Hey there everyone ... just went over some reviews and i noticed every reviewer says that this mocie is running on mpeg 4 .... but when i look behind my box it says mpg 2 does anyone know what gives ????

Typo on the box, the movie is AVC/MPEG-4.

I would have loved to seen this at 37mbps mpeg2 ;)

-Gary

While on the subject of the Box. My Simpsons movie doesn't have the black stripe on the bottom that Fox likes.

Robo is MGM and it has the stripe. Rescue Dawn is MGM, has no stripe. Sunshine is Searchlight has no Stripe.

What's their criteria for putting a stripe on a cover? Or was the Simpsons Movie just misprinted to hell?

While on the subject of the Box. My Simpsons movie doesn't have the black stripe on the bottom that Fox likes.

Robo is MGM and it has the stripe. Rescue Dawn is MGM, has no stripe. Sunshine is Searchlight has no Stripe.

What's their criteria for putting a stripe on a cover? Or was the Simpsons Movie just misprinted to hell?

Sunshine is the same way - no stripe.

I'm thinking Fox is doing away with the stripe like Disney is getting rid of the "swoosh". Which is good because it shouldn't have been there to begin with.

The stripes, the swoosh, the borders... they were all tools to alert consumers that these discs were different... to prompt them to look closely at the cover and realize these weren't DVDs. Now Blu-ray and HD DVD have entered into broader public awareness and the studios are deciding that the blue and red cases are probably enough to indicate the formats now.

misprint .... thanks everyone : )

I usually go off of what the player tells me. PS3 displays codec and bitrate information.

And a beautiful AVC encoded transfer it is!

Except for the... ringing. Uh oh. Now this thread will go missing as well. ;)

Except for the... ringing. Uh oh. Now this thread will go missing as well. ;)

You mean the ringing that's not there?

Yeah, the ringing that's not there but show ups in screen captures. :D

The stripes, the swoosh, the borders... they were all tools to alert consumers that these discs were different... to prompt them to look closely at the cover and realize these weren't DVDs. Now Blu-ray and HD DVD have entered into broader public awareness and the studios are deciding that the blue and red cases are probably enough to indicate the formats now.

Glad to see them go!

there is no ringing in Simpsons BD, period, you are seeing animation/drawing flaws, this has been discussed plenty before

I hate EE and look for it constantly while doing reviews or trying to enjoy films :p it is simply not there in the Simpsons release ;)

-Gary

Another funny thing about The Simpsons release.

The case is the sony style case with the little tab. All of my other fox titles are like higher quality W cases.

Maybe they got someone new to do these? Codec misprint, non-stripe, and sony case.

I got attached to the black stipe(makes it look like it can kick ass). But I prefer the sony case.

there is no ringing in Simpsons BD, period, you are seeing animation/drawing flaws, this has been discussed plenty before

It's definitely ringing (not EE). It's not present in the HD trailers, wasn't there in the theatrical prints, and doesn't exist on the master.

I would have loved to seen this at 37mbps mpeg2 ;)

-Gary

Bitrate is still very high even for an avc encode. looks fantastic