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Posted by proto on 05-02-2005 10:32 PM:

The.Hitchhickers.Guide.To.The.Galaxy.TS.SVCD-Centropy

from sample: looks good. video is nice, audio is pretty good too.

8/8/?

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Posted by Roger on 05-02-2005 10:37 PM:

seems good to me.

Audio is nice, and Video also very nice, colors seem very decent

small little head in the corner apear during sample. but hey, look real nice

Posted by nakid on 05-02-2005 10:47 PM:

yeah this is nice.. good job CTP but you guys know that already..

v 8
a 8
m 8

Posted by DOUGH on 05-02-2005 10:53 PM:

Ahh centropy again eh?...
Audio is nice and Clean..Colors are nice and Bright making the pic look nice and clean also
8.5/8.5/8.0

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Posted by moby008 on 05-02-2005 10:54 PM:

very good quality.
Bright colours, clear audio

8.5/8/7

Posted by amitramati on 05-02-2005 10:58 PM:

From SAMPLE seemes like a very nice TS.
Good pictuer quality, and audio is very nice asswell (no backround noises or somthing like that).

Any way, i will edit this one when i'll download the full rls.
But i think i wont watch any rls of this one, just go and watch it in the theater, and then maybe will download the DVD-R, cuz it's looks like a great movie.

Pic - 8
Audio- 8
Move - have'ny watched it yet, but looks like a great movie, cant wait till it will be out in israel.

Posted by StuDaPoo on 05-02-2005 10:58 PM:

Hi,

from SAMPLE -

pic - 7
sound -7

Nice teleSync!

Stew

Posted by T-H-E-W-H-O on 05-02-2005 10:59 PM:

pimp

This rls is pimped out. Ty ctp

8/9/?

Posted by morco on 05-02-2005 11:00 PM:

steallar!

8/8/?

much better than last rls!

Posted by Tork on 05-02-2005 11:08 PM:

yay another release im gonna get lol

8.2/8/8

Posted by nicam on 05-02-2005 11:28 PM:

Well for this flick have to give it to vcd as there quality is spot on centropy used to rule but here matrix days are over beter luck

Posted by Anchorman on 05-02-2005 11:28 PM:

niice, niice,...
Thanx again ctp

8/9/8

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Posted by nicam on 05-02-2005 11:30 PM:

Well for this flick have to give it to vcd as there quality is spot on centropy used to rule but here matrix days are over better luck next time siason rule at the minute

Posted by directv on 05-02-2005 11:31 PM:

i can believe it, i finish getting the videocd cam and now theres a ts available. just my luck. well, thank heavens for my unlimited bandwidth connection

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Posted by immun3 on 05-02-2005 11:32 PM:

Very nice rls from Centopy, reminds me of old times.

Video - very nice, excellent colors and good crop. no tilt at all on this rls. Minor bluriness is the only qualm.

Audio - very nice, no problems in the .rar's i viewed. Well synced.

Movie - had its ups and downs but a fair few laughs to be had.

8.5/9/6

Posted by EViL-EWoK on 05-02-2005 11:34 PM:

9/9/?

cough star wars

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Posted by scousethief on 05-02-2005 11:36 PM:

good copy obviously better than the cam or that crappy ts

8/8/7

Posted by Dodgy Del on 05-02-2005 11:53 PM:

always welcome a release from this group. their time served at this kind of thing so you know the release will be good.

good release here alround.

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Posted by Jazzmo on 05-03-2005 12:03 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by EViL-EWoK
9/9/?

cough star wars

LMFAO....

8,8,7

Posted by movi3_Fan on 05-03-2005 12:13 AM:

Another great release, kills the cam (duh)

8/8/7

Posted by geoffbob30 on 05-03-2005 12:17 AM:

pic looks very similar to VideoCD sound is good no complaints here

v-8
a-8
m-6

Posted by Fire_Sokar on 05-03-2005 12:43 AM:

to be honest, the sound sucks, its got a hollow tinny noise to it.
Pic is pretty good. but sound is just to bleh

Posted by Redemption1980 on 05-03-2005 12:49 AM:

Looks ok, not the best ever, but nice and clear, and very well framed.

Sound is ok, but not exactly gonna excite u on a Home Theatre setup.

8/7/?

As for Star Wars, id never watch anything less than a retail DVD of Star Wars or see it at the cinema, so im not bothered who/if releases that

Posted by lazerfire on 05-03-2005 01:11 AM:

star wars got to be seen at the cinema there no argument.

Posted by tr1pp1n on 05-03-2005 01:12 AM:

good release props.

