Good job by Centropy as usual...

Personally, I cant comprehend the complaints about it being split to 2 discs. Then again, im one to be a stickler for quality. Not being able to confirm this quite yet, but for those whove watched the release, would someone be able to fill me in on where in the movie it was split? At what scene?

Im not worried about the decision, Im just curious.

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anyways, I give this DVDR a 9/10/10, because for some reason the video looks a *little grainy*, if this is an untouched rip, this shouldn't be, but its definitly visible

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Well, I just got off the phone with Peter Jackson asking him why my pirated early release of ROTK is so grainy even though it is untouched. Hehe, I am of course kidding...

You are right. The video is not great, but that is not Centropy's fault.

Reason is: Retail movie is only 1 dual layer disc. I am pretty sure it will be also in DTS along with DD5.1 and maybe even French 5.1.

201 (3h21min) minutes long movie in 7.8 gigs. Subtract all the menus and probably 2-3 audio tracks (including the DTS) and you're left with 6 gigs APPROX for the video. 49,152,000kbits for video over 12060 seconds = 4075kbit/sec video.

That is pretty weak for an original retail DVD (especially for a movie of this status). Most DVD-R releases hit about that or close to it.

So long story short, it is even a long for for a *gasp* DVD-9!! But what can you do. I personally am saving myself for the EE.

This is the best release we'll get until either Dual layer burners or the EE comes out!

Joke to others: I GOT A GREAT IDEA Lets put the EXTRAs AND the MOVIE on one 4.38g DVD-R!!!! j/k of course

: unlikely there'll be a DTS track on the retail. its another selling point for the EE, plus uses up a lot of room.. afaik my standard edition FOTR doesn't have it, and neither does the TTT. could be wrong, but im 99% sure on this one. -pHo

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anyways, I give this DVDR a 9/10/10, because for some reason the video looks a *little grainy*, if this is an untouched rip, this shouldn't be, but its definitly visible [/B]

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*sigh*


apparently, nfo's are useless to some people. time will bare me out, as the retail MOVIE will be split over 2 disks, with extras on a third or fourth

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i just think this release owns
i'll give it

10/10/10

great job centropy

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is it just me or does anyone else notice a black line just above the bottom of the picture? possibly a faint one at the top too? only checked dvd 1 so far still have to unrar dvd 2

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Ok, just to clear up a few points.

1) When the full retail release comes out, the movie will only be on one disc. They announced today that it will only be a 2-disc release to come out on May 25th. This should have been obvious when you realize that Centropy split one DVD-9 into 2 DVD-5's.

2) There will be no DTS track on the theatrical release, which this is a rip of. They haven't had any DTS tracks on the other theatrical releases and I don't see them starting now.

3) just_h :: In response to your question, it's probably a problem with your brightness settings. In an anamorphic 2.35:1 movie, there are two sets of black bars. The set closest to the video is actually encoded into the video stream. The second set is added by your DVD player as you're playing the movie. This is, of course, assuming you are using a non-widescreen TV. To fix this you'll need to adjust your brightness settings. I would suggest a calibration disc to do it properly.

Hope this helps everybody.

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Nothing to complain about here...this will tie me over until the retail is released and then the extended edition.

Great to have you back Centropy!

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Is it possible to merge the 2 discs together so you can burn it on a 8.5GB DVDr when those come out?

Anyway nice and early release. I believe TTT DVDr was released only in May last year

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Damn, I really want to get this but no, my damn ISP has a limit on how much you can download /month.

Have to wait 'till it has dropped a bit so I'm not going over and going over means speed of regular telephone line 'till it has dropped :lol:

--Cereal

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WOW! The 2nd disc just completed for me. Still waiting on the first...all I can say it wow, the picture and sound quality is fantastic!!! GREAT release!

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Has anyone tried joining both dvds into 1dvd while still keeping the menu?...yeah I have tried dvd2one but it doesnt keep the original menu....the reason I ask is not for myself but for a friend. I have copied my copy on a double-sided dvdr. Yeah quality is great...any info will be greatly appreciated...thanks,
David

10/10/10!!!

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Wow rotk is loud

I have a 6.1 Dolby Digital EX Home Theater system. the Nazguls need to be toned down, my ear started ringing when they hit minas morgul. Sound is off the hook though, Pellanors field is a blast, espech with the elephants.

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I get this message while using dvd shrink fot the first disk. The second disk worked fine. When analyzing the main movie file it says "Failed to open file VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_5.VOB Any thoughts on how to correct this.

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I got it fix just renamed the last VOB.

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I get this message while using dvd shrink fot the first disk. The second disk worked fine. When analyzing the main movie file it says "Failed to open file VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_5.VOB Any thoughts on how to correct this.

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Just joined this with dvd2one and it looks fine on my 32" widescreen, no blocking at all.

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Just joined this with dvd2one and it looks fine on my 32" widescreen, no blocking at all.

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2 DVDR's is fine with me ...stop being cheap...this movie is well worth it...

No different than the rip that uses 4 cdr's in SVCD...

worth the time and money...

10/10/10

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