DTS-Phile | The acoustics in High Definition movies | Blu-Ray, DVD, cinema

Y ou have decided to offer one or more titles on Blu-Ray for Christmas? But the choice is difficult ... So, how artistic and technical performance? No worries, even at the last minute, here are some suggestions to help you ensure at all levels, and to make people happy.

The TV series edited by Blu-Ray, if they have unfortunately not all the same care, can enjoy a performance lying on a dozen episodes. Two of them, published in 2010, clearly falls outside the lot, and stand on all fronts. True Blood, currently available in two seasons, the third being planned in the coming months on Blu-Ray, and The Pacific is daunting indeed show technically, very happily beyond the technical reports of other productions tougher, cinématoghraphiques, and which prove ultimately disappointing .... oh Here's a quick overview of the acoustic characteristics of these two monumental series, which succeed to fill our expectations, without exception, not the bulk of them.

TRUE BLOOD, seasons 1 and 2

Warner, 2010, five Blu-ray in each box.
VO in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (24 Bit), VF DTS 5.1 Full-Flow (1509.75 kbps)

Each season has an acoustic cover of first choice, and all these two seasons is seen dramatically enhanced by the contributions of uncompressed digital audio. More talkative than action-packed, yet excels at True Blood ciseller acoustic spaces of tremendous relevance: backgrounds searched and detailed soundstage wide and mobile, detailed and penetrating every nook narrative of these ten episodes (two times ) finds its equivalent in an exceptionally natural sound, smooth and detailed. Rendering lacks any voice of eloquence: tall and impeccably "stamped" in the original, they offer the features of the Southern accent of the United States with an unparalleled vehemence. The overall dynamic is full of power, and when seeking sequences expressiveness maximum 5.1 surround sound, the entire soundstage shows a spatial and a spatial clarity that leave, simply, on the tile. Whirling sound effects, ambiences extensive, serious and deep hairline, short, exciting results.

No need to wait to realize: the succeeding seven minutes at the beginning of episode one of season one can already immerse themselves in the sound world of this series miracle. The main character is endowed with a faculty enabling him to hear the thoughts of his surroundings, each manifestation of this power will be accompanied by an amplification of these localized voice on all channels, with the same penetrating quality and circularity of voice in space which literally gives the turnstiles. fluidity and mobility of sounds impeccable show, attesting to work editing and mixing sound inspired and thought, that the codec DTS-HD Master Audio can sublimate at any point, giving it a smoothness and a generosity that transcends the notion of acoustic generosity. These moments will show prolonged eloquent and extremely persuasive, whirling from one channel to another with breathtaking virtuosity and transparency.

It will be the same environments (forest, bars, ...), which exude a sense of spatial definition also very successful, maintaining the characteristic transparency and clarity, spun on the entire series. Add to that a detailed master picture and extremely loyal, and you get two seasons rich and varied, technical competence rare (we stress), bathed in a warm light years from Twilight and visions of traditional vampires. The series, created by Alan Bates, imspiré writer of American Beauty, devours through and through, and can be enjoyed in High Definition technicality that actually owns its importance, in terms of visual features and audio / acoustic.

THE PACIFIC

Warner Bros., Zone B, available in a metal case.
VO in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS 5.1 VF Full-Flow.

Another series designed by HBO, produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, The Pacific Series also offers a set of technical values ​​that place above many other productions. Without constituting a slaughter of war scenes strung together, the series looks at the evolution of physical and psychological characters carved in the earthy mass of World War II Pacific side, focusing on personal stories, morals and their value in combat. Field technique, luxurious cete series is seen adorned with assets just as luxurious. The image to begin to show silver as hell, offering visual carved with a scalpel, a rich and colorimetry just perfectly calibrated. But the biggest surprise comes from the soundtrack, available in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, which peaked almost absolute success and belief combined. Powerfully expressive, the soundtrack of the series shows musically perfect ( the soundtrack is by Hans Zimmer), and literally roared at sequences of war, providing opportunities that sound too memorable performance. For many readers and writers, this is the best track DTS-HD Master Audio offered this year , as its rendering 5.1 multichannel atteient a form of apotheosis technical, richly textured, spatial carefully, and who can demonstrate the relevance of so formidable (frequency and technical) of uncompressed digital audio codec. No faux pas, for results that often exceed almost understanding.

OTHER ITEMS ON THE SAME TOPIC:

• Playstation 3: Blu-Ray and DTS-HD Master Audio all-out for Christmas
• TRUE BLOOD: the evolution of audio for Warner
• "Hyper Voltage 2" in stores
• "In the Electric Mist" available from TF1 Video
• Merry Christmas to all!
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Blu-ray announced for February
• "Sons of Anarchy" on Blu-ray announced for December
• THREE KINGS: an atypical work at Warner for October