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Masterworks of American Experimental Cinema up for pre-order on Flicker Alley. They also have a deal to add the 7-disc DVD set Unseen Cinema for $35, which is a steal. List of included films: quote:1920s N.Y, N.Y. is one of the best experimental films ever made, IMO. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 17:48 on May 21, 2015 |
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What's the deal with Disney's blurays? A local store here has a deal on a triple lion king pack, I don't give a poo poo about the sequels but 18 euros for localized Lion King I'm down for it, only I don't think it's the diamond edition
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May 21, 2015 18:49
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Egbert Souse posted:Masterworks of American Experimental Cinema up for pre-order on Flicker Alley. They also have a deal to add the 7-disc DVD set Unseen Cinema for $35, which is a steal. I...must have this. poo poo, most of those are some of the best experimental films ever made.  I can't believe somebody actually took the time to remaster them for the twelve people that will buy the set.
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May 21, 2015 21:19
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Kull the Conqueror posted:I...must have this. poo poo, most of those are some of the best experimental films ever made. Flicker Alley may be the next Criterion. They are already the outlet for Blackhawk Films and Lobster Films, which covers most silents not handled by Cohen or Kino. I never thought Man with a Movie Camera would get a 4k restoration, let alone a Blu-Ray.
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May 22, 2015 00:34
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Egbert Souse posted:Masterworks of American Experimental Cinema up for pre-order on Flicker Alley. They also have a deal to add the 7-disc DVD set Unseen Cinema for $35, which is a steal. I have a good friend who would absolutely fuckin LOVE this collection. Thanks for the heads up!
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May 22, 2015 03:14
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What's the deal with the max mad bluray releases? They're dubbed, even on region 2?
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May 23, 2015 20:31
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Honest Thief posted:What's the deal with the max mad bluray releases? They're dubbed, even on region 2? All editions except maybe the ancient Image DVD have the dub as an extra track
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May 23, 2015 21:10
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Can anyone confirm this Universal Monster BR collection UK release the same as the US release? Everything seems the same, but the price is half of the US.. http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Monsters-Essential-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B00G3LO64G
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May 23, 2015 22:04
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Dr.Caligari posted:Can anyone confirm this Universal Monster BR collection UK release the same as the US release? Everything seems the same, but the price is half of the US.. That looks to be the same. I highly recommend it.
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May 23, 2015 22:55
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Dr.Caligari posted:Can anyone confirm this Universal Monster BR collection UK release the same as the US release? Everything seems the same, but the price is half of the US.. It's the same, might even be cheaper to actually order it from the UK Amazon
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May 23, 2015 22:57
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Boxsets are routinely cheaper from Amazon UK. Not quite sure how that happens taking into account the weak dollar and the price of shipping (which make individual titles more expensive to import from the UK) - I guess the US divisions of the film studios inflate the boxset prices more than the UK divisions do?
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May 23, 2015 23:48
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Anybody mind lending a hand with some minor blue ray tech support. My mom bought a cheapish LG BPM33 blue ray player and she is getting picture but no sound. I messed with all 4 sound outputs along with the 3 freqs to and luck on that end. What could be causing this? Apologizes if this is the improper place to ask.
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May 24, 2015 00:09
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Neo_Reloaded posted:Boxsets are routinely cheaper from Amazon UK. Not quite sure how that happens taking into account the weak dollar and the price of shipping (which make individual titles more expensive to import from the UK) - I guess the US divisions of the film studios inflate the boxset prices more than the UK divisions do? Well you also forget that we usually don't get charged vat on boxsets
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May 24, 2015 00:30
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Rythe posted:Anybody mind lending a hand with some minor blue ray tech support. My mom bought a cheapish LG BPM33 blue ray player and she is getting picture but no sound. I messed with all 4 sound outputs along with the 3 freqs to and luck on that end. What could be causing this? Apologizes if this is the improper place to ask. Did you try it with another HDMI cable? It could be a bad cable or a HDCP issue.
