Warner Brothers and missed opportunities

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by ClaytonMG

I don't think you're supposed to say any HD DVD's looked great!

LOL!!! Some of them did! I had over 30 (getting close to 40) before I sold them, and some of them looked great. Could some of them have benefitted from a higher bitrate encode, sure, but they still looked pretty darn good. Personally, I favored my Universal/Paramount titles over my WB titles even on HD DVD. I felt they often looked superior to WB's titles.

Originally Posted by ClaytonMG

But the reason the whining is getting to me is because Warner has said they're listening to us, and pretty much came out and said all titles will have Dolby TrueHD. But these things take a little time to really get going. You can't just go "oh, this title is supposed to come out in a month, it will now have Dolby TrueHD on it." It's more like "well, we've created and manufactured these discs with Dolby Digital for HD DVD before the format war was over, lets put them out anyway."

UPCOMING (ANNOUNCED) WB RELEASES

The Perfect Storm - Dolby TrueHD
The Lost Boys - Dolby TrueHD
Lost Boys: The Tribe - Dolby Digital 5.1?
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Dolby Digital 5.1
Justice League Of America: Season One - ????????????
Pale Rider - Dolby Digital 5.1?
The Adventures Of Robin Hood - Mono
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory - Dolby Digital 5.1?
Outbreak - Dolby TrueHD
The Gauntlet - Dolby TrueHD
Every Which Way But Loose - Dolby Digital 5.1?
Eraser - Dolby TrueHD
Smallville: Season Seven - Dolby Digital 5.1
How The West Was Won - Dolby Digital 5.1?
Cool Hand Luke - Mono?
Speed Racer - Dolby Digital 5.1?
Risky Business - Dolby TrueHD?
Another Cinderella Story - Dolby Digital 5.1?
Pushing Daisies: Season One - Dolby Digital 5.1
Beetlejuice - Dolby TrueHD
L.A. Confidential - Dolby TrueHD
Blow - Dolby TrueHD
Rest Stop - Dolby TrueHD
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back - Dolby TrueHD
Otis - Dolby Digital 5.1?
A Christmas Story - Mono?
The Shawshank Redemption - Dolby Digital 5.1?

Note that two titles above have no audio listed, but rather "?" by them. These titles are titles I could not find tech specs for the audio on. Also note that on the above list, several titles with "lossy" have "?" by them. These titles are titles where we don't know whether they will be receiving a "lossless" track or not. Though some have had rear artwork released showing a "lossy" soundtrack... well, we all know what happened with "The Perfect Storm" and "Blow" do we not?

The point is, WB is getting better in regards to "lossless", but if you're favorite movie is released in the meantime while they are working their problems out, it doesn't mean as much. That being said, I can deal with it for now, but I don't have as much hope in them straightening out their PQ issues as quickly...

~Alan