Master and Commander 4K UHD (2003)

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by GoCeltics

Is this a limited edition? The copy I preordered is USPS delayed in transit. This message, with a package shipped out of Spokane Washington, always means it is lost in the mail. I only live 300 miles as well.😞

It's promoted as just "collectible" like Tombstone is, so it shouldn't be as limited as Kingdom of Heaven or the Disney releases. Tombstone kept coming in and out of stock for a while, I suspect they'll do the same with this.

There's also always the UK versions which are not limited.

[sfmarine]

Really bummed to learn the audio mix is unremarkable.

[RageATL]

Originally Posted by Otter0911

Mine just showed up from Amazon. No Damage!

Same, from Amazon U. S. (Georgia).

[rocknblues81]

I had trouble understanding some of the dialogue on the Blu ray.... It seems that will still be a problem with this release?

[Fiffy]

Originally Posted by Eye Candy

The 20th Century Studios site offers a link to buy a streaming copy only. It does not link out to Walmart, Target, and Amazon, as it does for other movies for a retail purchase.

As for buying it digital, the site links only to Vudu, Fandango Now, Prime Video, and Microsoft Movies & TV, so it's not currently linking to Apple TV or Movies Anywhere, or Xfinity or Google Play (as is done for other movies).

Which is particularly fascinating given that the Microsoft store no longer sells movies.

It is actually available on Apple TV (and just flipped to 4K DV) and Movies Anywhere though (and probably the others too).

[RobertR]

Originally Posted by jett

It's crazy how people act like chicken littles. It's clearly a huge visual upgrade over the garbage-tier blu-ray.

I acknowledge it's a visual upgrade, but I muxed the audio from the DVD. The neutering of the bass is inexcusable and unacceptable.

[trespoochies]

lolz. Sound is damn spectacular. Just finished watching it. Sight and aural improvement all around. They sure made use out of the surrounds of this one, and not just the battle scenes either.

[MisterXDTV]

Audio Notes:

Sound designer Richard King earned Master and Commander an Oscar for its sound effects by going to great lengths to record realistic sounds.

The original surround mix is known to have higher dynamical range and deeper bass on the NTSC DVD than on any Blu-ray release https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=500. Indeed, it has higher dynamical range (DR 20.57) than the compatibility track of the UHD (DR 18.68) which is a downmix of the Atmos

https://slow.pics/c/5yXR1pkS

[RobertR]

Originally Posted by trespoochies

aural improvement all around

"all around"? Including the bass? That is objectively not true.

They sure made use out of the surrounds of this one

All previous formats for this film have made use of the surrounds. Some have noted that the failure to put the overhead footsteps in the Atmos speakers is a big oversight.

[trespoochies]

I don't care. It sounds great, I'm not going to throw in old discs just to get more bass and whatnot. I can only hear one movie at a time. So.....objective, not objective...doesn't make one ounce of difference to me, and a lot of others I'm sure. You lot can complain and that's perfectly fine, but the Atmos track on the new disc is that we all have.

[RobertR]

Originally Posted by trespoochies

I can only hear one movie at a time...the Atmos track on the new disc is that we all have.

Not for me. I can mux DVD audio into UHD video. Problem solved.

[trespoochies]

Then go for it.

[Okiephile]

Originally Posted by RobertR

Not for me. I can mux DVD audio into UHD video. Problem solved.

Luckily my Yamaha lets me boost sub on the fly, called sub woofer trim in the App. Digital bits gave this an A for video and an A+ for audio!

[RobertR]

Originally Posted by Okiephile

Luckily my Yamaha lets me boost sub on the fly.

The BEQ for this shows a 57.6 dB boost at 21 Hz. I doubt that your Yamaha is capable of that.

Digital bits gave this an A for video and an A+ for audio!

Bill Hunt's credibility is questionable.

[CrimsonG80]

Originally Posted by trespoochies

lolz. Sound is damn spectacular. Just finished watching it. Sight and aural improvement all around. They sure made use out of the surrounds of this one, and not just the battle scenes either.

how dare you! the BASS tho!!1!!1!!

[WhiskeyGnome]

Originally Posted by roustabout

Would putting a 2 hour 18 minute movie with seven audio tracks and 16 sub tracks on a BD66 be amazingly incompetent and cheap?

Jesus lol. Yeah.

[trespoochies]

Originally Posted by CrimsonG80

how dare you! the BASS tho!!1!!1!!

It is pretty comical. "BUT LOOK AT THE GRAPH!!!" lolz. Hey, I was all about this stuff about 20 years ago. But now I just simply don't care the way a lot of people do here. I used to get worked up over this stuff as well. But alas, no one can simply just read a comment and move on.

[sojrner]

Originally Posted by trespoochies

lolz. Sound is damn spectacular. Just finished watching it. Sight and aural improvement all around. They sure made use out of the surrounds of this one, and not just the battle scenes either.

For context and comparison, what is the hardware setup/environment you are listening with?

[kevin87]

Got mine today, disc is unscratched which is a nice feeling after the crap I'm going through with Thunderbolts currently... there's a little ding on the bottom right corner, but I might decide it's small enough to not care about lol

[trespoochies]

Originally Posted by sojrner

For context and comparison, what is the hardware setup/environment you are listening with?

Denon AVS-6400, Panasonic 820 with these

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...6&postcount=89