OK, here's the third installment of movies about toy robots. This one's much better than Revenge of the Fallen, but I would suspect you'll still need to be somewhat of a Michael Bay fan or a fan of the Transformers franchise to love this one.
That said, the video and audio experience are extremely well done. Clarity is almost startling at times, and the audio (Dolby TrueHD 7.1) is "off the hook".
While others here are more qualified to discuss the details of the video presentation, I wanted to post about the audio. This is one of those discs you'll pull out to show visitors how surround sound is supposed to work. The steering/panning of effects is exemplary, with the rear surround channels completing a sense of envelopment that can sometimes be less than impressive from 5.1 material.
One issue that I found, and one that has been discussed on other forums, is the apparent "filtering" of the audio that removes any content below 20 Hz. Whether this is content that was actually removed, or if that content never existed, is the burning question. Other films, such as Master and Commander, have been shown to have subsonic content on the DVD release and no such content on the Blu-ray disc. This infrasonic content is supposedly the source of room pressurization and "rumble", and is missed by those whose systems can reproduce below 20 Hz.
That said, there is plenty of bass and chest-pounding action in the film.
Anyone got any thoughts on the Blu-ray bass filtering controversy?
Lee
That said, the video and audio experience are extremely well done. Clarity is almost startling at times, and the audio (Dolby TrueHD 7.1) is "off the hook".
While others here are more qualified to discuss the details of the video presentation, I wanted to post about the audio. This is one of those discs you'll pull out to show visitors how surround sound is supposed to work. The steering/panning of effects is exemplary, with the rear surround channels completing a sense of envelopment that can sometimes be less than impressive from 5.1 material.
One issue that I found, and one that has been discussed on other forums, is the apparent "filtering" of the audio that removes any content below 20 Hz. Whether this is content that was actually removed, or if that content never existed, is the burning question. Other films, such as Master and Commander, have been shown to have subsonic content on the DVD release and no such content on the Blu-ray disc. This infrasonic content is supposedly the source of room pressurization and "rumble", and is missed by those whose systems can reproduce below 20 Hz.
That said, there is plenty of bass and chest-pounding action in the film.
Anyone got any thoughts on the Blu-ray bass filtering controversy?
Lee