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[samdvd1]

Here are the full specs for Victim taken from the check disc:

Trailer (2:18, HD)
Dirk Bogarde in Conversation (28:36, HD)
Galleries:
- Production Image Gallery (5:03, SD)
- Behind the Scenes Image Gallery (1:50, SD)
- Portrait Image Gallery (2:39, SD)
- Promotional Image Gallery (2:05, SD)

The audio is unfortunately Dolby Digital 2.0 only (no lossless option).

[oddbox83]

Unfortunate. I guess they'd already signed off on the encode before the feedback from This Sporting Life? I've heard reports of other releases check discs getting the lossless treatment.

[oddbox83]

Regarding lossy vs. lossless, it's not just lossless itself that's important. It's the bitrate. Even those with old decoders will get a lovely full bitrate core DTS track from a lossless encode, which is far better than a low bit rate 192 DD track. It's like mp3 vs CD. If they had to use DD, why not 320? The BFI use that bit rate on their mono and stereo DVDs and to me it's noticeably sweeter than the more common 192. You get high frequencies I'd normally only heard on lossless Blu-ray discs.

For an old mono film, I'm guessing sonically a DTS core would essentially sound lossless anyway to even the most discerning ear.

[samdvd1]

Capricorn One specs from the check disc:
Original theatrical trailer (3:09, HD)
'What If? The Making of Capricorn One' (6:49, SD)
'On Set with Capricorn One'
- Desert Filming (38:21, SD)
- Studio Filming (4:07, SD)
Gallery (4:05, SD)

This one has LPCM audio.

[theprestige85]

I'm just impatiently waiting on The Last Seduction. Hope that looks the business mate because it's a film that deserves the full works.

[samdvd1]

Ipcress File specs from check disc:
Commentary with director Sidney J Furie and editor Peter Hunt
Interview with Sir Michael Caine (19:15, HD)
Interview with Production Designer Sir Ken Adam (10:30, HD)
'The IPCRESS File: Michael Caine Goes Stella' comedy sketch (5:01, HD)
'Candid Caine' 1969 documentary (44:19, SD)
Original theatrical trailer (1:04, SD)
Original US radio commercials (2:44, SD)
Galleries:
- Production image gallery (2:24, SD)
- Behind the scenes image gallery (2:57, SD)
- Portrait image gallery (1:17, SD)
- Promotional image gallery (2:56, SD)
Textless material (4:13, SD)

English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English LPCM 2.0 mono

[James78]

samdvd1, do you have The Quiller Memorandum disc yet? I'll get mine on Monday, but I was wondering if it had lossless audio. I'm very glad that The Ipcress File does.

[samdvd1]

Originally Posted by James78

samdvd1, do you have The Quiller Memorandum disc yet? I'll get mine on Monday, but I was wondering if it had lossless audio. I'm very glad that The Ipcress File does.

It's been a colleague of mine that has been handling the Network discs (and from whom the specs I've posted have come from). I can ask him, though this is what he said to me a few days ago when I questioned him about Countess Dracula:

I think Network's COUNTESS DRACULA should be a safe preorder, given the way their latest Blu-ray releases (barring VICTIM, which was supposed to come out last month) seem to be going. The last few check discs I've received seem to have lossless audio. Hopefully VICTIM will be the last of the discs to have a lossy audio option only.

[samdvd1]

Originally Posted by James78

samdvd1, do you have The Quiller Memorandum disc yet? I'll get mine on Monday, but I was wondering if it had lossless audio. I'm very glad that The Ipcress File does.

Archival interviews:
- George Segal (4:18, SD)
- Alec Guinness (5:25, SD)
- Senta Berger (5:02, SD)
- Max Von Sydow (3:56, SD)
- Michael Anderson (4:53, SD)
- Ivan Foxwell (10:31)
Original theatrical trailer (3:08, HD)
Textless material (2:40, HD)
Galleries:
- Production image gallery (8:17, SD)
- Behind the scenes gallery (9:53, SD)
- Portrait image gallery (4:56, SD)
- Promotional image gallery (0:41, SD)

LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono.

