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Doctor M
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Info: Hold onto your old Little Mermaid discs!
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18-Aug-2008, 12:21 AM

I remembered there being a CLV and CAV release on LD. I suppose there had to be an AC3 one as well.

I didn't realize there were THAT many.

Really though, give the older DD5.1 mix a listen before going off on a crazy crusade, it's very well done.

The theatrical re-release IIRC was based on the original ProLogic-like stereo mix (or the 70mm six track as SilverWook was saying). It's not like they pulled more channels out of their butt, they largely just used newer technology to provide discrete channels for existing ones when theaters became capable of handling that (thanks to the switch to DD, DTS and SDSS).

I'm sure there were some changes (70mm six track does not correspond to the same speaker placements as modern DD5.1), but really, when HTF thinks a 5.1 mix sounds better than a PCM original, they probably have a good reason. Less channels isn't always better, just less. :-)