The Mission - Sum And Substance

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Exempt Binding: DVD EAN: 5013929401457 Format: PAL Label: Cherry Red Manufacturer: Cherry Red Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Cherry Red Region Code: 2 Release Date: 2008-08-25 Running Time: 68 Studio: Cherry Red
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Why? Comment: This is a serious disappointment. Whilst the actual films are indeed of interest to fans like myself, the primary purpose of a Music DVD is surely the MUSIC? On the rear cover of this one is the wording - and I quote directly - "This DVD is released in original stereo sound to enable user to activate simulated 5.1 surround sound to individual taste". Fine words. Problem: The audio is in Dolby Digital, not LPCM, and sounds appalling beyond belief. IF the reason for stereo was as stated, then the stream should by rights be an LPCM uncompressed one, as upmixing a Dolby Digital stream to 5.1 is going to sound as bad as 5.1 MP3 because over 11/12 of the original data that would be used by a matrix process such as Dolby ProLogicII or Neo-DTS requires ALL data to be present so that it can allocate things properly. When a perceptual process has been used to eliminate almost all of the data, there is quite simply nothing left for any decoders/upmix algorithms to use. It seems to this reviewer that this title exists solely for Universal to plunder the back catalogue of an artist they no longer have on their books, and to cash in on their track record. There is quite simply no excuse here - or anywhere at all IMHO - to utilize the appalling Dolby Digital for Music releases as it is barely adequate for film release and utterly unsuitable for music at all times. FWIW, I have also talked various people about this, and am reliably informed that the Mission had no say or control over this release whatsoever. Avoid at all costs. More Reviews