'Wedding Crashers' - High-Def Digest Review

[Attebery]

Nate has reviewed 'Wedding Crashers.' He says this comedy has lots of great replay value. This Blu-ray doesn't offer the best video and audio, but it does come with plenty of extras. This is worth a look based on the film alone.

Full review here:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1885...gcrashers.html

[ZebraMajor]

I'll point out Xylon's comparison thread over at AVS where he shows the two versions of the movie (theatrical vs. extended) use entirely separate encodes:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1107878

Theatrical ends up having more grain and the extended appears more DNR-ed. Odd to say the least that they used two different encodes instead of seamless branching.

[Emoney7]

One of my fav comedies... glad I didnt double dip on this when it came out and still looks like no reason to go blu on this one...

Thanks for the good review..... finally.

[twonunpackmule]

It'll be $10 one of these days.

[Mark Booth]

Yep... I'll definitely add this to my collection. But not until I can get it for less than $15. Might even wait for it to be $9.99 at Frys!

Dear Studios: I have money to spend. But I'm being more frugal with it in my retirement. You want some of it?.... You gotta lower those street prices! $20 for a catalog title on Blu is ridiculous!

Mark

[AmishFury]

Originally Posted by ZebraMajor

I'll point out Xylon's comparison thread over at AVS where he shows the two versions of the movie (theatrical vs. extended) use entirely separate encodes:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1107878

Theatrical ends up having more grain and the extended appears more DNR-ed. Odd to say the least that they used two different encodes instead of seamless branching.

it's less odd they they used separate encodes more odd that one version was DNRed while the other was not

it hurts my brain when i try to figure it out

[Rhoq]

Finally got around to watching this the other day and I think it's the worst looking Blu-ray I own. It's bad. I actually watched the theatrical version since I find the unrated to drag a bit and it was riddled with DNR and noise.

[ZebraMajor]

Originally Posted by AmishFury

it's less odd they they used separate encodes more odd that one version was DNRed while the other was not

it hurts my brain when i try to figure it out

I meant to say: Why bother spending money doing two separate encodes (and spend the money to DNR them differently) instead of spending presumably less money to reuse a single encode that utilizes seamless branching?

I didn't word it correctly.

[Lakersvh]

I wanted to buy this on Blu but the 3 star PQ made me not want it. I will keep my DVD

[project-blu]

Originally Posted by Emoney7

One of my fav comedies... glad I didnt double dip on this when it came out and still looks like no reason to go blu on this one...

Thanks for the good review..... finally.

no problemo, chief. i love the film, too. some titles get lost in the shuffle with all the other things going on. it's tough to fill in all the gaps AND continue moving forward, but we're trying. if it makes ya'll feel any better, my next review will be the first review for a blu-ray of the import nature (), and i have a few other titles in the works that no other site has.

[Hastor]

That sucks that it doesn't default to the best audio. Most consumers just hit play and assume its going to look/sound the best. I always double check, though as my stats show I can't use the newer codecs, but my player (PS3) always defaults to the one I can support even if the lossless is the default. However if something defaults to a lesser codec than I can support, it goes with the default. (If it defaults to DD stereo instead of DD 5.1 for example)

[daybona]

Its a shame this movie didnt get a better transfer as its definitely one of my favorite comedies.

I also agree that 20$ is silly for a catalogue title. However, I dont own it on dvd so i'll probably snag it once it drops to 15.

[ben1080p]

One of my fav comedies hands down. Can watch this over and over.
I own the BD and its def soft and I hope someone does a crazy good double dip soon with an actual HD picture.

[BostonMA]

Originally Posted by ben1080p

One of my fav comedies hands down. Can watch this over and over.
I own the BD and its def soft and I hope someone does a crazy good double dip soon with an actual HD picture.

i think it's my favorite comedy but i held on too my dvd that i got way back when

[Lioncourt]

I don't know why Warner continues to do the lossy soundtrack as the default. If you don't have the proper receiver, a lossless track will automatically downgrade to the lossy one anyways so thanks but no thanks, Warner.