The Harry Potter book series has become one of the most treasured book ever. The series turned its author J.K Rowling into a bagillionaire, and the five Harry Potter movies similarly made gobs and gobs of cash. The magical nature of the movie and its modern production make it a shoe-in for a quality HD DVD. Taking advantage of the legion of merchandise buying fans and the newly popular  HD DVD format, Warner Brothers put together one of the best HD DVD packages available (we have yet to review the The Ultimate Matrix Collection). The *seven* disc set arrives with each of the movies in HD DVD, a Bonus disc, Harry Potter trading cards and a Harry Potter bookmark collection. We will view each disc over the next five days and post a review each day for the next five days. On to The Sorcere’s Stone …

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

As stated above, the Harry Potter series is made for this video format. Although not as audio intense as Transformers or Star Wars, the aural impact of this movie was impressive nonetheless. Any Move with TrueHD that takes advantage of it gets points in my book!

I am not going to go into plot, because if you dont know what the Harry Potter series is about, you probably have been living in a cabin writing your manifesto in squirrel blood on toilet paper. Just understand that any movie where kids are casting spells, riding broomsticks and fighting three-headed dogs, the audio better be up to the task, like this HD DVD.

The Picture was more than aceptable. Like King Kong, however, some of the CGI special effects were apparent at the high HD DVD resolution. Unfortunately this HD DVD lacks the wow factor of a helicoptor tuning into a robot or Megan Fox bending over a Camaro.

The extra features on the first disc are astounding. You get about 7 deleted scenes in HD, background information into production - which is usually available on SD DVDs. The difference here is that it appears the studio tried to fill the disc with as much data as possible. If you like Harry Potter you will love how much deeper this HD DVD takes you.

ILHDDVD Rating 4/5 (Good HD DVD, lacked the ‘wow’ factor)
Video/Image: 4/5 (HD DVD resolution exposes less convincing F/X)
Audio: 5/5 (low growns, ships creaking, great job)

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Reader Ratings: (2 votes, average: 3 out of 5)

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