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I'm looking to get an external Bluray drive so that I can rip films with Make Mkv. Is the Pioneer BDR-XD07TB any good? It often gets good reviews online.
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Rascar Capac posted:I'm looking to get an external Bluray drive so that I can rip films with Make Mkv. Is the Pioneer BDR-XD07TB any good? It often gets good reviews online. I’ve yet to really dig into mine, but LG makes one that’s UHD compatible. It’s the LG BP60NB10.
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Nov 20, 2020 01:23
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Rascar Capac posted:I'm looking to get an external Bluray drive so that I can rip films with Make Mkv. Is the Pioneer BDR-XD07TB any good? It often gets good reviews online. I'm using the XD05 1.20 right now, and just finished ripping what was my 20th Disney bluray using MakeMKV on my Mac.
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Nov 20, 2020 02:03
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Rascar Capac posted:I'm looking to get an external Bluray drive so that I can rip films with Make Mkv. Is the Pioneer BDR-XD07TB any good? It often gets good reviews online. Practically no complaints about BDR-XD05S. Feels a bit flimsy, but that's about it. No 4K capabilities though.
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Nov 20, 2020 02:30
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You know something though, Cartoons on film do usually have brighter greens and turquoises than generationally degraded copies. At least the looney tunes I saw, that once, had pretty brighy cyans, it's in the realm of possibility the cinderella fix used a very easily faded teal. Erasing lines on the dress and being the colors of ads for toys nonwithstanding.
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Nov 20, 2020 02:31
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I don't even want to think about what they might have done to Sleeping Beauty. The Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale has cels and art from the film and the backgrounds are loving gorgeous.
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Nov 20, 2020 03:29
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Christ the Blu-ray.com reviews are pretty good. I’ve been had!
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Nov 20, 2020 04:07
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Alec Eiffel posted:Christ the Blu-ray.com reviews are pretty good. I’ve been had! Some of their reviewers are almost hilariously inept. I'm pretty sure Jeffrey Kauffman is legally blind. e: The Sword in the Stone is probably Disney's most spectacular gently caress-up: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=3269&d2=3262&s1=30074&s2=29993&i=9&l=0 I particularly like this comparison between the title menu and the actual film: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=3263&d2=3262&s1=30010&s2=29994&i=10&l=0 Steen71 fucked around with this message at 10:15 on Nov 20, 2020 |
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Nov 20, 2020 10:09
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Steen71 posted:Some of their reviewers are almost hilariously inept. I'm pretty sure Jeffrey Kauffman is legally blind. Oh god that's painful. e: the bluray.com reviewer gives the video 1.5 stars out of 5, and doesn't even seem to have noticed the incorrect aspect ratio. Spatulater bro! fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Nov 20, 2020 |
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Nov 20, 2020 16:03
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Basebf555 posted:Ghostbusters is another one that really isn't worth getting on UHD, although I did end up with it because I wanted GB2 and there was a nice steelbook with both. But Ghostbusters is a good example of how a really nice top of the line blu ray can make a UHD unnecessary, because there was a fairly recent anniversary blu ray where they used a 4k master so in the end the only thing about the UHD that is really an upgrade is the HDR. And that's nice in certain specific scenes with the ghosts and the proton streams and all that, but the movie itself is very grainy and I think in the end the regular blu ray is just a more pleasing look overall. Ghostbusters seems to be the most polarizing one, because some people really hate the way it looks in UHD for some reason.
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Nov 20, 2020 16:10
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Iron Crowned posted:Ghostbusters seems to be the most polarizing one, because some people really hate the way it looks in UHD for some reason. There's a point where grain becomes too much to where it's distracting, and Ghostbusters seems to be over the line for a lot of people. Personally I don't hate it, I just think the 2014 blu ray that was mastered in 4k looks fantastic and comes out ahead overall.
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Nov 20, 2020 16:17
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Liar Lyre posted:I’ve yet to really dig into mine, but LG makes one that’s UHD compatible. It’s the LG BP60NB10. IUG posted:I'm using the XD05 1.20 right now, and just finished ripping what was my 20th Disney bluray using MakeMKV on my Mac. ringu0 posted:Practically no complaints about BDR-XD05S. Feels a bit flimsy, but that's about it. No 4K capabilities though. Thanks everyone, this has helped me decide what to do.
