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Getting horrible reviews for PQ on German sites http://www.blurayreviews.ch/reviews/...ray-review.htm http://www.areadvd.de/blu-ray_disc-r...ander_BD.shtml

Quote: Originally Posted by Rusty James I wish someone with industry connections would ask a Fox executive point-blank why they are releasing these catalog titles practically barebones, leaving so many worthwhile extras sitting on the shelf. The M&C 2-disc SE is one of the nicest Fox ever put out. I don't understand why they would put this out on Blu-ray with only a handful of deleted scenes and a freaking trivia track. Even if...

They did use a new master. I saw it projected at the Fox Small Theater on their backlot about a month ago. It was stunning. I'm not sure what it is you are seeing because nothing you are describing is anything like what I saw.

hmmm according to that link the AUDIO TRACK in english causes a BIG BANG !!!! http://www.areadvd.de/blu-ray_disc-r...ander_BD.shtml Wer den Film im englischen Original betrachtet, sollte aufpassen: Bei der Wiedergabe des DTS HD Master-Audio-Tracks als DTS HD-Bitstream ereignete sich bei unserer Blu-ray Disc bei Laufzeit 17:24 min. ein lauter Knall von der linken Seite. Dieser war bei PCM-konvertierter Tonausgabe und auf der deutschen Tonspur...

Hopefully they are redoing the transfer.

Quote: Originally Posted by tlanger71 Hallo, just fiinished watching "Master & Command" and I hate to tell you - in many scenes it does not look any better than an upscaled DVD; there just isnt any fine Detail in the picture; even when the Sun is shining it looks fuzzy and blurry - I may a bit hard here but after seeing how god POTC looked, this is utterly disappointing - no HD-Wow-Moments whatsoever; also the Grain...

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Quote: Originally Posted by MickB Hopefully they are redoing the transfer. It's not a new transfer. Here are some direct screen caps. BD on left, Dtheater on right. The Dtheater actually had a lot of blocking, just not the noticeable kind in HDTV broadcasts. On the BD there is zero blocking, thanks to a nice 30GB AVC encode.

It seems to be out in EU, is this EU version?

Quote: Originally Posted by trailergod hmmm according to that link the AUDIO TRACK in english causes a BIG BANG !!!! http://www.areadvd.de/blu-ray_disc-r...ander_BD.shtml Wer den Film im englischen Original betrachtet, sollte aufpassen: Bei der Wiedergabe des DTS HD Master-Audio-Tracks als DTS HD-Bitstream ereignete sich bei unserer Blu-ray Disc bei Laufzeit 17:24 min. ein lauter Knall von der linken Seite. Dieser war bei PCM-konvertierter...