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Posted by El_Kabong on 05-03-2005 02:00 AM:

Not bad at all

Great release. 8/6/6. Movie isn't half bad but not as good as the books.

As far as SW3 goes, I doubt any group will touch it with a 10 foot pole. Lucas is the kind of guy who would actually see to it people get arrested for pirating his work. He is a notorious control freak.

Posted by 28_days_later on 05-03-2005 02:36 AM:

Good.

8/8/?

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Posted by mindtrick on 05-03-2005 02:58 AM:

Lemme just point this out from the thread about the VideoCD CAM release of this movie.

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Originally posted by IRC_Moviefan
Their the same grp now with 2 names , so if VideoCD releases a CAM , dont expect a TS from Centropy

Mr In-The-Know surely knows how to call them.

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Posted by IRC_Moviefan on 05-03-2005 03:45 AM:

Alrighty , gonna be the odd poster here as usual but saying it how it is.

This isnt the same copy as VideoCD's (picture) for those in question. This is alot clearer then VideoCD's CAM , and CD2 of Centropy's copy some ... forget the vcdQ term (idiot) with an afro keeps popping his head up bottom left screen.

The picture as mentioned is alot clearer then the past copies out. Dark flickering around the edges and motionblurness common in TELESYNC's , picture seems a bit bright , color are good, goes in & outta autofocus slightly. Main issue with the picture for me is the overcropping. All of CD1 & CD2 there is half heads , half bodies all over the screen. (same thing SAOSiN got nuked for on Hitch).

The Sound , well DTS Days are over so take what you can get (direct wise), as mentioned its not gunna rock the home entertaiment center , has a constant hum to it, overall is direct.

This is the best copy out for now , even though overcropped , is very watchable. This copy is much better then their Ice Princess & A Lot Like Love (quality wise) , but still not up to usual Centropy par.

Final Word: Best Copy out so far & will do till TELECiNE/Scr/RETAiL

As a TS
6 for overcropping /7 direct with a hum / 2 not my kinda movie

Posted by HaLiKuS on 05-03-2005 04:30 AM:

Nice release from an old friend. Pretty bright overall, but for what they are camming (extreme high contrast white spaceship walls), it would be extremely hard to fix it without the rest of the movie looking dark. Nice enough colours, etc.

8/8/6 (The BBC one was better)

Posted by vaiopc2345 on 05-03-2005 04:43 AM:

IS THEIR PEOPLE WALKING THROUGHT IT

is their people walkin through video please tell me

Posted by jrw on 05-03-2005 04:52 AM:

Watched 35 minutes so far , Video is pretty decent for a telesync, audio is alittle weak and has a low humming / buzz (most noticable during quiet scenes) Movie itself is interesting so far.

7.5/6/8

Posted by virtualpal on 05-03-2005 04:53 AM:

Ran this one side by side with the CAM - videoCD and the cropping is the same, but it isnt the same source, as this one has a head popping in and out of the bottom left of screen, still this is the best copy as the sound is sharper and the screen is clearer.
good work centropy, you must've been pissed off with the twat factor... otherwise this would've been mint.

v - 8
a - 8
movie - a dissapointment - 6

Posted by Da Postman on 05-03-2005 05:10 AM:

I almost agree with Fire, the sound doesn't suck, but there is a distinct humming going on. I've tried it with more than one unit to make sure. The video is nice and clean, cleaner than the VCD release. The sound is better, since it isn't a cam, but this time I can hear a hum. Still, a good release overall and thank you. Video is actually better then the usual CTP release, they out did themselves on this one.

V-8.5
A-7
M-7

Posted by ripking97 on 05-03-2005 05:55 AM:

ITS THE SAME AS THE VIDEOCD CAM.......EVERY MISTAKE IN IT IS THE SAME..NOT A TS CHOULD BE NUKED...ANYONE AGREE WITH ME

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Posted by ripking97 on 05-03-2005 06:00 AM:

THE FLAWS IN THE VIDEOCD VERSION AND THE CENTROPY VERSION ARE THE SAME CANT BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE SAYING ITS NOT..................Sorry everyone feel prick now..i opened this release in the middle of the night hoping it to be a good one and i opened (in my stary/sleepy eyes) the wrond one i opened the cam. SORRY SORRY SORRY.....it is nice even with the humming..

