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[Bill Hunt]

Originally Posted by mystiksuicide

I asked Cory during the Christmas party and he said that there was a great chance they would release it on blu since Lost Boys 2 :The New Tribe was about to begin production.

Ha! Cory looks like he was having a pretty good day!

[DaViD Boulet]

I couldn't tell you why Warner did this in the past, but I expect you'll see this start to change on titles going forward. I'll certainly pass your concerns on to them.

Just another note that this is probably one of the THE most important issues for serious blu-collectors right now: Warner's pathetic track-record with lossless audio. Most of us consider a BD without lossless to be like a DVD that's not anamorphic... only something you'd buy if you really loved the film and didn't have another title waiting to be added to your collection that month.

Please let the boys at WB know that EVERY SINGLE BLU-RAY DISC should have lossless audio. Period. Not "only the titles with really good soundtracks": ALL OF THEM.

Even old films like It's a Wonderful Life sound better in lossless than they do at Dolby 640. We care. Warner should too.

[Bullseye]

Originally Posted by DaViD Boulet

Just another note that this is probably one of the THE most important issues for serious blu-collectors right now: Warner's pathetic track-record with lossless audio. Most of us consider a BD without lossless to be like a DVD that's not anamorphic... only something you'd buy if you really loved the film and didn't have another title waiting to be added to your collection that month.

Please let the boys at WB know that EVERY SINGLE BLU-RAY DISC should have lossless audio. Period. Not "only the titles with really good soundtracks": ALL OF THEM.

Even old films like It's a Wonderful Life sound better in lossless than they do at Dolby 640. We care. Warner should too.

Agreed 100%. I bought alot of WB titles in my attempt to convince them to choose BD but i felt cheated on alot of their titles both transfers and audio. I hope they make a real effort to improve. Blade Runner was a good start.

[bferr1]

Hey Bill,

I noticed National Geographic went BD-exclusive today. Knowing that Mitsubishi and Samsung are now selling 3D-ready DLP televisions and that Mitsubishi is developing a 3D BD player for release this year, do you think it's at all possible that we might see packaged 3D material, in its native 3D form, released on BD? I think National Geographic dabbles in 3D IMAX movies, and they currently have a concert film from a certain Irish band that might push this format into a few homes if it were to happen.

I don't know about you, but I'd buy one.

Thanks for your time.

Regards,
Bryan

[Bullseye]

Bill have you had a chance to get an early glimpse of "A Passage to India" which has just been announced by Sony.

[Seretur]

I'd like to add to the chorus that clamors for the lossless audio on all releases.

Bill, you were instrumental in getting all DVDs to be anamorphic; now that the format war is winding down, here's a new torch for you to carry.

I'd do it for you, but I'm kinda far away.

Make us proud.

[MerrickG]

Originally Posted by Bill Hunt

Nothing I'd say on the record here would be anything but speculation at this point. Do you WANT them to put it out on HD-DVD?

Again, let's just wait and see what develops with Paramount and Universal. It's best not to try and read signs into every little development. There are many things that just can't be commented on right now.

HELL NO, I dont want them to put it out on HD-DVD, but Im trying to be "politcally correct" and if I asked about blu, well... it would open a can of worms that would only end in a "No comment"
The show was pretty good for the little bit I saw and would like to own it all in HD.

Any word about if (IF not when, Im not going there) we might see the CSI series in high def? bluray preferably, but given its Paramount.

[Robert Siegel]

Originally Posted by DaViD Boulet

Just another note that this is probably one of the THE most important issues for serious blu-collectors right now: Warner's pathetic track-record with lossless audio. Most of us consider a BD without lossless to be like a DVD that's not anamorphic... only something you'd buy if you really loved the film and didn't have another title waiting to be added to your collection that month.

Please let the boys at WB know that EVERY SINGLE BLU-RAY DISC should have lossless audio. Period. Not "only the titles with really good soundtracks": ALL OF THEM.

Even old films like It's a Wonderful Life sound better in lossless than they do at Dolby 640. We care. Warner should too.

David, I am strongly on your side on this point. There actually are discs I won't buy, hoping that they will reissue them in lossless sound. You are right, even the older mono films will have benifit fromn lossless.

Bill, thank you for passing this along to Warner, I've seen this posted a thousand times as a major complaint, and we all hope that they will do better. I just purchased The Lake House, a newer release, and that had compressed as well. Then there were Superman:the movie and Superman 2 Donner cut. I also hope they go back and re-do titles like Phantom of the Opera, Superman Returns, Battle of the Bulge and many of the others that were released with compressed sound. Thanks Bill. I just wanted them to know it is a serious issue for many of us. We would like to have this corrected before more big classic titles come out.

