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Flags of Our Fathers review on Highdefdigest

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 http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/flagsofourfathers.html


Looks like another 5 star picture from Paramount.
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From review:

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As has become customary with Paramount releases, 'Flags of our Fathers' comes with different encodes depending on which next-gen format you prefer. In a side by side comparison of the film between the the AVC MPEG-4 transfer on this Blu-ray version and the VC-1 transfer on the HD DVD, it does seem that the Blu-ray/AVC encode is the tiniest bit sharper, while the HD DVD/VC-1 is the slightest bit softer. Neither is an advantage to my eyes and each encode is identical otherwise -- fans of both camps should be ecstatic to see this film looking so good.

High bitrate AVC is better than VC-1 on HD DVD ...at least in this case.

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High bitrate AVC is better than VC-1 on HD DVD ...at least in this case.

No one post this in the HD DVD area ever. Please.

I am serious.

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Originally Posted by SyHD /forum/post/0


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High bitrate AVC is better than VC-1 on HD DVD ...at least in this case.

What does he say in the very next sentence?
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Great that the pq is good, but would it have killed them to put a lossless track on it
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Originally Posted by H9K_ /forum/post/0


Great that the pq is good, but would it have killed them to put a lossless track on it

That's the real ssue. Where is the Lossless audio.


I can't believe how excited everyone is getting over the "tiniest" difference in an "identical" transfer. The way it sounds to me is that the difference is sooooooo minor it could even all be in his own perception.
PQ quality wise, the difference is nothing to get excited about. I'll hopefully get this from Blockbuster online and see for myself.

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No one post this in the HD DVD area ever. Please.

I am serious.

True, he shouldn't have even posted here either because you know trolls always lurk
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They seem to be busy trolling the other Flags of Our Fathers thread.
Wow, did you guys even read the review? You're trumpeting something that is the tiniest perhaps imperceptible difference? Yet you ignore the obvious different quality in audio?

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Originally Posted by Hmerly /forum/post/0


Wow, did you guys even read the review? You're trumpeting something that is the tiniest perhaps imperceptible difference? Yet you ignore the obvious different quality in audio?

Oh but the difference is NOT perceptible there according to blu only fans
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It's funny how after reviewers found out about Paramount using 1.5 on HD DVD that the audio scores are higher. I'm still waiting for Bracke's explanation on how DTS 1.5 sounds better than DTS 1.5 for the Alice Cooper release.
Maybe not the best thread for this question, but to keep from starting a new one:


Is it necessary to watch Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima in the order they came out or do you lose anything by watching Letters first?

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Originally Posted by JimSD /forum/post/0


Maybe not the best thread for this question, but to keep from starting a new one:


Is it necessary to watch Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima in the order they came out or do you lose anything by watching Letters first?

I have the same question....cuz Flags just shipped from Netflix
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I have the same question....cuz Flags just shipped from Netflix

Well Flags was made first. And it's two sides of the same story. Letters is rated better, and it seems to have better AQ.


So my thinking is I'm going to watch Flags as the appetizer and Letters as the main course. Save the best for last.


But I like doing move marathons. like watching LOTR for 12hrs.
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Originally Posted by JimSD /forum/post/0


Maybe not the best thread for this question, but to keep from starting a new one:


Is it necessary to watch Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima in the order they came out or do you lose anything by watching Letters first?

Either or. They are concurrent, not in sequence.


I just looked at my Netflix queue...the top 8 movies in my queue are all 5/22 releases (Flags/Letters, 2 POTC movies, Scrubs s5, and apocalypto).


Hope they send me something good.
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Blu-ray once again shows why it's the only HD format that matters. For an HDDVD biased site like HighDefDigest to admit the Blu-ray version is "tiniest bit sharper" that means it's quite a bit better. I'll take the disc with the better picture quality, thank you Paramount!
Still waiting for a review on Apocalypto and Letters..

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Originally Posted by TwinTurboZX /forum/post/0


Blu-ray once again shows why it's the only HD format that matters. For an HDDVD biased site like HighDefDigest to admit the Blu-ray version is "tiniest bit sharper" that means it's quite a bit better. I'll take the disc with the better picture quality, thank you Paramount!

And the HD DVD has superior audio quality so ... calm down.

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And the HD DVD has superior audio quality so ... calm down.

Darn it. I knew this would happen.

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Originally Posted by Hmerly /forum/post/0


Yet you ignore the obvious different quality in audio?

If you want to talk about audio quality doesn't Blu-ray win in that area easily with its more common use of PCM/lossless audio? That is unless you believe that lossy audio is good enough in which case one would have to prove that 1.5 Mbps DD+ is noticeably better than 640 Kbps DD.


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Oh but the difference is NOT perceptible there according to blu only fans

Actually in all seriousness it depends on the poster. Some posters think that 640 Kbps DD/DD+ is good enough, some posters think that 1.5 Mbps DD+/DTS is good enough, and some posters think that PCM/lossless audio is best of all.


Also from the looks of it both Peter M. Bracke and Kenneth Brown are basically just giving out an extra half a star for every new HD DVD titles that use 1.5 Mbps DD+ based on the apparent belief that it sounds better. A bit strange considering they never heard any difference between 640 Kbps DD and 1.5 Mbps DD+ before now.
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