Looks like the Ratatouille reviews are starting to show up.

I am really looking forward to getting these Pixar titles.

Ratatouille at hidefpreview (http://www.hidefpreview.com/Ratatouille%20BD.html)

Looks like the Ratatouille reviews are starting to show up.

I am really looking forward to getting these Pixar titles.

Ratatouille at hidefpreview (http://www.hidefpreview.com/Ratatouille%20BD.html)

great :)

I hope for region free hmm, i know it's day and date title, but one can dream :)

Marek

5/5 all around.... thanks!

Sweet.
This is a blind buy for me so I was hoping for the best. Sounds like I got it!


and Phloyd, thanks again for your awesome stats pages. I check them daily.

and Phloyd, thanks again for your awesome stats pages. I check them daily.

Heh - your welcome. I am working on a summary page for each title that will have bigger artwork and all the details I can pull together... should be fun.

Feel free to PM me with ideas for things that are lacking or could be added...

Thanks OP. I have this & Cars pre-ordered at Amazon. Should be here on Wednesday.

What About Different Lenguages!!!, Because Car Has Only English Lenguage Track.
Thanks

Looks like a good movie I think ill pick it up.

Looks like a good movie I think ill pick it up.

its a great movie..In the top 3 BD exlcusives released all year. If I didnt already own a BD player this tittle would make me buy one.

My wife has asked me a least 10 times when this is coming out.

Never saw this in the theaters, Just got my copy today in the mail.

O M G is the PQ amazing. Pixar makes the best animated movies, hands down. I get up close to my 42" 1080p TV and the PQ is flawless. 5/5 for sure!

Movie itself is cute, fun, and well worth the buy, Esp if you have kids.

How was this movie? I liked stuff like The Incredibles, with what I thought was more adult themed humor than the average animated movie. How does this compare?

Its not as good as The Incredibles imho, but its still a great Pixar movie, with plenty of adult humor like you expect from Pixar.

Animation is fun, story is also entertaining. Not Pixars Best, but still a great animated movie and better then anything the other animation studios put out.

Nice to see such a great review. I'm looking forward to getting my copy.

IMO best animated movie of the year by far.

anyone will be so kind to check back cover if there is A region or A B C ?

thanx in advance,

Marek

damn. want it ABC.

Can someone confirm the region coding on this release please?

Ratatouille (Blu-ray)
Coming Soon! Pre-Order Now - Available Friday, 18 January 2008
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Teh suck for Aussies :(

Not if you have a region A PS3 :D.

Getting a movie weeks or even months later is nothing new for us unfortunately and $40 for basically any single Blu-Ray available here doesn't help things either.

Spiderman 3 and the Spiderman trilogy was a nice exception though, we got that a good 6 weeks ahead of the US, region free too.

Anyone that believes the bandwidth of PCM is a big deal and is shocked that there isn't noise on a CG title can't be trusted.

Some people might have a hard time trusting someone whose last name is "GoodBooty".

I've heard a report on the blog of a supplier i use regularly that this disc is experiencing production problems. Fingers crossed that that isn't the case and it makes it to stores on time. I need to get this as a gift by a certain time and it would be a downer to have to make do with the DVD.

I've heard a report on the blog of a supplier i use regularly that this disc is experiencing production problems. Fingers crossed that that isn't the case and it makes it to stores on time. I need to get this as a gift by a certain time and it would be a downer to have to make do with the DVD.

That might explain why it doesn't seem any outlets have review copies yet. That "Review" quoted in the first post isn't much of a review -- it seemingly could have been written without even having watched it! :o

I can't wait to pick up this title. The movie look amazing. THe lighting was so beautiful. I was lucky enough to see this on a dlp screen too. I'm really hoping the BD does it justice.

That might explain why it doesn't seem any outlets have review copies yet. That "Review" quoted in the first post isn't much of a review -- it seemingly could have been written without even having watched it! :o

That "review" is typical of that web site and completely useless, IMHO. There is no feeling of depth or insight in the reviews. I get the feeling that the text was written by a 10 year old who watched 10 seconds of the movie. Just compare the "reviews" to those on HighDef Digest. It's like night and day.

Anyone that believes the bandwidth of PCM is a big deal and is shocked that there isn't noise on a CG title can't be trusted.

Perhaps you should stick to the HD DVD forum - here we do care about lossless audio.

Perhaps you should stick to the HD DVD forum - here we do care about lossless audio.

+1

M.

I just cant wait for this movie. This is the biggest release of the year for me.

I just cant wait for this movie. This is the biggest release of the year for me.

+1 same here :)

but if it will be region A :( I will have to wait several months :( for UK version hmm

I'm looking forward to all three Pixar releases, particularly this one, as I didn't see it in the theater but hear great things.

Anyone that believes the bandwidth of PCM is a big deal and is shocked that there isn't noise on a CG title can't be trusted.

Though I wouldn't use the word "shocked" a lot of people were put off by the grain in Monster House as well as Surf's Up, so it's never a slam dunk.

Some people might have a hard time trusting someone whose last name is "GoodBooty".And in particular when they are an hid-divd partisan who regularly posts negative things about Blu-ray in the Blu-ray software area.

¿Spanish subtitles?

And in particular when they are an hid-divd partisan who regularly posts negative things about Blu-ray in the Blu-ray software area.

I post positive and negative things about both formats in both areas. I own both and like/dislike things about both, but you know that. My sole interest in this is seeing HDM survive in one form or another.

Can any Ratatouille-owners posts some screens?

Never saw this in the theaters, Just got my copy today in the mail.

O M G is the PQ amazing. Pixar makes the best animated movies, hands down. I get up close to my 42" 1080p TV and the PQ is flawless. 5/5 for sure!

Movie itself is cute, fun, and well worth the buy, Esp if you have kids.

Could you pleeeease confirm the region coding on this title.

Is Amazon including the free movie ticket to see "Enchanted?" Best Buy has that offer and I don't know if it's exclusive or is the ticket in every copy of the movie.

I can't believe that NOBODY checked backs side of the cover :(

anbody is so kind out there to check back cover ?

thanx for all of us outside of US :)

Marek

I post positive and negative things about both formats in both areas. I own both and like/dislike things about both, but you know that. My sole interest in this is seeing HDM survive in one form or another.

Exactly.

As dual format supporters, we get the right to post positively AND negatively about BOTH formats.

Exactly.

As dual format supporters, we get the right to post positively AND negatively about BOTH formats.

Sure. The difference however is: Slim has never said anything positive, he only accentuates the negatives. Real or not.
Just check his signature, if in doubt.

Exactly.

As dual format supporters, we get the right to post positively AND negatively about BOTH formats.

you dont need to support both formats to have the right to post + and - abotu either format, just need common sense.

most of the dual format supporters favor one or the other anyways, and have both formats b/c there are movies he/she wants that isnt on his preferred format. i can say now if i had gone out and bought a a2 during the $99 sale i wouldnt go back and change any of my posts on either format.

Please, I need confirm Spanish subtitles in this title, and I buy it:)

Thanks!