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May 24, 2015 01:53
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Honest Thief posted:What's the deal with the max mad bluray releases? They're dubbed, even on region 2? I've heard this a few times on these boards and I don't know where this is coming from. Every region 1 release of Mad Max on DVD or blu-ray has the original soundtrack as the default setting. In fact they even give the option of 5.1 surround or the original mono.
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May 24, 2015 02:04
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Call Me Charlie posted:Did you try it with another HDMI cable? It could be a bad cable or a HDCP issue. Tried with a know good HDMI and still only picture and no sound. I did get a message that said signal is DVI connection please use HDMI1 and audio 3.
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May 24, 2015 14:12
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DVI doesn't carry audio so if it thinks you're plugged into a DVI source / input that would explain your symptoms.
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May 24, 2015 15:18
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Maybe the new version of BluRay is what Michael Bay, the Leni Riefenstahl of our time, is waiting for to put Bad Boys II, the reason cinema was invented, on high-definition disc format?
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TheScott2K posted:Maybe the new version of BluRay is what Michael Bay, the Leni Riefenstahl of our time, is waiting for to put Bad Boys II, the reason cinema was invented, on high-definition disc format? I watched that movie again recently for the first time since it was new and I had a whole series of anxiety attacks. Because they do this buddy bickering non-stop, and the whole time I was waiting for them to say something, anything, that's actually funny. I barely made it through it without getting a full blown panic attack. It was bizzare.
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May 25, 2015 11:00
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GhostDog posted:I watched that movie again recently for the first time since it was new and I had a whole series of anxiety attacks. Because they do this buddy bickering non-stop, and the whole time I was waiting for them to say something, anything, that's actually funny. I barely made it through it without getting a full blown panic attack. It was bizzare. If McCain had won in 08 that kind of talk would land you in Guantanamo
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May 26, 2015 00:31
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Gattaca is down to $4.96 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...MDV24XVCKDNRQKA
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May 26, 2015 01:48
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TheScott2K posted:Maybe the new version of BluRay is what Michael Bay, the Leni Riefenstahl of our time, is waiting for to put Bad Boys II, the reason cinema was invented, on high-definition disc format? Maybe he's a purist, and is waiting for hipsters to fall in love with 35 mm film again so that way he can issue a copy of the film on 35 mm film for the real high-def experience. that only the photochemical process can provide.
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May 26, 2015 02:54
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Forbidden Zone - Sept. 29 Also, a remastered Terminator 2 was just released a week or so ago: http://www.amazon.com/Terminator-2-Judgment-Day-Blu-ray/dp/B00UFMKSDW/ref=sr_1_492?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1433011674&sr=1-492 Early buyers have confirmed it does not have the DVNR problems that the Skynet Edition has and it's now encoded as AVC.
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May 30, 2015 19:51
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Do we know how this Forbidden Zone compares to the British release from a few years ago?
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May 30, 2015 20:00
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Does anyone here have experience with Arrow video releases? Amazon and etc all list them as region 2 PAL but I've heard that the movies themselves will play on region 1 NTSC players and it's just the special features you can't watch.
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May 31, 2015 02:09
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CPL593H posted:Does anyone here have experience with Arrow video releases? Amazon and etc all list them as region 2 PAL but I've heard that the movies themselves will play on region 1 NTSC players and it's just the special features you can't watch. I have their Battle Royale release and everything plays on my US region player with no hassle, but I don't know if that's universal to all their releases or not.
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May 31, 2015 02:30
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Amazons system is outdated and really only applies to DVDs. If the disc isn't region coded (which might be down to specific titles having different ownership I different countries and thus enforced, so best to check on a case by case basis), as long as the menu and any pre-roll isn't 25p/50i you should be golden. Some players will crash on that footage, which is kind of baffling in this day and age, but that's the case. The main feature will almost always be 24p and identical regardless of Region A or B, as long as you can get to it. I have an Arrow disc of Demons, if I remember I'll pop it in my player tomorrow and see what my TV info pops up with before the film starts.
