6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend, but his target, a designer, rejects him, with bad consequences.
Starring: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black, George SegalComedy | 100% |
Dark humor | 17% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
With Sony's 2011 issue of the Jim Carrey/Matthew Broderick Comedy 'The Cable Guy' out of print and fetching a pretty penny on the secondhand market, the studio has reissued the film as part of its pressed MOD (Manufactured on Demand) line of Blu-ray discs. This release carries over the exact same supplemental content minus previews and BD-Live functionality. Video and primary audio presentations are unchanged.
Sony's 2019 MOD (Manufactured on Demand) Blu-ray release of The Cable Guy includes the exact same 1080p, AVC encoded transfer as the previous 2011 issue. For a full video review, please click here.
Like the previous issue, this version of The Cable Guy includes a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The new track clocks in at a
lower average bitrate but appears to offer no significant alterations in the actual listening product.
Note that for this release the French language track has been demoted from lossless DTS to lossy Dolby Digital. Several subtitle options have also been
removed.
This 2019 release of The Cable Guy includes all of the same supplements found on the previously issued 2011 release. There's nothing new
and nothing of value has been taken away. See below for a list of what's included and please click here for full supplemental coverage. As is tradition with Sony's
MOD line, no DVD or digital copies of the film are included. There is also no slipcover.
Other than a new menu screen, a change in French audio, and a few dropped subtitles, there's nothing new to be found on Sony's MOD Blu-ray that wasn't on the 2011 issue. There's no real reason for owners of that older pressing to upgrade, but newcomers not willing to pay inflated secondhand market prices for the older disc should find this one to be a completely acceptable alternative. It's too bad Sony didn't re-release the film on UHD, but the Blu-ray's A/V presentation is fine. Recommended.
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