'Cast Away' - High-Def Digest review

[jed]

Just posted Peter's review of 'Cast Away.' Earning a rare double dose of five star scores for both video and audio, he says this Blu-ray catalog release delivers exceptionally well on the fundamentals, even though it lacks all of the video-based documentary materials from the 2-disc DVD.

Full review here:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1088/castaway.html

[BlkM383]

Its a must buy for me!

[SBrooks1]

Picked it up at lunch along with Elton 60

[ccphilly1984]

will buy it eventually... fox is expensive... i'll wait for a bogo or for it to come on comcast on demand. i really like the movie though... especially wilson... hilarious... lol

[DanMacMan]

Can my PS3 decode this DTS-HD MA, or will it revert to the DD track?

[Jimbo976]

Originally Posted by DanMacMan

Can my PS3 decode this DTS-HD MA, or will it revert to the DD track?

The PS3 will spit out the 1.5 Mb/sec DTS core which should be very good as well but not quite up to MA.

[Hobbun]

Awesome, this is what I wanted to hear in regards to the PQ/AQ. Will definitely be picking this up.

[SBrooks1]

Originally Posted by jed

Earning a rare double dose of five star scores for both video and audio

It was initially 5/5 and now it's 4 1/2 stars for video quality. What's up with that?

[Iceman]

Is this movie 1.85:1 or 2.35:1? The back of the Blu-Ray case and the back of the DVD case says 2.35:1, but the Blu-Ray is 1.85:1.

[Southpaw]

I was surprised at the high marks for video...some early viewers remarked how disappointed they were by it. I'm going with Peter....

[taygan315]

May pick this up at a later time. Was just ok, imho.

[HD Guru]

Loved this movie, can't wait to rewatch it in 1080p!

Sound sounds awesome - Peter I'm sure is much happier now with the TX-SR905 and being able to listen to the dts-MA tracks properly.

One thing though - this is a 24/48 dts-MA track as the review suggests or a 16/48 dts-MA track as hte specs on the left suggest?

[Moonraker]

Originally Posted by Jed

a rare double dose of five star scores for both video and audio, he says this Blu-ray catalog release delivers exceptionally well on the fundamentals

Originally Posted by Southpaw

I was surprised at the high marks for video...some early viewers remarked how disappointed they were by it. I'm going with Peter....

Perhaps that had some influence, as the review has been changed to a four and a half star video rating.

[mojo16]

Originally Posted by HD Guru

One thing though - this is a 24/48 dts-MA track as the review suggests or a 16/48 dts-MA track as hte specs on the left suggest?

I just realized this as well. Under the audio section, Peter indicates it's a 24-bit track, but the tech specs on the left-hand side of the page indicate a 16-bit track.

At any rate, I look forward to picking this one up. Hopefully, Sony will get around to issuing a firmware update to allow bitstreaming on the PS3 so I can actually enjoy the full MA track. The HDMI 1.3 hardware's already there (seems like laziness to me).

[Josh Z]

Originally Posted by Iceman

Is this movie 1.85:1 or 2.35:1? The back of the Blu-Ray case and the back of the DVD case says 2.35:1, but the Blu-Ray is 1.85:1.

The movie's OAR is 1.85:1. The DVD had a misprint in the specs on the case, which has apparently been carried over to the Blu-ray as well.