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Posted by meadowdale on 05-03-2005 06:05 AM:

quote:
IRC_Moviefan Their the same grp now with 2 names , so if VideoCD releases a CAM , dont expect a TS from Centropy

would u like to quote on your stupid ass rant here my friend who knows sweet fa

Posted by charlesv on 05-03-2005 06:57 AM:

Caught this in theatres and enjoyed it a good bit (hadn't read the books in probably 10 years, though). From this release video's washed out, but totally watchable, but the audio seems a bit odd, like it's maybe only the center channel of the mix. Vocals are way higher than incidental music / sound effects, and low frequency effects are cut out entirely.

7/7/8

Posted by akasmiler on 05-03-2005 08:05 AM:

just finished watching this - and if you burn and watch on your standalone dvd player - it's fine and watchable

8/7/6ish - was let down by the film in the end

PS has anyone noticed that it's hiCkers - cant believe some of the reviewers on here haven't noticed a mistake like that when they are oh so perfect and know everything

Posted by phatbastard on 05-03-2005 08:21 AM:

Is this a UK film???

Posted by wrist on 05-03-2005 09:26 AM:

7/7/6

Picture 7 - Nice And Clear...Might Have Been An 8 But There Is A Lot Of The Twat Factor

Sound 7 - Bit Flat But Now You Have To Expect It

Film 6 - Watchable 'Entertainment'

Posted by Changz on 05-03-2005 11:14 AM:

7/5/6

Picture is Ok not the greatest

Sound, that fookin Hum is unbearable, and yes it does sound as tho it's center channel, I guess that's the jack not all the way in the slot thing.

Definitely dissapointed by this movie.

Posted by lynxthecat on 05-03-2005 11:23 AM:

Centropy strikes again!

Hmm.. Wasn't there a post in the VideoCD-release-thread that said Centropy and VideoCD was the same group? Anyhow, the TS beats the shit out of the CAM. Movie is good, the usual Centropy-TS standard, nothing to complain about watching it on Standalone on a Phillips 30" WS. Those CCD-lenses is sure worth the price!

Video: 8

Audio: 7

Movie: 7 - not that bad, and I've read the book a couple of times.

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Posted by InSaNeOnE on 05-03-2005 12:45 PM:

7/5/5

The film is ok at best, the bloke who tweaked and edited Adam's script cant have understood its Adams wring that makes it funny, I really cant beleive how much of the funny stuff from the books that was cut or shortened.

Posted by lazerfire on 05-03-2005 12:56 PM:

the film is ok picture is on the dark side and has a slight flicker to it.
sound is good not perfect but good.

picture because its a little dark = 6 out of 10

sound because its good but not perfect = 8 out 10

overall film 7 out of 10

i think i wait for a better copy as i know there will be as it will just spoile a very good film.

if u watch a very good film with ok picture it becomes a ok film etc.. but if u watch it with great picture it becomes a great film.

verdict ...............wait a tiny bit longer.

Posted by corvex on 05-03-2005 12:59 PM:

Not bad Centropy, ive seen way better, and way worse, this release is watchable, colors a bit washed, lights are flickery.
Sound is DTS so cant complain. If you squint a bit the video may look a tad better :P

Overall good release
TS Rating

VIDEO : 7,0/10
AUDIO : 8,5/10
MOVIE : 7 enjoyable

Posted by garvey100 on 05-03-2005 03:07 PM:

Yeah, this isn't bad at all. Hum is very noticable in the quiet scenes but the film is certainly watchable. Reminds a bit of that part in CTP's Attack of the Clones where the jack slips out but then they correct it....unfortunately, it's permamnent in this.

Been a few bizarre comments in here of late. To the poor sap who thinks that this is not a TS, well compare the sound on VideoCd's (and that other mislabelled release) and this. Do you here any laughing in the background here? This is direct, but just jacked direct and the jack not fully in direct

The other comment was no group will touch SW3 with a bargepole. Been said before for Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones and we had some fairly nice TS's fairly quick. I see no reason why his security would be more for the last than it would, let's say for the first. Lucas gave a whole load of bluster before the release of the other 2, and the groups still managed to get em out. I for one have already booked my seat at the cinema though and for a release, well nothing less than TC will do up until the DVD retail.

Back to this
8/6.5/8 - liked the film although it did make tough work of some of Adam's more subtle nuances.

Posted by IRC_Moviefan on 05-03-2005 04:06 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by mindtrick
Lemme just point this out from the thread about the VideoCD CAM release of this movie.

Mr In-The-Know surely knows how to call them.

They are still the same grp , how do i know ? They got big mouths and stuff with that grp doesnt stay quiet on IRC ... look at their "A Lot Like Love" SVCD TS (example) was leaked 14 hrs before it was actually released.

So you and all the other Centropy peons can call me down all you want ... the end of the day they still are the same grp , Like Centropy has done in the past year (no real sources) but yet recruits members from exisiting grps to keep their existance going.

