem but I cannot get the "Descent" to play. Don't want to speculate too much but perhaps all the vaunted extras are too much for my poor BDP-S1?

I should have my PS3 later today and I will try the disc then but I doubt this will make a difference... bummer.

I was really looking forward to this disc as I enjoyed the movie in the theater. Any feedback or suggestions would be most appreciated.

[Josh]

Sony/Pioneer have not yet released the firmware upgrade to allow BD-J discs to play. When they announced the player, they said the firmware would be released in early 2007.

[charlesm]

How do you know if a disc is BD-J? I didn't see any unusual markings on the disc.

CMM

[GTP]

Reports are coming in that this only loads and plays on the PS3 and possibly the Panasonic because of the BD-J.

Its also supposed to play on upgraded Samsungs...and as far as I know, nobody has tried a Philips yet.

[JBlacklow]

Originally Posted by GTP

Reports are coming in that this only loads and plays on the PS3 and possibly the Panasonic because of the BD-J.

Its also supposed to play on upgraded Samsungs...and as far as I know, nobody has tried a Philips yet.

Ouch. I just know the HD DVD fanboys are going to screech like witches at this.

Quick question: The title mentions the video codec as AVC, is this confirmed? The aforementioned fanboys have been saying that Lionsgate was moving to VC-1, which to them meant they were just about to go neutral. If that's not the case, perhaps their gloating is for naught.

[GTP]

Originally Posted by JBlacklow

Ouch. I just know the HD DVD fanboys are going to screech like witches at this.

Quick question: The title mentions the video codec as AVC, is this confirmed? The aforementioned fanboys have been saying that Lionsgate was moving to VC-1, which to them meant they were just about to go neutral. If that's not the case, perhaps their gloating is for naught.

I have seen three reports all saying AVC.....and the hd dvd zealots are already having a field day with the not playing BD-J problem.

At least up until I brought up the bargin bin laptop pc used in all hd dvd players....and the fact that they freeze with any given movie at will....which is far worse than a temporary BD-J problem on a couple of discs.

[DaveFi]

I always wonder why does someone care if it doesn't play on hardware THEY DON'T OWN? Talk about stupid.

[roninvii]

Well this disc won't play on my $1,000 BDP-S1 but it does on my $600.00 PS3... oh well it was silly to have them both.

[ClaytonMG]

HD-DVD fanboys should have no room to talk. I've had the Toshiba HD-DVD player since the launch day and I specifically remember Universal titles playing about 25 minutes of a movie and then locking up until a firmware release about a month later. Now the player just randomly freezes up. Also I believe during layer changes on Universal titles the audio jumps. As for The Descent not playing, this is the very first problem I've had with the Sony BDP-S1. If you go to Sony's site, they have a list of 4 movies (The Descent, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Speed and Behind Enemy Lines) that have problems that'll be fixed when the firmware upgrade comes out. Hopefully the firmware upgrade comes soon because I was looking forward to this movie.

[Jim L]

Originally Posted by ClaytonMG

HD-DVD fanboys should have no room to talk. I've had the Toshiba HD-DVD player since the launch day and I specifically remember Universal titles playing about 25 minutes of a movie and then locking up until a firmware release about a month later. Now the player just randomly freezes up. Also I believe during layer changes on Universal titles the audio jumps. As for The Descent not playing, this is the very first problem I've had with the Sony BDP-S1. If you go to Sony's site, they have a list of 4 movies (The Descent, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Speed and Behind Enemy Lines) that have problems that'll be fixed when the firmware upgrade comes out. Hopefully the firmware upgrade comes soon because I was looking forward to this movie.

This is the only title that doesn't play on my BDP-S1. I can play those other 3 titles fine, I guess they just don't have all the BD-J capabilities yet. Too bad we'll have to wait a bit because this sounds like it is a great movie.

[Heresy]

Does anyone know if it does play on the Panasonic? I was going to buy it this weekend but will hold off if it's not going to play.

[ClaytonMG]

I actually have Speed and Behind Enemy Lines and I don't have problems with either of those titles, except for the game on Speed. I haven't tried Behind Enemy Lines to see if there's a game on there or not. But Speed does have a somewhat long load time, but that doesn't bother me. I got used to long load times with HD-DVD.

[Josh]

Originally Posted by Heresy

Does anyone know if it does play on the Panasonic? I was going to buy it this weekend but will hold off if it's not going to play.

It should have no issue with playing The Descent.

[GoldenRedux]

I haven't gotten my copy yet, but AFAIK, the Panny does BD-J so it should play without any problems, but I'll check it as soon as it arrives. Now, the picture-in-picure commentary is another thing entirely. I'm wondering how the Panny handles that?