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300 is being released again probably to take advantage of the BD Live feature. It was released a year ago with both uncompressed and lossless audio.

Why doesn't WB re-release Lethal Weapon 1&2 in the Directors Cuts and with lossless or uncompressed audio?

I may be in the minority but I would rather have the Director's Cuts of Lethal Weapon 1&2 over another release of 300.

bootylicious_krissy

I think 300 was TrueHD only? I don't remember uncompressed/lossless.
I think the re-release is to add the extras that were on the HD DUD

JJ

No, no, 300 has PCM. And, yes it was to add the Extras to it, the PiP feature that was on the HD-DVD but not the Blu-ray.

bootylicious_krissy

o oki, spanx for the correction

SkullPhyre

This is just the first of many Blu double dips to come. I own it and can pass on it. Wouldn't mind some Paramount double dips for lossless audio though.

Blu Titan

Hey JJ me thinks we have a new FEMALE member in the forum.

GGX

I am glad they are releasing this. I want the best versions of all movies possible.

mr peepers

it has both actually. true hd and pcm.

i agree though. i do think there are many other blu's that could use a double dip instead of 300.

i dont care much for the whole pip stuff or special features crap. and i was happy with the picture and audio quality. so, no double dip for me.

arush5268d

300 release again thread....why?


https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=54772

bootylicious_krissy

so I was right? I could've sworn I remember seeing TrueHD!

mr peepers

ha. half right. you got the true hd part, but biffed on the uncompressed pcm.

Blu Titan

I am very happy with my 300 BD, no chance on buying into the double dip.

wnicholas76

+1

theprophecy247

+1

Iceman713713

now i have to buy it again?? well i guess not again since i got 300 free with my blu-ray player

GGX

Who told you that you have to buy it again?

royaloaks

I will be waiting for 300 re release no 7, I guess in about a year. You know, the really 'super' edition of it. The must have version. And all the while the studios are making all the money.

BluCrew

I totally agree, but I'm going to wait for their 10 year anniversary special edition (probably a new format by then).

Marquoz

I'm probably going to pick it up just to get the PiP enhancement. I heard that it was pretty cool on the HD-DVD side, and I love those extras. So yeah, they're going to nail me for a double dip, but hey, I'd blow it on something else anyway.

JadedRaverLA

I'm with you. I'd rather have just about anything other than another release of 300... but it sold exceptionally well, and they are going to milk it for all they can. They definitely need to get new non-vertically filtered masters for the first two Lethal Weapon movies though, and release new discs with actual HD picture quality.

Honestly, the list of things Warner needs to do gets longer every day, though, so I guess we should be happy with what we get.

Note: I realized I have been bashing on Warner a lot lately, and it's really not entirely fair. While I have issues with a number of the transfers and titles that got released on HD DVD but not Blu-ray, Warner should be absolutely applauded for much of their restoration work, and for releasing a lot of great titles that don't necessary aim for the PS3 demographic. In terms of bredth of catalog releases, Warner is probably unmatched, and I am extremely grateful for that. My comments should always be viewed in the context that I feel Warner too often short-changes the actual encodes of their titles in order to make them look more "video-like" than "film-like." Once this corporate policy changes, I have no doubt Warner will be among my very top studios in terms of Blu-ray releases.