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Old 12-11-2007, 6:33 PM   #1
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Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
Hi All,

I am waiting to order The Order of the Phoenix on HD-DVD or Bluray. Can anybody confirm the audio specs? (PCM / True HD)

Thanks in advance
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Old 12-11-2007, 6:39 PM   #2
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
Both get True HD, BD has PCM to.

Worse still however is that both the BD and HD DVD use the fat UK boxes- i hate those
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Old 12-11-2007, 7:30 PM   #3
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
Thanks for the info!!!

I don't much care for the fat cases, but I can't wait another month for the US Versions.

Is the BD region free???
Last edited by wease; 12-11-2007 at 7:31 PM. Reason: Region Free
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Old 12-11-2007, 8:49 PM   #4
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
All Warner titles are Region free.
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Old 12-11-2007, 9:26 PM   #5
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
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Both get True HD, BD has PCM to.

Worse still however is that both the BD and HD DVD use the fat UK boxes- i hate those
Ugly design - the only fat UK box I have is Jarhead, annoyingly their Goblet of Fire UK HD-DVD is a slim case so why have they used the fat box for this release !
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Old 12-11-2007, 9:32 PM   #6
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
Well films 1,2,3 &5 came out today.

All in the fat boxes- the US BD just got a sale!
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Old 12-11-2007, 10:54 PM   #7
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
You don't want to get Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone in the US they renamed it to Sorcerer's stone and changed the dialogue to fit the Americanised title.
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Old 12-11-2007, 11:02 PM   #8
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
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You don't want to get Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone in the US they renamed it to Sorcerer's stone and changed the dialogue to fit the Americanised title.
I never realised they changed the dialogue as well.

All because the Yanks don't know what a philosopher is.
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Old 12-11-2007, 11:07 PM   #9
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
Maybe you could go for the Canadian version.
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
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Maybe you could go for the Canadian version.
I assumed they would be the same.

To be fair, film/ book one is the weakest- I'll just keep the DVD version
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Old 12-11-2007, 11:11 PM   #11
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
The Canadians have the proper version.
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
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Both get True HD, BD has PCM to.

Worse still however is that both the BD and HD DVD use the fat UK boxes- i hate those
My UK Blu-ray dosen't have Dolby Digital TrueHD - Just LPCM and DD 5.1.

Not sure about the HD DVD - probably TrueHD on that.
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
UK HD-DVD has DD+ and True HD..

I'm only using the Xbox addon at the mo, but I watched this last night.

PQ was great, and the AQ was pretty damn good too! Some of the scenes were a real audio treat!! Can't wait to sample the TrueHD track.

I've not sampled any of the special features, yet.

The film it's self was pretty good, plenty of wow factor! I doubt anyone will be disapointed with PQ or AQ


Oh and plenty of Bass for you Bass lovers!! you know who you are!
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
on HD -DVD some have DD+EX as well
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Old 13-11-2007, 4:20 PM   #15
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
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UK HD-DVD has DD+ and True HD..

I'm only using the Xbox addon at the mo, but I watched this last night.

PQ was great, and the AQ was pretty damn good too! Some of the scenes were a real audio treat!! Can't wait to sample the TrueHD track.

I've not sampled any of the special features, yet.

The film it's self was pretty good, plenty of wow factor! I doubt anyone will be disapointed with PQ or AQ


Oh and plenty of Bass for you Bass lovers!! you know who you are!
When I looked at the boxes in HMV all 5 BDs had PCM/DD and the HD-DVDs had TrueHD/DD+.

Would be interested in seeing if there is a difference between the 2 formats on both PQ and AQ.
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Old 13-11-2007, 5:10 PM   #16
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
assuming the source soundtrack is the same, both should sound identical.
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Old 14-11-2007, 3:19 AM   #17
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
Does anyone know if the US HD-DVD and Bluray versions have identitical audio ?
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
Blu Ray is LPCM and the HD DVD is True HD.
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Old 14-11-2007, 10:46 AM   #19
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
So am i right in saying HD-DVD is the best choice?
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
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So am i right in saying HD-DVD is the best choice?
in theory both should sound a look the same, if you want the picture in picture extra you will have to get the hddvd, if your not bothered about extras it shouldnt matter which you go for.
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
Watched the BD last night and the PCM is nothing to write home about. Dialogue is very quiet.
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Watched the BD last night and the PCM is nothing to write home about. Dialogue is very quiet.

I noticed the dialogue was quiet on the HD-DVD, both the TrueHD and DD+. Although I got over this by turning it up... and was overall quite impressed with the soundtrack.
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
The Hut sent me the Bly Ray version instead of the HD DVD, I probably wouldn't have bothered sending it back but I have all the other Harry Potters on HD DVD.
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Old 14-11-2007, 1:09 PM   #24
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
This isn't a comment on the audio but anyway, considering that the special features are hi-def the PQ doesn't look that "special", especially compared to the great job Paramount did with Transformers special features.
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
I got it on HD-DVD today, I'm about 25mins from the end and I would have to say that the picture quality is superb. The film is fantasic as well.
Audio wise, as I'm watching it using my xbox it isn't using it full potential, but with scalling to DTS I would still have to say it is excelent.
I am very impressed, one of the best HD-DVD purchases I've made, I'm thinking of getting the others now.
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
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I got it on HD-DVD today, I'm about 25mins from the end and I would have to say that the picture quality is superb. The film is fantasic as well.
Audio wise, as I'm watching it using my xbox it isn't using it full potential, but with scalling to DTS I would still have to say it is excelent.
I am very impressed, one of the best HD-DVD purchases I've made, I'm thinking of getting the others now.
I'd interested to hear your opinion on the PQ of the extra features which are supposed to 1080 High Definition .
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
The extra features on the HD DVD are SD but PiP.
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The Hut sent me the Bly Ray version instead of the HD DVD, I probably wouldn't have bothered sending it back but I have all the other Harry Potters on HD DVD.
Same here Jeff, sent me the blu ray version instead of the HD DVD I ordered (good job I'm format neutral)

Going to keep mine as I've no idea when the Toshiba EP35 is turning up
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on HD -DVD some have DD+EX as well

Which ones have DD EX?
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Re: Potter Phoenix High Def Audio
All of the extras on the second disc are in full HD, a mix between 1080i and 1080p. The clip they use from previous films seem to only be standard def though. I did find that I had a lot of motion problems with the extras, remeber I'm using my xbox at 1080i. The picture was so jumpy at parts, but was very infrequent, about 5 seconds in every half an hour of extras.
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