List of Lossy Audio Blu-ray Titles

[Tech-UK]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Sorry to break up this thread, but I have now posted a more definitive list in a separate thread.

Im sorry, but what was the F'ing point of me making this thread . I could of spent my time doing something else. Instead you have started a new thread under yourself for no reason at all.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

Im sorry, but what was the F'ing point of me making this thread . I could of spent my time doing something else. Instead you have started a new thread under yourself for no reason at all.

Because I spent 2 hours between yesterday and today making the list. I would have thought you would have been happy because I just saved you a bunch of work. Here's the link to the new thread BTW: https://forum.blu-ray.com/blu-ray-mo...ssy-audio.html

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by derzauberer

This may be a little off topic, but in your typical Harkins, AMC, etc theaters (not IMAX) is the audio lossy or lossless? Would one be able to tell at the theater if the audio is lossy or lossless by the way it sounds? Or is that why everybody is concerned about lossless because the theaters have it?

The regular run-of the mill formats have been usually either analog optical or lossy digital.

http://unimovies.uow.edu.au/sound/sound.html

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

Im sorry, but what was the F'ing point of me making this thread . I could of spent my time doing something else. Instead you have started a new thread under yourself for no reason at all.

The mods have combined my thread into yours. I did save you a lot of work either way.

[Deciazulado]

Well there's a thing called collaboration..

[threefiftyrocket]

Unless I'm mistaken, I didn't see Wyatt Earp on the list. Did I look over it?

Thanks.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Wyatt-Earp-Blu-ray/502/

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by threefiftyrocket

Unless I'm mistaken, I didn't see Wyatt Earp on the list. Did I look over it?

Thanks.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Wyatt-Earp-Blu-ray/502/

I threw it on mine, which is on page 2 of this thread.

[threefiftyrocket]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I threw it on mine, which is on page 2 of this thread.

Snoogins

[JediFonger]

great job. this is called the vendetta list. i hate lack of lossless audio! pretty much stopped grabbing WB TV titles that do NOT have lossless.

[Tech-UK]

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the lists . Much appreciated. Keep them coming.

(P.S. Will be modifying the list over the few days, to coincide with the requests of been alphabetized and include the posted titles so far.)

[HD Goofnut]

Ok, Tech here's all of the U.K. titles I could find and confirm that feature lossy audio only:

The 39 Steps - DD 2.0
Batman: Gotham Night - DD 5.1
Black Narcissus - DD 1.0
Black Sheep (2006) - DD 5.1
Blazing Saddles - DD 5.1
Bonnie and Clyde - DD 1.0
The Boys from Brazil - DD 1.0
Brief Encounter - DD 2.0
Bugsy Malone - DD 5.1
Capricorn One - DD 1.0
Casablanca - DD 1.0
The Company of Wolves - DD 2.0
Cool Hand Luke - DD 1.0
Downfall - DD 5.1
An Empress and the Warriors - DD 5.1
Equilibrium - DD 5.1
Escape to Athena - DD 1.0
Extras: The Special - DD 5.1
Female Agents - DD 5.1
The Football Factory - DD 5.1
Great Expectations (1946) - DD 2.0
The Guard Post - DD 5.1
The Ipcress File - DD 5.1
The Island - DD 5.1
Kamikaze Girls - DD 5.1
Lage Raho Munna Bhai - DD 5.1
The Messengers - DD 5.1
Monkey Magic - DD 5.1
The Myth - DD 5.1
The Omega Man - DD 1.0
Pan's Labyrinth - DD 5.1
Passchendaele - DD 5.1
Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series - DD 5.1
The Prisoner (1968) - DD 5.1
The Shawshank Redemption - DD 5.1
Shrooms - DD 5.1
Speed Racer - DD 5.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season 1 - DD 5.1
Strictly Ballroom - DD 5.1
Superman Returns - DD 5.1
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Season 2 - DD 5.1
Top Gear: Polar Special - DD 2.0
Trainspotting - DD & DTS 5.1
Welcome to the Jungle - DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1
The Wild Bunch - DD 5.1
Zulu - DD 2.0

[Steve]

Interesting thread. I get frustrated when a title is released without a lossless audio track. For this reason I imported Terminator 3 rather than buy the US version. I was very frustrated that The Island was released with a lossy track (and that it's never been released in the US at all on blu-ray). I resisted buying this title for a long time because of this, but I finally caved and imported it. With non-action oriented movies it's not a huge deal to me, but I still prefer lossless if given the choice.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Steve

Interesting thread. I get frustrated when a title is released without a lossless audio track. For this reason I imported Terminator 3 rather than buy the US version. I was very frustrated that The Island was released with a lossy track (and that it's never been released in the US at all on blu-ray). I resisted buying this title for a long time because of this, but I finally caved and imported it. With non-action oriented movies it's not a huge deal to me, but I still prefer lossless if given the choice.

I think the most irritating releases for me that contain lossy audio are:

Flags of Our Fathers
The Last Samurai (I kept the HD DVD instead of buying the BD because it has DD+ instead of DD)
Million Dollar Baby
Downfall (UK)
Zulu (UK)

[Tech-UK]

Speed Racer is one title which I cannot believe, that they have not yet re-released. They did it with Superman. The PQ of Speed Racer is top demo meterial . Give it a soundtrack that it deserves .

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

Speed Racer is one title which I cannot believe, that they have not yet re-released. They did it with Superman. The PQ of Speed Racer is top demo meterial . Give it a soundtrack that it deserves .

It personally wouldn't bother me as I found the film itself to be wretched, but you are right in that it is reference material in terms of PQ.

[Tech-UK]

I am refusing to purchase Shooter. Really liked the movie, good PQ but only a lossy track! With a title of "Shooter", its just screaming to have a lossless soundtrack .

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

I am refusing to purchase Shooter. Really liked the movie, good PQ but only a lossy track! With a title of "Shooter", its just screaming to have a lossless soundtrack .

Yeah, those were the days when Warner and Paramount squeezed as many films as they could on BD-25s by using lossy audio with extras in 480p instead of 1080p. The Last Samurai, Million Dollar Baby, The Wild Bunch and Shooter are all excellent examples of this. About the only time a film can have lossless audio on a BD-25 is it's short (120 minutes or less) and has few or no extras.

I am working on a definitive list right now Tech that has the BD.com link for every title. I will hopefully be done with it soon.

[Tech-UK]

Just hope that they re-release these titles as "Special Editions" on BD-50 discs with lossless track's. So am I going to hold off for a while, until something surfaces.

[DRC72]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

The majority of titles in the list, are that of WB and Paramount early title releases. I think it just came down to laziness. And wanting to get these specific titles into the market as fast as possible. I hope they one day release them with a lossless soundtrack, as some of the titles are great action flicks, that deserve the treatment.

Concurred..... BDs have plenty of bandwidth under it's hood..... Why not utilize as much as possible of it.

[Lincoln6Echo]

Add Red Baron to this list as well. DD 5.1 640 Kbps (I guess, as far as the bitrate goes)