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post #151 of 1051
12/26/08 at 5:33pm
Tried traitor again...an now it plays without a problem.
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post #152 of 1051
12/27/08 at 5:05am
Something weird about that. I wonder if the disks just don't seat properly sometimes. Or maybe the laser(s) is a little off. Weird.
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post #153 of 1051
12/27/08 at 12:27pm
My player plays all of the disc except for "for your eyes only". Now that I can't play it i want to see it.
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post #154 of 1051
12/27/08 at 5:27pm
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Good news
- The last "new" HD DVD that has come out is Death Proof (German Steelbook) and it works just fine in my LG 200's
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post #155 of 1051
12/27/08 at 5:28pm
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Originally Posted by tbase1 View Post

My player plays all of the disc except for "for your eyes only". Now that I can't play it i want to see it.

And Madagascar is definitely on the list. It's definitely frustrating when these disks don't play. But otherwise, it's a great player.
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post #156 of 1051
12/27/08 at 8:05pm
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD View Post

Good news
- The last "new" HD DVD that has come out is Death Proof (German Steelbook) and it works just fine in my LG 200's

Please drop a review in the Software forum. Do you have the Peter & the Wolf HD DVD, by chance?
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post #157 of 1051
12/28/08 at 9:07am
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Please drop a review in the Software forum. Do you have the Peter & the Wolf HD DVD, by chance?

AVS does not allow anyone to post reviews...can't.

And No on Peter and the Wolf.
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post #158 of 1051
12/28/08 at 9:14am
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AVS does not allow anyone to post reviews...can't.


ummmm... no?
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post #159 of 1051
12/28/08 at 10:46am
My copy of Terminator 2 Premium Edition Steelbook from Japan works as well but beware there are issues with freezing on the discs and they are replacing the discs so if you have that one and it is freezing it is not the BH 200 at fault this time.
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post #160 of 1051
12/28/08 at 12:57pm
Strange; the Forum Rules in the HD DVD Software section says nothing about a ban on doing title reviews. Oh well....
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post #161 of 1051
12/28/08 at 4:10pm
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Originally Posted by rezzy View Post

Please drop a review in the Software forum. Do you have the Peter & the Wolf HD DVD, by chance?

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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD View Post

AVS does not allow anyone to post reviews...can't.

And No on Peter and the Wolf.

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ummmm... no?

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Originally Posted by rezzy View Post

Strange; the Forum Rules in the HD DVD Software section says nothing about a ban on doing title reviews. Oh well....

There is a formal BD title review forum, and essentially only one particular reviewer is authorized to post, AFAIK. Discussing the technical merits and the quality of the transfer is allowed/encouraged for both BD and HD DVD in their respective software forums - just not detailed Siskel and Ebert style film reviews that discuss the film itself rather than the BD/HD transfer. What AVS is trying to avoid are pseudo- or actual professional film/DVD reviewers from using AVS as a free springboard.

AFAIK, IMHO,

shinksma
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post #162 of 1051
12/28/08 at 5:17pm
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Bingo.

Which is why I no longer bother. I got a nasty PM from a mod for posting a link to my review (which someone asked about) several months back (yet others can post all the live long day to other website) so I no longer even bother.
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post #163 of 1051
12/30/08 at 8:11am
Intellectual property, money and advertising income. *Always* follow the money.
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post #164 of 1051
12/30/08 at 3:52pm
It might just the the trait of the rental disc, but The Dark Knight goes directly into the movie (skips menu) on my player. I'll have to rent some more movies to make sure it's not on all discs, but it's still weird. When I press the menu button, I get the "no" symbol in the top right corner.
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post #165 of 1051
12/30/08 at 3:59pm
That's normal for Dark Knight. Matter of fact I believe most Warner Blu-rays do that. I actually prefer that then being forced to go through all of Disney's garbage before you even get to the movie.

Also, don't hit "menu" hit "title/popup"
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post #166 of 1051
12/30/08 at 4:00pm
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Originally Posted by mondaycurse View Post

It might just the the trait of the rental disc, but The Dark Knight goes directly into the movie (skips menu) on my player. I'll have to rent some more movies to make sure it's not on all discs, but it's still weird. When I press the menu button, I get the "no" symbol in the top right corner.

There's no difference with rental discs vs. purchased discs which is why I generally avoid Disney discs. I'm not in the mood to pay $25+ for forced trailers.

Warner (and Paramount?) discs tend to go right to the movie. Universal and Sony discs stop at the menu. Of course, Warner discs go right to the movie in DD/DD+ rather than Dolby TrueHD.
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post #167 of 1051
12/30/08 at 7:01pm
Paramounts also goto the menu first. And are there any Warner discs with both DD+ and TrueHD on board?
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post #168 of 1051
12/30/08 at 7:18pm
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Originally Posted by allargon View Post

Warner (and Paramount?) discs tend to go right to the movie. Universal and Sony discs stop at the menu. Of course, Warner discs go right to the movie in DD/DD+ rather than Dolby TrueHD.

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Paramounts also goto the menu first. And are there any Warner discs with both DD+ and TrueHD on board?

AFAIK, you are correct. I think Warner was either DD+ or TrueHD, but not both. But, I think his point was the disk defaults to a lossy format instead of TrueHD or uncompressed PCM. That's one of my gripes, too. Initially, I thought it was nice skipping the menu and going right to the film before I realized I always had to access it anyway to choose a lossless or uncompressed audio format. Seems silly to me. Why wouldn't the studio want the default choice to be the best audio the format has to offer? But, then again, Warner has a pretty miserable track record when it comes to supporting HD audio.

