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I watched The Last Samurai on a Toshiba HD-A1 and it looked pretty good but I wasn't blown away by it. I read today that Samurai isn't a good title to evaluate the format with though. The sound was DTS converted via the SPDIF output through a 518 into my 568.2. The levels were way to low. I had to crank up to 92 on the 568 to have a normal listening level. My 598 with DD via either smartlink or SPDIF were way better sounding than what I heard with the Toshiba. The audio levels were too low and I felt resolution was lost. I couldn't evaluate the analog output. I watched it again last night from the SD DVD on my 598 via ISCAN HD set at 1080i and in some scenes it looked just as good as the Toshiba. I guess that transfer isn't the best or the movie is a little soft cause HD on SAT looked better to me. I have to use the component outs by the way so that might be the problem although my Sony SAT box looks damn good in HD on PBS. For me I could care less about the format for now.
Ron
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Sorry to go off topic here, but Ron, could you email me please? I'd like to pick your brains on a matter!
Cheers
George
georgeross at blueyonder dot co dot uk
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the last samurai and phantom of the opera, both from warner, has a soundtrack-issue.
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Widescreen Review have started reviewing HD discs and the first reviews are available on their website.
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