Ultimate MATRIX Collection finally arrives on Blu-ray

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Published Jul 24, 2008 Neo on Blu-ray! On Oct. 14, 2008, Warner releases The Ultimate Matrix Collection on BD (with The Animatrix in 1080p HD!)

Falcon01

Jul 25, 2008 - CDT 1:27 PM

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I thought they would have given the bluray version some uncompressed 7.1 audio track but the Dolby TrueHD 5.1 is plenty good anyway. Glad I picked up the HD DVD set for $40.

I'd like to see the Animatrix in HD though.

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Jul 25, 2008 - CDT 1:28 PM]

John J. Puccio

Jul 25, 2008 - CDT 2:40 PM

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Falcon,

Theoretically, uncompressed PCM, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD Master Audio are all lossless codecs and should, if implemented correctly, provide bit-for-bit duplicates of original soundtracks. The biggest difference, though, is that uncompressed PCM takes up quite a lot more space than the other two, so we'll probably be seeing less and less of it from now on.

John

Tim Raynor

Jul 25, 2008 - CDT 3:03 PM

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John,

Ok, whatever you just said sounded like Charlie Brown's Teacher. "Wha wha wha whaaa whaa wha" . . .

Tim

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Jul 25, 2008 - CDT 3:07 PM

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He's right though about the audio tracks. I just didn't think they would offer the same audio track as the HD DVD version. Heck it's probably the same transfer which is not a bad thing because it does look really good the way it is. I was thinking they would offer a 7.1 audio track or some kind. To be honest, aside from the Animatrix in HD and some added literature, there isn't much of a difference to warrant that $129.95 MSRP, IMO.

[Post edited by Falcon01 on Jul 25, 2008 - CDT 3:08 PM]

John J. Puccio

Jul 25, 2008 - CDT 3:12 PM

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The BD versions should be identical to the HD DVD versions. I believe the idea of the BD edition is to sell it to people who never bought the HD DVDs. You know, people like Tim.