Lolita (1997)

[SwissHD]

I have received the disk last night.

It is a very good Disc!
The Master ist very grainy. Some people will hate that.
I like it because it looks like film and not video.
DNR is not used on this. Sometimes the grain is heavy.
Picture looks good in Motion. I didn't expect it to look that good to be honest.
It blows the German DVD i had out of the water. Huge improvement!

Comparison with my German DVD:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/100894

A strange move is the Audio on this. Altough the cover list the english Audio as DTS HD Master Audio it is only normal DTS.
The Bitrate for Video is insane. So i guess they had to make this choice to maintain the high bitrate encoding for the picture.
So they choose to give only the german Dub a HD Treatment.
A bit akward is the choice to encode the Audio Commentary in LPCM 2.0 wit 2,3 MB/s instead of just Dolby Digital 2.0 with 192kbps.
And the German DTS HD Audio is 24-Bit. I think if they would have encoded the german Audio with 16 Bit and the Audio Commentary with standard DD Sound the English Audio could be also in DTS HD Master Audio.But im not an encoding expert.
And to be honest: This is a drama and not an Action movie.
I don't think HD Sound is that important here

I would recommend this Blu Ray to anybody who loves the movie.
Without a doubt the best way to watch it.

BD Info Scan:

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     Lolita
Disc Size:      49'733'281'453 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        No
BDInfo:         0.5.4

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   00004.MPLS
Length:                 2:17:40 (h:m:s)
Size:                   43'518'019'584 bytes
Total Bitrate:          42.15 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        32995 kbps          1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
DTS-HD Master Audio             German          3869 kbps       5.1 / 48 kHz / 3869 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
DTS Audio                       English         768 kbps        5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
LPCM Audio                      English         2304 kbps       2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           German          0.103 kbps                      
Presentation Graphics           German          28.553 kbps