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Egbert Souse posted:
That's a really gorgeous transfer. I'm sure stories like this have been related a few times in this thread, but I've had more than one occasion of trying to explain to a friend that a film didn't have to be filmed in HD to benefit from a blu ray transfer. Oh yeah, also last week, Scream Factory released Psycho 2 and 3 on blu ray. 3 is fine for what it is, but 2 really is a shockingly strong follow up to Hitch's original. Go buy it already. Glamorama26 fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Sep 29, 2013 |
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I scored the John Carpenter's 'The Thing' steelbook blu-ray recently, which is a pretty big step up over the American bluray release. The US release didn't come with any of the (totally awesome) special features from the prior DVD release, and the steelbook bluray fixes that and includes everything. Additionally, it's not region-locked so it works in any bluray player.  The case is pretty slick, too.  
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Is there an affordable Blu-Ray player solution for compatibility problems if I am not keen on spending either A) A couple hundred bucks on a console that's about to be outdated? B) $500 on a new console?
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:Is there an affordable Blu-Ray player solution for compatibility problems if I am not keen on spending either Define "compatibility problems".
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Jedit posted:Define "compatibility problems". Trouble in the bedroom.
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Jedit posted:Define "compatibility problems". This thread kicks off with "buy a PS3 if you don't want any bullshit when trying to play movies." So far player shopping is a painful experience. I am looking at getting something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-BDP-S3100-Blu-ray-Player-Wi-Fi/dp/B00AWKC0EC/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top I've played around with the PS3's player before and it's fine but I have no other real use for a PS3 so it would essentially be a waste of money.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:This thread kicks off with "buy a PS3 if you don't want any bullshit when trying to play movies." The thread was also started in 2010. Call Me Charlie posted:I wouldn't say it's a stupid question. People are still parroting an old standard answer when they say that the PS3 is the best Blu-Ray player. It's kind of like if you asked somebody what the best antivirus is and they say AVG. Once upon a time, that was true. Now? Not so much. The player you listed should be fine.
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Call Me Charlie posted:The thread was also started in 2010. Thanks. Message boards like this are a life saver, because buying guides for blu-ray players are full of some of the derpiest "advice" ever.
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:This thread kicks off with "buy a PS3 if you don't want any bullshit when trying to play movies." I've got a similar Sony and never had an issue playing discs. The only thing I don't really like is the Youtube app but it seems like a bonus anyway.
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At this point you can get a good Sony BD player for a hundred dollars or less.
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I ordered that same model a few weeks ago after my PS3 broke. My PS3 never had any issues playing 1080p on my TV, this model would not output at 1080p to the same TV. If you are on a Samsung TV (mine is maybe 5 years old) you may want to look at a different model.
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Scream Factory is doing a sale all month where everyday through the 23rd a different title is marked down. http://www.shoutfactory.com/ThePriceIsFrightSale Free shipping, too. edit: The sale is running all month. The 23rd is just the last day you can order and have the stuff in time for Halloween. CPL593H fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Oct 2, 2013 |
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CPL593H posted:ThePriceIsFrightSale http://www.hark.com/clips/tqppyqdzhf-crypt-keeper-laughing
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^^ Good deal. ----- Spring Breakers dropped down to $11.98 from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BEJL4XS...9YPVAB0S657JAFX
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Call Me Charlie posted:Spring Breakers dropped down to $11.98 from Amazon I bought within 30 seconds of seeing this post.
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Some classic news from boards... Triumph of the Will is coming on Dec. 16 from a no-name distributor, but at almost $100. In the same post, Robert Harris confirms Synapse is releasing a much lower priced version to be released soon. German release of The Big Sleep on Jan. 3 Major collection of Keystone comedies coming from Flicker Alley in the near future. These already aired on TCM and seem to cover the early 1910s shorts through the early 1930s talkies.
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Deadwood: The Complete Series is the deal of the day. $58.99 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00129AJFO...A1FRYR2KX7PFVCP Great deal for a great boxset.