Anyway , like i said ... Ctp & its peons can call me down all they want on a public forum crying cause i was honest about their movies , i dont give two shits ...

Anyway this is a movie Quality thead .. lets see your review !

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Posted by PlanetSmasher on 05-03-2005 04:07 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by garvey100
The other comment was no group will touch SW3 with a bargepole. Been said before for Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones and we had some fairly nice TS's fairly quick. I see no reason why his security would be more for the last than it would, let's say for the first. Lucas gave a whole load of bluster before the release of the other 2, and the groups still managed to get em out. I for one have already booked my seat at the cinema though and for a release, well nothing less than TC will do up until the DVD retail.

I agree, nuttin in the past has stopped the groups from doing the SW movies, so I doubt highly nuttin will stop them this time.

I for another have my tickets booked for first showing of EPIII and I will be taking my son to the show the next night, and I have no intentions of actually downloading EPIII of any quality, this movie will be the monument of the SW series and I think Lucas and the boys deserve our cash for it!!!!

As for this copy of Hitchhiker's there is no doubt this is the best quality we will see till a scr or retail comes out, unless someone gets hands on a nice TC, but I still won't waste my time or BW on gettin anything till retail dvdr

Centropy, good work on this, too bad about the audio being alittle off, don't matter ya still do excellent werk and no matter what some of these peons say we appreciate all the hard werk ya do for us!!!!! You Go Centropy, don't listen to the peons, it's not their butt on the line for this, they can all go masterbate somewhere until they get the balls to get out there and do something for the scene besides be leeches!!!

8/6/8

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Posted by BruceBanna on 05-03-2005 05:59 PM:

Seems like only 1% percent of the people in here actually have ears in their heads.

DTS-rip? Riiiiight. Rating it 8 or 9? Do you usually listen to movies in your mobile phone?

The bass hum is mostly acceptable, but it's center channel sound only! Lots of audio is missing! Didn't anyone notice there was no music to the singing in the beginning? The explosion of the earth was a small pfft!
At least that makes the dialogue clear.. unless someone is off screen talking...

I'm hoping for an internal proper with a good, at least stereo, audio source.

Video: 7 (good, a bit cropped)
Audio: 5
Film: 8

Posted by SultrySalesman on 05-03-2005 06:03 PM:

Posted by ripking97 on 05-03-2005 06:05 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by garvey100
Yeah, this isn't bad at all. Hum is very noticable in the quiet scenes but the film is certainly watchable. Reminds a bit of that part in CTP's Attack of the Clones where the jack slips out but then they correct it....unfortunately, it's permamnent in this.

Been a few bizarre comments in here of late. To the poor sap who thinks that this is not a TS, well compare the sound on VideoCd's (and that other mislabelled release) and this. Do you here any laughing in the background here? This is direct, but just jacked direct and the jack not fully in direct

The other comment was no group will touch SW3 with a bargepole. Been said before for Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones and we had some fairly nice TS's fairly quick. I see no reason why his security would be more for the last than it would, let's say for the first. Lucas gave a whole load of bluster before the release of the other 2, and the groups still managed to get em out. I for one have already booked my seat at the cinema though and for a release, well nothing less than TC will do up until the DVD retail.

Back to this
8/6.5/8 - liked the film although it did make tough work of some of Adam's more subtle nuances.

SORRY this poor sap has edited the message...i opened the wrong download in the night didnt realise till the next day...sorry from the poor sap

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Posted by ripking97 on 05-03-2005 06:10 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by ripking97
ITS THE SAME AS THE VIDEOCD CAM.......EVERY MISTAKE IN IT IS THE SAME..NOT A TS CHOULD BE NUKED...ANYONE AGREE WITH ME

im talkin crap........see other message

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Posted by garvey100 on 05-03-2005 07:16 PM:

Hey man sorry. We all mistakes.
Just been a big month or two for people spouting off about stuff they don't know much about. Apologies for ranting.

Posted by ripking97 on 05-03-2005 07:37 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by garvey100
Hey man sorry. We all mistakes.
Just been a big month or two for people spouting off about stuff they don't know much about. Apologies for ranting.

thanks 4 the reply i understand....i have been on the scene 4 a few years now....just never had time to post messages...feel a gimp 4 rantin over a release when i opened the wrong one.......to much VODKA.lol.............cheers

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Posted by InSaNeOnE on 05-03-2005 07:49 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by SultrySalesman
Actually Adams did most of the work on the screenplay with a little help from another guy. He stated that the film isn't a strict adaptation from any of the books, just as the books aren't strict adaptations from any of the radio broadcasts.

