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Post #1386493

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Monolith149
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Info Wanted: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - HD Widescreen Theatrical Cut?
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Date created
16-Nov-2020, 4:17 PM

Well there are reviews of the new Kino Lorber Buck Rogers in the 25th Century blu-rays (both the theatrical cut and the box set) at The Digital Bits. Audio for all is reported as being two channel mono DTS-HD Master Audio. Now for the series, I am not surprised that it is mono. Universal never put in the effort to find the elements and remaster the audio for 5.1 as they did for the original Battlestar Galactica series. The Digital Bits review for the theatrical cut is curious: “The soundstage is front and center as you might expect, though modestly wide.” If one plays a two channel mono soundtrack in Dolby Pro-Logic, sound should only come from the center channel with low frequencies crossed over to the subwoofer(s) (as long as phase and amplitude of the two mono channels perfectly match), so the “modestly wide” comment is interesting. Kino Lorber just e-mailed me stating that my shipment is being prepared. Guess I will know for sure whether their theatrical cut is mono or stereo soon. I will post again when it arrives…