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Xenomrph posted:I scored the John Carpenter's 'The Thing' steelbook blu-ray recently, which is a pretty big step up over the American bluray release. What blew me away is that I watched that movie a hundred times over the last couple decades, and it wasn't until I recently watched my BD for the first time that I saw the doctor had an ear ring.
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Twilight Time announced their January and February titles. They now have the rights to a bunch of MGM films.* Khartoum (1966, Basil Deardon) - Jan. 21 [MGM/United Artists] Zulu (1964, Cy Enfield) - Jan. 21 [MGM/Embassy/StudioCanal] Titus (1999, Julie Taymor) - Jan. 21 [Fox] Man in the Dark (1953, Lew Landers) - Jan. 21 (3D) [Columbia] Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Woody Allen) - Feb. 11 [MGM/Orion] The Front (1976, Martin Ritt) - Feb. 11 [Columbia] Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974, Michael Cimino) - Feb. 11 [MGM/United Artists] The Blue Max (1966, John Gullermin) - Feb. 11 [Fox] The Eddy Duchin Story (1956, George Sidney) - Feb. 11 [Columbia] *Not the actual classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films (like Singin' in the Rain or The Wizard of Oz), but the current MGM library consisting of United Artists, Orion, post-1986 MGM, Embassy, Nelson, American International, and a bunch of other small companies. I noted the studios each was licensed from. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Oct 11, 2013 |
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Egbert Souse posted:Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989, Woody Allen) - Feb. 11 [MGM/Orion] Sweet, I'm always happy to see more Woody Allen films get blu-ray releases. There are still a number of his movies that only have lovely non-anamorphic DVD releases (Bullets over Broadway and Everyone Says I Love You for example) that I really wish would get an upgrade though.
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Daveski posted:Sweet, I'm always happy to see more Woody Allen films get blu-ray releases. There are still a number of his movies that only have lovely non-anamorphic DVD releases (Bullets over Broadway and Everyone Says I Love You for example) that I really wish would get an upgrade though. MGM at least has all of his films through Shadows and Fog (all his United Artists and Orion films). Although, Take the Money and Run was licensed from ABC (they have all the ABC Films library under license including Selznick International films) and What's Up, Tiger Lily is with Westchester Films (licensing through Criterion and Image).
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Egbert Souse posted:Twilight Time announced their January and February titles. They now have the rights to a bunch of MGM films.* Jesus. So instead of paying a reasonable 15-20 bucks for a nice MGM release of "Crimes & Misdemeanors", which I consider to be Allen's best film (is it not popular?), I'll have to pay $30-$40 for a needlessly limited copy out of 3000? And the same deal with "Titus", another favorite of mine. Please tell me this isn't the case, and Twilight Time have changed their business model.
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Origami Dali posted:Jesus. So instead of paying a reasonable 15-20 bucks for a nice MGM release of "Crimes & Misdemeanors", which I consider to be Allen's best film (is it not popular?), I'll have to pay $30-$40 for a needlessly limited copy out of 3000? And the same deal with "Titus", another favorite of mine. Please tell me this isn't the case, and Twilight Time have changed their business model. I think Crimes and Misdemeanors is really well-regarded by everybody who's seen it, but comparatively few people have. Like, my dad, one of the biggest Woody Allen fans you'll ever meet - he has most magazines the guy has appeared on the cover of, several biographies, drat near every one of his films on DVD or blu-ray - hadn't seen it until recently. When I found that out I pushed him hard to watch it. The behind-the-scenes doc Allen makes of Alan Alda is the funniest thing he ever did.
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Origami Dali posted:Jesus. So instead of paying a reasonable 15-20 bucks for a nice MGM release of "Crimes & Misdemeanors", which I consider to be Allen's best film (is it not popular?), I'll have to pay $30-$40 for a needlessly limited copy out of 3000? And the same deal with "Titus", another favorite of mine. Please tell me this isn't the case, and Twilight Time have changed their business model. Nope. Plus you get the added bonus of them potentially loving up the transfer and refusing to fix it. I hope they didn't get Unbearable Lightness Of Being from MGM. That deserves to come home to Criterion.
