The Haunting (1999) BD release

[Bigrob]

first impressions of the audio have been posted here

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p...stcount=45

mine's been despatched

[maksnew]

I left a request for HDB. I am sure that in the near future the disk will be placed there.

[maksnew]

Tell me, did anyone get this Blu Ray?

[Bigrob]

Waiting for mine to be delivered

[maksnew]

Today my request was completed and the disc was uploaded to HDBits.

Disc Title: The Haunting 1999 1080p AUS Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1-CultFilms™
Disc Size: 33,127,103,088 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00003.MPLS
Size: 33,065,385,984 bytes
Length: 1:52:41.546
Total Bitrate: 39.12 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 32973 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4220 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

[Bigrob]

had my copy delivered the other day. had a quick skim through it.

No menu authored on this release. literally barebones. You get the Aussie copyright warning and Umbrella ident then straight to the film.

Video - it's a dated HD transfer but it still holds up on first impressions. saw a bit of print damage on the opening titles. compression looks ok so far

Audio - juicy. skipped to a couple of specific scenes and the bass is powerful. need to compare with the R1 DTS-ES DVD. No Matrix flagging on my amp so it's 5.1 and not 6.1. Since it's 21 years old now I think it doesn't have the same aggressiveness as I've heard on more recent titles but it's still impressive. Quite a few titles from the 90's had a pretty impressive audio mix.


was worth the £10.70 purchase!

[maksnew]

Australians are the most hacky publishers, usually they don’t worry about the source, but add what they have, very often the sound on the publications is very weak, but fortunately it’s very decent.

[Chewtobacca]

Australians are the most hacky publishers, usually they don’t worry about the source, but add what they have

That suggests that they had only the 5.1 mix, not the later 6.1 remix. There's something to be said for this approach. If more studios simply slapped what they had on a disc and didn't mess with it, our work would probably be easier.

[Soundman]

I think The Haunting is one of those movies that has roughly 6 different mixes:

Dolby Surround LRCS analog mix - made for theaters not equipped with DD 5.1 and was used in a 2.0 downfolded configuration on the VHS, US & JPN LDs (digital track), both the original 2000 US DVD and the 2001 DTS DVD, as well as some streaming prints.

Dolby Digital 5.1 - traditional 5.1 mix for Dolby Digital supported theaters and NOT EX ENCODED; Region 2 and 4 DVDs allegedly use this mix as well as HDTV masters and most streaming versions.

Dolby Digital 5.1 EX - EX coded with matrixed 6th channel for select theaters; featured on the US and JPN LDs (AC3 Analog Right via Dolby decoder) and the original 2000 US DVD.

DTS 5.1 theatrical - traditional 5.1 mix for DTS supported theaters and NOT ES ENCODED; Australian Umbrella BD probably uses this mix and would be the first to as no other home video release ever had it.

DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete - DTS competitor version to Dolby Digital EX; seen at few theaters set up for DTS-ES and is featured only on the 2001 US DTS DVD.

SDDS 8 channel mix - only ever seen theatrically at selected venues equipped with SDDS sound systems.

Are you sure in 100% that Cinema DTS ES is 6.1 Discrete??
"The Haunting" Cinema DTS disc [Serial No.65533-ES] contains 5.1 so ES is not discrete but matrixed.

[zoidberg]

This was discussed earlier, neither Dolby or DTS had a discrete 6.1 theatrical format in the 35mm era, the rear surround was matrix encoded. SDDS was 7.1 but that was 5 front, 2 rear (plus LFE).