The Beyond –The Technical Debate

[Mojo]

Kudos to Arrow for correcting the opening sequence and offering replacement discs. Sounds like a fair deal to me

[tollickd]

Originally Posted by Reaper@Cult Labs

Nice to see those display cases.

Even nicer to see everyone shaking hands and limping back to their corners!

I agree!!!!

[springjack]

I have a question regarding the DVD edition.

I assume the initial pressing error is for the DVD and for the Blu-Ray.
As I read earlier, the correct Blu-Ray will have the opening in sepia and will be of a higher bitrate.

Will the correct DVD also sport a higher bitrate?

[Rhodes]

i'm sorry to hear about this happening to arrow, and i'm awed by their response. this is how ALL dvd/bluray companies should operate. bravo once again.

and tollickd, you're a total maniac for owning those display cases! i love it!

[Inspector Tanzi]

Originally Posted by wayfarer

Thansk again! You're more correct than you realise about ordering it now, judging from the latest news on cheaper BRs;

George Osborne to change VAT rules: DVD price rise will cost shoppers £130m | Mail Online

It says this:

Critics claim the VAT-free deal led to the closure of hundreds of stores and fuelled the difficulties of chains such as HMV, which has recently issued a number of profit warnings.


But the ironic thing is that HMV.com post from the Channel Islands.

[mr 420]

Is the Channel Islands some loop-hole deal with HMV? I didn't know that Tanzi.

[antmumford]

Blu-ray.com have posted up their review The Beyond Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

[DaveSimonH]

Originally Posted by antmumford

Blu-ray.com have posted up their review The Beyond Blu-ray (United Kingdom)

I'm guessing that is from the review discs with b/w intro and low bitrate (7.7GB, really?). I'll wait to see if there's any upgrade in the fixed 50GB disc version.

I mean really, if you are going to try and save money and use 25GB discs at the very least you should minimise the menu complexity, turn off the detrimental video processing and utilise as much of the disc as you can for video and audio. Then just dump any extras onto a cheap dual layer DVD.

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

I'm guessing that is from the review discs with b/w intro and low bitrate

Yes.


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[springjack]

Originally Posted by DaveSimonH

I'm guessing that is from the review discs with b/w intro and low bitrate (7.7GB, really?). I'll wait to see if there's any upgrade in the fixed 50GB disc version.

I mean really, if you are going to try and save money and use 25GB discs at the very least you should minimise the menu complexity, turn off the detrimental video processing and utilise as much of the disc as you can for video and audio. Then just dump any extras onto a cheap dual layer DVD.

If the 25Gb checked discs went out for the reviewers before 50Gb corrected batch what´s the point of assuming that a 50Gb version was recorded with the wrong master. I mean, production in made by the hundreds and no by a few.