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Lobok posted:Is your avatar Picard about to sneeze or does he need his glasses? A random screencap I managed to get one day that I found hilarious. I think it's his dissatisfaction that there will never be a TNG Bluray set. I just finished watching the Tron Blu Ray, the original film has fantastic transfer, some of the effects really look crisp and fresh. More effective than Tron Legacy in someways as I expect that to look amazing.
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FitFortDanga posted:Buster Keaton Shorts Collection, July 12th.  Already calling it: release of the year. Just put it on pre-order on Amazon for $35.00. I initially balked at this being three discs, but there's 6 1/2 hours worth of shorts, but it looks like there will be at least 2-3 hours of extras. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Apr 21, 2011 |
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Alien Anthology Amazon UK - $33 shipped to US This is region free and an absolutely ridiculous deal.
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sportsgenius86 posted:Alien Anthology Amazon UK - $33 shipped to US I'm glad I got this for Christmas and didn't have to rage at the fact I would have payed 2.5x as much for it.
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sportsgenius86 posted:Alien Anthology Amazon UK - $33 shipped to US when i went to purchase the Anthology it actually came up as ｣16.65... ｣19.73 total shipped here to Canada.. $31.07 CAN! thanks again for letting us know. much appreciated! i've held off on the Alien films and i'm not really sure why.. I suppose now i'm being spoiled watching these as my first experience.
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sportsgenius86 posted:Alien Anthology Amazon UK - $33 shipped to US
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sportsgenius86 posted:Alien Anthology Amazon UK - $33 shipped to US Just wanted to say thanks for posting this - I got that deal and the Dirty Harry box set that was linked on there for ｣15.97. I've been watching that Anthology for some time now, just waiting on the moment it'd come down on a sale. e: only the Dirty Harry set was ｣15.97. Just wanted to clarify. The Alien Anthology came to $33.
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idoliside posted:It's not that they couldn't its more that they wouldn't. Plus I wasn't aware that the earlier seasons were broadcast in HD. Well, TNG was one of the most successful sci-fi shows out there, so I wouldn't be surprised if they are planning on getting around to it, especially for the 25th Anniversary of the show next year, or maybe when the next Trek film comes out. They were talking about how easy it would be for them to do the show in HD since it was: A) All shot on film requiring no new CGI effects like the HD Trek remaster B) All really easy to recompile and re-edit and recomposite. In this case, an HD remaster would be really cheap since most of the hard work is done. It's the same process they've used for Seinfeld. The only things I think that could be putting this project on hold was when they did the original series, not a lot of stations picking it up on syndication knew that it was anything different or that it was going to be in HD, so a lot of them put it in their late-night slots. So if CBS were to do something like this, they'd probably want to ensure that it is going to get decent treatment by some network.
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Life (the real one narrated by David Attenborough) is Amazon's deal of the day today. $27.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B002UXRGM0 ------------ The Holy Mountain review is up at Blu-Ray.com http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Holy-Mountain-Blu-ray/20463/#Review ------------ Cemetry Gator posted:Well, TNG was one of the most successful sci-fi shows out there, so I wouldn't be surprised if they are planning on getting around to it, especially for the 25th Anniversary of the show next year, or maybe when the next Trek film comes out. They were talking about how easy it would be for them to do the show in HD since it was: Actually, that isn't true. It would be more difficult than the original Star Trek remaster. quote:All three seasons of the original Star Trek are now available in HD, but what about TNG? In a response to a question about TNG on Blu-ray, CBS Consumer Products VP John Van Citters told the crowd in Las Vegas that releasing Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray was much more "problematic" than the original Star Trek, due to how the TNG original effects shots were composited, and how that makes the transfer to HD "incredibly difficult without making them look awful." However, he also said that there is "a lot of conversations going on" within CBS on how to convert TNG to HD, and Van Citters expressed optimism noting "It is being worked on and I expect it will happen, it is just a technical challenge." http://trekmovie.com/2010/08/09/veg...er-shaker-more/ quote:The Digital Bits goes into further detail as to why a high-definition remaster of The Next Generation is much more problematic than of the older Star Trek: The Original Series. TNG was shot on film, but all post-production and visual effects were done on standard-definition analog video. As Bits editor Bill Hunt states, "if they just simply digitally upconverted from 480i to 1080p, there's NOBODY who would want to buy that on Blu-ray". Therefore, the only solution left is to scan all the original camera negatives, edit it again in HD, and redo all FX using computer graphics, like CBS did with the remastered versions of The Original Series. http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4993 Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 15:11 on Apr 22, 2011 |
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Yeah, I don't know where anyone would've heard that TNG is an easy transfer. It's basically the most difficult transfer possible. I'm glad they're actually talking about doing it, though, because for a while I thought it'd be one of those "in my dreams" things.