[BigNickUK]

Really positive review of The Professionals Mk1 by Pro-B

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-P.../94975/#Review

[OceanBlue]

Samdvd, thanks for keeping this thread updated regarding the audio options on the recent Blu-ray releases from Network. They've been helpful comments. Can you post (when you can) whether the Terry Thomas film His and Hers, the Vincent Price film The Monster Club and the horror film Hands of the Ripper will have lossless audio please. Thanks.

[BigNickUK]

Available to order from Friday 1st August..limited to 2500 only!!

http://networkonair.com/features/201...ation-box-set/

[Blu2u]

Originally Posted by BigNickUK

Available to order from Friday 1st August..limited to 2500 only!!

http://networkonair.com/features/201...ation-box-set/

I'm more of a Pacman person.

[BigNickUK]

Originally Posted by Blu2u

I'm more of a Pacman person.

You lost me

[Blu2u]

Originally Posted by BigNickUK

You lost me

I prefer pacman nation to super mario nation. It was a lame joke.

[oddbox83]

Still no price for that Supermarionation deluxe set? It would have been helpful to know how much to set aside.

[hagios]

Originally Posted by hagios

You have got to be kidding!

[Show spoiler]Supermarionation Box Set [Limited edition of 2,500]

£80.00 £100.00 + £40 comes to 120.00 GBP = 202.002 USD

checked on this as of 10pm est US 7/31/14 = 8/1/14 UK( I think the UK is 5 hrs. ahead of US. )

I guess I can go to now!!

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SupermarionationThe complete box set contains:

FILMED IN SUPERMARIONATION - BLU-RAY

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THIS IS SUPERMARIONATION

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Two additional Blu-ray discs of restored key episodes spanning every Supermarionation series from Supercar to The Secret Service.

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TV21 - Edition 243

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COMMEMORATIVE POSTCARDS

A wallet of A5-sized postcards featuring some of Justin T. Lee’s stylish graphics originally produced for the film and book - available only as part of this box set.

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[malcy30]

Originally Posted by hagios

You have got to be kidding!

[Show spoiler]Supermarionation Box Set [Limited edition of 2,500]

£80.00 £100.00 + £40 comes to 120.00 GBP = 202.002 USD

checked on this as of 10pm est US 7/31/14 = 8/1/14 UK( I think the UK is 5 hrs. ahead of US. )

I guess I can go to now!!

Supermarionation - Box Set Pre-Buy*

http://shop.gerryanderson.co.uk/

Thinking about this £80 is just about fair if you want all the component parts

You get 4 x BD one with the documentary and 3 with selected episodes. Can just about price at £13 a go times four, for a release date price.
Then you get the slipcased book. Not sure if this means a hardback or like original paperback but in a slipcase. Could just about justify £20, based upon what the old version sold at.
Then the comic, postcards and outer box. Plus you are paying as limited edition but its 2,500 copies so unlikely to sell out quickly.

Sales may also be slow as the sampler disks are RB only and they want £40 for non UK delivery, so both of these will discourage overseas sales.

[McCrutchy]

The only other site selling this, the Gerry Anderson Shop, wants £40 to ship international (at least to the States) as well.

Thankfully, all of the Blu-rays will be available individually. No need for this box set, given the outrageous international shipping policies of these sites.

[Wireduck1]

Originally Posted by malcy30

Thinking about this £80 is just about fair if you want all the component parts

You get 4 x BD one with the documentary and 3 with selected episodes. Can just about price at £13 a go times four, for a release date price.
Then you get the slipcased book. Not sure if this means a hardback or like original paperback but in a slipcase. Could just about justify £20, based upon what the old version sold at.
Then the comic, postcards and outer box. Plus you are paying as limited edition but its 2,500 copies so unlikely to sell out quickly.

Sales may also be slow as the sampler disks are RB only and they want £40 for non UK delivery, so both of these will discourage overseas sales.

Forty pounds postage is Insane. Perhaps that's the charge to post their entire warehouse overseas?