Gman86

I think this forum can do a much better Robocop UHD thread than....some other place. You really should see the mess of that thread at....some other place.

Back when Arrow announced their HD release of Robocop, I was one of the doubters. The typical how is this presentation going to be any better than the MGM disc?
But, ok. I'll buy it.

If only because the LE box looked sooooo cool.

Of course that all changed after seeing the presentation. My reaction? Well I be dipped in shit and rolled in bread crumbs.

The video encoding, dialing those colours (colors if you like) in. Forgive me daddy Arrow for doubting you.

The Robocop 4K master in my opinion is one of the greatest 4K masters ever produced. And, in the right hands, just keeps on giving.

Now it has an HDR (DV) pass, this should put the finishing touches on that 4K master.

March can't come sooner.

Bluelitespecial

Now that I have a 4k tv I hope to buy a 4k bluray player sometime in the next few months. I love the Arrow LE bluray set but I don't think I'd see myself buying the 4k disc. I've bought Robocop enough times already.

Gman86

What TV? A good Dolby Vision lead HDR TV can make for a very impressive upgrade from HD Blu to UHD.

Bluelitespecial

I have the Sony X85J and it's 43". It's compatible with HDR and Dolby Vision.

Gman86

The problem with HDR is that still only premium end TVs are capable of displaying HDR content correctly. Is this a problem?

I guess it depends upon how much of a pixel peeper someone is. It's not like a mid range TV can't display HDR content.

Just in most cause it's less accurate, but you'll have extremes like Goodfellas. Which i don't think mid range TVs are capable of displaying to a standard that's satisfactory for any viewer.

A mid range TVs inability to produce higher levels of brightness means darker HDR grades suffer. Or something like that. HDR is very complicated. Far from an automatic process of sticking an HDMI cable into the back of TV, and everything works.

Dolby Vision is more automatic, sort of. HDR 10 though is not dynmatic metadata, it's static. So it needs tone mapped for the content to display correctly. Or you will end white skies, luminance and chromatic noise.

This is why i always recommend people go with a Panasonic player. The UB820 in most cases will do just fine as it has Panasonics HDR optimizer. Set it to mid range LED, and it will automatically tone map any HDR 10 signal it sends out to the TV.

I'm probably not doing a very good job selling UHD Blu-ray. But I'd rather be honest with people what they are getting themselfs in for.

Josh Z

Were you comparing the Arrow Blu-ray to the older MGM (via Fox) Blu-ray from 2007? In that case, OK, I can see you noticing a big difference. But the Arrow disc uses the same master as the remastered MGM Blu-ray from 2014. It is marginally (and I mean incredibly slightly) brighter, as if the Brightness setting were ticked up one notch on the dial - which actually makes the contrast look slightly flatter. But the difference is very, very small, and the colors haven't been changed except to the extent that the extra brightness sometimes washes them out a little.

Gman86

We aren't debating that the video encoding is much better though, yes?

With colours i'm more specifically referring to flesh tones. Which seem far more nuanced vs the 2014 MGM disc.

Also if anyone starts to get annoyed with the British spelling of colour/colours. I'll switch to American standard lol.

Bluelitespecial

Yes I would consider my tv to be a midrange model but I’m very happy with it. I’ve watched a few UHD movies through Vudu and my favorite would probably be Backdraft. It’s the best the movie has ever looked and the colors from the fire looks as if you are right there in the movie.

Josh Z

What is it you're attributing to video encoding?

Put in the 2014 MGM disc. Bump the Brightness setting on your TV up one or two digits. Voila, it will look just like the Arrow disc!

Gman86

I found it to be far less compressed vs the MGM release. This might not be typical of most viewing experiences. As I watched it on 65" OLED.

rocket1312

If the caps a holic screenshots are to be believed, then there are some not insignificant differences. The compression is indeed much better on the Arrow, and some shots on the MGM are zoomed in compared to the Arrow. Whether or not those differences are noticable under actual viewing conditions, ymmv.

*Edit* scratch that, I was looking at the wrong one. I thought I owned the remastered disc from MGM, but I guess not. The Arrow definitely has better compression, but it's probably not that noticeable in motion.

Gman86

Well at least this isn't a Robocop thread that's devolved into moral outrage about parents letting their kids watch it.

JeffTheAlpaca

I hope the $59 price at Amazon is not the regular price and the steelbook is $49

Cartload

DiabolikDVD has both versions for $38.99+$5 shipping.

Sonic

$34.99 - Robocop 4K Steelbook:
$42.99 - Robocop 4K Limited Edition: