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Sporadic posted:Looks like there is a new candidate for worst Blu-Ray ever released. Night Of The Living Dead (1990) from Twilight Time. Holy poo poo. I've never seen anything like this. The only thing keeping this from reaching maximum comedy levels for me is the fact that I really was waiting on a blu-ray release.
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ApexAftermath posted:Holy poo poo. I've never seen anything like this. The only thing keeping this from reaching maximum comedy levels for me is the fact that I really was waiting on a blu-ray release. I just find it difficult to believe that this wasn't picked up by anyone involved with the transfer 
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I apologize if this has already been covered, but is the new ST:TNG blu-rays as good as they sound? I heard a bit of the restoration process on NPR this weekend, but since cash is tight, I want to make sure they are as good as they sound.
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CrushedWill posted:I apologize if this has already been covered, but is the new ST:TNG blu-rays as good as they sound? I heard a bit of the restoration process on NPR this weekend, but since cash is tight, I want to make sure they are as good as they sound. Might want to hold off. A few of the discs have apparently very noticeable problems with the DTS 7.1 audio. They are issuing replacement discs so if you don't mind dealing with that go ahead and buy, but otherwise I'd wait for them to put out fixed sets. As far as I know they haven't, or at least I haven't heard any news on how to tell the difference between fixed and not fixed sets. EDIT Details - http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/01/star-trek-tng-s1-blu-ray-set-has-an-audio-flaw-free-replacemen/ ApexAftermath fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Oct 2, 2012 |
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CrushedWill posted:I apologize if this has already been covered, but is the new ST:TNG blu-rays as good as they sound? I heard a bit of the restoration process on NPR this weekend, but since cash is tight, I want to make sure they are as good as they sound. Aside from the 7.1 mistakes (and they really were only a big problem for me on one episode, so you're mileage may vary), the picture is really good. They didn't DNR the film to hell, and the show looks better than half of the stuff on TV today.
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ApexAftermath posted:Might want to hold off. A few of the discs have apparently very noticeable problems with the DTS 7.1 audio. They are issuing replacement discs so if you don't mind dealing with that go ahead and buy, but otherwise I'd wait for them to put out fixed sets. As far as I know they haven't, or at least I haven't heard any news on how to tell the difference between fixed and not fixed sets. I will hold off a few weeks until I can be reasonably sure discs with the 7.1 are out of the retail chain. Thanks for the info! Cemetry Gator posted:Aside from the 7.1 mistakes (and they really were only a big problem for me on one episode, so you're mileage may vary), the picture is really good. They didn't DNR the film to hell, and the show looks better than half of the stuff on TV today. I didn't catch all the details of the restoration, but it sounds like the team restored the episodes from the original 35mm dailies, having to reconstruct episodes piece by piece. I'm also glad they resisted George Lucasing the gently caress out of the series and stuck to the original plots.
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CrushedWill posted:I will hold off a few weeks until I can be reasonably sure discs with the 7.1 are out of the retail chain. Thanks for the info! Yeah I'm still not sure if they plan to release fixed sets as I have never been able to find anyone talking about it. I hope they don't just go with the replacement program and decide against issuing new sets.
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ApexAftermath posted:Yeah I'm still not sure if they plan to release fixed sets as I have never been able to find anyone talking about it. I hope they don't just go with the replacement program and decide against issuing new sets. Fixed sets are already making their way to stores - I've seen them around at a few places myself. You can tell a set has the corrected discs by two things - the spine (both the slipcover and the actual case) will have the Star Fleet insignia towards the top, just below the CBS symbol, and the UPC will be yellow instead of the regular white.
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CrushedWill posted:I didn't catch all the details of the restoration, but it sounds like the team restored the episodes from the original 35mm dailies, having to reconstruct episodes piece by piece. I believe the biggest changes are CGI models for planets and perhaps slightly better lighting of certain effects (in the TVIV thread, someone mentioned applied CGI lighting to the Enterprise during some scene). Beyond that, season 1 looked fantastic and I'm expecting season 2 (December) to look just as good.
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Cemetry Gator posted:Aside from the 7.1 mistakes (and they really were only a big problem for me on one episode, so you're mileage may vary), the picture is really good. They didn't DNR the film to hell, and the show looks better than half of the stuff on TV today.
