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Instead of taking up disc space with extras and animated
menus - many of which annoy the living heck out of this fellow
- the DVDs are encoded at twice their normal bit rate and
therefore the data doesn't need to be compressed as much and
the quality improves.
The difference over normal DVDs is pretty obvious on top-end
home theatres and the like, but even on smaller units the
improvement hits you in the eye and ear.
Breath-taking scenery is extremely important in Vertical
Limit and the capacity of the Superbit version to capture
almost every crack and piece of dust in Monument Valley or
flake of snow in the New Zealand alps is astounding. It is
so visually clear you can count individual hairs in snow-covered
beards and is sharp to an almost eye-watering point.
Colours have a new depth and subtlety that photographers
will really appreciate.
Sound-wise you get offered Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1
and the avalanche scenes will have you looking over your shoulder
in fear as you start dialing up emergency services to assist
with the localised earth tremors.
At the moment you can get a limited range of movies in the
Superbit format. They are Vertical Limit, Gattaca, The Fifth
Element, Desperado, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Patriot,
Hollow Man and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
I would suggest that DVD fans are going to take to this level
of quality like ducks to water. As one very clever chap once
wrote "extras shmextras, give me perfect sound and pictures
anyday."
The RRP on this range is $49.95.
Conclusion: 85%
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