Dark Knight BLU RAY sound is terrible
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imgreenlantern2
September 2007
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View profile »Regardless, I'm taking the disc back to Circuit city where I bought it and exchanging it out. This is a joke especially with a movie of this calibre.
richiro33
December 2007
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It is possible that for some people the increased dynamics, along with the overzealous bass, could put them off, especially those people not used to it or those whose subwoofers are already set too high. However, bass fans will love "The Dark Knight." I thought it was too much, but on my system, I really had no serious audio issues.
John
hoodaguy
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View profile »Also, it's a Warner Bros. disc so you probably have to go into the menu and select the TrueHD since they usually have Dolby Digital as the default. I still have no clue why they don't have the high-definition sound for a high-definition format as the default, though. Makes more sense to me (and all of the other studios apparently) that way.
[Post edited by hoodaguy on Dec 10, 2008 - CST 3:17 PM]
ReaggieP
January 2008
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View profile »My Onkyo has no issues whatsoever. I have three subs, and everything sounds great!
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imgreenlantern2
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View profile »Regardless, I've seen several other people complaining on the internet about this.
ReaggieP
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View profile »So far from what I have seen, it appears to be Pioneer and Sony receivers.
JJ79
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High Def Digest gives it a 5/5. John gave it am 8/10, along with his own comments. Methinks the "problem" is being exaggerated.
Good luck. Unless I miss my guess, a retailer having severe financial problems will not take a disc back for anything but a straight exchange. You may get lucky my money is still on no, though.
Time to go throw mine in...
Jason
ADDENDUM: I just watched the Batman/Joker battle in the middle of the movie and then flipped around to dialogue-intense sequences. Yes, it was lower in volume, as expected. Isn't it possible your ears became accustomed to the loudness and had to readjust when the volume lowered?
[Post edited by JJ79 on Dec 10, 2008 - CST 5:30 PM]
Tim Raynor
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Not really, Jason. If that were the case I'd be complaining about "Iron Man" or "The Incredible Hulk", just to name a couple. As I mentioned in the other thread, this is the only Blu-ray were I have noticed a big problem with the dynamics being way too wide. Not to mention, music volume drowning out dialog is just plain bad sound editing, and there were a couple spots where that happened. And as far as someone saying to buy a better sound system, that's a cop-out excuse if I ever heard one. The audio should be acceptable no matter what receiver one owns. I shouldn't have to upgrade to Onkyo just because of one single movie -- the disc should accommodate for all sound system types.
[Post edited by Tim Raynor on Dec 10, 2008 - CST 5:51 PM]