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Sporadic posted:Actually, that isn't true. It would be more difficult than the original Star Trek remaster. Well thank you for that. For a while, all the information I could find was from 2007, when they wrapped up TOS in HD. There was a posting detailing the work that would go into it, and they had said that since everything was shot on film, a lot of the basic work was done. But hey, when I'm wrong, I'm wrong. For the record: here's a copy of what I was going on for information before: http://www.dvdtown.com/messageboard/topic/8274/3/0. I still have hopes though. TNG is considered one of the biggest sci-fi shows, and if it could help keep the show in syndication for years to come and make them profit, I don't see why they wouldn't do it. Edit: Of course, who knows. Maybe my source was also just a bad source (that is not the website I originally got it from, by the way). Cemetry Gator fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Apr 22, 2011 |
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Correct me if I am wrong, but lets assume they do TNG on blu ray and redo the effects like it sounds like they will have to do. Wouldn't this mean they would be charging ridiculous amounts(even more ridiculous than the prices the sets were when they originally came out on dvd)? I just remember each TNG season being way over $100 dollars when they came out on dvd which I thought was ridiculous. Not even HBO is that greedy. I shutter to think how how much they will cost if they actually have to do a lot of real work to redo the effects for HD.
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sportsgenius86 posted:Alien Anthology Amazon UK - $33 shipped to US How do you know it's region free? I don't see any mention of its region
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Steve Yun posted:How do you know it's region free? I don't see any mention of its region
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Ok I'll take your word for it. Been holding out on Aliens far too long
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Talking of the UK Aliens set and also its packaging, I was really happy to see that they'd replaced the digipak version with a Blu-ray case today when I was looking around HMV, so hopefully this is what you get if you ordered it through Amazon, unless they still have old stocks left?
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Blodskur posted:Talking of the UK Aliens set and also its packaging, I was really happy to see that they'd replaced the digipak version with a Blu-ray case today when I was looking around HMV, so hopefully this is what you get if you ordered it through Amazon, unless they still have old stocks left?
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ApexAftermath posted:Correct me if I am wrong, but lets assume they do TNG on blu ray and redo the effects like it sounds like they will have to do. Wouldn't this mean they would be charging ridiculous amounts(even more ridiculous than the prices the sets were when they originally came out on dvd)? Well, TOS was only about 100 dollars for a season on the highend. Remember, they won't just do a full-scale HD remaster just for Blu-ray. It's too limited a market to justify spending the kind of money it would take to redo all of the show's effects. Part of that cost would also have to be supported by syndication and streaming rights. I can't imagine them being able to charge more than 100 dollars for the set anyway, just because if you look at the prices of other season sets, too many people wouldn't justify spending that kind of money on TNG to recoup the costs. Hopefully, we'll hear some details about a remaster soon. I imagine with the new film coming out next year, they'll want to have something for us to look forward to. It would be the perfect time to release a product like this.
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Steve Yun posted:How do you know it's region free? I don't see any mention of its region All WB films are region free since they were on the HD-DVD bandwagon first which didn't allow region coding. When they switched to Blu-Ray (and all but ended the format war in one fell swoop), they kept the region-free system.
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Island Nation posted:All WB films are region free since they were on the HD-DVD bandwagon first which didn't allow region coding. When they switched to Blu-Ray (and all but ended the format war in one fell swoop), they kept the region-free system. The Alien boxset is from Fox 
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The Alien boxset is from Fox, but we're sure it's region free because it was tested like the day it came out and then a million people imported it because it has always been so much cheaper in the UK.