Please, I need confirm Spanish subtitles in this title, and I buy it:)

Thanks!

It has a Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 track and Spanish subtitles aswell, here are the specs http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=549

Enjoy the movie!

It has a Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 track and Spanish subtitles aswell, here are the specs http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=549

Enjoy the movie!


Thanks friend!;)

Checking the usual review sites online, I didn't see any to date for this one. Perhaps they did not get a reviewer's copy ahead of time which may the case from time to time?

Did anyone get the free movie ticket inside for Disney's "Enchanted."

I picked my copy at futureshop. There were like 30 people in line and all of em were buying ratatouille. Surprisingly a good 20 of those were buying the blu ray version. I think this will be the bestselling blu ray to date.

Picked this up at work today and watched most of it. I thought it looked superb. Lots of great extras as well. All around an excellent disc. The movie itself is a winner, too.

My only complaint is that Disney once again tacked on what seems like a half-hour of advertisements and whatnot that you have to skip over manually every time you put in the disc.

WOW. This is a great disc. Disney is my new favorite HD studio! Top of the line disc. Man Disney is going to take so much of my money it isn't funny! Oh I have yet to have any type of problem playing my BDs on the PS3. Flawless as of yet!(2mnths) Don't get me started on my A3 HD-DVD player. (3 days old)

OK back to the Rat movie. (can't spell it :D) It's jam packed full of supllement features. Man I love this stuff. The "Lifted" short was great. All of the HD on this disc looks clean and prestine. May lip is still on the floor. Haven't even watched the feature film yet. Can't comment on the sound, no receiver in the family room yet. My only receiver is in the HT, but non-HDMI! I'm sure it is superb too! I recommend this to anyone with a blu-ray player!

Just ran across this setup wizard on this disc. Nice compaired to the one hidden on the Sony disc. Here's how you get to it from the main menu!


Go to "Total Menu"

Scroll down to "Set Up"

Go to the right, then scroll down to "Audio/Video Set Up"

According to the back of the box it's region A only.

Wow the PQ of this release is outstanding. This will be a reference disc for sure.

Wow the PQ of this release is outstanding. This will be a reference disc for sure.

Just another day at the office for BD. Outstanding PQ + Lossless Audio. :D

Is the Disney spamming with ads on this disc? I really hate Disney for including so many trailers and copy protection ad on the Pirates disc. That why I love WB titles. Insert the disc and starts the movie right away without having to fumble the remote to skip the ads.
Never mind...damn ads are still there.

W-O-W!!!

Just picked up "Ratatouille" today at Best Buy.

This is my new reference Blu-ray movie. Disney has outdone themselves with this one, it's just that perfect and absolutely beautiful.

I might have to go pick up "Cars" now. It's not my favorite Pixar film, but with this kind of reference-quality material, it's just a feast for the eyes and ears.

Please, I need confirm Spanish subtitles in this title, and I buy it:)

Thanks!

Spanish subtitles, Yes.

Did anyone get the free movie ticket inside for Disney's "Enchanted."

The ticket as Best Buy is in a separate cardboard envelope, and not in the movie's BD case.

Watched Rat last night and once again this morning - this looks GOOD!

Cars is sometime this weekend and am already hearing good things about that.

Watched Rat last night and once again this morning - this looks GOOD!


I also viewed Ratatouille last night. The video quality is excellent and the PCM track sounds spectacular. This release is a perfect example of why we invest in HD media.

I've watched this disc twice already since I bought it on Tuesday.

The PQ is amazing. I've had friends over each time I've viewed the movie. And everytime, someone says "Wow, that looks real!"

The water looks amazing. The bread looks like I can just grab it and eat it.

There's a scene were the critic, Ego, is typing a review. Initially, I thought the typewriter he was using was real and not CG.

There are more instances in this BD where I thought the image I was viewing on my screen was real and not animated.

Obviously, the characters don't exactly look real. But if you look at the background, the other items on the screen, anything besides the characters, you'll be quite amazed.

I felt like I was there, especially with the sound as well. I definitely felt encompassed with the uncompressed PCM that Disney has graced this disc with. There are so many scenes where I was totally engaged in the film by the video and the sound, and like I said earlier, I felt like I was there.

For those that have said this disc is their new reference, I agree 110%.

PQ: 5/5
AQ: 5/5

Excellent

Absolute reference material, amazing PQ, AQ scared my GF a few times and the movie is great to boot!!

This movie was absolutely stunning. Picture quality is definately one of the best on BD. My fiancé and I have watched it twice. Such a great movie.

Member suspended, thread cleaned up.

Carry on.

Kyser

Hard to imagine what someone said in this thread that provoked a suspension, but fun to see the new tough love mods bringing the hammer.

Thanks for your vigilance.

I got Rat on Wednesday and haven't popped it in yet. May be watching with friends who have never been to my theater tonight. Can't wait!!!

This is the movie that justified my BD player purchase. Since my netflix queue is almost all HD or BR, what shows up is pretty random. Tuesday, we got Meet The Robinsons and Surf's Up. Both were visually engaging and showed off some of the technical merits of high definition, but neither really moved beyond technical wow to bring me into their world. Then Amazon delivered the rat. We popped open a bottle of Crozes Hermitage, made some turkey and brie sandwiches and some soupe au pistou (gotta get in the mood) and hit play. Others will go on and on about the AQ and PQ. To be honest, I stopped paying attention after a few minutes. The picture and audio acted in harmony to enhance and support the story. I was too engaged in the action to notice the realistic textures of marble and such. Maybe the fact that people can comment ad nauseum about the grass texture in Meet The Robinsons says more about the movie than the technology. If you have children, an inner child or any appreciation for animation, this movie is one you'll still be watching years from now. I cannot wait for the rest of the Pixar canon to follow.

HDD gave it 5/5 for the movie itself, the PQ, the AQ, and overall. A 1st for a Blu-ray review over there..

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1048/ratatouille.html

The shotgun blasts from the old woman were cool and it looks fantastic. I don't agree with it being a great movie though. It was enjoyable.

Is the Disney spamming with ads on this disc? I really hate Disney for including so many trailers and copy protection ad on the Pirates disc. That why I love WB titles. Insert the disc and starts the movie right away without having to fumble the remote to skip the ads.
Never mind...damn ads are still there.

At least they're not as bad as Universal, who won't let you skip through the ads, only Fast Forward. I absolutely hate that, even more than the "You wouldn't steal a car" ads that are the first thing to play on a disc I just bought. BTW, I actually enjoyed the previews on Rat. We got the Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition preview in HD, then the Cars BD preview (looked great, haven't had a chance to watch the disc yet), and other fun stuff. Of course, what I really hate is the fact that some of those previews are ONLY available at the beginning of the disc and cannot be accessed via the BD menu at all. What kind of backwards thinking is that?

