The Departed

[kashif]

I was about to by it but just noticed that the UK BD by is a 25GB disc while the US BD is a 50GB. So I need to know how is the quality of UK BD? Both use the same codec so whats missed in UK BD? Extras or what? or is this the Audio because in US BD there are many Audio options?

The Departed UK Blu-ray

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-D...-Blu-ray/8112/

The Departed US Blu-ray

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-D.../356/#Overview

Please reply,
Thanks.

[chip75]

From what I can tell the US set has LPCM audio and the UK DTS-MA (the German version has AC3) there isn't much difference in file sizes the US has 26GB movie file size and the UK 22 the German one has 19GB.

Bitratewise the US is 22, UK 19 and Germany 17mbps. I haven't seen the discs but I doubt there's a huge difference video qualitywise.

[The Driver]

I doubt there's any difference in video because the old HDDVD (there were 2 in fact HDDVD-DVD Combo + HDDVD) were single sided -have Warner went back and redone it for Blu-ray? I reckon not. There's also Blu-ray Steelbooks which also look to be a direct port.

The UK Blu-ray is fab http://www.dvdtherapy.com/review_info.php?id=1915 I own the HDDVD and see no difference to my UK Blu-ray.

What all the HD discs are missing though is the "Scorsese On Scorsese" (85 minutes) documentary which is on the US 2 disc DVD. This doesn't seem to be on any of the other 2 discers (including the DVD Steelbooks).

Get the cheapest/nicest looking packaging. I have the $2 HDDVD, the £3 DVD Steelbook, the $3 2DVDSE and the £5 UK Blu-ray. I've got all bases covered and it was cheap

£5.99 at Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000PC1MNM and HMV http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProduct...;-1&sku=611096 isn't too shabby.

[Albatross365]

It's hard to fault.

I'd give it the same rating as the review on here.

[kashif]

Originally Posted by chip75

From what I can tell the US set has LPCM audio and the UK DTS-MA (the German version has AC3) there isn't much difference in file sizes the US has 26GB movie file size and the UK 22 the German one has 19GB.

Bitratewise the US is 22, UK 19 and Germany 17mbps. I haven't seen the discs but I doubt there's a huge difference video qualitywise.

Originally Posted by The Driver

I doubt there's any difference in video because the old HDDVD (there were 2 in fact HDDVD-DVD Combo + HDDVD) were single sided -have Warner went back and redone it for Blu-ray? I reckon not. There's also Blu-ray Steelbooks which also look to be a direct port.

The UK Blu-ray is fab http://www.dvdtherapy.com/review_info.php?id=1915 I own the HDDVD and see no difference to my UK Blu-ray.

What all the HD discs are missing though is the "Scorsese On Scorsese" (85 minutes) documentary which is on the US 2 disc DVD. This doesn't seem to be on any of the other 2 discers (including the DVD Steelbooks).

Get the cheapest/nicest looking packaging. I have the $2 HDDVD, the £3 DVD Steelbook, the $3 2DVDSE and the £5 UK Blu-ray. I've got all bases covered and it was cheap

£5.99 at Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000PC1MNM and HMV http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProduct...;-1&sku=611096 isn't too shabby.

Originally Posted by Albatross365

It's hard to fault.

I'd give it the same rating as the review on here.

Thanks a lot guys. I am going to get the UK version

[The Driver]

Originally Posted by kashif

Thanks a lot guys. I am going to get the UK version

On reflection the HDDVD must have been different as single sided discs were 15GB. These HDDVD Combos were 'flipper' discs.

Worth remembering too the US and UK Blu-rays will be AB (although the UK disc is marked "B" -but I just checked it and it's fine on an A machine).

Having just had a look at my discs I can see no difference video wise.

I'd just go for the UK version if I were buying now.

[Pyoko]

The video bitrate on the UK version is actually slightly higher (the higher overall bitrate on the US disc is due to the uncompressed LPCM track). But I seem to recall comparing the releases some time ago and the differences were not significant.

