The Official Alfred Hitchcock on Blu-ray & UHD Thread
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Posted by Adam (owner of HTF)
this may be the best (potential) news yet
I just heard this afternoon that the release date has been pushed back, new date is TBD.* Based on the early reports we have heard I would say that its a good thing and allows them to fix some of the issues.
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I no longer have my dvd set to check (Recently sold it for $80 on ebay), but I remember the credits on the Topaz dvd looked too clean and I suspected some retitling when I last watched it. I don't remember if Frenzy had the same problems on dvd or not. Someone who still has the dvd set could check if they feel inclined. Would be interesting to know if these issues have been around for awhile and no one noticed until now.
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I no longer have my dvd set to check (Recently sold it for $80 on ebay), but I remember the credits on the Topaz dvd looked too clean and I suspected some retitling when I last watched it. I don't remember if Frenzy had the same problems on dvd or not. Someone who still has the dvd set could check if they feel inclined. Would be interesting to know if these issues have been around for awhile and no one noticed until now.
I have the Frenzy dvd and will be happy to confirm it is just as Nick presented in post 312 of this thread
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Nick's last Hitch tweet of the night regarding Harry (don't look at his tweet showing a truely fugly Glengarry GlenRoss steelbook cover unless you want to be ill)
Gonna hafta call it a night. Peeked @ first 10 mins of THE TROUBLE W/ HARRY. Ace detail, hardly any damage, prob w/ white in 1st few shots
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Rough tally so far:
PRETTY BLOODY GOOD:
REAR WINDOW
SHADOW OF A DOUBT
ROPE
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
TOPAZ
NOT GOOD:
FRENZY
FAMILY PLOT
MARNIE
PRETTY BLOODY GOOD:
REAR WINDOW
SHADOW OF A DOUBT
ROPE
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
TOPAZ
NOT GOOD:
FRENZY
FAMILY PLOT
MARNIE
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Man... what a pisser. The encoders screwed up. A half-assed job on A-list movies! Marnie is especially unforgivable. Anyone have any comments on THE BIRDS or VERTIGO yet?
Oh well unless these problems are remedied with the "delayed" release date, it's off to the torrents for me. If Universal can't get it right (at least "good" to "very good" uniformly on these!), they won't get my $200 for the set.
I'm sure these sentiments are not mine alone...
Oh well unless these problems are remedied with the "delayed" release date, it's off to the torrents for me. If Universal can't get it right (at least "good" to "very good" uniformly on these!), they won't get my $200 for the set.
I'm sure these sentiments are not mine alone...
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Man... what a pisser. The encoders screwed up. A half-assed job on A-list movies! Marnie is especially unforgivable. Anyone have any comments on THE BIRDS or VERTIGO yet?
Oh well unless these problems are remedied with the "delayed" release date, it's off to the torrents for me. If Universal can't get it right (at least "good" to "very good" uniformly on these!), they won't get my $200 for the set.
I'm sure these sentiments are not mine alone...
Oh well unless these problems are remedied with the "delayed" release date, it's off to the torrents for me. If Universal can't get it right (at least "good" to "very good" uniformly on these!), they won't get my $200 for the set.
I'm sure these sentiments are not mine alone...
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Lack of original 2.0 on VERTIGO is a big issue, but I thought the comments on "some other forum" indicated that the original Mono track probably *will* be included for VERTIGO in the U.S. boxset. It seems that for reasons of space due to many different dubs being included, that room couldn't be found to include the 2.0 track in the UK set. We'll see.
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It's a fair assumption, but the 2.0 track wasn't on the DVD release I have either (I can't speak for all of them though).
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Sheesh Universal...just delay the release and get these RIGHT. I don't care if I have to wait until NEXT Christmas.
Anyone else now worried that the UNIVERSAL MONSTERS release will also have issues?
Anyone else now worried that the UNIVERSAL MONSTERS release will also have issues?
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Dracula and Frankenstein were 2 of 13 titles that received a restoration. I think those will look good. Who the heck knows about the rest.
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Amazon US now shows 10/30 as the date for this set
UK site has not yet been changed
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“Universal Studios Home Entertainment is postponing the Blu-ray release of Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection to October 30, 2012. Certain imperfections with the product have come to light and, as a result, we are delaying the release date to correct these points. Our goal is to always deliver the best possible product to our consumers.”
UK site has not yet been changed
EDIT:
“Universal Studios Home Entertainment is postponing the Blu-ray release of Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection to October 30, 2012. Certain imperfections with the product have come to light and, as a result, we are delaying the release date to correct these points. Our goal is to always deliver the best possible product to our consumers.”
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Amazon US now shows 10/30 as the date for this set
UK site has not yet been changed
EDIT:
“Universal Studios Home Entertainment is postponing the Blu-ray release of Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection to October 30, 2012. Certain imperfections with the product have come to light and, as a result, we are delaying the release date to correct these points. Our goal is to always deliver the best possible product to our consumers.”
UK site has not yet been changed
EDIT:
“Universal Studios Home Entertainment is postponing the Blu-ray release of Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection to October 30, 2012. Certain imperfections with the product have come to light and, as a result, we are delaying the release date to correct these points. Our goal is to always deliver the best possible product to our consumers.”
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Is it possible that someone else is heading up USHE now? Someone who gives a fuck? Or at least is working on the set and is making a big deal out of this? Please let this be a standard now. Have someone who gives a fuck.
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There is still plenty of time to cancel before this ships
There is hardly any time to make large scale fixes, get the new discs pressed, repackaged, and shipped for even a 10/30 street date
My expectations are as low as can be