penguinofgreatness said:

captainsolo said:

What is atrocious is the complete reworking of the soundtrack from new elements and the abandoning of the original, despite the DVD multichannel mix being a bit restrained (made very obvious in the new 35mm which used this track unlike the IMAX version).

I may get some flack for saying this but I actually prefer the LD for picture despite the aliasing as it seems a bit more natural than the DVD and it is similar to the VHS I grew up with.

Audio...LD wins. No contest. Hands down. End of discussion. The score's integration alone nails it along with directional panning and fine detail not present in the DVD 5.1 derived from the 70mm master.

I was under the impression that the Blu-ray sound mix was just the same as the DVD (70mm), with the rears redone for 7.1. Is it really significantly different from the dvd? (I've only seen the IMAX version, so I don't know.) I really like how the DVD sounded.

I wonder if the japanese HDTV rip is using slightly different audio mix from both the DVD and BD? I noticed the japanese WOWOW HDTV rip has better sound than the BD, in my opnion. It could be a loudness issue, rather than a dynamic range one though, not sure. A good scene to compare is when Indy goes after the truck.