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01-17-19, 08:11 PM
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Aquaman - March 26th!
01-22-19, 12:51 PM
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Did anyone else buy Galveston on UHD?
it's super dark. Like... a bad encode or something. I looked online, and a review mentioned that they thought it might be intentional... but other people online have said it's not right. The accompanying Blu-ray disc is apparently much better in this regard.
And no, I don't have my TV set up wrong. Every other disc I own looks beautiful; this is the only one where I had to jack up the brightness just to see what's going on in any scene that's not in daylight.
What are the chances this ever gets a replacement program? Probably next to nothing. Such a shame.
Some comments/reviews I've seen:
it's super dark. Like... a bad encode or something. I looked online, and a review mentioned that they thought it might be intentional... but other people online have said it's not right. The accompanying Blu-ray disc is apparently much better in this regard.
And no, I don't have my TV set up wrong. Every other disc I own looks beautiful; this is the only one where I had to jack up the brightness just to see what's going on in any scene that's not in daylight.
What are the chances this ever gets a replacement program? Probably next to nothing. Such a shame.
Some comments/reviews I've seen:
In the standard Blu-ray review, I described how director Mélanie Laurent and her cinematographer, Arnaud Potier, used darkness and dim lighting to achieve a contemporary noir style. For RLJ Entertainment's 2160p, HEVC/H.265-encoded UHD disc, the HDR colorist appears to have taken his (or her) cue from this extensive use of half-light and dark settings and exaggerated it to such extremes that in many scenes the action has become impossible to follow. (Seriously: In the botched job that turns Roy into a fugitive, I would not have been able to tell what was happening if I didn't already know from watching the standard Blu-ray.) The blacks on the disc are velvety, deep and beautiful, but they don't service the story.
I feel for the characters but I had to turn on my super high contrast setting to high on my TV and it was still dark as hell.
The 4K HDR digital copy was the same way...extremely dark with the colors pushed way to the extreme. And one day, on iTunes, they fixed the 4K. Still in HDR but they definitely fixed it and it’s looks great now....
The opening, pivotal scene of criminal behavior is so buried in black you have no idea what's going on, and don't even recognize who someone is because they were so buried in black during their intro. There's a scientific term for this, and it's called "completely f**cked."
If you put your television brightness up to insane levels some of the detail is actually there, but the HDR buries it in black at anything approaching normal settings. Maybe there's some gamma/brightness tweaks you could make to turn it into something acceptable without blowing it out to grey completely, but I doubt it. I had to but brightness at max to see anything near the normal detail seen on the BD.
If you put your television brightness up to insane levels some of the detail is actually there, but the HDR buries it in black at anything approaching normal settings. Maybe there's some gamma/brightness tweaks you could make to turn it into something acceptable without blowing it out to grey completely, but I doubt it. I had to but brightness at max to see anything near the normal detail seen on the BD.
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01-22-19, 03:40 PM
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We are still in the relatively early years of grappling with HDR color grading. I think some of the questionable HDR grading from early UHDs will be seen as mistakes in a few years.
01-23-19, 08:01 AM
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From Chinese retailer UHD Club:
01-23-19, 08:12 AM
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Typical. Indiana Jones doesn't need gimmick shit packaging. There better be a standard case set this time. I had to buy the individual releases on BD cause the packaging for the box set was garbage. At least this looks like it *might* hold standard cases.
01-23-19, 09:51 AM
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That’s a very nice looking set. I’ll buy that day 1. I would think a paramount has that in the pipeline for the US as well since we got the MI and Jack Ryan series already. Not a fan of the fat sets though. Individual movie cases would be better.
01-23-19, 03:07 PM
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Wow, if that's real, I would be really interested.
01-24-19, 04:44 PM
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Yeah. I can see myself picking up UHD releases of classic Disney animated titles I'd missed on Blu-ray, and I'm sure I could be suckered in by the large format ones like Sleeping Beauty. I'm not sure how many I already have that I'll upgrade, though.
In other news, the original Pet Sematary is coming to Ultra HD Blu-ray, tying into the theatrical release of the remake. Slated for March 26th.
In other news, the original Pet Sematary is coming to Ultra HD Blu-ray, tying into the theatrical release of the remake. Slated for March 26th.
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01-24-19, 05:26 PM
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Another Stephen King movie getting released, but the one that needs it most keeps getting ignored. I'd kill for a proper release of Storm of the Century to replace this goddamn double sided DVD.
01-25-19, 05:18 PM
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01-25-19, 10:23 PM
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It's probably real, UHD Club has already done some other releases, like a Wonder Woman set in 2017.
This site did a group buy, there's some pics of the set people received:
https://mediapsychos.com/topic/2920-...china/?page=14
Also, I found an onboxing on Youtube. It's in German, but you can enable auto-translate of the subtitles to get an idea of what he's saying.