At least they're not as bad as Universal, who won't let you skip through the ads, only Fast Forward. I absolutely hate that, even more than the "You wouldn't steal a car" ads that are the first thing to play on a disc I just bought. BTW, I actually enjoyed the previews on Rat. We got the Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition preview in HD, then the Cars BD preview (looked great, haven't had a chance to watch the disc yet), and other fun stuff. Of course, what I really hate is the fact that some of those previews are ONLY available at the beginning of the disc and cannot be accessed via the BD menu at all. What kind of backwards thinking is that?

i find those anti-piracy ads funny, b/c on pirated copies those are removed, and if you see it you already bought the copy yourself.

sorry if this request has been made already, but we need Xylon's screenshots asap!

Here's a stupid question: did they enable bookmarks on these Pixar titles? If they did, I couldn't figure out how to use them. While I really like that the newer titles have been authored in advanced mode (the POTC films, the new Pixar films, etc.) I'm disappointed that they didn't allow the use of bookmarks, since we lose resume on the advanced discs.

Hopefully I'm just an idiot and one of you kind souls will tell me what I'm missing...


BTW - I've only sampled ~20 minutes (each) of Cars and Rata-howeveryouspellit so far, but they're both fantastic, imo. Reference audio and video (as if there was ever any doubt.)

Three days later I'm still watching this disc with nose-to-the-screen amazement. The transfer is just so flawless and I'm astounded by the level of detail and clarity that holds up standing right next to the screen (watching on a 52" Sony XBR4).

Bring on more Pixar films! This is my favorite BD film transfer to date.

Here's a stupid question: did they enable bookmarks on these Pixar titles? If they did, I couldn't figure out how to use them. While I really like that the newer titles have been authored in advanced mode (the POTC films, the new Pixar films, etc.) I'm disappointed that they didn't allow the use of bookmarks, since we lose resume on the advanced discs.

Hopefully I'm just an idiot and one of you kind souls will tell me what I'm missing...

BTW - I've only sampled ~20 minutes (each) of Cars and Rata-howeveryouspellit so far, but they're both fantastic, imo. Reference audio and video (as if there was ever any doubt.)

to use bookmarks hit the colored buttons on the blu-ray remote. if you use the ps3 controller, i think hitting the triangle button will bring up a menu where you can do it. i'm not sure if Rat features bookmarks tho, i do know bookmarks are done on Spidey 3 via the color buttons on the remote.

Three days later I'm still watching this disc with nose-to-the-screen amazement. The transfer is just so flawless and I'm astounded by the level of detail and clarity that holds up standing right next to the screen (watching on a 52" Sony XBR4).

Bring on more Pixar films! This is my favorite BD film transfer to date.

can't wait til The Incredibles come out.

All those years of watching 480i; must have taken 25 years off my 20/20... What a 'lovingly' handled movie. Like a fine painting, this piece of cg art pulls you into its world.
just a fine piece. Kudos.

to use bookmarks hit the colored buttons on the blu-ray remote. if you use the ps3 controller, i think hitting the triangle button will bring up a menu where you can do it. i'm not sure if Rat features bookmarks tho, i do know bookmarks are done on Spidey 3 via the color buttons on the remote.
Thanks for the reply, but I think you misunderstood what I was asking. I know how to use bookmarks on other titles (including the Spider-man movies.) I was just trying to confirm that these newer Disney titles (including Ratatouille) do not support bookmarks (either that or confirm that I'm an idiot that couldn't figure out how to use them on these discs.)
can't wait til The Incredibles come out.
+50

BTW, I actually enjoyed the previews on Rat. We got the Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition preview in HD, then the Cars BD preview (looked great, haven't had a chance to watch the disc yet), and other fun stuff. Of course, what I really hate is the fact that some of those previews are ONLY available at the beginning of the disc and cannot be accessed via the BD menu at all. What kind of backwards thinking is that?

Is it just me or did Sleeping Beauty not look that great? I did some side by side comparisons of the same shots between the Platinum SD & the BD preview. Not a lot of difference. Very very slightly brighter colors and just the most minute increase in detail. I mean very minute. Maybe thats a nod to just how good Disneys SD Platinum discs look. the BD just doesn't appear to have the upgrade factor I have seen with other animated titles.

HiDef's review is finally up...

here's Bracke's quote...
'Ratatouille' stands tall among the tallest of Pixar accomplishments -- it's adventurous, witty, visually captivating and utterly charming. This Blu-ray release is also fantastic, boasting absolutely perfect video and audio, plus a great package of extras. I've reviewed over 500 next-gen discs over the last year and a half, and not one has received a perfect five star rating overall, but there's a first time for everything and I'm happy to report that 'Ratatouille' is it. This is a must-own disc that no Blu-ray collection should be without.

Way to go Bracke!!!

I had a little feeling that it would be a triple 5 scenario for movie/pq/aq.

WOW

to use bookmarks hit the colored buttons on the blu-ray remote. if you use the ps3 controller, i think hitting the triangle button will bring up a menu where you can do it. i'm not sure if Rat features bookmarks tho, i do know bookmarks are done on Spidey 3 via the color buttons on the remote.


I couldn't get the bookmarks to work on PS3. I haven't tried since the newest FW update though.

This is supposed to be direct from the disc:
http://www.notanotherdomainname.com/pics/Ratatouille%201080p/Rat%20Logo.png
I can't believe it's so bad. :confused: Is it?

This is supposed to be direct from the disc:
http://www.notanotherdomainname.com/pics/Ratatouille%201080p/Rat%20Logo.png
I can't believe it's so bad. :confused: Is it?

no it isn't. this disc is a must-own period.

^ Re: mhafner
What happened to that image? It's got EE plastered all over it. I don't see anything anywhere on the disc that looks like that - in fact, I don't remember seeing that specific logo anywhere on the disc, but I haven't watched all the extras yet. Where's the grab reportedly from?

The PQ and AQ were outstanding. I guess I'm not falling in line with the people who say the story was great, though. It was well-crafted, but not all that entertaining really. I think Toy Story 1, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Incredibles, and Nemo were all much more clever.

I'm wondering if repeat viewings will enhance my enjoyment of 'Rat'. I'm watching 'Cars' tonight... I'm curious how it will compare since it seems to get panned as the weakest of the Pixar collection (next to 'Bug's Life'... which I also thought was pretty tame).

The PQ/AQ on this disc is simply stunning, absolutely perfect..I would put this above anything out on HD DVD or BR..this even kills Open Season wich I had always used a refferance standard, hands down the best PQ around right now.Pixar has just done an amazing job with the CG in this movie, just shows why they are a step above everyone else doing CG right now, and when you add HiDef to the amazing CG it becomes jaw dropping..

great job Disney/Pixar, can't wait for Wall-E

There is really no excuse for these types of animations not to be reference material.

There is really no excuse for these types of animations not to be reference material.

Are you saying it isn't reference?

It sure seems that most feel it is. I certainly think it is. Incredible color palette. Fantastic detail. Flawless PQ on a 60" 1080p Pioneer 150FD plasma.

There is really no excuse for ALL MOVIES not to be reference material.


FIXED.

Polar Express,Antbully(HD),Surfs up,Monster House, all look good, but even though they are animation they still don't hold a candle to this release.
great animation+flawless transfer=WIN

what makes you guys think there is a transfer involved here. Don't you think they didn't just open the file and say save as 1080p.