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Call Me Charlie posted:Nope. Plus you get the added bonus of them potentially loving up the transfer and refusing to fix it. Their business model is unfortunate - I understand the reasons for it, but I don't think many of the titles they get are appropriate for it. The blame for that falls partly on them, and certainly partly on Sony / Fox / now MGM for being willing to license the titles to them instead of just releasing the BD themselves. However, TT has not hosed up any transfers. Sony themselves hosed up Night of the Living Dead 1990, TT just releases what they are given. And 1 title having a serious issue like NotLD is hardly a bad record - there are hosed up Shout Factory and Criterion and Kino and so-on transfers and they don't define the companies' output, people are just all-too-happy to pile on about the TT NotLD issue because they hate the business model. Neo_Reloaded fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Oct 12, 2013 |
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Neo_Reloaded posted:However, TT has not hosed up any transfers. Sony themselves hosed up Night of the Living Dead 1990, TT just releases what they are given. And 1 title having a serious issue like NotLD is hardly a bad record - there are hosed up Shout Factory and Criterion and Kino and so-on transfers and they don't define the companies' output, people are just all-too-happy to pile on about the TT NotLD issue because they hate the business model. Nope, they lied about that. You can get a non-hosed up HD copy of Night Of The Living Dead 1990 from every digital store (Vudu/iTunes/Amazon) And 1 serious issue is a bad record when they basically tell fans to go pound sand in regards to it. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Oct 12, 2013 |
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Call Me Charlie posted:Nope, they lied about that. You can get a non-hosed up HD copy of Night Of The Living Dead 1990 from every digital store (Vudu/iTunes/Amazon) Or Sony fixed the issue before they started selling the digital one roughly a year later... Why would TT arbitrarily totally change the color palette on one film (one with extreme visibility compared to the rest of their releases, no less), but never do anything remotely similar on any other title? And Criterion, Shout etc have never redone an entire movie's transfer as a gesture of customer service, so again TT is being taken to task much more harshly. Hell, Shout has upscales for a few of their BD releases!
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Neo_Reloaded posted:Or Sony fixed the issue before they started selling the digital one... Why would TT arbitrarily totally change the color palette on one film (one with extreme visibility compared to the rest of their releases, no less), but never do anything remotely similar on any other title? Considering that the digital one was up before the TT release and that a HDTV transfer from years ago had the proper color timing, there's two possibility. 1) Sony hosed up and sent them the wrong file. 2) TT did something to the file after they received it, either by accident or intentionally. The correct response to both is to contact Sony, get a proper transfer and setup a replacement program. The wrong response to both is to say that there's nothing wrong with the disc and that it's the way it's suppose to be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6MZnqPnTxU Criterion has never come close to making a mistake as big as the one TT did with NOTLD 90 and they have been nothing but cool when they do make a mistake (Personal story, I never received a replacement case I ordered and Criterion not only two day shipping sent me another one but they gave me a $10 gift card when I emailed them) And I haven't heard anything about Shout releasing an upscale but they actually front money for new extras and their Scream Factory label has been nothing but gold. Plus they don't release movies for $35+ tl;dr - Twilight Time blows. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Oct 12, 2013 |
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Call Me Charlie posted:Nope, they lied about that. You can get a non-hosed up HD copy of Night Of The Living Dead 1990 from every digital store (Vudu/iTunes/Amazon) The TeamBlu guys over at originaltrilogy.com did a loving sweet BD50 where they restored the Twilight Time transfer to look like it should, and they also include the version you can get on VUDU just for comparison and preference reasons. They rigged up the blu ray so you can swap on the fly between versions, and also included the original audio tracks which I am not sure were included on the TT blu ray(as well as the TT DTS MA 5.1). They also included all the special features with nice menus. It's basically up to the standard of what you would expect from a professional blu ray release. For what it is worth I think the restored Twilight Time video blows away the VUDU version no question. Call Me Charlie posted:tl;dr - Twilight Time blows. Also this.
