LoTR: The Rings of Power

[AcuDefTechGuy]

DO NOT even joke about that.

Really. Scared me there for a second.

 

[Danzilla31]

Just want to say I am loving this LOTR ROP series.

PQ is absolutely breathtaking. ATMOS sounds great. Writing seems good.

I love the more female prominent characters- elves, dwarfs, hobbits, humans. Hopefully will see some female wizards and some female orcs that aren evil and just want peace.

I just bought a Nvidia Shield TV pro to replace my Apple 4k TV. I want to take advantage of the Atmos but Roku can't on most platforms. For some reason my Apple has always sounded not as good audio wise on both the Anthem and now the Yamaha I have in my room then the Roku. Once I get it setup and it sounds good prayers! I'm checking out this show!

 

[Cos]

I just bought a Nvidia Shield TV pro to replace my Apple 4k TV. I want to take advantage of the Atmos but Roku can't on most platforms. For some reason my Apple has always sounded not as good audio wise on both the Anthem and now the Yamaha I have in my room then the Roku. Once I get it setup and it sounds good prayers! I'm checking out this show!

Having tried Roku, Amazon Fire Stick and Apple 4k TV, the audio on Apple always sounded a bit louder at same levels, (subjective opinion) and was my preferred device out of those I tested. I have not used the shield TV

 

[Danzilla31]

Having tried Roku, Amazon Fire Stick and Apple 4k TV, the audio on Apple always sounded a bit louder at same levels, (subjective opinion) and was my preferred device out of those I tested. I have not used the shield TV

That's what's crazy it's the opposite for me. I've heard others have your experience too so maybe it's just a quirk with me and my gear. I'm going to try the Shield see if I have better luck

 

[lovinthehd]

Having tried Roku, Amazon Fire Stick and Apple 4k TV, the audio on Apple always sounded a bit louder at same levels, (subjective opinion) and was my preferred device out of those I tested. I have not used the shield TV

Maybe the apple has a slightly higher output level? Hard to imagine it's anything else....

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

That's what's crazy it's the opposite for me. I've heard others have your experience too so maybe it's just a quirk with me and my gear. I'm going to try the Shield see if I have better luck

Are you bitstreaming the signal?

If bitstream, it should not matter since the AVP would be doing all the audio decoding.

 

[Danzilla31]

Are you bitstreaming the signal?

If bitstream, it should not matter since the AVP would be doing all the audio decoding.

Yeah I'm bit streaming I'll double check but I believe I am

 

[lovinthehd]

Have enjoyed the Rings of Power, altho making me feel a bit guilty about being rusty on the middle earth history in general now. Great production values so far....now waiting for the next House of Dragons episode.....

 

[Danzilla31]

Are you bitstreaming the signal?

If bitstream, it should not matter since the AVP would be doing all the audio decoding.

So this is interesting the Apple 4kTV doesn't allow you to pass a bitstream signal through to the Av reciever. It does the conversion and then sends it PCM. Maybe this is why I'm having some audio differences hmmmm I'm plugging in the NVIDIA it does allow bitstream I'll let you know if I notice any difference

 

[lovinthehd]

So this is interesting the Apple 4kTV doesn't allow you to pass a bitstream signal through to the Av reciever. It does the conversion and then sends it PCM. Maybe this is why I'm having some audio differences hmmmm I'm plugging in the NVIDIA it does allow bitstream I'll let you know if I notice any difference

Wonder why no bitstream option?

 

[Danzilla31]

Wonder why no bitstream option?

I don't know from what I'm reading Apple has just always done it that way

 

[lovinthehd]

Never had apple, and that seems another reason then....

 

[}Fear_Inoculum{]

Just finished watching the first two episodes......wow. The picture and sound quality are awesome. The writing and story are also very good. Overall, my son and I throughly enjoyed those episodes and can't wait for the next one.

8.5/10 so far.

 

[j_garcia]

It moves slowly, but I am really liking it.

 

[Danzilla31]

Well on a positive note I set up the NVIDIA and it's awesome. My favorite streamer so far to date. Need a little more time with it but so far so good.

Now as for The Lord of the Rings I know a lot of you guys are liking it but it's really man I'm just not feeling it

 

[Danzilla31]

It's so slow unbearably slow. That's my biggest problem with it really. In all fairness me and my friend had just finished watching 13 assassins so maybe we were a little too pumped up going in but I went from pumped up to falling asleep I'm going to keep trying but for the love of God they need to step up that storyline a little.

 

[Danzilla31]

Now positives it's visually gorgeous. Audio is amazing. Some of the best I've ever seen on any show it looks like a movie.

 

[Danzilla31]

The negatives? It's really scattered with the story. In the LOTR series and The Hobbit they would start off with a central culture and a quest or idea and stay in that characters viewpoint. Introducing the other races cultures people and the vast world of Tolkien as that journey went along they started from a central point and then branched out. Tolkien's world is so vast it works better that way.

This series is doing it the opposite way. Starting out all branched out then working there way back to the central point or theme of the story. Skipping around like they are is so hard to do in a world scaled that large. But it's especially problematic when there's no action or underlying tension or central story going on.

It's the same issue people had with The Witcher how it skipped around so much with the timeline it could get overwhelming.

 

[Danzilla31]

That fight scene was a little cheesy. Man that was a type of mountain Troll. Even the entire Fellowship of the Ring had trouble taking one of those out. Including Gandalf who took on a Balrog and won. Frodo almost dies in the conflict. And in this one they toss her up in the air and she chops it up like sushi in five swings? That could have been such an epic fight that would have taken the entire company to pull off. It was over in like 10 seconds.

 

[Danzilla31]

Also I've read The Silmarillion when I was a boy. The entire thing that's how much I loved the story and the world. It's tough to watch this knowing what storylines they could have gone with if they could have acquired the rights to that book.