Three days later I'm still watching this disc with nose-to-the-screen amazement. The transfer is just so flawless and I'm astounded by the level of detail and clarity that holds up standing right next to the screen (watching on a 52" Sony XBR4).

Bring on more Pixar films! This is my favorite BD film transfer to date.

Yeh, i just got a 46" xbr4 as well and Ratat looks AMAZING, especially with the motionflow enabled.

The level of detail beyond earlier animated movies like Open Season, Chicken Little is amazing, its almost like Pixar movies deserve a seperate category.

what makes you guys think there is a transfer involved here. Don't you think they didn't just open the file and say save as 1080p.

I think it's fair that users get confused when even the makers of the disc themselves say phrases like "direct digital transfer" and whatnot.

Eventually, I'm guessing the meaning of the word "transfer" in this context will be amended to include this. Kind of like many functions and terms in the program Photoshop are based off dark room tools and old paste up techniques but certainly aren't the same "process" per say in the digital realm.

I can't wait to get mind.....I wasn't sure about the movie itself...but after seeing it being rank as tier 0, plus the $10 off w/ Cars, I just couldn't resist....came out to be $16 for each.

^ Re: mhafner
What happened to that image? It's got EE plastered all over it. I don't see anything anywhere on the disc that looks like that - in fact, I don't remember seeing that specific logo anywhere on the disc, but I haven't watched all the extras yet. Where's the grab reportedly from?
The Ratatouille BR disc. But the UV interpolation is all wrong and there is sharpening applied. Very dubious.

The Ratatouille BR disc. But the UV interpolation is all wrong and there is sharpening applied. Very dubious.
Not only that, but as I mentioned above, I don't think that specific image appears anywhere in any of the content on the disc. Not in the main feature, and nowhere in the extras that I can see - I scanned around earlier to make sure, and couldn't find any scene with that specific logo by itself presented in that way.

In any case, the disc is absolutely pristine from start to finish. This disc is so good it's scary - and gets my vote for best looking HD disc, on either side of the format war.

I would have to say the soundtrack on this film is amazing I love the shotgun scene and the scene where rat runs all around the kitchen, the LFE in those scenes are so life like, Picture quality is amazing as well, although I think Open Season is right up there as well.

Question: Where is the Movie Showcase?

The High-Def Digest Review of the disc mentions the "Movie Showcase" feature, where you can access three high-def demo clips from the movie.

Where is this on the menu?

(I found the one on Cars easily.)

Any help appreciated. :)

Moved here since my thread got closed -

While playing this BR disk yesterday on my PS3 upgraded to v2.0, during the end credits I could not use my PS3 controller to perform a lot of functions. The only things working were the option to quit the playback and to bring the PS3's internal disk menu and then perform operations like fast forward, skip chapter etc. Also L2 and R2 were active but not the arrow keys.

Has anyone else noticed it?? I did not expect bugs like these in a flagship title and want to see if I am a statistical anomaly

thanks.

I've put the movie in several times and each time I am completely blown away by the PQ! I am watching it on a Sony XBR5 52"! Simpy spectacular!

Just wanted to add on the praise. My jaw was dropped for the first 20 minutes. This is the most incredible visual experience I've ever had outside of a theater. Truly amazing.

It's good to be alive. :)

Let me add that there were points where I felt I was watching something real, just such a wow factor with this thing.

The PQ and AQ were outstanding. I guess I'm not falling in line with the people who say the story was great, though. It was well-crafted, but not all that entertaining really. I think Toy Story 1, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Incredibles, and Nemo were all much more clever.

Completely agree. My wife took the kids to see it in the theaters, but I hadn't seen it yet. We watched it last night and I was really disappointed, she made it sound like it was on par with Shrek or Nemo. While it looked great, I was actually bored throughout most of it - the story just wasn't engaging IMO. I'm glad it was just a Blockbuster Total Access swap and I didn't blind buy it.

Like someone else said, the beginning scene with the old woman and the shotgun sounded terrific, my son just about jumped out of my lap after the first shotgun blast. :D

I have watched Ratatouille 6 times on BR and I hate to say it, but it is a horrible transfer on the part of Disney. I am playing it on a Samsung BDP-1000 and it was so bad, I grabbed my copy and went to Ultimate Electronics and tested it on a new Panny, Sony S-300 and Pioneer. I quickly scanned the settings in the two HDTVs they were plugged into to match the color temps of my home HDTVs and loaded the movie. Guess what, I still saw the same issues that I am seeing at home. While there are scenes that are incredible, for the most part the contrast is completely hosed. Even the robots @ Ultimate noticed what I was seeing.

Colors are washed out and might as well be gray. AVC has got to fix its color support and fast.
Uh... what? Either you're color-blind or the sets you're watching the movie on haven't been properly calibrated.

Ratatouille is the best looking HD disc, period. The color contrast is fantastic.

Ratatouille running on my 1080p SXRD
http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/5/11/11/f_IMG1456m_421b0b0.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/5/11/11/f_IMG1456m_421b0b0.jpg&srv=img37)
Yeah, terrible contrast there. So very gray. /sarcasm

Uh... what? Either you're color-blind or the sets you're watching the movie on haven't been properly calibrated.

Ratatouille is the best looking HD disc, period. The color contrast is fantastic.

Ratatouille running on my 1080p SXRD
http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/5/11/11/f_IMG1456m_421b0b0.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/5/11/11/f_IMG1456m_421b0b0.jpg&srv=img37)
Yeah, terrible contrast there. So very gray. /sarcasm

Completely agree, this is reference quality, by far the best demo for pq that I have for hd. And the sound is also of reference quality. In my opinion, the best hd release yet!

I have watched Ratatouille 6 times on BR and I hate to say it, but it is a horrible transfer on the part of Disney. I am playing it on a Samsung BDP-1000 and it was so bad, I grabbed my copy and went to Ultimate Electronics and tested it on a new Panny, Sony S-300 and Pioneer. I quickly scanned the settings in the two HDTVs they were plugged into to match the color temps of my home HDTVs and loaded the movie. Guess what, I still saw the same issues that I am seeing at home. While there are scenes that are incredible, for the most part the contrast is completely hosed. Even the robots @ Ultimate noticed what I was seeing.

Colors are washed out and might as well be gray. AVC has got to fix its color support and fast.

Your post history speaks volumes. I reported you to the mods for making up lies and trolling. Thanks.

I'll chime in and say that Ratatouille looks and sounds freaking great imo. No complaints here at all. Cars is reference as far as I'm concerned, too. Definitely show-off titles.

Your post history speaks volumes. I reported you to the mods for making up lies and trolling. Thanks.

I wonder how many users are aware of the view post history for unique users. Agreed trolling post.

I have watched Ratatouille 6 times on BR and I hate to say it, but it is a horrible transfer on the part of Disney. I am playing it on a Samsung BDP-1000 and it was so bad, I grabbed my copy and went to Ultimate Electronics and tested it on a new Panny, Sony S-300 and Pioneer. I quickly scanned the settings in the two HDTVs they were plugged into to match the color temps of my home HDTVs and loaded the movie. Guess what, I still saw the same issues that I am seeing at home. While there are scenes that are incredible, for the most part the contrast is completely hosed. Even the robots @ Ultimate noticed what I was seeing.

