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LG is adding a 42inch OLED TV to their lineup this year so if you want to see UHDs in even better picture quality you might have tv upgrade options this year.
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checkplease posted:Anyone seen the 4K uhd of Ran? I saw it in theaters a few years ago during its re-release and have been waiting to pick it up. But Amazon has some mixed reviews on the 4K visuals. I have it. The rough thing about Amazon is that they link all the different versions together, like the UHD streaming version. But it seems like critics agree with me, it's a good disc. https://hd-report.com/reviews/ran-1985-4k-blu-ray-review/
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Jan 4, 2022 21:06
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Cemetry Gator posted:I have it. The rough thing about Amazon is that they link all the different versions together, like the UHD streaming version. Thanks. Good to hear it turned out nicely. I will definitely be picking this up then
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Jan 5, 2022 00:11
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Steen71 posted:Uhm... what? I have seen no evidence of this quality control. The LOTR DVDs were fine, the Theatrical BDs were an embarrassment, the Extended Editions were better except Fellowship was ridiculously green, and the UHDs of both LOTR and Hobbit are filtered and sharpened almost as bad as old Universal BDs. Also, have you seen what he did to The Beatles? I watched all of Get Back and thought it looked pretty good overall. There’s some stuff with too much DNR at times perhaps, but most of it looked fine to me. I feel like maybe more of the issues were in first episode where they had poorer lighting in warehouse? I dunno also like 6-7 hours of this so kind of adapt after a while.
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Jan 5, 2022 00:16
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Franchescanado posted:Not every label or production house gets the director in on transfers or new releases, so that's not on him. But then why would you think his so-called quality control would have caught it? checkplease posted:I watched all of Get Back and thought it looked pretty good overall. There’s some stuff with too much DNR at times perhaps, but most of it looked fine to me. I feel like maybe more of the issues were in first episode where they had poorer lighting in warehouse? I dunno also like 6-7 hours of this so kind of adapt after a while. At times? It's all the studio footage, all the time. It has been filtered to hell and back, and it's the worst DNR I've seen since some of those early Universal releases like Scary Movie. It makes the first Patton BD and the T2 UHD look positively grainy. It almost looks like the footage was computer generated. Except for the fake grain that was applied at the end to fool people. The worst part is that the film appears to be in pretty good shape, so there was no need to tamper with it at all (unlike the WW1 documentary). It could have looked as good Texas Chain Saw Massacre. But nope, 'cause Peter Jackson seems to hate film.    During the opening montage we get a few shots that haven't been hosed over, and they look pretty good:  
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Jan 5, 2022 10:05
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Hey everybody! Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is finally coming to blu-ray.Steen71 posted:Get Back I didn't finish watching Get Back but it's really unfortunate what Jackson did to it. I'd heard about the excessive DNR before I watched it and figured maybe people were exaggerating but it was really distracting until I got into the swing of it. It's such a shame that something this big was handled so poorly. Especially since I was hyped that we might finally get Let It Be on video. It's extra sad because the scenes from Let It Be included on the Beatles 1+ blu-ray several years back look amazing. Does the rooftop concert look like plastic people too?
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Jan 5, 2022 17:13
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CPL593H posted:Hey everybody! Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is finally coming to blu-ray. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5xZ2NTq3CU&t=33s
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Jan 5, 2022 17:49
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CPL593H posted:Hey everybody! Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is finally coming to blu-ray. No, but that's because Zappa wasn't in the Beatles. You know what I find funny about all this DNR - Back in ERs last season, the last 9 episodes were shot digitally. And the second episode they aired, they found that it looked terrible over direct TV because they forgot to add fake film grain in. So, this push to get rid of film grain is the exact opposite of what some people do. Or you could go full James Cameron and spend a poo poo ton cleaning up Aliens and it looks pretty good because he's obsessively insane.
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On the subject of bad UHD releases, the blu ray.com review of the Pirates of the Caribbean UHD makes it sound like garbage. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-The-Curse-of-the-Black-Pearl-4K-Blu-ray/303535/#Review To be honest I'm still tempted to buy it just because the movie is great and for whatever reason I don't own it in any format, plus the UHD comes with a regular blu ray so I'm covered if the UHD really is that bad.
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Jan 5, 2022 20:49
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Too bad they don’t make you buy it with any of the lovely sequels, but then they did a lovely job with it.
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CPL593H posted:Hey everybody! Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is finally coming to blu-ray. Will it have the workprint version as well, though? I went to a screening hosted by Kevin McDonald a few years back and it was so much better, even if the quality was total poo poo at times.
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Jan 5, 2022 21:20
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Basebf555 posted:On the subject of bad UHD releases, the blu ray.com review of the Pirates of the Caribbean UHD makes it sound like garbage. The guy from Films At Home poo poo on it pretty hard and he seems to be a reasonable guy. His jist is that Disney doesn't really care about physical media because they'd rather you were subscribing to Disney+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8bs84FVISc
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Jan 5, 2022 21:47
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Casimir Radon posted:Too bad they don’t make you buy it with any of the lovely sequels, but then they did a lovely job with it. Making the sequels or doing the UHD transfer?
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Jan 5, 2022 22:03
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Happy Hippo posted:The guy from Films At Home poo poo on it pretty hard and he seems to be a reasonable guy. His jist is that Disney doesn't really care about physical media because they'd rather you were subscribing to Disney+ Makes sense. Most studios tend to have their movies go to vod two weeks before the blu ray release, then go to a streaming service later. Shang Chi was released vod/blu ray/uhd/Disney+ on the same day. With the Eternals Disney has gotten even more aggressive, it hits D+ next week but won't be on bluray/uhd until February. It wouldn't shock me if Disney eventually drops physical media and stops selling movies on itunes/vudu in 10 or so years.