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Nov 20, 2020 17:39
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https://twitter.com/secondsightfilm/status/1329838875846598658?s=21 Pretty cool
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Nov 20, 2020 18:29
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Dope
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Iron Crowned posted:Ghostbusters seems to be the most polarizing one, because some people really hate the way it looks in UHD for some reason. Basebf555 posted:There's a point where grain becomes too much to where it's distracting, and Ghostbusters seems to be over the line for a lot of people. Personally I don't hate it, I just think the 2014 blu ray that was mastered in 4k looks fantastic and comes out ahead overall. At least with Ghostbusters, I wouldn't be surprised if the issue was they didn't soften the image of whatever source they were working from during the mastering session. James Chressanthis, ASC, who was a close friend of Vilmos Zsigmond and Laszlo Kovacs (who shot Ghostbusters), mentioned that a lot of mastering houses leave the grain sharp when they shouldn't because they don't take into account that during the all-photochemical pipeline days, the release and answer prints would've been several generations away from the OCN, which would have had an effect of softening the grain. He did an interview with the American Cinematographer Podcast and he mentioned this problem of leaving the grain sharp when that was never the intention of the cinematographers. He casually mentioned that he's seen a few projects like that and he probably had Ghostbusters in mind. VoodooXT fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Nov 20, 2020 |
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Nov 20, 2020 19:29
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My 4K player came in the mail today, awwww yisss  I don't have the 4K TV yet, what will happen if I hook it up to my regular TV and pop in a UHD disc? Will I invert time and space?  I also don't have any region B movies to test yet, but I've got one coming in the mail.
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Nov 20, 2020 22:46
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Xenomrph posted:My 4K player came in the mail today, awwww yisss It should just downconvert it to 1080p. But if you end up creating a black hole let us know and we'll help out.
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Nov 20, 2020 22:58
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Xenomrph posted:My 4K player came in the mail today, awwww yisss I've heard the 4ks will leech color out of your surroundings, like an inverse Lovecraftian monster. But I also heard the XBOX SeX does that too so you know. Maybe check for a firmware update first.
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Nov 20, 2020 23:11
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Well, the good news is that all the hosed up Disney Blu-rays I just bought seemed to have replaced all the hosed up DVDs I had, so I guess I’m holding onto these god forsaken VHS forever
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Nov 21, 2020 00:22
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I wish Disney cared as much about what they own as Warner Bros. Every time I see a new Warner UHD I know it’s gonna be a stellar presentation. Disney? Eh, I’m just buying because it’s something I grew up watching.
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Nov 21, 2020 00:45
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Spatulater bro! posted:Oh god that's painful. 1.75:1 is correct for The Sword in the Stone, but the Blu-ray isn't framed correctly anyways because it's a total botch job. Disney+ at least has a gorgeous 4K Dolby Vision remaster that doesn't have any grain removal, looks sharp as a tack, and the colors pop. If that's how Disney plans to handle their pre-digital features on UHD, I'm all for it. Not to mention that the films should only have a very fine grain texture as it is because Disney continued to photograph their features in sequential exposure B&W through The Little Mermaid. Basically, they used B&W film and recorded each frame three times through a rotating color filter and the color was added in printing. Even the two large format features, Sleeping Beauty and The Black Cauldron, were shot this way. If you want an idea of how subtle the film grain can be from proper 4K scans of original separation or sequential exposure elements, check out the Warner Archive Blu-rays of the color Popeye or Tex Avery cartoons. (To elaborate on aspect ratios, Disney continued to ask theaters to frame their animated and live-action features at 1.75:1 starting with The Sword in the Stone.) Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Nov 21, 2020 |
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Nov 21, 2020 17:02
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Zavvi sucks. I really hate not having some sort of tracking code and instead it’s just a week long window. Never again will I use them.
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Nov 21, 2020 21:20
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Egbert Souse posted:Disney+ at least has a gorgeous 4K Dolby Vision remaster that doesn't have any grain removal, looks sharp as a tack, and the colors pop. If that's how Disney plans to handle their pre-digital features on UHD, I'm all for it.
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Nov 21, 2020 21:38
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Took over a month for my Scream Factory order to ship with no communications along the way. Seems the standard with niche publishers.
