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Antifa Turkeesian posted:Do people have any specific recommendations beyond makeMKV? After a move I have consolidated all my dvds into plastic sleeves and some shoebox-sized boxes, with an eventual next step of ripping everything and getting a RAID setup for Plex. I want to keep commentary tracks but don’t really care about anything else. MakeMKV basically copies the DVD/bluray file to the computer with whatever audio tracks you want and leaves the video/audio untouched. If that’s too big for you, use Handbrake to compress it down. If you’re primarily doing DVDs and whatever you’re playing them back on doesn’t natively support MPEG2 (because it’s old and most of these boxes are designed to stream internet poo poo that doesn’t use it) then Plex will have to reencode the files anyway, so you mights well do that. ruddiger posted:I didn't realize how small 4+ TB drives have gotten. I went into Best Buy the other day looking for a harddrive and bought a 4TB for around a hundred bucks. I really need to start ripping my dvd collection (1500+), every day I get mildly paranoid about discs rotting or getting scratched up and unplayable. When the WD externals go on sale, you can get a 10tb drive for around the $160 mark at BestBuy. It’s pretty insane.
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# ? May 9, 2019 23:46 |
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VoodooXT posted:It's probably because that drive is USB2, which is too slow to be doing this sort of thing. You'll see better times if you get a USB3 drive. Lmao. So I got more details. He's getting faster speeds now that he's dropped it down to USB 2.0. He got the drive for free from work. It's branded with his company's logo. I'm laughing my rear end off.
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# ? May 10, 2019 03:12 |
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Detective No. 27 posted:Lmao. So I got more details. He's getting faster speeds now that he's dropped it down to USB 2.0.
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# ? May 10, 2019 05:49 |
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Eureka has a sale on early German cinema, including a bunch of Murnau and Lang: https://eurekavideo.co.uk/promotions/weimar-sale/ Grabbed Nosferatu and Die Nibelungen, personally. It's a good chance to pick up Metropolis or The Blue Angel for cheap, too.
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# ? May 10, 2019 11:08 |
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drat, that's a ridiculous number of great films for cheap. Can anyone vouch for Eureka's Metropolis and Lubitsch in Berlin blu-rays?
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# ? May 10, 2019 11:21 |
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Samuel Clemens posted:drat, that's a ridiculous number of great films for cheap. Can anyone vouch for Eureka's Metropolis and Lubitsch in Berlin blu-rays? Metropolis looks and sounds brilliant, and the commentary is missing from the Kino release so from what I remember it's the better package. It is region B locked though. I also think there was some fuckery with the title cards that the Eureka release was much more faithful to the original on then other releases. The 20 odd minutes of previously lost footage looks rough, but it's presumably the best it'll ever get.
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# ? May 10, 2019 11:35 |
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Just got back into buying blu-rays again after taking a few years off from it and it's amazing how cheap they are now compared to when I was collecting. My local pawn shop is selling blu-rays for $2 each and it wasn't just junk either. Insane.
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# ? May 10, 2019 14:11 |
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I, Butthole posted:Eureka has a sale on early German cinema, including a bunch of Murnau and Lang: https://eurekavideo.co.uk/promotions/weimar-sale/ God dammit I just bought that Early Murnau set like three weeks ago. At least it's really good! Obviously The Last Laugh towers over everything else in the set (and it's available as a solo disc in Region A if you don't want the whole set) but every title in the box has at least something worth seeing in it. Echoing the praise for the Metropolis BD; it's up there with Man With A Movie Camera on the list of stuff I wrote off after screening hugely hosed-up prints all through film school and then later discovered that it's a whole different ballgame when it looks pristine. I have the Lubitsch set on DVD and haven't felt compelled to upgrade it (I'm relatively lukewarm on Lubitsch outside of To Be Or Not To Be and Heaven Can Wait), but everything in the set was worth watching at least once.
