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The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1 Blu-ray

By Cyril Pearl -- Video Business, 12/13/2006

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Cable TV’s most popular show arrives on Blu-ray in a pricey edition that’s skimpy on extras (like its standard-DVD counterpart), but the sterling images and dynamic audio track make up for it. Resolution-wise, The Sopranos’ Blu-ray image is absolutely stunning. The details in the sets and scenery, which we’ve never seen on TV broadcasts, shine through as though they were created just for the high-definition version. From the labels on the canned foods in Satriale’s window to the seedy décor of the backroom at the Bada Bing, one is reminded of the care and detail put into the series. It must be noted, however, that there is a fair amount of noise to be had in the grays, blacks and crystal-clear suburban blue skies. And for the audiophile, there’s an uncompressed PCM 5.1 track (typical of Blu-ray but worth noting when compared to standard DVD), which is all the better to carefully listen to James Gandolfini’s distinctly non-Tony Soprano accent in the season’s first three episode, where he portrays Tony’s dream-state alter ego, Kevin Finnerty. The pop-up menus also are worth a mention: They emerge from the bottom, right-hand side of the screen and are among the most unobtrusive we’ve ever seen. They’re also easy to navigate and one can flip around to other scenes or episodes (there are three on each of the four discs) with a quick flick of the button.

HBO/Warner, Blu-ray Disc, Street: Dec. 19, $129.95; reviewed on Samsung 61-inch widescreen DLP HDTV with HDMI connection



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