I’ve been having a look at the forthcoming Sherlock Holmes movie on Blu-ray, due for release on 6 May this year. Love it! Especially the sound.
But this Roadshow Entertainment release does illustrate one common irritation. Actually, it seems to be a Warner Bros title being distributed by Roadshow, and it has received the Warner Bros premium treatment, including a ‘Maximum Movie Mode’ BonusView PIP element. This necessitates some loading of BD-Java.
Here’s my irritation: when you insert the disc it shows the Warner Bros logo at 1080p24, then it switches to the BD-Java-being-loaded moving icon at 1080i60, and then to the main menu, which is 1080p24.
Which means the projector or TV has to resync with each switch. Companies should keep this in mind and keep the video format changes to a minimum. There’s no reason why the load icon shouldn’t be in 1080p24, avoiding all the black and flickering screens.