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Nov 22, 2020 00:06
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tonedef131 posted:Took over a month for my Scream Factory order to ship with no communications along the way. Seems the standard with niche publishers. Shout/Scream Factory always takes at least 3 weeks or more before they ship anything, unless it's a pre-order then it usually arrives on or before the street date.
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dorium posted:Zavvi sucks. I really hate not having some sort of tracking code and instead it’s just a week long window. Never again will I use them. I bought the Second Sight Dawn of the Dead UHD set from them, no tracking either. I wish I had bought it from Diabolik instead.
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Nov 22, 2020 02:21
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Putting a gun to my head over my recent Disney Blu purchases
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Nov 22, 2020 02:23
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ultraviolence123 posted:I bought the Second Sight Dawn of the Dead UHD set from them, no tracking either. I wish I had bought it from Diabolik instead. Same. I preordered the Dawn UHD set as soon as it was put up for preorder on 5/26. Now I’m reading on the blu-ray.com forums that a ton of people who waited last minute and bought it 2 days after release are getting theirs today or even Zavvi orders have already hit other Californians. poo poo sucks. I just want it and it’s really shoddy service they couldn’t even give me a tracking number. At least then I wouldn’t be flying blind. I live in apartment building where during the holiday people just steal poo poo so I watch those numbers like a Hawk and grab my stuff ASAP.
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Nov 22, 2020 03:07
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I'm not sure who Zavvi uses stateside, but no matter, I highly recommend signing up for ups, FedEx, and usps's free detailed delivery services. They'll notify you by your preferred contact option when shipping labels are created for your address. That way you'll get better tracking info E: usps even takes photos of your regular mail so you know what to expect in your mailbox lol
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Nov 22, 2020 03:17
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I got the USPS one with the scans which is kinda weird, but even they don’t let me know about packages. UPS my choice sucks though. I even sent them feedback on it because anytime I go to click on a tracking number in an email it routes me to a login for my choice and despite me already having an account makes me go through the process of making an account but then won’t let me finish because I already have an account that the system won’t let me log into, but I can login to UPS to buy shipping, just not check tracking. FedEx is cool though. Zero problems with them.
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Nov 22, 2020 03:22
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dorium posted:I got the USPS one with the scans which is kinda weird, but even they don’t let me know about packages. UPS my choice sucks though. I even sent them feedback on it because anytime I go to click on a tracking number in an email it routes me to a login for my choice and despite me already having an account makes me go through the process of making an account but then won’t let me finish because I already have an account that the system won’t let me log into, but I can login to UPS to buy shipping, just not check tracking. FedEx is cool though. Zero problems with them. Weird I have usps informed delivery and it works great. I have it set up to text me shipping label creations and delivery dates. The ups one is definitely the worst of the three
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Nov 22, 2020 03:27
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i preordered it super late via Zavvi and somehow still got it delivered today
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Nov 22, 2020 04:46
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I've never had anything come via USPS that didn't come with tracking.
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Nov 22, 2020 07:07
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Black Friday 4Ks are popping off right now. Lotsa deals.
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Brexit the Frog posted:i preordered it super late via Zavvi and somehow still got it delivered today Where do you live? I live in the states, in Minnesota. My copy shopped on the 13th of November, estimated delivery the 20th - the 27th. I was reading that demand was so high for this in the US that Zavvi shipped some copies from Australia. Curious where your package came from. Thanks!
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Nov 22, 2020 14:11
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tonedef131 posted:Took over a month for my Scream Factory order to ship with no communications along the way. Seems the standard with niche publishers. I'm going to white knight Vinegar Syndrome again, but they've always been exceptional at getting their orders out fast. The only real exceptions are the Black Friday and half-way sales, because of the volume. Customer service is excellent too, I've gotten a response same day, like all three times I've contacted them in the 4 years I've been ordering from them.
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Nov 22, 2020 16:27
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VS is dope I agree. One of my fav labels
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Nov 22, 2020 17:27
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Is there anywhere to still get the Dawn of the Dead set or did I just miss the boat on that one like an idiot? I’m in the US if it matters.
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Nov 22, 2020 18:04
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I’m hoping it will open the door to a US release at some point. That rights-holder has to be getting old by now.
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Rubenstein just can't take the L, can he?
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