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Jan 5, 2022 22:03
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Happy Hippo posted:The guy from Films At Home poo poo on it pretty hard and he seems to be a reasonable guy. His jist is that Disney doesn't really care about physical media because they'd rather you were subscribing to Disney+ Which probably is the case, but if they didn't want us all to subscribe to Disney+, getting their entire loving back catalogue on there would be a pretty nice start. Like, say, Ravenous.
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Jan 5, 2022 22:04
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Basebf555 posted:On the subject of bad UHD releases, the blu ray.com review of the Pirates of the Caribbean UHD makes it sound like garbage. That's disappointing. Even though the series broke down and yikes Johnny Depp now, the first movie was so well done. I was looking forward to it.
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Jan 5, 2022 22:06
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I’d really love to see if Aladdin: The Animated Series holds up at all, but more than 2 years later it’s still not on the service.edogawa rando posted:Making the sequels or doing the UHD transfer?
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Happy Hippo posted:The guy from Films At Home poo poo on it pretty hard and he seems to be a reasonable guy. His jist is that Disney doesn't really care about physical media because they'd rather you were subscribing to Disney+ Wow, that's a v reasonable and good review. It even calls out boycotting the UHD. I think folks should consider it! gently caress Disney for being lovely!
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Jan 5, 2022 22:09
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edogawa rando posted:Which probably is the case, but if they didn't want us all to subscribe to Disney+, getting their entire loving back catalogue on there would be a pretty nice start. Like, say, Ravenous. Ravenous is on Disney+. (At least it is on the Irish version.)
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Jan 5, 2022 22:24
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The Question IRL posted:Ravenous is on Disney+. Not the NZ one. I guess I'll have to look around via VPN at some stage.
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Jan 5, 2022 22:34
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Will it have the workprint version as well, though? I went to a screening hosted by Kevin McDonald a few years back and it was so much better, even if the quality was total poo poo at times. I don't know. The only thing that's been announced so far is that the film is being released on blu-ray. I've never seen the other version though.
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Jan 6, 2022 01:22
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CPL593H posted:Does the rooftop concert look like plastic people too? I never made it that far, but I've read that it's not quite as bad as the studio stuff.
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Jan 6, 2022 08:33
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CPL593H posted:Hey everybody! Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy is finally coming to blu-ray. I just heard that the Japanese have been shot! Amazing news, can't wait.
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Jan 6, 2022 16:12
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Finally pulled the trigger on the Columbia Volume 2 set. I was able to get it for about $90 and in the end I just was getting nervous that the thing might go out of print.
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Jan 6, 2022 18:25
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Basebf555 posted:Finally pulled the trigger on the Columbia Volume 2 set. I was able to get it for about $90 and in the end I just was getting nervous that the thing might go out of print. Oliver! is a great demo worthy disc of how 4K can showcase everything that happens in a large, complex production, especially in the musical numbers that involve hundreds of people.
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Jan 6, 2022 18:40
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Yea actually Oliver! was probably the one I was most excited to see other than of course Taxi Driver, which is the real main event of the set for me. But a big lavish 60s musical production on UHD sounds like something that would be pretty great.
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Jan 6, 2022 18:43
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Well, you guys convinced me to buy it too. My roommate loves Stripes.
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Jan 6, 2022 19:37
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I just found the Criterion DVD of Quadrophenia while thrifting 
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Happy Hippo posted:The guy from Films At Home poo poo on it pretty hard and he seems to be a reasonable guy. His jist is that Disney doesn't really care about physical media because they'd rather you were subscribing to Disney+ I started watching some of this guy's videos and I like him a lot, he's a lot less annoying than the average Youtube personality. Anyway, he mentioned in a recent video that the reason Heat 4k didn't come out last year is because of a rights issue that was being negotiated, and the negotiations apparently are complete now so it's expected to finally get released at some point this year.
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Jan 6, 2022 20:04
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Basebf555 posted:I started watching some of this guy's videos and I like him a lot, he's a lot less annoying than the average Youtube personality. Yeah, I discovered him a couple weeks ago, and  Most YouTubers, tend to have some gimmick that will make me nope out within a few minutes.
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Boinks posted:I just found the Criterion DVD of Chasing Amy while thrifting i updated this to make it more relatable
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Jan 6, 2022 20:35
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Cloks posted:i updated this to make it more relatable Ive seen that one a few times, but I bought it like uh, poo poo 20 years ago ugh.
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How do you watch paramount digital copies? I wasn't really planning on messing with anything other than movies anywhere but I've built up a decent paramount collection now. Can you use the paramount+ app to watch them?
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Kingtheninja posted:How do you watch paramount digital copies? I wasn't really planning on messing with anything other than movies anywhere but I've built up a decent paramount collection now. Can you use the paramount+ app to watch them? When you redeem through Paramount’s site they may or may not give you a choice of providers, I think it’s usually limited to Vudu or iTunes.
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Jan 7, 2022 15:25
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Eurotrip coming to Blu-Ray! That was a big movie for my group back in high school.
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I quote that movie almost daily with “mi scuzi”
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Boywhiz88 posted:Eurotrip coming to Blu-Ray! That was a big movie for my group back in high school. I'm sure that one has aged like milk.
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Nostalgia is a very powerful thing, never to be underestimated
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Basebf555 posted:Nostalgia is a very powerful thing, never to be underestimated https://twitter.com/CBThorburn/status/1377696492295761923
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That reminds me of the screening V/H/S I attended back in 2012, when the fratbro notices the passed out girl on the bed. You could just feel the entire theatre tense up, and then breathe a sigh of relief when he was like "nah, I can't."
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