[lkmg]

Only just ordered the US version a few days ago and now I see this thread. Is the UK version so much better?

[lgans316]

US - 14.97 Mbps

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=2400

UK - 16.96 Mbps

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1917

DE - 14.97 Mbps - Same encode as US but no lossless / uncompressed audio. Good old Warner.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1917

[DaveSimonH]

I imagine that with the very similar bitrates and all using VC-1 the encodes will be comparable.

[dan21]

Originally Posted by Albatross365

It's hard to fault.

I'd give it the same rating as the review on here.

I echo this sentiment, I personally think it is a high quality transfer

I can only speak for PQ as I do not possess the required knowledge or equipment to properly assess AQ

[kashif]

Originally Posted by The Driver

On reflection the HDDVD must have been different as single sided discs were 15GB. These HDDVD Combos were 'flipper' discs.

Worth remembering too the US and UK Blu-rays will be AB (although the UK disc is marked "B" -but I just checked it and it's fine on an A machine).

Having just had a look at my discs I can see no difference video wise.

I'd just go for the UK version if I were buying now.

Originally Posted by Pyoko

The video bitrate on the UK version is actually slightly higher (the higher overall bitrate on the US disc is due to the uncompressed LPCM track). But I seem to recall comparing the releases some time ago and the differences were not significant.

Originally Posted by lgans316

US - 14.97 Mbps

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=2400

UK - 16.96 Mbps

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1917

DE - 14.97 Mbps - Same encode as US but no lossless / uncompressed audio. Good old Warner.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=1917

Originally Posted by dan21

I echo this sentiment, I personally think it is a high quality transfer

I can only speak for PQ as I do not possess the required knowledge or equipment to properly assess AQ

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

I imagine that with the very similar bitrates and all using VC-1 the encodes will be comparable.

Thanks again guys. I ordered the UK BD yesterday.

[MasterCrayola]

Could be a player (PS4) issue as the disc has been out for so long but has anyone else noticed that the English subs are out of sync? They appear seconds before the actual dialogue or sound effects.

[JimDiGriz]

Ages ago now but Im sure someone said the Italian one was better a while back so I bought that. 4K would be day 1 mind!

[Indiana Jonezzz...]

So I tried to play my UK EiV disc of this and it won’t play anymore, the disc cannot be read at all. Thought some people might want to make sure if their copy still works ok.

That seems to be quite a few EiV discs now that have become unplayable for some people, I’ve noticed Red Cliff and The Book of Eli have been mentioned here by some folk and now The Departed. My EiV copy of Deception also won’t play either and the discs all look fine, so it must be a manufacturing problem with some of their early releases which is causing them to become unreadable down the line.

[Alister_M]

Mine worked fine when I last played it, which was sometime last year.

[Blu Lemmy]

I'll check mine later, along with the Book of ELi

[drush9999]

Originally Posted by Indiana Jonezzz...

So I tried to play my UK EiV disc of this and it won’t play anymore, the disc cannot be read at all. Thought some people might want to make sure if their copy still works ok.

That seems to be quite a few EiV discs now that have become unplayable for some people, I’ve noticed Red Cliff and The Book of Eli have been mentioned here by some folk and now The Departed. My EiV copy of Deception also won’t play either and the discs all look fine, so it must be a manufacturing problem with some of their early releases which is causing them to become unreadable down the line.

I remember getting the EIV disc of Bangkok Dangerous because my US Lionsgate disc of the same movie had become unplayable, I'd laugh if that had gone as well...

Will have to check that now, along with any other EIV discs I have.
I've had similar issues with early Optimum BDs as well, Whiteout & The Losers.

[Alister_M]

I should probably check my old EIV Book of Eli disc before I sell it I just upgraded to the Australian one as it has a far higher video bitrate (25mbps instead of 18)

[CrockettandTubbs]

Checked my copy I bought from a charity shop a few years ago - works in my PS4.