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Pierre2k 26 Mar 2020 00:35:43 1,325 posts
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Agree with the comments on here re: the Simpsons. Absolutely unwatchable in its zoomed wide-screen format. Tolerable on my phone, but on the 55" TV it makes me feel a bit sick. Like playing an FPS on PC with the FOV set to 50.

erniewhatbert 26 Mar 2020 06:34:15 3,084 posts
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I don’t have Disney+ yet but the Maradona film that was on C4 over the weekend did the same thing with archived footage.

Dougs 26 Mar 2020 06:56:10 97,467 posts
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CrispyXUKTurbo wrote:
Receiver should still state atmos - I can’t be arsed to move the Apple TV to test.

Strange, my receiver has never shown Atmos. Shows the DTS Neural X And Dolby Surround upmixing modes. Assumed that was because Atmos speakers are missing

Edit: it looks like it's an eARC issue, my AVR doesn't support it, so it uses the Atmos metadata for Dolby Surround. There's also some question mark over LG's implementation of eARC, doesn't look like they provide lossless audio

Edited by Dougs at 07:21:56 26-03-2020

HitchHiker 26 Mar 2020 06:57:56 2,892 posts
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The Mandalorian soundtrack is available to stream on
Apple Music
or
Spotify for those that like it.

Each episode (they call them Chapters) has it’s own Album.

Edited by HitchHiker at 07:01:53 26-03-2020

simpleexplodingmaybe 27 Mar 2020 08:10:42 16,076 posts
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Signed up this morning.

Mrs Maybe doesn’t like the idea of the 90s X-Men cartoon but I’m totally going to plot through it once I get the tv to myself

mothercruncher 27 Mar 2020 08:53:30 18,727 posts
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Is is one Boba Fett-like every week then?

ukaskew37 27 Mar 2020 08:55:25 272 posts
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@RGeefe Netflix will go that way eventually. They spend 10s of millions on a show and it's a big deal for a weekend and then that's it. Once much of the world is on stream with Disney+ something like Mandalorian Season 2 will become much more of an event with its weekly format (like telly in the old days!)

Mandalorian already had weekly podcasts and discussions etc, loads of social media activity etc on a Friday night for season 1 in the US, very difficult to do that with the 'dump it all at once' format.

Also worth noting that the Netflix model is entirely unsustainable anyway, they have been rich with investor cash but have been nowhere near actually making enough money back to cover real costs, in real terms they lose billions per year.

simpleexplodingmaybe 27 Mar 2020 09:36:39 16,076 posts
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@ukaskew37 trying to keep investors happy is why they do things like counting one seconds viewing as an entire series in their figures and shit like that.

They can’t possibly be making anywhere remotely close in subscriptions what they’d need to cover all the shows they create or buy in

Bichii 27 Mar 2020 09:42:29 4,220 posts
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Not sure of their outgoings but they made around $5.6 billion on their Q3 report last year I found online.

askew 27 Mar 2020 09:47:42 22,614 posts
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I've really enjoyed both episodes of The Mandalorian. I noticed the sky flickering quite a bit in the first scenes of episode 2. I don't have a HDR-compatible TV, so fuck knows what the cause is.

SolidSCB 27 Mar 2020 10:02:34 14,603 posts
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Finally got up and running with this last night.

I've only watched Monsters University with the family so far, but I noticed a little judder at regular intervals, like it froze on a frame for a split second? Anyone else had that?

Was watching on PS4 if it makes a difference.

andy10 27 Mar 2020 10:06:28 332 posts
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@SolidSCB Same - watching on PS4 and get that little judder every 30 seconds or so. Haven't tried on another device yet.

DakeyrasUK 27 Mar 2020 10:10:42 4,815 posts
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@SolidSCB I have been using the androidtv app and amazon firestick 4k app.

Not noticed any stuttering, have been generally impressed with the 4k stream quality.

SolidSCB 27 Mar 2020 10:13:41 14,603 posts
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It isn't enough to make anything unwatchable, happens every few minutes for me and I don't think anyone else noticed. But the picky side of me would like it sorted before I actually pay anything for it.

Dougs 27 Mar 2020 10:18:15 97,467 posts
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Smooth as butter on the LG onboard app

Nazo 27 Mar 2020 10:23:46 1,617 posts
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From what I've read the PS4 app is considered to be pretty poor.

There doesn't seem to be an app for my Panasonic TV and I don't have any other streaming devices so I'll guess I'll have to miss out on that lovely content I've already seen.

CrispyXUKTurbo 27 Mar 2020 10:49:54 3,023 posts
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Pull down judder by the sounds of it

CrispyXUKTurbo 27 Mar 2020 10:52:18 3,023 posts
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Dougs wrote:

CrispyXUKTurbo wrote:
Receiver should still state atmos - I can’t be arsed to move the Apple TV to test.
Strange, my receiver has never shown Atmos. Shows the DTS Neural X And Dolby Surround upmixing modes. Assumed that was because Atmos speakers are missing

Edit: it looks like it's an eARC issue, my AVR doesn't support it, so it uses the Atmos metadata for Dolby Surround. There's also some question mark over LG's implementation of eARC, doesn't look like they provide lossless audio

Yeah, that’s my main reason for using and external box like the apple tv for all apps. E/arc is fine for transmitting tv sound but its pretty limited outside of that

Fixxxer 27 Mar 2020 11:04:09 1,384 posts
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The Doug main titles are all wrong so I'm cancelling.

DJCopa 27 Mar 2020 14:17:10 2,465 posts
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Introducing the kids to Duck Tales (woohoo) - Ended up watching a few more, with Rum at 11pm.

Decks 27 Mar 2020 14:26:42 28,427 posts
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Oh my god, it has Doug on there?!

Edited by Decks at 14:26:50 27-03-2020

DJCopa 27 Mar 2020 14:30:12 2,465 posts
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Nickelodeon Doug?

Answered my own question by googling - Lovely stuff!

Now need Rocko's modern life.

Edited by DJCopa at 14:31:26 27-03-2020

Decks 27 Mar 2020 14:47:06 28,427 posts
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Doesn't look like it's the original Nickelodeon ones, just the Disney episodes. Heart broken.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doug_episodes#Season_1_(1991)

DJCopa 27 Mar 2020 14:49:29 2,465 posts
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Boo!

Fixxxer 27 Mar 2020 17:49:13 1,384 posts
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Oh well at least that explains the wrong titles.

Rum_Monkey 27 Mar 2020 18:42:45 1,961 posts
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The Lion King looks great with HDR, very impressive seeing as it's 26 years old now.

Decks 27 Mar 2020 18:49:16 28,427 posts
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Weird that all the Toy Stories are in 4k except for 2.

gammonbanter 28 Mar 2020 06:11:49 2,149 posts
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Having all The Simpsons is great, but I think The Simpsons is best enjoyed when you catch it on TV, rather than take the time to stream a particular episode!

Lotos8ter 28 Mar 2020 07:23:05 3,048 posts
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Watched SW Rogue One last night, looked stunning and it’s easily one of my favourite SW films. The picture quality made a real difference too - space battles and Scarif looked fantastic and the reflection of the hologram message in Jyn’s eyes was another level.

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