The Indiana Jones set is going to be the 10th box UHD Club has done. It's all 4 movies, but UHD Blu-rays only.
https://mediapsychos.com/topic/5654-...#comment-73231
This site did a group buy, there's some pics of the set people received:
https://mediapsychos.com/topic/2920-...china/?page=14
Also, I found an onboxing on Youtube. It's in German, but you can enable auto-translate of the subtitles to get an idea of what he's saying.
The Indiana Jones set is going to be the 10th box UHD Club has done. It's all 4 movies, but UHD Blu-rays only.
https://mediapsychos.com/topic/5654-...#comment-73231
01-26-19, 07:08 PM
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Amazon.co.uk has new standard versions of the John Carpenter movies that were released last year in fancier sets. Better price (20 GBP)
Escape from New York -
The Fog -
The Prince of Darkness -
They Live -
All due March 18, but I'm not sure if there are US versions planned... those would be cheaper I'm sure.
These four come to 72.73 GBP shipped, or roughly $96. Ooof.
Escape from New York -
The Fog -
The Prince of Darkness -
They Live -
All due March 18, but I'm not sure if there are US versions planned... those would be cheaper I'm sure.
These four come to 72.73 GBP shipped, or roughly $96. Ooof.
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Amazon.co.uk has new standard versions of the John Carpenter movies that were released last year in fancier sets. Better price (20 GBP)
Escape from New York - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Escape-From.../dp/B07MXW3QPH
The Fog - https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fog-Blu-ray/dp/B07MXVFX9B/
The Prince of Darkness - https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Prince-...dp/B07MXW5XWF/
They Live - https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Live-B...dp/B07MXW3NFK/
All due March 18, but I'm not sure if there are US versions planned... those would be cheaper I'm sure.
These four come to 72.73 GBP shipped, or roughly $96. Ooof.
Escape from New York - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Escape-From.../dp/B07MXW3QPH
The Fog - https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fog-Blu-ray/dp/B07MXVFX9B/
The Prince of Darkness - https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Prince-...dp/B07MXW5XWF/
They Live - https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Live-B...dp/B07MXW3NFK/
All due March 18, but I'm not sure if there are US versions planned... those would be cheaper I'm sure.
These four come to 72.73 GBP shipped, or roughly $96. Ooof.
01-27-19, 07:39 AM
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01-27-19, 07:43 AM
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I would be much more interested in the latter two. If they released a set I would do that. First Avenger on it's own not so much. It was an OK movie, but pretty meh compared to what came after.
01-29-19, 06:29 AM
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Oh, that Indiana Jones set above has been confirmed as a fake. I have no idea why people waste their time trying to mock up something and pass it on as real, but whatever - Lucasfilm/Disney has no plans on releasing Indy on 4K right now - perhaps for Raiders 40th anniversary in a couple years.
EDIT: I see Djariya tried to post a link above confirming this - the link isn't showing (at least on my browser), but yes, Bill Hunt from Digital Bits is the one who confirmed this.
EDIT: I see Djariya tried to post a link above confirming this - the link isn't showing (at least on my browser), but yes, Bill Hunt from Digital Bits is the one who confirmed this.
01-29-19, 01:30 PM
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Oh, that Indiana Jones set above has been confirmed as a fake. I have no idea why people waste their time trying to mock up something and pass it on as real, but whatever - Lucasfilm/Disney has no plans on releasing Indy on 4K right now - perhaps for Raiders 40th anniversary in a couple years.
As far as I know, Disney/Lucasfilm own the character and the rights to make future films in the series, but Paramount still holds the distribution rights to the existing 4 in perpetuity.
I wish! The Fog and Escape from New York are MGM titles, and they have zero demonstrated interest in Ultra HD Blu-ray. Prince of Darkness and They Live are with Universal, but those don't really gel with the types of titles they've been bringing out. Scream Factory hasn't said a peep about bringing anything to Ultra HD Blu-ray, and given the prices of their regular ol' Blu-ray releases, it's hard to imagine their 4K titles coming in under $25 a pop.
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I wish! The Fog and Escape from New York are MGM titles, and they have zero demonstrated interest in Ultra HD Blu-ray. Prince of Darkness and They Live are with Universal, but those don't really gel with the types of titles they've been bringing out. Scream Factory hasn't said a peep about bringing anything to Ultra HD Blu-ray, and given the prices of their regular ol' Blu-ray releases, it's hard to imagine their 4K titles coming in under $25 a pop.
The only downside is that I heard The Fog’s transfer isn’t great... something about crushed blacks.
01-30-19, 08:14 AM
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Regarding the Indy boxset, FWIW, UHD Club announced a UHD Schindler's set back in January 2018, about 10 months before any "official" announcement, and 12 months before its release. Although, that boxset did get delayed a few times from their initial expected delivery dates.
https://mediapsychos.com/topic/3424-...blu-ray-china/
https://mediapsychos.com/topic/3424-...blu-ray-china/
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