Anyway, I can't wait to get it though I have already gone to the theater. I only get films worthy it until they're released. I just find it easier to pay 10 bucks and sitdown than try and find a bot for hours that doesn't dissappear while I'm waiting in line...

Read the ending of the newly published version of the first book, it has around 70 pages on the making of the film.

Adams had written the script yes, he had written loads of version of the script, but it was then tweaked and edited by the other bloke (who's name escapes me) to make it gel better... of course nonone knows exactly what was cut / changed, but given the fact that every version has been diffrent but has kept the same core comedy, it seems to me that adams would not have removed what makes the series so damned good.

its not a bad film (and this is my opinion of course) but what makes Adams funny is his ability to (and this is of course along with his great imagination) to write great funny diolog, and this lacked some of those classic lines.

Posted by Moloko_Plus on 05-03-2005 08:06 PM:

Great movie!

8/8/9

Be nice to see a part 2 in the near future

Posted by Vorph on 05-03-2005 09:28 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by BruceBanna
The explosion of the earth was a small pfft!

It was an implosion, not an explosion, and the sound was a small 'pfft' in the theater too.

Don't know about the rest of the sound being missing or not. The movie wasn't good enough for me to care about downloading a TS.

Posted by E-A on 05-03-2005 10:16 PM:

slightly later than most - I just watched this on my 19" tft and through my stereo amp/speaker setup
the pic qual was definatly watchable, the sound seemed okay to me - heard a hell of a lot worse

Being a huge HH fan - I just dont get the love story thing they added - My wife watched it - never having read or listened to it b4, thought it was a fairly rubbish film, I think considering - it should get a 6 for good effort

8/8/6

Posted by dwayne on 05-03-2005 10:49 PM:

ctp is a quality group its not nice to spread IRC gossip around i dont know if you noticed but its gossip nothing more . you heard from this guy who knows that guy its all bullshit you shouldnt state it as true facts that how people get pissed anyway ...the movie is cropped but its a good copy should hold over untill dvdrip not a very good release but still a quality one ....keep em coming centropy and fuck the haters ;] the quality is just like the incredibles

7/8/4 WTF thats all i have to say

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Posted by Nodders on 05-03-2005 10:52 PM:

Not bad at all.. 7/8/7

Posted by rascallion on 05-04-2005 02:28 AM:

V:7

A:6

M:5 Very dissoppointed, didnt take us where it should have took us at the end.

M:9 up until then, well worth the watch

Posted by KjbAlto on 05-04-2005 02:40 AM:

great job!

I transferred this to dvd and watched some of it on my tv. All I have to say is great job Centropy!!! I don't know why the ratings aren't higher. The audio did have a little hum in the beginning but the audio is not and loud and clear and you can't hear the humming at all during the movie. I didn't watch the whole thing, just about 15 minutes of it and this is a great copy. You can't notice the pixelation on the tv. People who are saying there is a lot of pixelation must be watching it on the pc.

video -8.5
audio - 8
movie - ? didn't finish yet

Posted by Enzomatrx on 05-04-2005 04:27 AM:

screw this SW3 fanboyism. I'll gladly bootleg it and not pay for it since the previous two have been insane letdowns so forget the sucking off of the movie destroyer known as Lucas.

now, onto this release...

Video is fine except for heads in and out a lot and this one "top of head" that just stays there the whole time. But if you're watching the movie, it's fine

Audio was fine, no real complaints... heard everything except the final line, but figured out what it was.

Movie.... what a disappointment. The second it strayed from the book with "creative licensing" it just was boring and stupid.
the first half seemingly had the entire book down perfectly; I was really wondering how they'd be able to get Adams' random writing style into a film.

however, you can almost pinpoint the moment Douglas Adams died in the writing of this movie.... for it just goes way off and gets way stupid and just really losing its entertainment value.

Damn shame.

8/8/4 (first half.. definite 9)

Posted by sherl0k on 05-04-2005 06:22 AM:

8/7/?

Only watched some, haven't sat down through it all.

The buzz in the background is noticably only if you pump up the volume, other than that it's pretty clear.

CTP does it again.

Posted by IRC_Moviefan on 05-04-2005 06:50 AM:

Seeing this get sheep nuked latley for "background & soundeffects missing".

Time to stick up for Centropy

If you checked day 1 , you woulda noticed that sure the sound only comes outta front center speaker , the two front left/right are silent. Which woulda had the special effects & background noises.

