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MJZ · 08-15-2007, 10:46 PM

What's the title/menu screen like on the US HD DVD?

On the UK one you have the usual Universal menu on the left with the Hulk logo in the bottom right-hand corner and three animated Universal logos across the middle of the screen. It looks a bit cheap.

It arrived today and I was expecting it to be a US version but it was a UK one. I believe they're the same apart from the ugly UK age certificates on the front, back and spine and the chubby case. I prefer the slimmer US cases and their lack of age certificates on the front and spine.

Great picture quality but I haven't been able to fire up the amp to see what the DD+ audio is like.

ganthc · 08-16-2007, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MJZ

Great picture quality but I haven't been able to fire up the amp to see what the DD+ audio is like.

My guess that it's virtually lossless.

I might eventually get Hulk for my collection, but I just can't get over how the movie is long and plodding. But for demo purposes, I know it would be a great one to have in my collection. It's not a combo disc, so it's eligible.

dugpa · 08-16-2007, 05:36 AM

Hulk is, IMHO (well, maybe not so humble really), the best looking HD-DVD period. I'm also probably the only person on the face of the Earth who likes this film. The slowness is just fine, I don't need megacarchase MTV editing in my cinema thank you.

MJZ · 08-16-2007, 12:37 PM

What about the title/menu screen on the US HD DVD? What does it look like?

One thing I noticed with the audio in stereo is that you have to turn it up to hear normal dialogue and then down when Hulk's on screen. I've never come across a disc with such varying volumes of audio.

ganthc · 08-16-2007, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dugpa

Hulk is, IMHO (well, maybe not so humble really), the best looking HD-DVD period. I'm also probably the only person on the face of the Earth who likes this film. The slowness is just fine, I don't need megacarchase MTV editing in my cinema thank you.

It has nothing to do with megacarchase editing as to why Hulk is plodding. Like King Kong, it seems the directors were full of themselves and became self-indulgent in how they furthered the plot in the movies. Sometimes editing for a more reasonable pace to the film is necessary, and Lee and Jackson failed to do that in their respective movies. There is fluff in the movies that could have been edited out or shortened that would have made pacing more bearable. I think both films could have been more enjoyable to me if they had gone through a better editing job...imo.

I may just add Hulk to my hd-dvd collection, since it has the dugpa seal of approval on quality.

Derb · 08-16-2007, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MJZ

On the UK one you have the usual Universal menu on the left with the Hulk logo in the bottom right-hand corner and three animated Universal logos across the middle of the screen.

The US is the same. I don't know what ya mean above in bold. The US version might have 3 windows or just 1 with random clips from the film.

MJZ · 08-16-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Derb

The US is the same. I don't know what ya mean above in bold. The US version might have 3 windows or just 1 with random clips from the film.

Thanks.

Across the middle of the UK title screen it has three small animated Universal logos in a row, the same as the screensaver one, with a small Hulk logo in the bottom right-hand corner. It just looks a bit naff and a Hulk themed title screen would have been much better.

Sehnzeleid · 08-16-2007, 05:55 PM

I gotta say that I prefer the "initial" Universal HD DVD menu style, the one seen on titles like Serenity and The Bourne Supremacy. The second "Universal logo" menu (like on Unleashed) and the now standard "sliding picture reel" both suck in comparison. It's simply more exciting to see full width clips with film music overlay IMO.

Also I think Uni's newest menu system is what fucks up 720p resolution mode. Setting my A1 to 720p with new Universal titles results in jagged lines all over the menu and transfer. This doesn't happen with Uni's older titles or any other studio's HD DVDs. I think it's the way the image shrinks while selecting a chapter "in-movie" that screws it up, like the entire menu system is encoded in 1080i/p and only functions correctly in 1080i/p.

08-15-2007, 10:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
MJZ Actor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England	Hulk (2003) HD DVD What's the title/menu screen like on the US HD DVD? On the UK one you have the usual Universal menu on the left with the Hulk logo in the bottom right-hand corner and three animated Universal logos across the middle of the screen. It looks a bit cheap. It arrived today and I was expecting it to be a US version but it was a UK one. I believe they're the same apart from the ugly UK age certificates on the front, back and spine and the chubby case. I prefer the slimmer US cases and their lack of age certificates on the front and spine. Great picture quality but I haven't been able to fire up the amp to see what the DD+ audio is like.

08-16-2007, 05:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
dugpa Nothing But the Best Join Date: Sep 2004	Hulk is, IMHO (well, maybe not so humble really), the best looking HD-DVD period. I'm also probably the only person on the face of the Earth who likes this film. The slowness is just fine, I don't need megacarchase MTV editing in my cinema thank you. __________________ DVD collection LD collection Will rent this sig space for blu-ray discs.

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08-16-2007, 12:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
MJZ Actor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England	What about the title/menu screen on the US HD DVD? What does it look like? One thing I noticed with the audio in stereo is that you have to turn it up to hear normal dialogue and then down when Hulk's on screen. I've never come across a disc with such varying volumes of audio.

08-16-2007, 05:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
Sehnzeleid Actor Join Date: Jul 2006	I gotta say that I prefer the "initial" Universal HD DVD menu style, the one seen on titles like Serenity and The Bourne Supremacy. The second "Universal logo" menu (like on Unleashed) and the now standard "sliding picture reel" both suck in comparison. It's simply more exciting to see full width clips with film music overlay IMO. Also I think Uni's newest menu system is what fucks up 720p resolution mode. Setting my A1 to 720p with new Universal titles results in jagged lines all over the menu and transfer. This doesn't happen with Uni's older titles or any other studio's HD DVDs. I think it's the way the image shrinks while selecting a chapter "in-movie" that screws it up, like the entire menu system is encoded in 1080i/p and only functions correctly in 1080i/p.