4K UHD/Blu-ray/DVD Community Thread: Bringing the Theater Home!
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I see what they were going for. The black and white city with the red in Madame Web's costume is pretty cool. It's just all the extra noise with the red vertical lines, dots and white blobs that I think is a little distracting. A more minimalist approach would have been better in my opinion.
Those were different situations though.
Morbius was a Best Buy exclusive and those are notorious to be short ordered and to sell out initially because Best Buy has gotten burned many times on over stocking their exclusive steelbooks. So the best way to get them is to order them right away, or order them when the cancellations take place within a few days before their release.
This is not an exclusive and will be at multiple retailers.
I'm aware.
Still, it's a movie I'm looking forward to watching and Amazon is the most convenient, so I wanted to order before it became unavailable.
Looks like the 4K Cameron releases are as bad as some expected. We can't have nice things like Aliens getting the same treatment Fox's release of Alien ended up with, and in some of the comparison videos, it looks like the color grading was radically changed again. People go from looking healthy to very sickly. Almost like they now all have a mild case of jaundice.
True Lies? Do you like the look of a wax museum? Have no fear then, horrible AI upscaling got your back!
How can Cameron be so visionary yet simultaneously blind with rage towards anything shot on film that looks like film?
True Lies? Do you like the look of a wax museum? Have no fear then, horrible AI upscaling got your back!
How can Cameron be so visionary yet simultaneously blind with rage towards anything shot on film that looks like film?
Update on this. I have to be honest, when the package arrived I was half-wishing I wouldn't notice much of an upgrade just so I could find an excuse to save myself $317.
Then I put in Suicide Squad (2021) in 4K.
10 minutes in: "Goddamn it...I have to keep this thing"
Maybe not on all three. This guy is pretty level-headed with most of his reviews.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezPbc6GMgBY&t=0s
I'm so torn on the Cameron releases as I usually don't buy discs that are DNR'd. Yet I've never owned True Lies and The Abyss on disc and I love both films. He's never going to revisit them either as I don't think he wanted to mess with them in the first place.
Yeah, reports I'm seeing is that it's been unofficially delayed a week. No vendors have gotten them in.
Weird. I had the opposite issue from Wal-Mart. I got The Abyss and True Lies yesterday but Aliens is "delayed" until Thursday.
Yeah, my walmart order of The Abyss is out for delivery today, but Aliens hasn't shipped and is saying delivery next Tuesday.
lol DVDBeaver has updated their homepage to reference this very clip, good promo for them!
DVDBeaver: Not THAT Kind of Hard!
Does anyone have any idea what Umbrella's standard order processing time is? I ordered the standard edition of the 1993 Super Mario Bros release and there was nothing to indicate they didn't have stock, but that was back on March 5th and I've not seen any movement. Just didn't know if I should ping them via email or if I should give it more time.
So I, like many, ordered the Cameron trilogy of 4k releases but so far I have only received True Lies. Still a great fun movie but it's definitely the worst 4k from a visual stand point I have watched so far. Given there isn't really any other options I made my peace with it about 20 mins in. It typically ranges from poor to good looking but never reaches a great or amazing level that many 4k restored older titles often reach. Even though the upgrades were not that great the boost in visuals still revealed the Arnold stunt doubles in almost every single action sequence, it's very obvious and I can just imagine how much worse it could be with a good transfer. But like I said still a very fun movie with lots slick dialog and one liners, the action is absurd but a lot of fun if you just accept it and try not to think about it. I would probably only recommend die hard fans pick this up now and the rest only consider it on a deep deep sale.
They're usually little late compared to their estimates by my experiences. Nothing big usually but I did have one order that was couple weeks late and I did send them a email about it. Got the rather normal message of we're sorry and we will send it as soon as possible etc. kind of message back. My package did get sent couple days later though. :P
Have been frustrated for a long time with Xbox's Blu Ray app, and got to the point of anger yesterday when it was having severe audio stuttering while watching Season 3 of Twin Peaks.
Finally picked up a standalone player today (Panasonic UB450) - should have done so sooner. Dolby Vision is a massive upgrade.
Finally picked up a standalone player today (Panasonic UB450) - should have done so sooner. Dolby Vision is a massive upgrade.
Yeah, it's nice to see Disney updating the rewards again, there was like a six month period where all they added was Hocus Pocus and Snow Buddies.
I was a bit tempted by the Atlantis Blu-ray but I'm worried about the quality if both movies are on one disc (plus I'm strict enough about the curation on my digital library that I wouldn't want Atlantis 2 in there, lol).
I was a bit tempted by the Atlantis Blu-ray but I'm worried about the quality if both movies are on one disc (plus I'm strict enough about the curation on my digital library that I wouldn't want Atlantis 2 in there, lol).