People gotta understand DTS Days are over, and unless they want a CAM of every movie , the audio is more then likley going to be jacked or recorded from armchair. The sound wont be 5.1 anymore until retail.

When it comes to CAMERA & TELESYNC copies , i dont expect retail and theres flaws to each rip of these formats. Sound especially since DTS (Direct theater Sound) Days are over.

Watched this movie today and im glad i didnt pay the $10 to see it in the theater , what a crappy movie ...

Centropy's copy gave me the just of it (with or without all the fancy sound noises) and showed me what a boring movie this was

Posted by gamer812 on 05-04-2005 07:51 AM:

7/7/6

I just couldn't stand the main character's pessimistic attitude. All the other characters were great though.

Posted by pHo on 05-04-2005 09:40 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by IRC_Moviefan
Sound especially since DTS (Direct theater Sound) Days are over.

DTS doesn't stand for Direct Theater Sound. Most of everything else you post is about as accurate as that too.

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Posted by Changz on 05-04-2005 09:46 AM:

I wouldn't say DTS Days are over, just on pause, anything can be and will be cracked end of story.

Posted by Madmax on 05-04-2005 12:54 PM:

HA DTS, the size of true DTS sound would be larger than the svcd cd itself, ive been laughing for yrs about the so called DTS sound on a SVCD, only true DVD's have REAL DTS 6:1 or better sound
When my Yammi RX1 reciever light's up DTS i'll become a believer
Watching this on my 42" panny plaz it looks like shit, saso's xXx looked alot better......

5/5/?

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Posted by Roger on 05-04-2005 01:08 PM:

dts 6.1, funny ...

DTS is 5.1 dood ...

and the theater DTS is still 5.1 !!!!! unless its DTS ES wich is 7.1

Posted by HeADboNE on 05-04-2005 01:53 PM:

Hitchhickers guide to the galaxy

Great picture usual good quality from centropy.
Is a hum in the background which is noticable when things go quiet in the film but not to serious.
Film itself will probably disappoint fans of the tv series.

8/7/5

Posted by fred_peeps on 05-04-2005 04:07 PM:

Good Audio And Video, film was okay.

8/8/6

Posted by IRC_Moviefan on 05-04-2005 04:40 PM:

Alrighty , DTS dayz arent over, it will be cracked *someday* but till then we gotta settle with jacked audio.

Of Course SVCDs arent true 5.1 , as when DTS Disks were decoded to wav and mp2.

Laugh all you want , it was still a hella lot better then "jacked" (plugged in) audio

Posted by Fionn McCool on 05-04-2005 05:21 PM:

8/8/9

Picture was good and audio was clear.Gonna watch this again tonight.
As someone who never even heard of Douglas Adams before, I thought it was a great movie.

Posted by fluffinator on 05-04-2005 05:34 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by nicam
Well for this flick have to give it to vcd as there quality is spot on centropy used to rule but here matrix days are over beter luck

you can't be serious. You're saying a craptacular cam is better then this great TS ?

You must be high.

7/7/?

just flipped thru disk 2 looks banging, great crisp colors, audio is great, i can actually listen thru my sound system instead of the tv.

Holding out hope that this movie doesn't blow.

Might edit once i finish cd1 and watch the whole flick.

Another fine Centropy RLS

...
some sound effects are "missing" but if you turn your speakers up you can hear it, basically seems like the center channel is missing.

Video is crisp for a ts, with the aforementions cropping issue and jerk with the fro aside, they are spots where its so bright it seems to be flashing or flickering, mostly the inside the ship scenes
...

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Posted by InSaNeOnE on 05-04-2005 06:36 PM:

After watching this all the way through, I am guessing most are either deaf and blind.

The video is a re-encode of the same source Lexus used, look for the elvis lookalike in the bottom left about 3 quarters through.

the audio is dodgy at best, only centre sound (by the sounds of it)

7 (as its not that bad) / 5 / blah

Posted by scottymac on 05-04-2005 06:38 PM:

7/6/8

Pic is decent, audio is quite lacking (missing effects-slight hum) but the overall movie was pretty good.

Being a big Adams fan, I was definately NOT disappointed.

It's pretty hard to turn a Radio play/ TV series / Novel into a 2 hour movie without having to butcher it up.

I think it survived nicely.

So long, and thanks for all the telesyncs.

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Posted by sherl0k on 05-04-2005 06:50 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by InSaNeOnE
The video is a re-encode of the same source Lexus used, look for the elvis lookalike in the bottom left about 3 quarters through.

that's pretty ballsy of you to call CTP out like that and say they're re-encoding. I *highly* doubt they did that.

