Do you think there is a need for true-HD for all movies?

[coralfangs]

I know I've asked this a yr ago but I still can't myself to "double-dip" on certain releases. I mainly double-dip on action, animation, or movies with awesome cinematography. When a movie

Besides, the quality of a good upscaling can rival some mediocre HD transfer nowadays (I recently bought that toshiba xde player).
For instance, I have lost in translation on dvd and I watched the hd-dvd version at a friend's place. I was NOT impressed by that HD transfer.

How about you guys? do you guys just do it for the sake of collecting?

[Beta Man]

Comedies can look and sound better too......


I don't "do it for the sake of collecting" though.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Every film can benefit from a 1080p transfer. Upscaling isn't good enough for me.

[WriteSimply]

Not for all movies. That's because some of these movies were shot in NTSC/PAL or 16mm and would not benefit from the 1080p transfer, AND if the sound is recorded on set and mixed at bit depth of less than 16-bits 48kHz. In essence, dirt cheap production. It might still be a good/great movie but they don't need to be in HD.

Movies shot in at least 35mm or 1080i/p video with sound recorded and mixed at 20-bit 92kHz would definitely benefit from HD, regardless of genre.


fuad

[jk1138]

Yes, with a but,

OR

No with a however.

If they can be improved upon, yes, if the best transfer they can get is what is on DVD now, then no.

[Sith]

I personally only replace movies i have on dvd if i feel I'm gonna watch
them at least 5 times in the future....And I am at the point where i never
will even consider buying something that doesn't have uncompressed audio
unless it's like Planet Earth, Sunrise Earth

[zombieking]

Older titles that receive huge "facelifts" because of bluray are must buys for me. A great example is Casino, after seeing reviews I can't wait to get this in my collection. And eventually I want all bluray because I've sold most of my dvds already.

[Gremal]

TrueHD? I wish all could be 24/192 PCM.

[Clark Kent]

Yes, every film deserves a proper Blu-ray release.

[arush5268d]

So if you call 1080p "true-HD" .....what the hck are you gonna do when 4K comes out to the masses. Will that be "truerer-HD"

[Canada]

no I don't think there is a need for True HD on all movies classics like Cassiblanca and Adventures of Robin Hood. But any movie made after about 1960's should have a 5.1 lossless mix and the original audio.

[H9k_]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Yes, every film deserves a proper Blu-ray release.

+1

Why would anyone NOT want to have their movies presented in the best way possible?

No matter how old or new a film is, it should have lossless and leave it up to the consumer to judge if it "benefits" or not. Atleast we get the best it can offer.

[stow123]

Originally Posted by coralfangs

I know I've asked this a yr ago but I still can't myself to "double-dip" on certain releases. I mainly double-dip on action, animation, or movies with awesome cinematography. When a movie

Besides, the quality of a good upscaling can rival some mediocre HD transfer nowadays (I recently bought that toshiba xde player).
For instance, I have lost in translation on dvd and I watched the hd-dvd version at a friend's place. I was NOT impressed by that HD transfer.

How about you guys? do you guys just do it for the sake of collecting?

upscaling is just a fad it shouldnt be taken seriously and whether its for the sake of collecting it depends on how much you like the film.I tend to think that people with over 100 blu-rays at this stage are just collecting for the sake of it as i just get my very top favourite films so inc the ones ive got and the dvds that id exchange for blu-ray when theyre released come to about 50 films

[X400]

i cant stand dvds now... no matter what type of movie it is


with all the talk of LOTR lately i decided to throw in the extended cut (havent seen it for a couple years) and wow i cant stand 480p :/

even if it is upscaled.. yuck

[KenThompson]

The whole point of blu ray is to provide the best picture and sound. To ask do we need hi def sound is silly. Its part of the package and we should get what we pay for. So yes ,its important

[Blaumann]

Originally Posted by coralfangs

I know I've asked this a yr ago but I still can't myself to "double-dip" on certain releases. I mainly double-dip on action, animation, or movies with awesome cinematography. When a movie

Besides, the quality of a good upscaling can rival some mediocre HD transfer nowadays (I recently bought that toshiba xde player).
For instance, I have lost in translation on dvd and I watched the hd-dvd version at a friend's place. I was NOT impressed by that HD transfer.

How about you guys? do you guys just do it for the sake of collecting?

Sadly Universal completely f'ed up "Lost In Translation" on HD DVD, like many other of their early HD catalog releases. I am a huge fan of LiT, don't mind HD DVD, but i have refused to buy this sad example of lackluster HDM even for the dollar bin prices it can be bought for today.

If you watch some of the better Blu-ray examples (or HD DVD for that matter), upscaling starts to pale very soon, even in the XDE flavor.

I have found most of my double dips to be worthwhile, however there aren't too many titles i have on DVD available on BD yet, so my double-dipping potential is limited. And for me personally, better audio alone is not enough to upgrade a title, PQ is much more important to me.

[evo_dadi]

Originally Posted by Gremal

TrueHD? I wish all could be 24/192 PCM.

TrueHD is the equivalance of PCM also,not in exact form but lossless audio too

[Blaumann]

Originally Posted by evo_dadi

TrueHD is the equivalance of PCM also,not in exact form but lossless audio too

I think his emphasis was on the 24bit/192kHz part, which is where the real high resolution for audio comes from. 16bit/48kHz PCM/DTHD/DTS-HD MA is just "CD quality", even if it is "lossless".

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Hint intended for Warner Bros.: There's always a need for TrueHD for most movies. For movies with 7.1, there's always improvement for DTSMA.

[evo_dadi]

ahh ic then i just noticed he's a reviewer so he was reffering to something else