Colors are washed out and might as well be gray. AVC has got to fix its color support and fast.

You forgot to say "April Fools!" at the end of your post :)

Brandon

Anyone get to compare Shrek 3 to ratatouille yet?? I have rat on the way, but still thinking about shrek 3. IF shrek 3 is equal to rat visually I may have to buy it.


I would have to say the soundtrack on this film is amazing I love the shotgun scene and the scene where rat runs all around the kitchen, the LFE in those scenes are so life like

Yeah, its nice when you get lossless audio. DD+ 1.5 or less should be outlawed :D. I would love it if lossless was the only option for bluray or hd dvd.

I watched Ratatouille last night and am in complete agreement with the praise of how great this movie looked and sounded. It has been a while since I have enjoyed a movie this much :)

This was the best BD movie I have seen to date. It did help that it was also a great movie.:)

I have watched Ratatouille 6 times on BR and I hate to say it, but it is a horrible transfer on the part of Disney. I am playing it on a Samsung BDP-1000 and it was so bad, I grabbed my copy and went to Ultimate Electronics and tested it on a new Panny, Sony S-300 and Pioneer. I quickly scanned the settings in the two HDTVs they were plugged into to match the color temps of my home HDTVs and loaded the movie. Guess what, I still saw the same issues that I am seeing at home. While there are scenes that are incredible, for the most part the contrast is completely hosed. Even the robots @ Ultimate noticed what I was seeing.

Colors are washed out and might as well be gray. AVC has got to fix its color support and fast.

You need to lay off the pipe for a few days, that or you apparently got the DVD instead of the BD.

I was actually surprised how much my wife and I enjoyed the movie. Great audio and video quality to boot. Highly recommended. Especially since Disney included a PCM track.

I'm hoping to grab a copy soon, but guys....paintit77 gave his opinion of the movie. It does smell trollish, but nowhere in his review did he mention an opinion of those that liked the transfer...meaning he didn't attack anyone for not agreeing with him--NOW LOOK AT YOUR POSTS...see the difference? Keep it about the movie, not the poster...what's that saying? don't feed the trolls???

Sigh...I got cars, but my local wally world still doesn't have that rat!!!!

I love the idea of sanitized rats preparing my food. I mean they do have a much better since of smell than us humans.
What I enjoy is that fact that there is a good deal of intelligence in this classic unlike say the throw away disaster Surfs-Up. Quality sells.
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the awesome thunder on the roof cooking scene, which was obviously added just for audiophiles. We had the sound cranked and were promptly blown away.

Two areas for improvement:
Universal Studios should send a spy over to Pixar to upgrade their sound mixing and mastering quality.
Dolby compression and signal processing (redirection and limiting) circuitry is inferior to pure lossless PCM and must be discarded.

Jedi

Don't be a fool. The movie is the best thing to hit either format by a mile in PQ and AQ. To say its less then top tier (and bashing it like he is) is pure FILTH. Look at his post history, he is a hardcore HD DVD Fanatic. Really, ive yet to hear a single negative thing about rat till paintit77 made his post, and all you have to do is look at his previous posts to know WHY he is the first to do it. Its because he is trying to smear the name of blu-ray, plain and simple. Dont be so naive.

Not a fool, nor am I naive. I didn't have to look up his post history to know that he is anti-BD, it looked and smelled like FUD. Still, he kept the rant about his particular movie experience (even if it was just his imagination). I like how some people respond to these obvious flame bait posts with a simple "could be your equipment" and leave it at that...no need to engage--plus it keeps these threads from deteriorating.

I'm tempted to just order the movie on Amazon, that way I'll have it by Thanksgiving. Sometimes I think HiDef was created for the sole purpose of showcasing computer animation lol

Anyone get to compare Shrek 3 to ratatouille yet?? I have rat on the way, but still thinking about shrek 3. IF shrek 3 is equal to rat visually I may have to buy it.

You may want to check out the High Def Digest review of Shrek 3 because it outlines the way Ratatouille was composed differently (visually) from Shrek 3. In short, Shrek 3 has received great reviews for PQ and apparently it does rival Cars and Ratatouille (despite being no comparison as an actual movie), but it has a different visual presentation than does Ratatouille.

An exerpt from the High Def Digest review:

A direct digital-to-digital presentation, DreamWorks offers up a 1080/VC-1 encode in the film's original 1.85:1 theatrical aspect ratio. Unlike a string of more recent animated films that have attempted to simulate a more "film-like" look (making background elements appear out of focus, adding grain, etc.), DreamWorks goes the opposite route, with everything appearing so incredibly sharp that it's almost creepy.

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/1139/shrekthethird.html

Brandon

I like how some people respond to these obvious flame bait posts with a simple "could be your equipment" and leave it at that...no need to engage--plus it keeps these threads from deteriorating.


When a person posts something that is not only unconscionable but (in the case of the code-bashing) pure FUD, it's plainly obvious that it's not the equipment. To allow that type of misinformation to spread unimpeded is almost as bad an offense as his is. Name calling isn't needed when it's subjective and completely unrelated to the merits of the topic (ex: "jack ass!"), but in this case I wouldn't consider calling him a "troll" name calling :)

Brandon

I thought the picture and audio were top notch, but didn't care much for the film. I'm not a huge Pixar fan though (don't think I own any of their movies, come to think of it). Of course I don't have kids so "family" movies make up a very small part of my movie watching.

I remain astounded at the detail they packed into the film however. The amount of work required to have all those rats doing all those things just amazes me. So while the film story was ho-hum, the artistic achievement of the movie is quite high.

OTOH, was I the only one a little disappointed with how Sleeping Beauty looked "restored"? Seems to be blurry and washed out in every scene EXCEPT the one they did the split screen to show the restorations. Maybe the trailer was in SD.

I'm anxious for this one. I was only able to rent the SD DVD from Blockbuster. Netflix has a long wait for the BD. I suppose I should just buy it.

I have a Denon universal player for SD with the "F" chip. Wondeful!! The PS3 with the BD which make my jaw drop further!!

Was I the only one a little disappointed with how Sleeping Beauty looked "restored"? Seems to be blurry and washed out in every scene EXCEPT the one they did the split screen to show the restorations. Maybe the trailer was in SD.

You're not the only one. There were a couple spots in the trailer that the film looked pretty good but overall it seemed... drab?

I'm waiting for the final disc to say anything though because there's been several BD trailers that had the pirate films in them where the clips were zoomed/cropped and of poor quality but the discs themselves are great.

OTOH, was I the only one a little disappointed with how Sleeping Beauty looked "restored"? Seems to be blurry and washed out in every scene EXCEPT the one they did the split screen to show the restorations. Maybe the trailer was in SD.

No, I was actually confused a bit. I couldn't figure out many times if they were showing us the restored version or the original with an expected fade to the new version. Really, not impressive at all.