Posted by pHo on 05-04-2005 06:55 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Madmax
HA DTS, the size of true DTS sound would be larger than the svcd cd itself, ive been laughing for yrs about the so called DTS sound on a SVCD, only true DVD's have REAL DTS 6:1 or better sound
When my Yammi RX1 reciever light's up DTS i'll become a believer

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Posted by concius on 05-04-2005 07:55 PM:

i was a little let down with this one. video is a bit clearer but the audio has a hum to it and not suttle either.
video 7.0
audio 5.0
movie 4.0 douglas adams wouldnt be happy and neither was i.

Posted by InSaNeOnE on 05-04-2005 08:02 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by sherl0k
that's pretty ballsy of you to call CTP out like that and say they're re-encoding. I *highly* doubt they did that.

Its a re-encode, maybe Lexus are the ones who re-encoded I wouldnt like to say.

But both of them are from the same source...

You can see it for yourself, I deleted the lexus copy from my pc, but you just have to look for people on the screen and you can see them in both versions.

Lexus does have a diffrene though in that it is missing 30 seconds (if that) when Ford & Dent are taken to the Vogon captain, Lexus dosent have that, but CTP does....

End of the day one of the two are a re-encode, or the came from the same source.

Posted by HaLiKuS on 05-04-2005 08:11 PM:

Just adding DTS (digital theatre sound) can be 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1, and can be EX and ES, and so can "5.1" (wich can actually be 5.1 - 7.1 (ES, EX) with additional speakers such as 4 backs and a "Prescence" speaker).

Originally posted by Madmax

quote:
HA DTS, the size of true DTS sound would be larger than the svcd cd itself, ive been laughing for yrs about the so called DTS sound on a SVCD, only true DVD's have REAL DTS 6:1 or better sound

Congratulations, you're an idiot.

He has a point PHO. Although it is possible to source DTS tracks onto SVCD, it is still nowhere near an actual DTS soundtrack on the SVCD (at least with the telesyncs from before 2 months + ago). It will sound good, but it aint close to digital. It was ticking me off hearing the mention of DTS and telesyncs all the time and posters misinturpereting things they read off the front of their DVD players.

Posted by pHo on 05-04-2005 08:20 PM:

yes, but did anyone EVER say the sound on the disc was an ACTUAL dts track? no. nobody worth fucking reading anyway.

and DTS stands for Digital Theater Systems. sigh.

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Posted by unknowncracka on 05-04-2005 11:52 PM:

LeXuS Had The Copy Way Befor CTP released CTP Just Beat Them To THe Pre and Anthor Thing i Whould Do No Bitching About There release's Due To The Fact Thay Are Trying To Bring Us Movies FOR FREE!

Posted by mysteryman092 on 05-05-2005 04:35 AM:

The movie sucks

8/8/1

Posted by joebb3 on 05-05-2005 05:31 AM:

What a major disappointment!!! If you want to watch HHGttG, get the 1981 BBC series! The Planet Factory scene was rather visual, but didn't come close to saving the movie! If Doug Adams were dead, he'd be rolling over in his grave! Tomorrow's Thursday... Definately won't watch this on a Thursday! If you enjoyed this flick, read the book (or re-read it) it'll ruin the movie for ya!

On to the review (so I don't get a 500 word essay from N$)

V7 - Video washed in bright scenes, but otherwise fine...
A6 - Can't get by that center channel stuff... Now that I know about it its rather annoying! (Didn't expect DTS, but direct would have been nice...)
M4 - See above

Posted by Wanderer22 on 05-05-2005 05:38 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by joebb3
If Doug Adams were dead, he'd be rolling over in his grave!

Um.. Douglas Adams is dead.

As for rolling over in his grave, doubtful. I'm guessing you missed the part where it says "Screenplay by Douglas Adams"?

I still think it's funny that people actually compare the film to the other versions. Adams himself thinks it's funny that no version of HHGTTG matches any other version. The film is just continuing the tradition, and that's the way he wrote it.

Posted by Korbin on 05-05-2005 05:55 AM:

Just for clarification. Digital Theater Sound® (DTS®): is the company that developed the DTS Digital Surround. Which stands for "DTS (Digital Theater System)" kind of confusing huh?

Movie: Nothing that hasn’t already been stated.

