Pirates of the Caribbean 2 in OAR and HD on Comcast PPV

Unfortunately, to me, not having the 5.1 sound on a movie like this is worse than watching it on DVD w/ the DD. I want to know how Comcast decides which movies to provide the DD to with OnDemand programming. I mean Encino Man was in DD but this isn't??

What is up with the no 5.1? I applaud them for finally offering a HD movie in OAR but for $6 they should not only give me OAR but 5.1 and serve me a beer and popcorn too.

That's why I'm not going to bother with it.

I honestly don't think they care what print they get, much like Starz they probably just show whatever they get.

I'm sure if though if everyone just stopped paying for HD OnDemand movies and sent emails demanding OAR and 5.1 they'd offer it.

Still, at $6 a pop, I can't see many buying it even then.

Just watched this and I gotta say... looks fantastic. No noticeable macroblocking. Possibly the best-looking HD content I've seen on Comcast yet, save the PQ of Batman Returns on HBO-HD.

Then you are seriously vision impaired person because special edition I have looks stunning. PQ is not subjective opinion as some wants us to believe but objective and can be precisely described and physically measured.

Standard for HD movies is 5.1 sound so if you have HD PPV then 5.1 must be included or it is a swindle. I watched one early premiere movie on StarzOnDemand and although it was OAR, picture was abysmal and there was no 5.1 sound. When later premiered on Starz HD it was 1.85 ratio with dark picture. Title in question is "Eight Below". Thanks for letting us know that HD PPV is without 5.1 sound. I don't need to waste my money then.

Comcast here does not re-encode any HDTV channels, and the Dolby rate for 5.1 is usually 384 kbps and I think is about what is on the usual DVD movies, maybe they go up to 448kbps sometimes on DVD's.

It is very poor that a new release that costs $5.99 would have 2 channel sound. If it had been a better movie I would have been more angry.

Mike

Comcast simply provides whatever they are given. They do nothing to the transfer whatsover. If they are given a 5.1 transfer that's what they send out.

A good example is The Guns of Navarone. Shocking that it's OAR w 2.0, but it's free and looks really good, like the same transfer used for the Superbit DVD. Check it out.

If you have Starz (not me, they crop) you'd do better to watch most of their movies OnDemand because of the higher bitrate Comcast sends over. It really does make a huge difference.

Not always, as shown by THE INCREDIBLES and NATIONAL TREASURE.

Yes, the exception, not the rule.

What is the "window" of viewing on a Comcast "On-Demand" PPV?

Can I watch the movie over 2 nights?

Well then, they must have quite a few exceptions. Saw PULP FICTION this week and it was OAR and 5.1

How did you measure (or what are the measurements) and where does "stunning" fit on a scale from 1-10? How many points get subtracted for EE?

larry

DD is 5.1, there is no 1.0 DD. Do not mistake Dolby Digital with Dolby. Check out your receiver display and see for yourself. If you see just once Dolby Digital and less than 6 channels lit I'll pay you or anyone else million dollars.


This is another crap like Sdurani posted before claiming that PL II is better than Dolby Digital. Difference between Dolby Digital and anything else with less than 6 channels is like day and night. You have to be deaf not to hear it. I watch regularly movies on cable and very well know the difference. If movie is not DD then I don't even bother to turn receiver on, I just use TV speakers. Audio rate on cable is exactly as is supposed to be. You have probably mistaken audio rate for HD video rate that some addressed recently. How good audio you get is how good your cable connection is so if you have any problems then call your cable guy to fix it. I don't have any problems right now.

Incorrect. See #8 at http://www.dolby.com/assets/pdf/tech...y/42_DDFAQ.pdf

Where did I say that? DD is audio compression, PLII is surround processing. One can't be "better" than the other because they're two different types of technologies. They don't compete. In fact, they're often used together on DD 2.0 soundtracks.

Sanjay

RavenX: Put your money where your mouth is. I have the Pet Shop Boys "PopArt" dvd. On the back it clearly states "Dolby Digital Stereo". On my Anthem AVM20, you can see it reads "Dolby D", stereo, and the LED on the left is lit up for Dolby Digital.

Pay up. Every AVS member shall be treated to a HD disk player of their choice on me!!!!

If we already have a couple of HDDVD players, can we get the equivalent value in HDDVD titles?

Please do not come here and post misinformation, oh, and sent the check to Ken H, c/o AVS Forum.

RavenX.....are you saying that all dolby digital encoded movies have to be 5.1 to get the dolby digital designation?
Cause I know of at least 1 movie in my collection that is not 5.1 and has a doblby digital designation.
Please reply......I could use the million dollars

RayJr

Like taking candy from a baby...

RavenX:

Where's my money?