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May 31, 2015 02:32
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the Arrow release of Forbidden Zone is all-region and totally perfect
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May 31, 2015 03:42
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I will say that as someone who can only play region 'A' discs it's pretty annoying to go on DVDBeaver and see something like this, for the Foxy Brown release: Region 'B' release: Arrow | Special Features: commentary, interviews, trailers, etc. Region 'A' release: Olive Films | Special Features: gently caress you
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EL BROMANCE posted:Amazons system is outdated and really only applies to DVDs. If the disc isn't region coded (which might be down to specific titles having different ownership I different countries and thus enforced, so best to check on a case by case basis), as long as the menu and any pre-roll isn't 25p/50i you should be golden. Some players will crash on that footage, which is kind of baffling in this day and age, but that's the case. The main feature will almost always be 24p and identical regardless of Region A or B, as long as you can get to it. Yeah, I know Amazon is often wrong about the technical specs of blu-rays and DVD so this is why I asked. I recently got the German blu-ray of Death Becomes Her and it plays without any issue and I believe that was listed on the site as Region 2 PAL. I only even knew to look into that because someone here brought it to my attention. And I know sometimes you can watch the movie but not the special features with import discs which is the case with another European disc I have. Not being able to access special features is of little concern to me because I hardly ever watch that stuff anyhow, I just want the movies and in the case of some of the more esoteric titles it appears that region 2 discs are the only option. Update! For curiosity sake I did a bit of googling and it appears I actually have an all regions player and didn't know it because it was never mentioned in the manual or advertising for that model. Though I'm still not sure why I can't watch the special features on some foreign discs but I guess that's the PAL thing. CPL593H fucked around with this message at 06:54 on May 31, 2015 |
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CPL593H posted:Update! It's possible that the special features are 1080i50 - some devices have issues playing those
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Slate Action posted:I will say that as someone who can only play region 'A' discs it's pretty annoying to go on DVDBeaver and see something like this, for the Foxy Brown release: Now try being in a Region B area and not being able to buy the Scream/Shout! Factory stuff. I know it's not their fault, but still.
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CPL593H posted:Update! That's pretty unusual, I'm guessing it's not a mainstream player like a Sony etc? My Panasonic is modded for multi region but I had to do it myself and enter codes every time I change region. It's also a bit more common to have a player that can do DVD MR but BD is still fixed. And PAL/NTSC isn't really a blu thing, as that indicates different resolutions as well as frame rates. 50/60hz is related to it but it's more a specific singular issue. It's still the same as the 90/00s in that playing 60hz in Europe is no big deal but 50hz in the U.S. will crash some players. No idea why.
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Amazon is a poor resource for determining region locking. Good resources do exist though! While the blu-ray.com forums are full of slipcover-obsessed and SteelBook-obsessed and so on weirdos, all that OCD in one place makes their database pretty useful! http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?studioid=323 That's a link to Arrow titles, and most of them have reviews that discuss the region locking and whether there's any 1050/i content that would be problematic in US players. You can also just search for titles in the top search bar of the site (change the flag on the right of the search bar to UK, or just to "All countries") and search across all international titles they track (which is pretty close to most of them in my experience, certainly everything from the UK).
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DVD Beaver on Man with a Movie Camera from Flicker Alley's new Vertov set  
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EL BROMANCE posted:That's pretty unusual, I'm guessing it's not a mainstream player like a Sony etc? My Panasonic is modded for multi region but I had to do it myself and enter codes every time I change region. It's also a bit more common to have a player that can do DVD MR but BD is still fixed. Turns out I was mistaken. I found some people selling modded versions of the player I have. It's a Sony.
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Yup. Screens like that are why I subscribe to this thread.
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Egbert Souse posted:Forbidden Zone - Sept. 29 loving awesome. I remember discovering this movie on a passed-around-and-copied-too-many-times VHS back in the 80's. We knew we liked Oingo Boingo but otherwise had no idea what the gently caress we were seeing. Good times. Egbert Souse posted:Also, a remastered Terminator 2 was just released a week or so ago: God dammit I've already triple dipped the first movie, are they seriously going to make me do it again for T2? I hate being a fanboy sometimes. And they do this while True Lies sits on DVD in poo poo quality.
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Any good options for Hard Boiled from Dragon Dynasty? New copies are out of stock and amazon doesn't give a timeframe (are they out of print?). There's one used copy but it's disc only, nothing else.
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