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kuddles posted:If anything, the restoration is too good. If you pay too close attention, it'll be pretty clear that some of the make-up and props were never intended to be seen at a higher image quality than an SD television signal. Yes, there is one episode where if you look at the computer panels you can see the boom mic following Riker as he walks across the bridge of the Enterprise. But honestly, the bad make-up and stuff looked bad in SD. It's just when the rest of the show looks so good, it just makes it stand out more.
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Cemetry Gator posted:Yes, there is one episode where if you look at the computer panels you can see the boom mic following Riker as he walks across the bridge of the Enterprise. Plus the first season is particularly cheap looking (2nd isn't that flash either). It's not until season 3 that the production values an the writing significantly improve. That said, every exterior shot of the ship still makes me smile.
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I haven't seen much bitching about the Indiana Jones set post-release -- did people come around on the color timing, or was there a backlash? I have the set and think it looks fine, but I also don't mind a warmer palette for something like Indiana Jones.
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Star Trek TNG is definitely one of the most incredible restorations I've ever seen. The preexisting masters were very washed-out with a weird pinkish tint to them and the whole thing just screamed "VHS". Now they almost look like movies. '90s movies, but still. The color correction alone is a revelation. And the new CGI, where it was needed, is very respectful of the original effects.
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morestuff posted:I haven't seen much bitching about the Indiana Jones set post-release -- did people come around on the color timing, or was there a backlash? I've compared the HDTV versions of Raiders and Temple with the Blu-rays, and the problem really only showed up on Raiders. But it's really obvious there and I prefer the HDTV color timing. Trump fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Oct 2, 2012 |
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Cheesus posted:Yeah, they had to recomposite everything which is obviously a huge task. I've added Season 1 to items I'll start looking for on sale, it sounds amazing. I won't even mind the air bag Worf had on his head for the first couple of seasons 
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Warner announced a bunch of classics for January 8th... Mrs. Miniver Driving Miss Daisy Grand Hotel The Jazz Singer The Jazz Singer is basically the 3-disc set from 2007 with the first disc upgraded to Blu. The second disc is full of documentaries and the third is made up of 3 1/2 hours of restored Vitaphone shorts. An odd choice, but the transfer on the DVD was excellent in both video and audio. It also looks like they're releasing at some point in 2013: Giant, Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Around the World in 80 Days, and The Best Years of Our Lives.
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Egbert Souse posted:Warner announced a bunch of classics for January 8th... They also announced these monstrosities: quote:The Best of Warner Bros. 100 Film DVD Collection
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35 of those movies were originally from other studios. Warner owns nearly every surviving film produced or released by them except for some John Wayne productions and Rope. I'd rather have Yankee Doodle Dandy (which is an amazing WB film) than the creaky Grand Hotel.
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Wow--at first I wanted to hate on that 100 DVD collection's modern films, but on the whole they're really solid choices. There are too many good collections coming out for the holidays!
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Amazon.co.uk have a 3 BD for GBP17 deal at the moment, for selected titles including Region Free ones. Just remember if you want to buy TV show sets there and you are from the US, you need a player that can output in 50Hz (or play them on a computer), even if they are Region Free.
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The MSJ posted:
This isn't true. Maybe for some BBC made shows but most stuff is film speed. I've purchased most of my TV BR from the UK, such as: Band of Brothers Terminator SCC Madmen 1-4 Spartacus GotA Ingram fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Oct 4, 2012 |
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The MSJ posted:Just remember if you want to buy TV show sets there and you are from the US, you need a player that can output in 50Hz (or play them on a computer), even if they are Region Free. At least all North-American made TV shows on Blu-ray are released at their original speed and format also in Europe. The current Blu-ray specification doesn't even allow 1080/25p, only 1080/25i (or 720/25p), and I just don't see what sense converting the content to a different speed would make anyway as long as it's not for TV broadcast. Things were of course altogether different with DVDs. I haven't really bought or rented any European-made TV series on Blu-ray so I don't know whether that's a different story. Zat fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Oct 4, 2012 |
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Yeah, the region-free blurays of American shows play fine. A lot of the BBC stuff however is encoded as PAL even on their bluray versions, which is infuriating.
