BLU RAY DELAY?
It was supposed to be out on November 4th. Has anybody received it yet? The company I ordered it from has switched its status to "temporarily out of stock." Is it the company I ordered it from or is it delayed?
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Yes, I have the blu-ray and I believe there were some manufacturing delays...basically that they did not initially press many copies. However, if you order it you will receive a copy.
shareI received my copy recently.
I made a small comparison with the older Italian R2 DVD here:
http://www.dvdplaza.fi/forum/threads/92697/.
(Click on “Näytä spoiler” to view the images.)
The image quality has improved significantly. Unfortunately the audio is only monophonic, although the theatrical release allegedly had 3-channel stereo track.
The set also includes a DVD.
I agree the video quality on the Henstooth Blu-Ray is better than the previous DVD release. As far as the audio, I've read the following on a Blu-Ray review site...
"The audio history of The Ninth Configuration is almost as muddled as its many versions. As best as I have been able to determine, when Warner initially released the film to theaters, it had a stereo mix, and there was also a 70mm blow-up with a multi-track mix, either five- or six-channel. Neither of these appear to have survived the flurry of Blatty's recuts in the succeeding years. Either because of limitations in the source materials or to save expense (or both), all or most subsequent versions of the film had mono tracks. The 118-minute "final" cut on this Hen's Tooth Blu-ray has a mono track presented in DTS-HD MA 2.0, with identical left and right channels."
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Ninth-Configuration-Blu-ray/103379/