adywan said:
Jedi Temple34 said:
When were you in the UK to see STAR WARS 1997 special editions? Which UCI sites and can you still recall the screen number?
I've been in the UK all my life.
Jedi Temple34 said:
F%&k it then! I’ll just buy the region1DVD at cheap price, least I’ll be listening to it in DOLBY STEREO DIGITAL 5.1.
Good luck with that, especially with Episode 4. Enjoy the reversed music surround channels, the horrible dialogue mixing from different takes, Sound effects coming from the wrong front channels, distorted LFE track, and Music dialled down so low that it disappeared in some scenes, most notably during the Death Star attack. None of these problems existed in the theatrical mixes, as the laserdisc 5.1 proves.
So what would you prefer? A Dolby mix with all these problems or a DTS mix that is flawless?
If these were going to be the unaltered trilogy then i would be all for a dolby mix that contains the 70mm tracks and original theatrical mixes, along with a new 5.1` mix, but they aren't so nit really doesn't matter
Oh, don’t I seem like a f$^king asshole then? LOL I thought you were American?
Umm, let me think about that for a year and bit and I’ll let you know after I’ve had my next lobotomized treatment session
Well I have no listening issues with the DVD 2004 I’ve made a few special modifications myself with dynamicEQ via the Behinger DCX2496 to allow me, to hear/listen to the centre information DME without the competition of left/right masking the centre channel mix. Left and right is played at an easier level overall LCR plays fine without ear busting ear fatigue.
85dbc is plenty loud enough from 2.7 meters.
I have the laserdisc editions 1997 and two Pioneer laserdisc players only they don’t have Dolby AC-3 thou there are plenty of Pioneer CLD-925 going at crazy low prices on ebay today, I might as k a friend to buy one and oi’ll pay him, upfront with cash.
Still I think it needs a RF demodulator to run on my Kenwood AVR.
I was watching ALIEN on CAV laserdisc last night and even that as different mix even thou its DOLBY STEREO matrix.
When the acid burns though the hull and they run down the floor levels and find that the acid is slowing down there is music que musical sound that is not heard in any of the DVD editions!
The directors-cut has the centre phantom left and right sound mix now mixed onto the centre discrete which makes it tougher to hear the softer sounds like when the crew exits the ship and hollowing wind blowing on left and right masks parts of the Foley footstep mix, not here no problem listening to that now.
One sets up the AVR using ether the basic pink noise that cycles around LCRS which is the primary listening channels all channels ideally should sound the same from the moment the tone leaves left it should sound the same on centre but its miles off! By the time it arrives at right sounds kinder close depending on where left/right are placed!
Then over to surrounds it takes on different tone.
If you used an audio mixer and sent all five channels into the mixer and out to a single loudspeaker and used an SPL db metre to balance each channel for the same level say 70dbc (for comfortable level) by the time you finished balancing the levels the tone will (sound like continuous pink noise) until you change one of the EQ on the mixer the whole thing collapses and one channel stands out against the rest.
I have a few films with DOLBY dianorm on DVD still it’s the same listening without dianorm centre mix is odd channel that tends to get masked most times.
I have rare video recording where Pinewood film mixer explains the issues. I need to get new or second VCR as my Hi-Fi VCR as worn head drum, then I can post it on youtube.