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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: So JI wasn't having some "auditory sensory mistracking" when he claims to have heard a difference ? posted by oscar on August 31, 2007 at 05:36:16

Yes, he probably heard a difference depending on the title. I haven't done any serious comparisons yet, but I did notice that 300's PCM and TrueHD tracks are really out of whack (I only watched the first few minutes of the movie the day I got it to see how it looked). I wouldn't put it past the morons at Warner Bros to have given the dialog normalization wheel a first rate spin and really crank up the crap factor.

It's really sad what Dolby has become re: audio quality. I used to respect the company for the audio tools they provided to consumers. From Dolby B, C and S noise reduction for tape decks to Dolby Surround and Pro-Logic Surround for home theaters to Dolby Surround and Spectral Recording for the cinema. They were truly a company you could count on to deliver a better audio experience for the end user.

Starting with AC-3/Dolby Digital, they began sucking donkey dicks. Given the time they've had to correct that mistake and have yet to do so, I believe they've moved on to elephants.

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RE: that was funny - racerguy 18:39:32 09/01/07 (0)
> > I did notice that 300's PCM and TrueHD tracks are really out of whack < <

I don't know if this applies to the player you used, but I do know that if you playback TrueHD on the Panasonic DMP-BD10 and BD10A players via the analog outs, the player overrides speaker size/distance settings, making them all "large" and equidistant. Also, if the number of speakers doesn't match what the soundtrack is configured for (i.e. it's a 7.1 and you only have 5.1), you'll lose information.
Not Sure Why There Is Both If They Are Equal - Robertc88 04:00:58 09/01/07 (1)
Why not stick to one then? I don't believe many discs have DD True HD at this juncture for BD though.
- But apparently they are not equal. - oscar 08:18:11 09/01/07 (0)
  If there is "Dialog normalization" going on, TrueHD is messing up the audio tracks. I don't understand why Dolby needs to screw around with the master audio tape content during the encoding process.
  
  I can understand the need for TrueHD track to save on space, but I fail to see why you would want both a TrueHD and an uncompressed PCM track on the same disc unless you like to "A/B" audio tracks. Or there is some subtlety with HDMI I haven't bothered to read.

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