7/7/5

Posted by stezo2k on 05-06-2005 10:54 AM:

Best centropy release for a good while, though not as good as their previous stuff, it's still an excellent TS

The sound is not too bad considering there's a few sound effects missing, it doesn't spoil the movie, still watching it now

8/7/x

Posted by DEMENTA on 05-07-2005 12:42 AM:

Cool FLick and Pretty Decent TS

i Never Knew Mos Def could act before

HeHe J/K

Video - 8
Audio - 9
Movie - 7.5

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Posted by conagra100 on 05-07-2005 06:14 AM:

centropy rocks alot but saosin kicks ass this deserves a good rating..

v-9
a-9
overall 8

Posted by uksparky on 05-07-2005 07:57 AM:

The Hitchhickers Guide

a bit blocky in 1 or 2 places other than that good conversion

8/8

Posted by jrkey2 on 05-07-2005 06:23 PM:

It's all been said b4 a-8

Posted by tdavie on 05-08-2005 04:17 AM:

Good copy, lousy movie

Video: 8 (a tad too bright and washed out in some scenes).

Audio: 8: An annoying hum was obvious during uiter moments.

All in all, a very nice release. Thanks!

Now the movie: Loved the books, radio plays and TV series. This one was a confusing mish mash and wandered all over the place, leaving out several important elements: 6

Tom

Posted by Dodgy Del on 05-08-2005 09:46 PM:

good release but has a few head poppers in it.

Posted by Bravo on 05-09-2005 06:11 AM:

Has anyone else noticed that the audio to this is just the "center"(strong vocal,weak effects) track and the videocd version has the "surround"(loud effects,weak vocal) tracks?

Posted by N_LiGHTNiNG on 05-09-2005 06:17 AM:

not up to ctp quality of old but their still one of the top grps
i think great ts
7.5/7/still on cd1 EDIT:..i liked the commodore 64 game better than this and it was text based SIGH what a let down

who will win the battle for ep3?
SAOSiN/TUN/CTP
we shall see

Posted by mikeymike on 05-10-2005 09:16 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by concius
i was a little let down with this one. video is a bit clearer but the audio has a hum to it and not suttle either.
video 7.0
audio 5.0
movie 4.0 douglas adams wouldnt be happy and neither was i.

Yep i also found the Hum was really annoying & prefered the talking on the earlier copy but fx to loud? (not sure which one but picture was a bit too bright on that one).

Posted by cubby14 on 05-10-2005 11:47 PM:

I loved this movie but I enjoyed it at the cinema more. This is mainly because the audio was at the right balance.

Video: 8.2
Audio: 5.0
Movie: 9.7

Posted by Lawt on 05-11-2005 01:56 AM:

Nice work Centropy .. really quick release thanks a lot!

Posted by pilo on 05-11-2005 04:27 AM:

this may have already been mentioned, but i didnt read this huge thread

the title of the move is SPELLED wrong

(didnt mean to yell, just trying to get your attention)

the reason this was a problem was because when i searched for hitchhiker i only saw the other two releases and i almost missed the highest quality rls!

Posted by HeartOfStone on 05-11-2005 05:40 PM:

I felt that this release was very good. I had picked up the LeXus release and was about to burn it when this came out. Definitely better than the two releases before it (not knocking the other two). Picture quality was very good, the only thing that I can think of that some would consider a bother would have to be the slight flicker. The sound was good, but if I can remember correctly there was some sort of audio buzz, or distortion.

7 / 8 / ? (haven't watched the last 25 minutes or so).

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Posted by djmist on 05-14-2005 06:03 PM:

nice.

usually good qual from centropy

7.5/7.5/6

Posted by karchambault on 05-14-2005 11:33 PM:

Glad I DL'd this versus going to the theater. Kinda disappointed as I loved the book, but this release was pretty good.

Audio: 8
Video: 7
Movie: 7

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Posted by Djshrew on 05-16-2005 11:24 PM:

This was a good release, but the movie was kinda messed up. or maybe it was just me?!? but never the less entertaining.

8/8/5?

Posted by moovvNmo on 05-18-2005 08:52 AM:

Loved it

9/9/8

Posted by Sniper1935 on 05-20-2005 05:53 AM:

8/7/2 (Based on 20 or so minutes of the movie)

Video is nice, no complaints there. Pretty clear.

Audio was ok, again no complaints.

Movie - 2 based on 20 or so minutes as I couldn't stand watching it anymore. I'm a fan of the BBC series but they've slaughtered the movie IMO (I know peep's that can't really remember the series though and they thoroughly enjoyed the movie!)

Posted by mattmatt on 05-26-2005 02:27 PM:

excellent for a ts. still slightly bright ofr a ts but much better than an already ok release from videocd. only prob i had from this was the unbalanced audio (like at the start when you can only hear faint music to the singing...

v 9.5

a 7 (unbalanced)

m 8

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