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4K UHD/Blu-ray/DVD Community Thread: Bringing the Theater Home!
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Aggelos
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Master Of Illusion
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God is real.
Classicrockfan
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WoodyStare
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Wow. I’m actually really excited for these. Hopefully they do the rest of the franchise. I’m a big fan of Bride of Chucky.
squallheart
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I wonder
I wonder If these are different from the 4ks that I have o.o
I wonder If these are different from the 4ks that I have o.o
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DragoonWalker
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What do you mean? The PS trilogy has never been on UHD. They have 4k remasters, but those are downscaled on blu ray. Are you referring to those?
Classicrockfan
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https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=30728
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Classicrockfan
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Putonahappyface
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Putonahappyface
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If this doesn't get a UK release I'm going to be so pissed. I hate ordering films online, gambling whether or not it'll get to me undamaged.
Outpost #31
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Aggelos
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Classicrockfan
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pauljeremiah
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I bought a thing today.
OmegaSupreme
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Nice. I love my Sony receiver.I bought a thing today.
pauljeremiah
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Really happy with it, It's my first A/V upgrade since 1997. I bought a Sony STR-DE485 and it finally started to die on me just before Xmas last year. The jump from compressed surround sound (DD 5.1 and DTS 5.1) to uncompressed (Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD, DTS:X and LPCM) is amazing, it's like it breathed a whole new life into my blu-ray/4K collection, even Atmos via my Apple TV 4K sounds really good.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
I would like to get back into physical media. Just a quick question does 4k physical media look better than 4k streaming. I watched a YouTube video a while back claiming 4k streaming on Disney+ looks better UHD disks.
SafeOrAlone
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Discs will look and sound better.
pauljeremiah
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Way better, in regards to picture quality 4K streaming is about 15mbps on average (most sites recommend an internet speed of 25mbps for buffering), blu-rays discs are on average between 25-35mbps, while most 4K discs are on average 80mbps and can go as high as 128mbps (the only one I've seen do this is the 70mm parts of Apollo 11).
With audio, most streaming sites stream standard Dolby Digital 5.1 at 640kbps compressed audio, which is DVD quality sound. More are starting to stream in Dolby Atmos, but I believe the bitrate is still compressed. With 4K discs (and blu-rays) you have fully uncompressed sound, be it Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and LPCM. Dolby True HD and DTS-HD average out between 2-5mbps, while Dolby Atmos and DTS:X are around 6mbps, and LPCM is 7mbps.
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Classicrockfan
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VulcanRaven
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Eureka releases these Boris Karloff movies on Blu-Ray in the UK. It was supposed to be released this month but they delayed it to 18th July.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Universal-Terror-Blu-ray/315816/
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Universal-Terror-Blu-ray/315816/
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freernnur5
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Did anyone else stop getting notifications for new posts in this thread? I thought it had died off, but was excited to see it and learn of the Police Story and Heat 4Ks coming down the pipe. Ordered those.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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I wish Marvel Studios would pack each of their releases with extras. The extras are always so bare
Ulysses 31
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Especially with a movie like this that had extensive reshoots.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
I miss the days of Blu-ray and DVD having alot of extras.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Special Edition DVDs used to have tons of extras: multiple audio commentaries, deleted scenes, making of featurettes, mini documentaries about the film makers. I could spend just as much time going through the extras as I had spent watching the film. Those days are over.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Yeah unfortunately, I think it's due to profits
pauljeremiah
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Since I upgraded my home A/V Amp, I decided to upgrade my 4K Blu-ray player too, it's region free too.
ManaByte
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It's due to the death of physical media.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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That too lol
ManaByte
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No it's specifically that. The home video market is now PVOD and streaming, and they prepare the movies for those formats; most of which don't even support extras. Physical is an afterthought in 2022 and is a super niche market. Again, there's literally ONE duplication plant in all of North America with an entire year's worth of discs planned out in a long waiting list. Most studios aren't going to spend money for that kind of market.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Which depresses me since that means more control by these companies. I would rather own a dvd/bluray/4k than stream. Since streaming you have to have a internet connection
sankt-Antonio
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Only annoying thing with this player, Dolby Vision has to be turned on/off manually. What was Sony thinking? The reason I went with a (modded) Panasonic.Since I upgraded my home A/V Amp, I decided to upgrade my 4K Blu-ray player too, it's region free too.
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Outpost #31
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Got my Raiders and Untouchables 4K steelbooks in. Woohoo!
Love the packaging they used for the collector's edition of the Untouchables steelbook. It's a quite thick and sturdy slipcase that houses the steelbook and folded poster. Probably my new favorite packaging.
freernnur5
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I don't even mind the internet connection requirement, although I get that could be an impediment for some people. I don't like that content can sometimes just move to a different service and if you don't have that service you are SOL. I get licensing agreements and all that but it can be annoying.
Plus if you have physical media for shows, you don't get episodes pulled, or worry about music changing, etc.
pauljeremiah
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True, but it only takes about 20 seconds to turn it on, and once it's on it stays on.
sankt-Antonio
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Yeah, but wouldn't you want it off again for non DV discs?
pauljeremiah
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I haven't noticed it make any changes when I've watched a non-DV film on it.
Aggelos
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Raw Deal 4K Blu-ray
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Classicrockfan
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Classicrockfan
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ManaByte
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OmegaSupreme
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Looks like I'm buying army of darkness again
Classicrockfan
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VulcanRaven
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I bought these:
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WoodyStare
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Dear lord. Shout Factory is on fire lately. I’ll be purchasing many of their upcoming releases.
Classicrockfan
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DragoonWalker
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You mean region free for regular blu rays? Where did you buy it, or did you pay to convert one?Since I upgraded my home A/V Amp, I decided to upgrade my 4K Blu-ray player too, it's region free too.
pauljeremiah
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4K discs are region-free by design, so it's region-free for blu-rays and DVDs. I bought it off Amazon UK.