'The Condemned' - High-Def Digest review

[jed]

Just posted Kenneth's review of 'The Condemned.' Like nearly all critics, he hated the film itself, but as a Blu-ray release, he says this one's surprisingly strong, boasting a near demo-quality excellent video transfer, a solid audio package, and a lengthy series of supplements.

Full review here:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/954/condemned.html

[omyard]

The girlfriend loves mindless action movies so I'll probably end up getting this for her sometime down the road. I'll hold off as long as I can though.

[supra2jzgte]

On a 50GB disc with no features, why did they use DTS-HD? They used to use LPCM on most of there titles. I am just glad they gave The Decent PCM.

Are they switching because of bandwidth issues? Can somebody please explain?

-dad

[LembasBread]

Originally Posted by Kenneth S. Brown

'The Condemned' features a rumbling DTS-HD 7.1 surround track (downgraded to its 1.5 Mbps DTS core since players are currently unable to decode DTS-HD)

I was under the impression that the Panasonic player was firmware updated to decode DTS-HD? That and along with its 7.1 analog outputs could decode and output full DTS-HD High Resolution audio.

[illegalprelude]

Originally Posted by omyard

The girlfriend loves mindless action movies so I'll probably end up getting this for her sometime down the road. I'll hold off as long as I can though.

thats a keeper gf brother

Ill probably pick this up once I can get it for under $20. As in $19.99 or less

[Clear]

i personally enjoyed this alot. It could be because my bar was set very low but it was mindless fun. It was everything I expected from The Marine that i did not get. If you saw The Marine youll know what a horrible film that was. Not that this is some great film of our time it is just a enjoyable popcorn type flick. Plus Vinnie Jones is great in it lol

I'm waiting for my copy of this to arrive.

[Dyers Eve]

Lionsgate is on a roll.

[mrkiller]

Originally Posted by Dyers Eve

Lionsgate is on a roll.

not really... just check out Van Wilder and Doctor Strange

[mrkiller]

I will probably get this and Crank this weekend and Knocked Up and Halo 3 next week.

[supra2jzgte]

LembasBread , the Panasonic can decode DTS-HD High Resolution, this disc and House of 1,000 Corpses are encoded with DTS-HD Master Audio. Master Audio is also what Fox is using as well for all there titles.

[LembasBread]

Originally Posted by supra2jzgte

LembasBread , the Panasonic can decode DTS-HD High Resolution, this disc and House of 1,000 Corpses are encoded with DTS-HD Master Audio. Master Audio is also what Fox is using as well for all there titles.

I looked at the box at Circuit City yesterday and it said 7.1 DTS-HD as does this site's review. While it's possible that Kenneth didn't have access to the Panasonic player for this review, the statement that no player can decode DTS-HD High Resolution audio is false.

[tru2blu]

Have not seen this. By the sounds of it it rips of The Running Man..

But transfer sounds ok.

[supra2jzgte]

I didnt say "No Player can decode DTS-HD High Resolution", I said, The Panasonic can deocde DTS-HD High Resolution. And as of the time I wrote that posting, there was no player that could decode DTS-HD Master Audio and output it as LPCM via HDMI.

[LembasBread]

Originally Posted by supra2jzgte

I didnt say "No Player can decode DTS-HD High Resolution", I said, The Panasonic can deocde DTS-HD High Resolution. And as of the time I wrote that posting, there was no player that could decode DTS-HD Master Audio and output it as LPCM via HDMI.

I was refering to Kenneth's review about the lack of BD players that decode DTS-HD. His statement is false. I'm well aware that there are no DTS-HD Master Audio decoding/bitstreaming players as of now and that The Condemned and House of 1000 Corpses are encoded with DTS-HD High Resolution which should be fully audible to those who own the Panasonic player.

[mrkiller]

It was this vs. Crank and I got this (since
I already saw crank).

Im gonna watch it soon, i hope its not as bad as people say