Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Blu-ray

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

 (2007)

Adventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy



Lord Voldemort has returned, but few want to believe it. In fact, the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth - including appointing Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. When Professor Umbridge refuses to train her students in practical defensive magic, a select group of students decides to learn on their own. With Harry Potter as their leader, these students (who call themselves "Dumbledore's Army") meet secretly in a hidden room at Hogwarts to hone their wizarding skills in preparation for battle with the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters.

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Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Ralph Fiennes
Director: David Yates

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


Presented in 2.40:1 with a VC-1 codec, the video quality of Order of the Phoenix is crisp and detailed. The overall dark, shadow-heavy picture, featuring excellent black level and contrast, still delivers warm skin tones and light effects--fireworks and magical flashing lights. In CGI-laden productions, the processing required for merging the artificially generated graphics with the film reduces the element of depth. But the effects in Order of the Phoenix are rendered very convincingly and some sacrifice in depth is worth it. Indeed, this Harry Potter production has a slight edge over another VC-1 BD-50 Warner epic that features copious CGI content: 300.

Watch the resolution of the ghost-like, animated spirits created by the students as they practice their defensive spells. The spirits are rendered with organic motion and flawless opacity characteristics. But the greatest CGI effect is the vast migration of airborne shards of glass that fly through the air and transform into sand during the final showdown with Voldemort. The effect is so precise that each piece of glass and each grain of sand shows solid definition--hundreds of them rendered individually. Likewise, the actors' hair, facial features and fabrics benefit from the gorgeous 1080p resolution.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


The audio is presented in 16-bit PCM 5.1 at a sampling rate of 48 kHz. With excellent use of surrounds and prodigious LFE content, the mix is produced with great attention to detail. It will give any system's tweeters and woofers a serious workout. One of the technical triumphs of the BD's audio content is the good definition of massed strings. Orchestral compositions by Nicholas Hooper figure prominently in the score. Making good use of the 5.1 soundstaging, "Order of the Phoenix" carries these symphonic passages through the scenes dense with audio effects and dialogue. Rather than constrict each element of the mix, the music, voices and effects maintain good clarity and resolution, even during the loudest moments of the battle scenes.

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