Then again, after watching digital to digital transfers of the latest in computer animation, I guess I shouldn't expect much!

This is my new favorite Pixar movie! I think the storyline is great!

I can't comment on the quality of the blu ray disk, as I bought the standard edition version of the DVD. I didn't want to pay $30 for a "blind buy" movie that I could purchase at 50% of the price of the BR version.

I think I'll wait a couple of weeks and see if I can get a used blu ray copy.

Wait for BOGO.

This is my new favorite Pixar movie! I think the storyline is great!

I can't comment on the quality of the blu ray disk, as I bought the standard edition version of the DVD. I didn't want to pay $30 for a "blind buy" movie that I could purchase at 50% of the price of the BR version.

I think I'll wait a couple of weeks and see if I can get a used blu ray copy.

that's why many of us rent before purchasing. if i had bought the dvd instead of the bd, then later to find out that the BD is a must-buy. i would have wasted the $10-$15 the SD DVD cost no matter how cheap it is compared to the BD.

bought mine on a blind-buy, probably the best blind buy i've made on a bd.

Loved the reference-quality encoding. Very subtle overall but that's IMO harder to achieve with all computer animation than the flashier stuff.

Great movie too. I thought it would be stupid, a rat chef, but it was touching and much better than Cars.

Someone said that there was banding in a certain scene. I checked and yes, it was there. I think that it was more that my LCD had a problem displaying the lights/night scene than any problem with the encoding.

Loved the reference-quality encoding. Very subtle overall but that's IMO harder to achieve with all computer animation than the flashier stuff.

Great movie too. I thought it would be stupid, a rat chef, but it was touching and much better than Cars.

Someone said that there was banding in a certain scene. I checked and yes, it was there. I think that it was more that my LCD had a problem displaying the lights/night scene than any problem with the encoding.

The guy with banding found out his PS3 was improperly set up for colorspace.

Brandon

I would not even know where to begin to look for an option for colorspace. I really don't think the 60 GB PS3 I purchased from Target came with a user guide. All I found was a quick setup booklet not much use for anything but to get one started! No advanced playback documentation or the like.

I really can't see where someone could not say this movie is not first rate in every way. I am personally adding it to my "reference" collection for sound and video. I agree the shotgun seen is great for auditioning a sub. In my opinion this BD has much better PQ to another recent release animated movie, Meet The Robinsons.

I would not even know where to begin to look for an option for colorspace. I really don't think the 60 GB PS3 I purchased from Target came with a user guide. All I found was a quick setup booklet not much use for anything but to get one started! No advanced playback documentation or the like.

This is the pertinent part of the discussion in the Ratatouille banding thread:


Another point to consider: I use the PS3 for Blu-ray and if I bring up a gray ramp test pattern I detect slight banding with the HDMI output set to RGB. The ramp is nice and smooth with HDMI set to Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr. If you are using HDMI, I suggest performing the same test to see if your display prefers RGB or Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr (there may be no difference).

Also, if you are PS3 user you will always want to use Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr for this simple fact:

Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr Super-White enables the PS3 to pass BTB and WTW with Blu-ray. BTB and WTW are never passed with Blu-ray when set to RGB.

Thank you for the reply. I'm pretty sure my PS3 is set to RGB, so I will test with Y pb/Cb Pr/CR and see if it shows any differently. I'm more than "happy" to admit if it's my screen being the problem, so I will find out more and report back!

I'd just like to say: thank you. I switched the color mode to YPb/CbPr/Cr and the banding is all but gone. I wonder why this is... Very, very odd. I still maintain there is a touch of it (have to be looking EXTREMELY closely), but it's really leagues better. Any pros to running this color mode vs RGB?

Thanks again.

Brandon

Enjoyed Ratatouille last night with the wife... WOW, Even though this isn't the first movie I've watched on my new TV (Transformers upconvert was first), I consider this my first real Home Theater experience with it... What a great presentation, neat movie, and utterly incredible visuals...

I only had one small issue, when the movie was over I brought up the disc menu so I could check out the extra features. Once I'd watched the first short (about the real chef and the director), the disc menu didn't reappear in its entirety. The background was there but the menu itself was "invisible"... I hit the arrow to "go back" to the previous menu and it showed up again, but it was not there at first.

Minor issue, not a dealbreaker at all. Just wanted people to know it was out there (haven't read the entire thread yet).

I give this show a 10. :)

I didn't care for the story about rats making food.. They sure did find a way to make it work. However, the movie was so visually stunning, it more than made up for the strange story ... the scene at the beginning of the movie when he takes the trip down the sewers just blew me away. the water was simply amazing.

I dug the Incredibles. I also really enjoyed "Meet the Robinsons". The thing about PIXAR and ALL animation is : I must own it.. It's a real treat to watch it on a great television. I'll pick up Sleeping Beauty to round out my collection.

Watched the movie this morning. I found the picture quality and sound to be excellent, but I thought the movie itself was only fairly good - not great. I was a little disappointed.

I felt that the animation in Ratatouille was certainly spectacular but that the story was fairly flimsy. I see we had a cute Disney sidekick involved. I think kids would have become quite bored with the movie. I enjoyed Cars more. More humour and "in" jokes - more multi-layered and could stand repeat viewing better. Better voice characterisation also IMO.

Overall, I came away disappointed (as did the others viewing) and Ratatouille failed to meet my expectations based on many on-line rave reviews.

Just my opinion - of course.

My setup must be jacked up because I thought the PQ was very good but not excellent. Open Season looks twice as good as Ratatouille on my system.

My setup must be jacked up because I thought the PQ was very good but not excellent. Open Season looks twice as good as Ratatouille on my system.
I agree Open Season looks great, but if Ratatouille doesn't blow OS out of the water on your display there's something seriously wrong. I have both titles, and Rataouille is by far the more visually engaging.

What issues are you encountering?

We've watched Ratatouille twice in the space of a couple of days now - the kids love it. Strong movie (not perfect, but still very enjoyable), great animation, and of course the BD shows it all off perfectly (great AQ too). I watched Black Hawk Down yesterday too (I love that movie!) and was greatly impressed. As someone who bought into HD-DVD in Sept '06, and only then went neutral a year later when I bought a PS3, I can say that I am mightily impressed with Blu-Ray's recent offerings. I love both formats - I guess I just love high-def, period! - and it would be a great shame if either were to go the way of all flesh. I'm gonna be so broke in December with all the great titles that are coming out on both formats. :)

My setup must be jacked up because I thought the PQ was very good but not excellent. Open Season looks twice as good as Ratatouille on my system.

:eek:! :eek:! :eek:!

just setup my new PS3 this weekend

we watched Ratatouille in BR on my 130" scope (2:35) setup

say what you want about the film, but IT LOOKED AMAZING!

reference disc, IMHO

thanks

brad

As kind of an aside...

I looked up at the moon last night on my way to the store. There was banding. There were three individual bands of white emanating, not a nice smooth gradient. I didn't have my camera, and that really wouldn't show anything anyway, as the transfer to digital itself can create the banding. Anyway, I wanted to share this with someone, so I turned to my wife and asked "Do you know what banding is?" Strange look. "You know, like in digital visual representation?" She just rolled her eyes and said she wasn't going to play my reindeer games. :)

As kind of an aside...