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Yeah I've often wondered about that. Like, I get that the UK boxset of the Alien Anthology would "play fine" in an American player. But I was never sure if that meant "it plays fine, but still outputs at 25p" or "no you idiot it plays at 24p". Seems like it is the latter. But if you had a Blu-ray UK import of, say, Planet Earth...would that then output at 25p? Not sure why you would when there is a perfectly fine US release, but just thinking hypothetically.
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I've been going through the Universal Monsters blu ray box set and it is just fantastic. The restoration of Dracula is just astounding, especially the work they did on the soundtrack. I never noticed before how some scenes in that film actually are filled with interesting sound design instead of this all-consuming hiss. Plus, that tantalising 3-D restoration of Creature From the Black Lagoon is making me wish I had a 3-D TV.
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Amazon's Deal Of The Day is: $24.41 - Seven Samurai http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003KGBISY...6MB502TDYXF9JDX $35.49 - The Samurai Trilogy http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007N5YJZM...RF42WDWVMDV9BEN Professor Clumsy posted:I've been going through the Universal Monsters blu ray box set and it is just fantastic. The restoration of Dracula is just astounding, especially the work they did on the soundtrack. I never noticed before how some scenes in that film actually are filled with interesting sound design instead of this all-consuming hiss. Plus, that tantalising 3-D restoration of Creature From the Black Lagoon is making me wish I had a 3-D TV. I only scanned Spanish Dracula and I was wowed by how good it looked. Can't wait to dive in further. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Oct 4, 2012 |
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Professor Clumsy posted:I've been going through the Universal Monsters blu ray box set and it is just fantastic. The restoration of Dracula is just astounding, especially the work they did on the soundtrack. I never noticed before how some scenes in that film actually are filled with interesting sound design instead of this all-consuming hiss. Plus, that tantalising 3-D restoration of Creature From the Black Lagoon is making me wish I had a 3-D TV. I'm getting so loving excited for this, but mine's coming from Amazon.co.uk so it'll probably be forever before I get it. The screenshots I've seen from all of the movies have been amazing so far.
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The Dark Knight Trilogy looks pretty good. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Knight-Trilogy-Blu-ray-Region/dp/B008JARIIA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349437400&sr=8-1. I have seen some talk about another 'ultimate boxset' coming out early next year. Does anyone know about this?
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henpod posted:The Dark Knight Trilogy looks pretty good. I don't think there are any details yet. The only thing regarding it was a line in the promotional flier that said a trilogy collector's edition would be released in 2013.
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Has there been any talk about whether or not Best Buy will have a steelbook for TDKR that matches the ones they have for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight? If there isn't one on release, I don't know if I'll be able to take it.
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RichterIX posted:Has there been any talk about whether or not Best Buy will have a steelbook for TDKR that matches the ones they have for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight? If there isn't one on release, I don't know if I'll be able to take it. And will they have more than two copies per store? Still loving pissed about Jaws.
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RichterIX posted:Has there been any talk about whether or not Best Buy will have a steelbook for TDKR that matches the ones they have for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight? If there isn't one on release, I don't know if I'll be able to take it. There's a steelbook or metalpack or whatever they're called now.
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More Warner releases coming in 2013: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Hobbit-Extended-Edition-Dark-Knight-Trilogy-Blu-rays-Coming-2013-33365.html Highlights include Cabaret, The Big Parade (finally!), Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Giant House of Wax (3-D), The Right Stuff, the Mad Max trilogy, and a new Enter the Dragon. They also have retreads of the Nolan Batman trilogy, Ocean's 11 trilogy, A Christmas Story, and several box sets of already released films. They also have a theatrical and Blu release of The Wizard of Oz converted to 3-D coming for the 75th anniversary...
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Egbert Souse posted:...a new Enter the Dragon. Thank Christ. I hope this one is actually worthwhile.
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Egbert Souse posted:They also have a theatrical and Blu release of The Wizard of Oz converted to 3-D coming for the 75th anniversary... Ew. This just leaves a really bad taste in my mouth. First off, I'm not the biggest fan of 3-D to begin with, but even more so, conversions just look horrible. It's a 75-year-old film. Why do they even need to do a 3-D conversion? It wasn't shot for 3-D, so it's not like it's going to do any good.
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