I emailed them the day after my post and they replied back saying they had trouble getting the latest batch in from the replicator, but they expected them in the next week (this week). True to their word it shipped yesterday, now to see how long it takes to get something from Australia, I've never ordered anything from there so far as I can remember.
Finally have my hands on the Cameron 4Ks. Scanned through the True Lies rip I made, and even on my 1440p screen I feel like I can see some of the AI smoothing effect in certain scenes (there's one where Schwarzenegger is in the back of a car talking to Tom Arnold, who's driving, and Schwarzenegger looks a bit off). Will have to see how it is on an actual 4K TV. I think I can live with this; it's not terribly intrusive in the segments I checked. It's unfortunate we can't get something better, but if this is what Cameron thinks is the best option available, then I guess it is what it is.
(Coming soon: am I going to be okay with Amelie never being in 4K? I guess it'll be fine.)
(Coming soon: am I going to be okay with Amelie never being in 4K? I guess it'll be fine.)
I didn't make it far into True Lies, as I found it *that* bad, but the scene that got me, was where he walks down the stairs at the party during the opening segment. It looks utterly bizarre to me. Then there were moments like that dotted throughout until I just gave up. I didn't have the same problem with either The Abyss or Aliens, but I wouldn't call them good either. The Abyss did have some moments of real detail in there during some shots.
How are the recent (American) Godzilla films on 4K? I've never seen them and that noticed there's a pretty good sale on at the moment.
haven't seen any myself but they're supposed to be all highly rated. i remember people saying godzilla v kong in particular was a knockout on the format.
he's pretty great. good follow on twitter, and openly supportive LGBQT+ and liberal leaning.
titanic looks fantastic. I haven't watched the other three, my copy of the abyss only got her monday.
View: https://x.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1773009145089900864?s=20
one of us, one of us (4k collector)
ive watched them all, they all look great.
Godzilla in particular has a couple of shots that are like "wow"
FYI, both Kino Larber and Arrow are having sales right now:
www.arrowvideo.com
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The Arrow Easter Carnage sale is live with hundreds of Blu-rays and UHDs on offer. Shop up to 50% off today!
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which reminds me. We watched Kindergarten Cop with the kids. Still funny, and the transfer is really good.FYI, both Kino Larber and Arrow are having sales right now:
Arrow Films US
The Arrow Easter Carnage sale is live with hundreds of Blu-rays and UHDs on offer. Shop up to 50% off today!
Though i dont know what it is about these 80s early 90s movies that start our realllllly grainy, and then the grain changes. Ghostbusters was the same way, super grainy at the start and then its like they changed film stocks for later parts of the movie.
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It's possible you're noticing the generational loss of optically-composited credits at the beginning which would make the film appear grainier than usual. It would get noticeably sharper once those are out of the way after the first few minutes or so.
Immediately checked for Robocop and of course it was already sold out...FYI, both Kino Larber and Arrow are having sales right now:
Arrow Films US
The Arrow Easter Carnage sale is live with hundreds of Blu-rays and UHDs on offer. Shop up to 50% off today!
Think I might get The Warriors despite it still being out of my price point. If not, then Dune (1984).
I imagine composited shots with FX or with layered text/credits would cause the distinction between certain spots in films.
Anything with an optical dissolve as well. It can be very obvious once the shot starts to transition and finish the effect.
Thank you so much. That means I cannot buy and own this series in the UK as it isn't even on iTunes. Ridiculous.
I have a fairly new UB820 player and it works, but sometimes gives me "can't read" errors for disks. Usually if I try a few times (open and close the tray to reset the read attempt) it eventually gets there. Has anyone else had that sort of issue. Is the player faulty or is that just a normal thing for 4k disks?
Yeah, either rip it or get a region-free player (though I'm not up on the latest in that regard, if it turns out those have mostly disappeared then forget I said anything). But ripping Blu-Rays is fairly straightforward these days if you're not worried about 4K discs, and region locks are trivial to bypass.
Yeah good point. I don't have any way to store and stream them though, so I guess I would have to rip them, remove the region protection, then write them to BD which adds even more cost as I would need blank discs and a BD writer. I might as well just 'investigate' less legal means at that point. I'm not going to give money to companies that engage in such bizarre region antics with physical discs.
I feel like Del Toro movies really benefit from HDR with his colorful sets/costumes.
I cannot implore everyone ENOUGH to watch this movie. It's still reference animation quality material and the movies 13 years old with a photo realistic surreal style. Eye candy aside it's actually a fantastic western.
I remember Brotherhood of the Wolfs blu ray being putrid, almost like a repackaged DVD that wasn't good looking to begin with. I hated the movie regardless but the scenery should look great with the proper transfer on 4K.