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You take the blue box, the story ends, you sit in your e-z chair and you watch a movie about pirates led by some Keith Richards rip off artist (lol- I really think Johnny Depp is terrific so I am just kidding here). You take the red box and you stay in HDDVD Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. (Long pause; Jerry begins to reach for the red box) Remember -- all I am offering is the HD truth, nothing more..
So I watched the Matrix on HD DVD last night. And overall I was very pleased. The most surprising element? The sound. I heard details I never noticed before. I was truly surprised and I think I would have to fire up the DVD version to be sure those sounds are not present on the SD version. It is possible I just never noticed the sounds before, and this was with the 640kps DD+ version. The video is very very good but I found a few instances where there was a lot of noise- the over exposed white sky when Neo tries to do his first jump. But- overall the video is excellent. I think unfortunately the bullet time effects have not stood the test of time well- they seem very old now. Maybe its because we've seen this imitated by everything from other action movies to laundry detergent commercials. And I found myself picking out plot holes I would have never done before. I think this is simply borne out of familiarity with the material.


No matter what I say it will not dissuade or probably persuade anyone who has decided on whether to not buy or buy these discs, but let me finish with this- its the best Ive ever seen or heard the Matrix look and sound.

One strange thing I found with the sound- I had to really adjust the lip sync delay in my processor- its been at 35ms for a long time and always looked correct. For this I had to bump it to 56ms. Is this a problem with the disc or something with my setup- I think time will tell us as others watch these discs. Of course I suspect its the disc because how could every other HDDVD's lip sync be one thing and this another....

I basically agree with this fellow's review:

http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/matrix_umc.html

Glad to have it in my collection. Looking forward to the next time I choose the red box.......

best regards,
Jerry

Best regards,
Jerry
Main System: 861v6, DSP8000s in corners, DSP7000s Center and Sides, 1-9 humans.