I looked up at the moon last night on my way to the store. There was banding. There were three individual bands of white emanating, not a nice smooth gradient. I didn't have my camera, and that really wouldn't show anything anyway, as the transfer to digital itself can create the banding. Anyway, I wanted to share this with someone, so I turned to my wife and asked "Do you know what banding is?" Strange look. "You know, like in digital visual representation?" She just rolled her eyes and said she wasn't going to play my reindeer games. :)

probably a glitch in the matrix.

As kind of an aside...

I looked up at the moon last night on my way to the store. There was banding. There were three individual bands of white emanating, not a nice smooth gradient. I didn't have my camera, and that really wouldn't show anything anyway, as the transfer to digital itself can create the banding. Anyway, I wanted to share this with someone, so I turned to my wife and asked "Do you know what banding is?" Strange look. "You know, like in digital visual representation?" She just rolled her eyes and said she wasn't going to play my reindeer games. :)

you need to return your eyes to the maker...get a new set, if you still see the banding REPEAT!

do this until you get a set that works!...next time try COSTCO, there return policy is better...:)

Watched this again last night and will still stay with this title was boring...very hard to get into it. On the other hand very nice PQ.

When I saw this in the theater, I thought it was very good, but not the masterpiece that a lot of people were saying it was. However, I think I may have been somewhat distracted by my friend who fell asleep during the movie.

I popped in the BD last night, and was blown away. This is easily my new favorite Pixar movie, and it deserves all the praise it's been getting. And the PQ/AQ is fantastic!

I watched Cars too, and had the opposite reaction... didn't like it as much as when I saw it in the theater... good movie but not Pixar's best.

Question about the commentary tracks... with Cars you can turn the images that pop up on and off, but with Ratatouille it doesn't appear that you can. I read this is because the video for the commentary is a whole separate encode with the images burned in?

both CARS and Ratatouille are just amazing in HD, but the audio is also first rate (audio in cars is just mind bending),

Disney at this point is top tier for HD, and is giving it fans sensational presentations. awesome for HD fans

Just saw it and definitely no banding issues at the night scene in the riverwalk.

Very stunning visual and colors. PCM is just superb.

Remy says Let's give my film on the Blu-ray a perfect 10 and close this thread !!!!!!!!!

Just watched this with the family and overall we were very pleased. I wouldnt say its the best movie weve ever seen or anything but definitely fun and the PQ/AQ doesnt need anymore accolades!

3.5-4 star movie, 4.5-5 star transfer/audio.

:cool:

How would this movie compare with "Finding Nemo"? I have yet to see a Pixar movie that bests that one (loved the Incredibles, though). I didn't really enjoy Cars when I watched it on Starz HD, so I'm hoping if I get this from DDD, I won't be disappointed.

How would this movie compare with "Finding Nemo"? I have yet to see a Pixar movie that bests that one (loved the Incredibles, though). I didn't really enjoy Cars when I watched it on Starz HD, so I'm hoping if I get this from DDD, I won't be disappointed.

My HUMBLE opinion:

1. The Incredibles
2. Finding Nemo
3. Toy Story
4. Toy Story II
5. Ratatouille
6. Cars
7. Monsters Inc.

But they are all great. I'd own every single one of them on BD if they were released.

My HUMBLE opinion:

1. The Incredibles
2. Finding Nemo
3. Toy Story
4. Toy Story II
5. Ratatouille
6. Cars
7. Monsters Inc.

But they are all great. I'd own every single one of them on BD if they were released.

What about A Bug's Life?

What about A Bug's Life?

Sorry, haven't seen it :(

1. The Incredibles
2. Finding Nemo
3. Ratatouille
4. Toy Story II
5. Monsters Inc.
6. Toy Story
7. Cars
8. A Bug's Life

Seriously, I like them all and that order changes in my head every month...

I don't think it's been mentioned, but can anyone agree that a large part of why this movie looks so good is the masterful art direction, "photography" and lighting? I guess the color palette was mentioned.

I am patiently awaiting BD release of all the other PIXAR films, as I am a big fan.

BTW, can anyone tell me what the Set Up -->Audio/Video Set Up does? On my PS3 I just get an eternally black screen.

My Pixar best-to-worst:

1. The Incredibles
2. Finding Nemo
3. Toy Story 2
4. Ratatouille
5. Toy Story
6. Monsters, Inc.
7. Cars
8. A Bug's Life

Mind you, even their "worst" is better than most anything (save perhaps Lilo & Stitch) the Walt Disney Studios has made in over a decade!

1. Ratatoullie
2. Finding Nemo / The Incredibles (I really can't pick which of these I like more)
3. Toy Story 2
4. Toy Story
5. Monsters Inc.
6. Cars / A Bug's Life

I guess I'll chime in...

1. Monsters Inc.
2. Cars
3. Finding Nemo
4. Ratatouille
5. The Incredibles
6. Toy Story
7. A Bug's Life
8. Toy Story 2

This is a list of my favorite stories. I went Blu because of Pixars picture quality. As it turns out, my kids (8 & 9) don't like Pixar films so much anymore. The love the Pirates of the Caribbean series, though, so I'm still good.

I'll pick up all the Pixar films on Blu ray anyway, just for the PQ.

Another great one from Pixar.
Love the shorts - Lifted

The guy with banding found out his PS3 was improperly set up for colorspace.

Brandon

That might be my problem too.

I liked Ratatouille a lot, however Toy Story is still my favorite Pixar film.

It's a shame that Ratatouille, set in a Parisian restaurant, has all the characters speaking American English. Next time I'll watch it using the DD French soundtrack instead.

Yeah, it was a pretty bold decision for Pixar/Disney to have the all the characters speak English in a Pixar/Disney movie. Pretty shocking that they didn't go for a full French movie. It probably would've been an even bigger hit than it was!

They also should've had all the sea life in Finding Nemo sound precisely how they sound in real life, too!

Ditto for the bugs in a Bug's Life. Just a bunch of chirping and such. Buzzing.

So English is the natural choice while French would be like chirping? Gotcha.

Yep! That's precisely what I was implying. A gold star for thee!

1. Ratatouille
2. The Incredibles
3. Monsters, Inc.
4. Finding Nemo
5. Toy Story
Last: A Bug's Life

I have never seen Cars or Toy Story 2. I still don't know why I haven't seen Toy Story 2.

It's a shame that Ratatouille, set in a Parisian restaurant, has all the characters speaking American English. Next time I'll watch it using the DD French soundtrack instead.
Well, it's an American movie, intended first for American audiences. What would be an actual problem is if they were cooking hot dogs and hamburgers at Gusteau's.:eek:

I think a more peculiar choice is that the lead character speaks English without a French accent as the others do. But I always just figured he was from the US and moved to Paris not long ago.

