Source France | Publisher : Disney | Release date : 07 February 2024

Video format
2160p24 – Ratio 2.39 and 1.78
HDR10 / BT.2020 – HEVC encoding
Master intermediate 4K

Soundtrack
English Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital 5.1 English

Subtitles
English
French

The Mandalorian S2
Rated 4 out of 5

Artistic : 8 | Video : 8.5 | Audio : 9

It is brought to the attention of our dear readers that, in addition to the specified and used viewing equipment, the rendering may differ from one installation to another, whether or not it is calibrated, as well as personal preferences and expectations may influence notation. Moreover, the images in the article are not representative of the edition tested.

Test equipment and condition (Config. HP: 5.1.4)
Video broadcaster : Philips 65OLED908 (HDR Filmmaker Mode)
Sources : Oppo UDP-203 Audiocom Reference | Zappiti Reference
Pregnant : Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar (Dolby Atmos | Dolby Surround), SVS SB-4000

WORK - Once upon a time Star Wars

The Mandalarian and the Child continue their journey, facing many enemies and joining their allies. They walk a path through a dangerous galaxy, in the tumultuous period that followed the fall of the Empire.

As she continues to revive the flame of the first hours of The Star Wars, the live-action series Jon Favreau Go to hyperspace for season 2... Art direction ever more neat, powerful fan-service (Bo-Katan Kryze, Ahsoka Tano, Boba Fett, Luke Skywalker), old-fashioned staging, expanded script (connected to the extended universe of the saga), intense action scenes and cosmic casting (Timothy Olyphant, Michael Biehn, Rosario Dawson) are thus on the programme of eight aesthetically and narratively varied chapters that like to evolve from one genre to another (western, horror, shabara, etc.). So did I say!

IMAGE - The universe is spreading...

Coherent with the first season, the rusty and desert look of most of the show is better rendered than on the platform Disney+... Starting with more discreet tinglings and a much smaller color banding (even if it is still possible to find one in the thick mist of the episode) The Jedi) at a video rate of between 60 and 70 Mb/s.

The increased richness of colours benefits the primaries (reds, yellows and bolder blues) and allows the addition of a few shades (such as the touch of a scarlet on the ice planet), the contribution in definition is palpable on the finest details (the limits of the StageCraft being in fact more apparent) even if it remains subtle, and the great precision of the HDR10 technology (even though the Dolby Vision encoding is an exclusive SVOD) ink the blacks more while enhancing the vivacity of the high luminances (laser swords, plasma rays of blasters, stars).

The Mandalorian S2

SON - Really only one way?

Finding (all) the dynamics and weight that she had lost in streaming, the incrediblely immersive VO Dolby Atmos becomes truly physical.

The sound scene is wide, the environmental effects occupy space (exterior atmospheres, the sound signals of the pilot cabin), the verticality of the mixing engages thoroughly (space ships, the ice cracking, jetpacks), the LFE channel expresses itself with force on many occasions (explosions, the trampling of giant creatures, the rumbling of the sandworm, the ionic motors of the ships), the partition of the Ludwig Göransson The dialogues are fully intelligible.

Naturally more tightened due to reduced spatial accuracy (from multichannel 5.1), the VF lossy nevertheless clings to maintain a certain extent.

CONCLUSION - The Force is with her

Mando and Grogu continue to impose themselves as the most atypical duet in the galaxy in a second season that gains gallons... Especially on 4K Ultra HD support (A/V services made of pure Beskar) since totally adhere to the Mandalore Way!

Nyctalope like Riddick and with a very good hearing, I am ready to jump on physical editions and SVOD platforms. But if the quality isn't on the rendezvous, stop at the bite! #WeLovePhysicalMedia

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