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# ? May 10, 2019 17:48 |
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Also hell yeah https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-of-flesh-and-blood-the-cinema-of-hirokazu-kore-eda-4-blu-ray-box-set.html#.XNZmDLcRWh_ Wish it had Shoplifters too, but I can get that separately I guess.
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I, Butthole posted:Also hell yeah https://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-of-flesh-and-blood-the-cinema-of-hirokazu-kore-eda-4-blu-ray-box-set.html#.XNZmDLcRWh_ Though I'm not sure I will ever dare re-watch Nobody Knows - I can't take that much crying. (On my own part, not crying in the film. I'm also hesitating to re-watch Grave of the Fireflies.)
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# ? May 12, 2019 09:00 |
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For anyone like me who grew up with Field of Dreams, the UHD that released yesterday is really really nice. Grain is pretty much perfect and the HDR enhances everything but without ever going too far. I hadn't seen the movie in about 10 years and this really felt like the definitive experience(after having watched it countless times on cable t.v. as a kid).
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# ? May 15, 2019 14:23 |
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How was the Backdraft UHD?
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# ? May 15, 2019 14:53 |
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david_a posted:How was the Backdraft UHD? Also extremely good. Assuming you like the movie of course, I know it's not exactly a masterpiece. But all the flames are predictably beautiful and the higher resolution really does a lot for those scenes too because you've got little particles flying around everywhere and all the characters are caked in sweat and grime, etc. I think when it comes to these catalog releases, the studios have now figured out how to do it right and also which films stand to benefit the most from the format.
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# ? May 15, 2019 15:00 |
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The problem with these UHD movies being really good is now is that I want to both see them, and buy them out of principal.
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# ? May 15, 2019 15:01 |
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Iron Crowned posted:The problem with these UHD movies being really good is now is that I want to both see them, and buy them out of principal. I know it's not the same as an actual disc, but I have digital codes for both if you're interested.
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# ? May 15, 2019 15:07 |
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Basebf555 posted:I know it's not the same as an actual disc, but I have digital codes for both if you're interested. Thanks, but I'll definitely be getting Backdraft at some point
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# ? May 15, 2019 15:11 |
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I'm intrested if you have them
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# ? May 15, 2019 15:38 |
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Island Nation posted:I'm intrested if you have them I can PM them to you when I get home later. I never know where to post a lot of these codes(unless it's a horror movie or a comic book/action movie) because I figure in the physical media thread people wouldn't be as interested in digital stuff.
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# ? May 15, 2019 15:40 |
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The Hannibal UHD is, unsurprisingly, a massive improvement over the old BD (which was garbage). https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=13133&d2=13132&s1=131085&s2=131069&i=0&l=0 I hated the film the first time I saw it, but I have since come to love it as a piece of absurd grand guignol.
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Basebf555 posted:I can PM them to you when I get home later. Thank you Is there any agreement on the best UHD player? I assume the Xbox One S takes it but I am unaware of the other devices that can do it as well.
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# ? May 15, 2019 16:54 |
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Island Nation posted:Thank you I have this one: https://www.amazon.com/Sony-UBP-X70...ps%2C133&sr=8-3 It's not perfect, it has some issues handling older UHDs and it will lock up once in a while, but I just kinda accept that as part of the game with a format that's still relatively new. The key for me was that it supports Dolby Vision, which is actually not easy to find in a UHD player. So if you have a Dolby Vision t.v., I think this player is regarded as the consensus best option right now.
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Island Nation posted:Thank you Basebf555 posted:I have this one: https://www.amazon.com/Sony-UBP-X70...ps%2C133&sr=8-3
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I have it as well. Got a great deal on BestBuy.com, and they’ll price match Amazon in most cases if you don’t want to feed that beast. I did have to swap one out in the first month from the BD laser going out, but otherwise it does the job. Loads quickly, small footprint. I’ve read the One S is a pretty mediocre player but not sure of the specifics. It was something I considered when looking at UHD players.
