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Finch wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 10:15 pm FWIW, I didn't notice it during my viewing a few weeks ago either but supposedly the Sony players (mine is the X800M2) are very good at addressing sync issues.

I also have a Sony (the UBPX700U), so maybe that's why I didn't notice.

Anyone with the Panasonic 820 noticing/not noticing?

therewillbeblus wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 10:44 pm Anyone with the Panasonic 820 noticing/not noticing?

Panasonic 820 here. Noticed.

EddieLarkin wrote: Tue Mar 17, 2026 6:48 pm At least with Excalibur the problem is fixable if you can adjust sync on your receiver, player or TV (140ms for the mono, 70ms for the 5.1). Though I imagine some people will have set ups that don't allow this.

Delayed or advanced?

I didn't notice the delay on my Panasonic

As for the film itself, I've been on a journey with this one since I was a kid - catching bits and pieces here and there, but tuning out at a certain point because I wasn't fully engaged in what Boorman is doing. Well, today I'm fully onboard for his strategy of simultaneous distancing with camp and allure with self-serious dark fantasy. My wife caught the first act last night and asked, "Is this supposed to be a drama, or is this a 'joke-movie'?" and it's quite an appropriate question. The Wagner music cues, for example, always briefly take me out of the movie to laugh for a second before pulling me back into the wonderfully fantastical world Boorman has created here. Everything is so amplified, and consequently I don't think there's a film that parallels this one when tackling similar material - they either fall too hard into the sides of camp or self-seriousness. Excalibur acknowledges its flaws and refurbishes them for going full-measure into this story. Having finally sat through the whole thing paying close attention, it's some kind of masterpiece on its own terms

Yes, I really like Excalibur. It was smart of Boorman to include just enough touches of comedy to defuse any tendency to pomposity without undermining the magic. Perhaps he was painfully aware that his film had been, in a way, "pre-parodied" by Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

I'm just watching Neil Jordan's documentary on the second disc and the audio lags behind by a few seconds. Its really noticable when Boorman speaks on camera. Anyone else having that problem?

Sony X800M2

EDIT: could be inherent to the documentary since all the other pieces on disc two are in sync.