Zombie High - Scream Factory - Dec 15, 2015

[sonicyogurt]

Originally Posted by raybestos

One has been paid very well; the other seems much, much more honest.

Originally Posted by raybestos

Who's saving face, and who's just putting up a good review to satisfy the company providing all those review copy blu-rays?

Golly, it sure does sound like you've already arrived at a conclusion, so why bother asking?

I wrote the DVD Talk review. I have been very critical about substandard encodes, and with even the most cursory effort, you could find any number of examples. I do not get any kickbacks from Shout Factory. Off the top of my head, I don't believe I've ever had any direct communication from anyone at the label. If I have and I've just forgotten about it, it's been in publicly viewable threads like this one. I've gotten the sense that they'd just as soon never see me write about their releases again. "All those review copy blu-rays"? I've written four Scream Factory reviews in the past six months. What gravy train do you think I'm trying to keep going? As for the encode, there are a number of screenshots throughout the review to help you draw your own conclusions. I don't see any glaring compression artifacts in them. I think I have a more critical eye than most, but I am 100% open to the possibility that maybe I got it wrong here. If I did, it wasn't because I turned a blind eye in exchange for a check or free movies. FWIW, nearly nothing in High Def Digest's review that you quoted has to do with the disc's AVC encode.

The most bizarre thing is that I'm critical of the disc's audio and close the review with "Not recommended", and yet I'm accused of writing softball reviews in exchange for cash? If there were any merit whatsoever in your accusations, Shout Factory sure didn't get their money's worth.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by sonicyogurt

I've gotten the sense that they'd just as soon never see me write about their releases again.

Does Shout/Scream provide DVD Talk with review copies? Not that they shouldn't, but I do find it interesting that they stopped sending them to the reviewers here.