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Call Me Charlie posted:
Personally engaging with the ultra-spergs on the blu-ray.com forums (what sane company would do this?), and then getting their feelings hurt when they're picked apart (they now refuse to send out any screeners for review) doesn't help their case. Furthermore, if TT isn't involved in the overview of the transfers for the films they release (as they claim about the NOTLD '90 release), then what exactly are they good for? Footing the bill for packaging and shipping? I don't get it, but then again, I know very little of how home video distribution from reel to store actually works.
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Neo_Reloaded posted:Or Sony fixed the issue before they started selling the digital one roughly a year later... Nope. The VUDU one is pretty good, but it's not restored like the TT one is. The print is pretty rough and doesn't have anywhere near the detail of the TT version. Aside from the total clusterassfuck that the new color timing is, the TT print actually looks incredible(once properly fixed by the OT.com guys).
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Twilight Time is a weird case of a studio. Criterion generally oversees their own transfers unless the rights holder has their own. Most of the time that's great - Sony provides both Criterion and Twilight Time with gorgeous 4K masters handled by Colorworks. TT never does their own transfer work, which doesn't become an issue until when they have a film like Night of the Living Dead '90 when the best HD transfer had color timing changes supervised by the cinematographer. Criterion fell into the same problem with Pathe's horrific "restoration" of Children of Paradise. Personally, I think the limited edition model is garbage. It prompts scalpers to swipe up most of the inventory and also makes the film more of a collector's item. A more sensible idea would be making them exclusives for a few months before going for wide release. Why not make the 3000 limited copies just have special packaging like a steelbook with a substantial booklet, then roll out the standard run of cheap "just the disc" versions?
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Egbert Souse posted:
Do they not even have a maximum quantity per customer rule? This isn't going to be like trying to snag a Mondo poster, is it?
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Egbert Souse posted:Twilight Time is a weird case of a studio. Criterion generally oversees their own transfers unless the rights holder has their own. Most of the time that's great - Sony provides both Criterion and Twilight Time with gorgeous 4K masters handled by Colorworks. TT never does their own transfer work, which doesn't become an issue until when they have a film like Night of the Living Dead '90 when the best HD transfer had color timing changes supervised by the cinematographer. Criterion fell into the same problem with Pathe's horrific "restoration" of Children of Paradise. Because the limited edition thing is more profitable. They make a small run and sell out their entire inventory. It's all profit and no risk. If they did a regular run, they'd have to spend more money and wait longer for a return if they get one. Especially when people feel no urgency about buying the disc.
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Kino posted a trailer for their upcoming Nosferatu restoration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HUsa8LQ7pI Looks amazing compared to their last DVD
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The Lady from Shanghai coming soon - new 4K restoration from the negative. It's Sony and a Colorworks restoration, so that pretty much guarantees it'll look fantastic. No word if it's going to be directly from Sony or licensed (to Criterion or Twilight Time).
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I have what might be a dumb question. I went to pre-order Tabu on BRD since it's finally getting a US home video release and I saw it's only available on DVD. Then I noticed that Post Tenebras Lux is also only available on DVD for US home video. Is this common? Because that really sucks.  (I'd import Tabu from the UK release but it's region locked and so is my player.)
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GORDON posted:What blew me away is that I watched that movie a hundred times over the last couple decades, and it wasn't until I recently watched my BD for the first time that I saw the doctor had an ear ring. 
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I'd seen Blade Runner on DVD literally scores of times, and it wasn't until I saw the Final Cut in 4K projection that Rutger Hauer had tattoos on his arms. This was what turned me around on bluray. Like Scarlett O'Hara, I left the theater holding my fist to heaven and swearing I'd never settle for standard definition again edit: although I think Lawrence of Arabia is the best argument for HD. There's that wide shot of the desert when he's returning from rescuing Gasim and he's just a tiny dot, maybe 2 pixels tall, on the horizon. On the DVD, the dot is smaller than a pixel so you just see an empty horizon. Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Oct 19, 2013 |
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