-C.
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post #169 of 1051
12/30/08 at 7:22pm
Fortunately, the 5000 has an audio button that will bring up the audio choices in a small opaque menu immediately (the BH200 may also, I just haven't played with it much)...still a hassle but helps to cut back on the frustration a tad.
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post #170 of 1051
12/30/08 at 7:31pm
I hate to say it guys ,but if a HD disc won't work I'm just going to go with SD upconvert. I know this do not matter with loading ,but I do use a scaler out to my display.
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post #171 of 1051
12/30/08 at 8:17pm
This pertains to the region A BD with the April firmware.

The movie played fine, but the BD-exclusive special feature, "The X-Files: The Complete Timeline" doesn't work. After the animated X-Files logo, the disc freezes on the static background.

Has this feature worked for anyone else? Does it require the June firmware? I had been keeping the April firmware around for the AVCHD support...
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post #172 of 1051
12/30/08 at 8:17pm
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Originally Posted by vinnie97 View Post

Paramounts also goto the menu first. And are there any Warner discs with both DD+ and TrueHD on board?

IIRC 300, Blade Runner, Superman Returns (on HD DVD) have both THD & DD+ tracks.
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post #173 of 1051
12/30/08 at 8:18pm
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Originally Posted by casey.christian View Post

afaik, you are correct. I think warner was either dd+ or truehd, but not both. But, i think his point was the disk defaults to a lossy format instead of truehd or uncompressed pcm. That's one of my gripes, too. Initially, i thought it was nice skipping the menu and going right to the film before i realized i always had to access it anyway to choose a lossless or uncompressed audio format. Seems silly to me. Why wouldn't the studio want the default choice to be the best audio the format has to offer? But, then again, warner has a pretty miserable track record when it comes to supporting hd audio.

-c.

+1
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post #174 of 1051
12/30/08 at 8:19pm
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Originally Posted by vinnie97 View Post

Fortunately, the 5000 has an audio button that will bring up the audio choices in a small opaque menu immediately (the BH200 may also, I just haven't played with it much)...still a hassle but helps to cut back on the frustration a tad.

Yes, the BH200 has the audio button feature / shortcut as well .
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post #175 of 1051
12/30/08 at 11:20pm
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Originally Posted by jm9843 View Post

This pertains to the region A BD with the April firmware.

The movie played fine, but the BD-exclusive special feature, "The X-Files: The Complete Timeline" doesn't work. After the animated X-Files logo, the disc freezes on the static background.

Has this feature worked for anyone else? Does it require the June firmware? I had been keeping the April firmware around for the AVCHD support...

I'm running June firmware and was able to use the timeline feature without lock up.
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post #176 of 1051
12/31/08 at 12:32am
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Originally Posted by mondaycurse View Post

It might just the the trait of the rental disc, but The Dark Knight goes directly into the movie (skips menu) on my player. I'll have to rent some more movies to make sure it's not on all discs, but it's still weird. When I press the menu button, I get the "no" symbol in the top right corner.

In general, hit the pop-up button, will get you to all the menu options maybe not same look and feel - depends on authoring, but you can change audio, subtitles, access extras, etc. Many new BDs are like this, and I like it (no more ad crap).
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post #177 of 1051
12/31/08 at 12:37am
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Originally Posted by jm9843 View Post

This pertains to the region A BD with the April firmware.

The movie played fine, but the BD-exclusive special feature, "The X-Files: The Complete Timeline" doesn't work. After the animated X-Files logo, the disc freezes on the static background.

Has this feature worked for anyone else? Does it require the June firmware? I had been keeping the April firmware around for the AVCHD support...

I had it rented and I remember working fine other than the crappy gamma/contrast authored for the extras; sorry, can't check again more specifically...
Running April FW for AVCHD too.
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post #178 of 1051
12/31/08 at 12:47pm
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Originally Posted by emptychair View Post

IIRC 300, Blade Runner, Superman Returns (on HD DVD) have both THD & DD+ tracks.

You are correct. Warner did, in fact, put DD+ and TrueHD on all three of those HD DVD titles (boy, they really threw everything at that 300 disk, didn't they?!). Seems odd they'd do that; if your equipment could deal with DD+ then it should handle TrueHD as well. Oh, well. Of course, the Blu-ray version of Superman Returns only had plain, old DD. Way to go, Warner!

-C.
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post #179 of 1051
1/1/09 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by HD 335 View Post

I'm running June firmware and was able to use the timeline feature without lock up.

Update. I loaded the June firmware and "The X-Files: The Complete Timeline" special feature from "I Want to Believe" is now working!

Awesome extra by the way for fans of the show.
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post #180 of 1051
1/1/09 at 10:01pm
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Originally Posted by casey.christian View Post

You are correct. Warner did, in fact, put DD+ and TrueHD on all three of those HD DVD titles (boy, they really threw everything at that 300 disk, didn't they?!). Seems odd they'd do that; if your equipment could deal with DD+ then it should handle TrueHD as well. Oh, well. Of course, the Blu-ray version of Superman Returns only had plain, old DD. Way to go, Warner!

-C.

They (Warner) are still doing it...Get Smart only has DD too! Go figure
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