I just popped in the movie again after receiving my 111FD and noticed during the opening scene when they go over the history of Gausteau through an old TV there was a high pitched squeal through the entire scene. It does not appear during the rest of the movie. It also can't be the new TV as all sound is running through my current setup of a denon 4306 to paradigm Studio Series speakers. Anybody else notice this? Very strange....

Maybe they mimicked the old flyback transformer noise of the crappy old TV in the sound effects . . .

Hello.

I am new to Blu-ray and is testing my HT equipment and ripping/streaming procedures. Please provide feedback to see if I am hearing the Ratatouille PCM 5.1 track correctly.

My HT equipment consists of:
Seagate FreeAgent Theather+ Media Player
Denon 3808ci AVR
7.1 Speakers
Sony 55" XBR4
unRAID Media Server

My Ripping Process:
ClownBD (eac3to & tsmuxer) to rip movie only to BDMV folder structure with just the HD audio. No compression.


At the beginning of the movie Remi's narration voice appears to be coming from my front speakers which is correct. However, the other voices appear to be coming from the left surround speaker. Is this correct? Even Remi's non-narrating dialogue is coming from the left surround.

Should most of the dialogue be coming from the front center speaker? I watched up to the lightning scene where Remi and his brother was on the roof.

I am streaming the movie from the Seagate Freeagent Theater+ to my Denon 3808ci. This is my first BD rip using ClownBD. I just want to verify that the audio was not messed up during the rip process. Sorry, I do not have a BD player to test the actual disc.

I have a 7.1 system and so the AVR is set to DOLBY PL II x Cinema. I even tried turning off the SB (surround back) channels to get the pure 5.1 audio, but I still notice the dialogues are mostly coming from the left surround.

I will watch more of the movie to see if the dialogues changes to the front sound stage instead of coming from the left side. Just looking for confirmation that what I am hearing is correct.

Thanks.

Update: I replayed the movie and it now plays and sound fine. Must be the media streamer being flaky.

Have owned Ratatouille for over a year and successfully played it several times on a Panny BD-65 near the time of purchase.

Fast forward to yesterday, and another attempt a few days prior, this BR disk will no longer play.
The initial menus work, but when PLAY is selected it just gets into a do-loop with the "mouse and a hulu-hoop" animated wait icon.

Other facts:
- All the other BR disks I tried work fine.
- Visual inspection shows no scratches or unusual wear and tear.
- Tried using Scene Select to work around the hang-up, this did not fix the problem.
- Did not update the BD-65's firmware in the months between when the disk worked and now does not.

At a loss why this one disk will no longer play?

Thanks,
XEagleDriver

Have owned Ratatouille for over a year and successfully played it several times on a Panny BD-65 near the time of purchase.

Fast forward to yesterday, and another attempt a few days prior, this BR disk will no longer play.
The initial menus work, but when PLAY is selected it just gets into a do-loop with the "mouse and a hulu-hoop" animated wait icon.

Other facts:
- All the other BR disks I tried work fine.
- Visual inspection shows no scratches or unusual wear and tear.
- Tried using Scene Select to work around the hang-up, this did not fix the problem.
- Did not update the BD-65's firmware in the months between when the disk worked and now does not.

At a loss why this one disk will no longer play?

Thanks,
XEagleDriver

Ralph Potts had a thread where blu rays became unplayable after a certain time. There has been an issue with some blu rays having this kind of problem. Best to Pm Ralph Potts he might be able to shed some more light on it.

Franin,

Thanks, PM sent to Ralph.

XEagleDriver

It's a shame that Ratatouille, set in a Parisian restaurant, has all the characters speaking American English. Next time I'll watch it using the DD French soundtrack instead.
In other words, "screw you, all you kids that are too young to read subtitles..."

I realize that with how well made and entertaining Pixar movies are for adults, it's hard to remember that they are made by an American studio and intended for kids. However, these aren't Criterion releases of foreign films intended for film buffs. I'm pretty sure Pixar movies wouldn't make the giant masses of money if they tried to be quite that authentic.

Of course, one could argue having a rat that cooks and can be understood by a human as your main character pretty much leaves anything open, including the ability for everyone to speak English. Since the audience can also understand what the rat is saying, one can imagine that, while watching the movie, we are temporarily able to understand and translate French as well.

In other words, "screw you, all you kids that are too young to read subtitles..."


The post you are responding to is three and a half years old. ;)

The post you are responding to is three and a half years old. ;)

See, that's why I hate these endless threads that we're expected to search out and post in years after the original post was made.

I wish the forum software had some sort of a pop-up when you reply to a post more than, say, 6 months old that points that out and asks if you really still want to.

Um... it does. For example, I just searched for a thread about hddvd and got this:

OLD THREAD WARNING!!!!
This Thread is more than 77 days old. It is very likely that it does not need any further discussion and thus bumping it serves no purpose.

If you still feel it is necessary to make a new reply, you can still do so though by checking the box to verify the intent to post to an old thread.


<--- I am aware this is an old thread. YOU MUST CHECK THIS BOX FOR YOUR POST TO BE MADE.

Um... it does. For example, I just searched for a thread about hddvd and got this:

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It only does that if you are the first one to make a new post to an old thread. There are others above mine from the last few days. What I meant is it should do that when you reply to an old post in a thread, regardless of when the last post was made since they all run together and it's easy to miss the jump back in time from post to post.

In this case, I didn't search for the thread. It had come back to the top of the listings because of a recent post and I sifted back a page to catch up from where I left off, forgetting how old the previous posts were. So, when I saw the discussion above around the post I replied to, I really wasn't looking at post dates that closely. Sure, it's my own fault for not looking, but it's not like I sought out an old thread and replied out of the blue. There were recent posts at the end of it.

In other words, "screw you, all you kids that are too young to read subtitles..."

I realize that with how well made and entertaining Pixar movies are for adults, it's hard to remember that they are made by an American studio and intended for kids. However, these aren't Criterion releases of foreign films intended for film buffs. I'm pretty sure Pixar movies wouldn't make the giant masses of money if they tried to be quite that authentic.

Of course, one could argue having a rat that cooks and can be understood by a human as your main character pretty much leaves anything open, including the ability for everyone to speak English. Since the audience can also understand what the rat is saying, one can imagine that, while watching the movie, we are temporarily able to understand and translate French as well.

Well said. This reply is as valid today as it would have been three years ago.

Well said. This reply is as valid today as it would have been three years ago.
Absolutely. If a poster has something to say that is germane to an existing thread, even an old one, it makes more sense to me to post to the old thread than it would be to start a new one.

It only does that if you are the first one to make a new post to an old thread. There are others above mine from the last few days. What I meant is it should do that when you reply to an old post in a thread, regardless of when the last post was made since they all run together and it's easy to miss the jump back in time from post to post.

In this case, I didn't search for the thread. It had come back to the top of the listings because of a recent post and I sifted back a page to catch up from where I left off, forgetting how old the previous posts were. So, when I saw the discussion above around the post I replied to, I really wasn't looking at post dates that closely. Sure, it's my own fault for not looking, but it's not like I sought out an old thread and replied out of the blue. There were recent posts at the end of it.

Not too worry ive done that of number of times. It happens to most of us.