[frank_t]

Originally Posted by mntwister

David, I am strongly on your side on this point. There actually are discs I won't buy, hoping that they will reissue them in lossless sound. You are right, even the older mono films will have benifit fromn lossless.

Bill, thank you for passing this along to Warner, I've seen this posted a thousand times as a major complaint, and we all hope that they will do better. I just purchased The Lake House, a newer release, and that had compressed as well. Then there were Superman:the movie and Superman 2 Donner cut. I also hope they go back and re-do titles like Phantom of the Opera, Superman Returns, Battle of the Bulge and many of the others that were released with compressed sound. Thanks Bill. I just wanted them to know it is a serious issue for many of us. We would like to have this corrected before more big classic titles come out.

+1

No lossless audio = no sale for me. i've passed on many a warner title on account of this.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Better rule, rather than responding telling people the rules, hit the report post button instead of clogging the thread

I've done that three times now to no avail.

[Blu As Hell]

Originally Posted by merrick97

Bill,

Any reason why Universal is only putting out Bionic Woman on DVD and not HD-DVD?

To hell with that new fangled series...how bout the old school one with Lindsey Wagner!!!!!

[TetonWolf]

Bill,

Here is link to Sonic Solutions press release today....this is a significant event as I'm sure you are aware that Scenarist is the authoring tool used by the studios.

http://www.sonic.com/about/press/new...1/blu-ray.aspx

I think today is actually coup de grace day for HD DVD. Let 1/30/2008 be inscribed on their headstone. R. I. P.

[badboi]

To hell with the Bionic Woman, I want Wonder Woman.
(Sorry, I couldn't resist)



On a serious note, I agree with the others who aren't thrilled with Warner audio on Blu Ray discs. I've passed on many of their titles simply because of the lack of decent audio. Please put a word in to the powers that be and see if they can step up their releases now that they don't have to deal with the ugly red headed step child.

[Tok]

Bill,

On the issue of lossless audio one thing that has puzzled me is FOX encoding all their titles with dtsHDMA exclusively. The problem I have with it is very few players bitstream and none currently decode it. So in the end we are talking a very small minority of the BD install base being able to enjoy it.

I got slammed at AVS for suggesting that FOX drop dtsHDMA for PCM or better yet DolbyTrueHD. It seems to me that many don't understand that if both dtsHDMA and DolbyTrueHD are true lossless codecs, the end result is that they sound the same decoded.

More hardware supports DolbyTrueHD and even some of the profile 1.0 players had firmware updates to decode it internally. And the big issue whether diehard elistist BD supporters want to admit it or not, the PS3 is the most widely used BD player and it will be for some time especially considering it is so far the most future proof player. So why not use TrueHD since the PS3 supports it and it is the most common BD player.

I will probably get slammed here again by the dts zealots that think a $300 Monster HDMI cable smooths the electrons resulting in less noise than using a $30 Monoprice HDMI cable. Ahhh, the beauty of marketing.... you have to hand it to dts, they have convinced a certain percentage of users that their lossless is better than other lossless delivery methods.

Lossless is lossless. Fox should be using a codec that will satisfy a larger customer base.

[WickyWoo]

I've done that three times now to no avail.

Notifications come to us in email, and even thoug hwe may be logged into the forum, we're not around 24/7 at the actual desk

Please have patience ,we do get to it

[zipbags]

Originally Posted by badboi

To hell with the Bionic Woman, I want Wonder Woman.
(Sorry, I couldn't resist)

Man Linda Carter has really let herself go.

[MerrickG]

I asked Max this same question, so I guess Ill ask you, too.

Bill,

Any word on when we might see some news on....well ANYTHING?

Its been awfully boring lately since Warner came over.

Maybe our expectations are too high and we have gotten spoiled.

Im not talking about Paramount or Universal news....just something worth debating and Im not asking for a when and what, just a when.

Bill, I will never be able to thank you enough for taking the time to post here!

[OokieSpookie]

Most things are under NDA, after the other leaks , rumors and other messes the companies are all taking no chances to be honest.

[NoQuestion]

Originally Posted by merrick97

I asked Max this same question, so I guess Ill ask you, too.

Bill,

Any word on when we might see some news on....well ANYTHING?

Its been awfully boring lately since Warner came over.

Maybe our expectations are too high and we have gotten spoiled.

Im not talking about Paramount or Universal news....just something worth debating and Im not asking for a when and what, just a when.

Bill, I will never be able to thank you enough for taking the time to post here!

a few pages back Bill made a statement about WB having an announcement coming early next week and to stay tuned to this site and The Bits. Cant remember what page it was on in this thread but i believe it was back around page 17 give or take a few pages

[Teazle]

Originally Posted by Rob_BluRay

Dear Bill:
...

Please see post #1 regarding "Chicken Little".