Why waste hi-fi bitrate levels for mere commentary, detracting from the picture quality? Both the 5.1 tracks run 448kb/s, and the ‘Descriptive Audio’ track uses a further 192kb/s. It also has a couple of commentary tracks and, excellently, runs these at a mere 96 kilobits per second in mono (1.0). (Nice of Disney to spell ‘Theatre’ correctly for the PAL version.) Even on THX discs measured black is at, '⦠20, 25, 14, etc.' '. As Stacey Spears of Secrets of Home Theater points out, there is still variability in how well DVD discs encode black in the picture correctly at digital 16. ' There is another more insidious problem. The default audio is something called ‘English 5.1 Disney Enhanced Home Theatre Mix’. FACT: The THX Optimizer test patterns are flawed. Normally, rather pointless I would have thought, I can see its point with a musical such as this. Basically, a pleasant male voice describes the action as it takes place. This one, though, comes with ‘Descriptive Audio’ for the visually impaired. Most DVD movies have subtitles, of course, for the hearing impaired. There’s a good chance both your picture and surround performance will be improved. Select this, and work through the system. Just insert Disc 1, wait for the main menu to appear, then choose ‘Setup’. This provides another opportunity for people to set up their audio systems and display devices properly, thanks to the inclusion of the THX Optimizer on this DVD. The Region 2/4 DVD of the 1992 Disney animated feature Aladdin was released a few days ago.
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