Warner Doesn't "Get Smart" = Dolby Digital Again

[Josh]

Its all about marketing. They can't sell you a 'Get Smart: Special Edition' with lossless audio in two years if the first release has lossless audio. As long as they keep making lossless the standard on high profile releases, I'll be ok (though, not happy).

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Josh

Its all about marketing. They can't sell you a 'Get Smart: Special Edition' with lossless audio in two years if the first release has lossless audio. As long as they keep making lossless the standard on high profile releases, I'll be ok (though, not happy).

Completly disagree, it is not ok at all.

[Grant Matrix]

Warner ..... no soup for you!!

Oh and no Blu purchase either!

[Marine Mike]

A new release having lossless audio is not a Special Edition, but should be the regular edition.

[JasonR]

Josh,

Are we sure this isn't another miscommunication, similar to Blow?

[kefrank]

Originally Posted by JasonR

Josh,

Are we sure this isn't another miscommunication, similar to Blow?

I'm curious about that as well. Their PR department has proven to be just as incompetent as whoever is deciding the audio.

[CYMBOL]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

A new release having lossless audio is not a Special Edition, but should be the regular edition.

I agree.

Either way, I won't be buying any Warner title that doesn't have lossless.

When I first got into the format war I didn't know that Warner was playing unfair and not putting lossless on their Blu-ray releases. So, I got suckered into buying Superman Returns with lossy audio.

I'm not rebuying these movies later for a feature which should be automatic.

I pay premium frikkin' prices for this stuff, I expect a premium product - everytime, the first time!

Giving me hi-def PQ and AQ is NOT a "special edition".

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Josh

Its all about marketing. They can't sell you a 'Get Smart: Special Edition' with lossless audio in two years if the first release has lossless audio. As long as they keep making lossless the standard on high profile releases, I'll be ok (though, not happy).

But if that's the case, how come the other studios are incorporating lossless on the first release? Even Universal is putting it on their older catalog releases.

[Bobby Henderson]

I don't think certain persons working at Warner Home Video "get it" yet. Blu-ray should not be approached with the same mindset as DVD or extreme compressed iTunes fake-HD baloney.

While Warner Bros. did a lot to help Blu-ray win the format war against HD-DVD, it's obvious Warner Bros. is not putting in near the effort on Blu-ray authoring as other competing movie studios. Most of their BDs have the same kind of static menu structure. It's like they're copying/pasting through the same template on every movie. It's kind of nice that the movie automatically starts up when you load the disc. But then you get out to the main menu and its just a screen full of text entries that are difficult at first to navigate. Very unimaginative and it smacks of being cheap. So it's not surprising to see WB using BD-25 discs and DD 5.1 whenever the studio feels it can try to get away with it.

[Ceasar]

Double-dip! Double-dip! Double-dip!

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Josh

Its all about marketing. They can't sell you a 'Get Smart: Special Edition' with lossless audio in two years if the first release has lossless audio. As long as they keep making lossless the standard on high profile releases, I'll be ok (though, not happy).

yeah I agree but they wont get my money unless its 6.99-$10 I'll wait till they try to double dip people