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# ? May 15, 2019 20:04 |
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The Shining UHD - October 1 New 4K restoration with HDR. No details on audio, though I'd expect it to follow 2001 and Barry Lyndon's example by having both original mono and the 2000 5.1 remix. Early word is indicating it's the 146 min cut with the original ending, but I'd expect it to simply be the regular US cut. (Having all three cuts branched would be awesome, though) Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 12:49 on May 16, 2019 |
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Egbert Souse posted:The Shining UHD - October 1 This really is the year of the UHD
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# ? May 16, 2019 13:17 |
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I try not to double dip for UHDs but anything Kubrick is a no-brainer exception. It helps that I bought The Shining on blu for only like $10 about 5 years ago, so spending a few bucks on a nice new version isn't too painful. Ridley Scott is my other automatic double dip director. I have Alien and Blade Runner in three different formats.
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# ? May 16, 2019 14:55 |
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Was it Shining the one where it was full screen on dvd for some reason? I never pick it up on dvd or bluray so I don't know if that carried on.
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# ? May 16, 2019 16:05 |
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Rirse posted:Was it Shining the one where it was full screen on dvd for some reason? I never pick it up on dvd or bluray so I don't know if that carried on. That's Kubrick's intended aspect ratio.
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# ? May 16, 2019 16:27 |
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EL BROMANCE posted:That's Kubrick's intended aspect ratio. Really?
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# ? May 16, 2019 16:29 |
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Not in any substantive way. Remember, he died back when 4:3 TVs were the norm, so for home video purposes he preferred fullscreen over letterboxing. Were he alive today I can't imagine the same would be true.
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# ? May 16, 2019 16:41 |
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Yeah that's true, he probably would've remastered it in a different way in this age. But that's what he intended at the time at least. Wonder if they'll include both version (I'm sure they'll just go with the widescreen version as per the blu-ray though). It was projected in 1.66:1 I believe?
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# ? May 16, 2019 16:45 |
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He shot it in 1.33:1 but composed it for 1.66:1, which was his intended ratio - I guess he did that with most of his later films, the idea being that he knew a full screen/TV version was going to happen so he wanted to keep it in mind when filming.
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# ? May 16, 2019 16:45 |
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The blu ray is 1:85:1 and it looks great so I'd prefer they stick with that.
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# ? May 16, 2019 16:47 |
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actually I might be wrong, he intended it widescreen for theaters but according to Wikipedia - "In accordance with stipulations contained in Kubrick's will, DVD releases show the film in open matte " So, I dunno. I prefer the look of the bluray at least.
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# ? May 16, 2019 16:49 |
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Do these UHDs that sport 4K remasters also use those same remasters on the included Blu-Ray, or do they simply just pack in the previously released original releases? I don’t have the UHD set-up, but I’d probably still buy a bunch of ‘em if the Blu-rays were upgrades. EDIT: Good lord "previously released original releases," gently caress off, writing. caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 17:17 on May 16, 2019 |
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caligulamprey posted:Do these UHDs that sport 4K remasters also use those same remasters on the included Blu-Ray, or do they simply just pack in the previously released original releases? I don’t have the UHD set-up, but I’d probably still buy a bunch of ‘em if the Blu-rays were upgrades.
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# ? May 16, 2019 17:15 |
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And the 4k Predator set still uses the old garbage DNR transfer for the 1080 disc.
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# ? May 16, 2019 17:31 |
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I'm still kicking myself for not getting the 3 Predator movie UHD box before The Predator came out, now I have to buy the 4 Predator movie UHD box, and I really didn't want two of those movies.
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# ? May 16, 2019 17:35 |
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david_a posted:How was the Backdraft UHD? Hopefully it's as good as the Backdraft 2 release. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZdUFhNOXUU e: fixed video start time ruddiger fucked around with this message at 20:02 on May 16, 2019 |
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Same writer as the first! How could it be bad??
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