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otown47 · 2007-04-01, 02:37 PM

This turned out to be quite a good movie. There's some action and lots of twists and turns in the plot. The PQ and audio are a treat.....2 thumbs up....

smegger2000 · 2007-04-01, 03:26 PM

Was it shown in the OAR of 2.35:1? I was wondering since it doesn't show up out west on MC-HD till April 13th. Thx.

otown47 · 2007-04-01, 04:24 PM

Yes, OAR of 2.35:1....big black bars on the top and bottom.

smegger2000 · 2007-04-01, 05:39 PM

Great to hear, thanks for the info. Will definitely be checking it out.

james99 · 2007-04-01, 08:11 PM

Thread moved from Movies forum to here.

57 · 2007-04-01, 11:40 PM

OAR, but not DD5.1. My take on the movie is it was trying to be too clever by half. I didn't have a lot of stuff on the DVR, so I watched it. If my DVR had been full of material, probably wouldn't have. Not bad, just not great and it should have been better with all those actors.

riceman · 2007-04-01, 11:53 PM

"i bet you can get a cab whenever you want though"

57 · 2007-04-03, 12:04 AM

One thing I forgot to ask. When watching the movie, the audio went weird a couple of times and the scene seemed to jump to the "next scene" at that time. Almost like a reel change (people remember those?) had occurred too early. Never noticed anything like it before... I don't think a major segment was missed, but it was weird.

otown47 · 2007-04-03, 07:52 AM

Yes TMN really needs to hire better help for those reel changes.

riceman · 2007-04-03, 09:05 PM

yes, i got it too. i thought maybe it was a signal blip but the picture never pixelated. maybe it's just an audio dropout?

57 · 2007-04-04, 06:20 PM

Does anyone remember roughly when the two "blips" happened?

57 · 2007-04-06, 01:19 PM

I found one of the blips (about 1 hr 37 minutes into the movie, just before Jodie is about to walk into the "barber shop"). I discussed the issue with my contact at Astral. They are aware of this situation and it's caused by a hardware limitation. They are working on a fix with their hardware supplier and thanked us for the feedback.

My analogy of a "reel change" was apparently very accurate because not all movies fit onto a single tape for encoding onto the server.

Danster · 2007-04-06, 09:16 PM

The other one is near the place where the Albanian lady is let go for her translation of the voices or very close to it.

2007-04-01, 02:37 PM	#1
otown47 Veteran Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ottawa, Rogers Posts: 3,902	Inside Man on TMNHD This turned out to be quite a good movie. There's some action and lots of twists and turns in the plot. The PQ and audio are a treat.....2 thumbs up....

2007-04-01, 11:40 PM	#6
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,302	OAR, but not DD5.1. My take on the movie is it was trying to be too clever by half. I didn't have a lot of stuff on the DVR, so I watched it. If my DVR had been full of material, probably wouldn't have. Not bad, just not great and it should have been better with all those actors. __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization)

2007-04-03, 12:04 AM	#8
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,302	One thing I forgot to ask. When watching the movie, the audio went weird a couple of times and the scene seemed to jump to the "next scene" at that time. Almost like a reel change (people remember those?) had occurred too early. Never noticed anything like it before... I don't think a major segment was missed, but it was weird. __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization)

2007-04-04, 06:20 PM	#11
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,302	Does anyone remember roughly when the two "blips" happened? __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization)

2007-04-06, 01:19 PM	#12
57 Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Rogers, 8300HD, eHDD, Panasonic TCP65S1, Denon AVR4310Ci; 8300HD, eHDD & Sony KDL40W3000 Posts: 50,302	I found one of the blips (about 1 hr 37 minutes into the movie, just before Jodie is about to walk into the "barber shop"). I discussed the issue with my contact at Astral. They are aware of this situation and it's caused by a hardware limitation. They are working on a fix with their hardware supplier and thanked us for the feedback. My analogy of a "reel change" was apparently very accurate because not all movies fit onto a single tape for encoding onto the server. __________________ 57's Home Theatre (Latest equipment & photos) 57's Optimization Services (Home Theatre Optimization)

2007-04-01, 03:26 PM	#2
smegger2000 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Saskatoon, SK Posts: 662	Was it shown in the OAR of 2.35:1? I was wondering since it doesn't show up out west on MC-HD till April 13th. Thx.

2007-04-01, 04:24 PM	#3
otown47 Veteran Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ottawa, Rogers Posts: 3,902	Yes, OAR of 2.35:1....big black bars on the top and bottom.

2007-04-01, 05:39 PM	#4
smegger2000 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Saskatoon, SK Posts: 662	Great to hear, thanks for the info. Will definitely be checking it out.

2007-04-01, 08:11 PM	#5
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Thread moved from Movies forum to here.

2007-04-01, 11:53 PM	#7
riceman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 366	"i bet you can get a cab whenever you want though"

2007-04-03, 07:52 AM	#9
otown47 Veteran Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ottawa, Rogers Posts: 3,902	Yes TMN really needs to hire better help for those reel changes.

2007-04-03, 09:05 PM	#10
riceman Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 366	yes, i got it too. i thought maybe it was a signal blip but the picture never pixelated. maybe it's just an audio dropout?

2007-04-06, 09:16 PM	#13
Danster Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lincoln.NB Pop 465,123 Posts: 5,307	The other one is near the place where the Albanian lady is let go for her translation of the voices or very close to it. __________________ Home Theatre: Yamaha HTR-6190, Klipsch Speakers, SANYO PLV-Z4, TOSHIBA HDDVD, LG BD555C, Cerwin Vega HTS12 Sub, VIP2300, XBox 360, HTPC.

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