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Sporadic posted:The Alien boxset is from Fox Outside of BD+, I'm not sure why they are inconsistent but a very rough guess would be that they only put region coding for most new releases and most legacy titles like the Alien series get none. There are exceptions in both cases but I don't work at News Corp. to know what they are. A Breakdown of releases in Europe can be found here: http://blurayregioncodes.com/index.php?region=b (Studio: Fox)
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Blodskur posted:Talking of the UK Aliens set and also its packaging, I was really happy to see that they'd replaced the digipak version with a Blu-ray case today when I was looking around HMV, so hopefully this is what you get if you ordered it through Amazon, unless they still have old stocks left? I got the Blu-Ray case one when I ordered the anthology from Amazon UK back in February.
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And I got the larger one from them when I ordered it in March. Luck of the draw I guess? (I like my packaging, think I prefer it to the new one based on that shot)
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Cemetry Gator posted:Well, TOS was only about 100 dollars for a season on the highend. Indeed. They will undoubtedly be as high-priced as possible, but there's a ceiling on that. I can't imagine them going beyond $100.
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So has there been any word at all of Nashville (or any Altman for that matter) on blu-ray? I want that movie so bad.
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After finding out about that Alien Anthology deal (and subsequently finding the Dirty Harry set deal) on UK Amazon, I'm addicted to checking in on there almost daily - and they always seem to have better deals than the US one. Planet Earth: Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray][Region Free] (David Attenborough) http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000SKNIWE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Price: ｣14.99 (price dropped to ｣12.49 after checkout) You Save: ｣35.00 (70%) Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1989-1997 [Blu-ray][Region Free] http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001MUK7GY/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Price: ｣17.99 (price dropped to ｣14.99 after checkout) You Save: ｣22.00 (55%)
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The Prisoner: The Complete Series dropped down to $33.99 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B002C68WOG American Lost & Found: The BBS Boxset also dropped down to $52.99 ($7.52 a movie) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B003ZYU3SC A bunch of Criterion titles also dropped down to $17.49-$19.99
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Fiendish Dr. Wu posted:Planet Earth: Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray][Region Free] (David Attenborough) Skip that one, the Special Edition is only a few ﾃつ｣ more, and its apparently a better set. Edit: the UK version is 50hz though so you might have issues importing it and using on your equipment. Be careful. EL BROMANCE fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Apr 26, 2011 |
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The regular UK edition of Planet Earth is not 50Hz (the feature is 1080p24 and the bonus disc 5 is 1080i60). But Planet Earth Special Edition and Life are 1080i50. frumpsnake fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Apr 26, 2011 |
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Sporadic posted:The Prisoner: The Complete Series dropped down to $33.99 on Amazon Nice. I went ahead and got the BBS set. At least I can resell it easily if it's not a big rewatch. Easy Rider is a great film and I've wanted to see Head, The Last Picture Show, and Five Easy Pieces for a while. The Prisoner is one of the best TV releases ever. The show itself is fantastic, but the remasters are even more mind-blowing. The color pops off the screen and the image is nearly spotless.
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Egbert Souse posted:Nice. I went ahead and got the BBS set. At least I can resell it easily if it's not a big rewatch. Easy Rider is a great film and I've wanted to see Head, The Last Picture Show, and Five Easy Pieces for a while. It's a nice set for the money (I paid $62.50 for mine from Criterion). Seven movies plus a good size paperback and it is completely packed with special features. I still need to sit down and tear into it.
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The pHo posted:Skip that one, the Special Edition is only a few ﾃつ｣ more, and its apparently a better set. Yeah I actually did change it to the special edition before checkout. It's one more BD with a booklet, worth another $3 or so.
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I know this isn't the sales thread, but I figured I'd mention it here: Amazon is having a Criterion sale on specific Criterions, listed here.
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Murnau's Nosferatu is coming out in Italy on June 28th from Ermitage. They seem to have Italian rights to the Transit Film/Murnau Foundation library, so it's definitely a licensed edition. I'm hedging my bets on Kino releasing their edition next year for the 90th anniversary.
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Speaking of sales, I've got most of my collection up in SA-Mart now. Good prices on hundreds of Blu-Rays. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3405524
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