Films (Almost Entirely Surround)

[timothyemerson]

Warner Home Video's Native UHD4k transfer of Tobe Hooper's POLTERGEIST scanned from the original camera negative [HDR10/DTS~HD MA 5.1]



http://thedigitalbits.com/item/poltergeist-wb-2022-uhd

Sound/vision/digital correction upgrades sound good! Not so good is the freezing issue which is mentioned in the whining-crybaby-nerd-males-in-their-20's (ahem, excuse me) Blu-ray.com forum too. Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and buy it for myself to see if it works. I'll whine about it in this forum if it freezes!

 

[4-earredwonder]

Sound/vision/digital correction upgrades sound good! Not so good is the freezing issue which is mentioned in the whining-crybaby-nerd-males-in-their-20's (ahem, excuse me) Blu-ray.com forum too. Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and buy it for myself to see if it works. I'll whine about it in this forum if it freezes!

Some players ARE prone to freezing, most unfortunately.

But I love how the digitalbits refreshes the controversy as to who really directed Poltergeist ... Spielberg or Hooper and how according to Zelda Rubenstein who played the psychic, Tangina, Hooper was in the bathroom doing 'blow' while Spielberg helmed actual direction of the flick.

TANGINA SPILLS THE BEANS

 

[timothyemerson]

Some players ARE prone to freezing, most unfortunately.

But I love how the digitalbits refreshes the controversy as to who really directed Poltergeist ... Spielberg or Hooper and how according to Zelda Rubenstein who played the psychic, Tangina, Hooper was in the bathroom doing 'blow' while Spielberg helmed actual direction of the flick.

TANGINA SPILLS THE BEANS

Yeah, I read an article about it around the time Tobe Hooper died and I think it was Jobeth and Craig + some of the crew who said Tobe set the shots up and Steven worked his magic. Apparently, there was a writer's strike at the time and this was a way around it. Whatever the reason, it's got Spielberg written all over it.

 

[Wunlow]

Just like the music we listen to, the viewing space can impact your viewing pleasure as well.
I have always found this chart interesting although it feels like it skews a bit too quickly toward no difference.

It *is* a great chart and is one of the big reasons the 4K steering committee for the UltraHD standards made the 4K format an umbrella of sorts for various improvements.

Ultra HD's H265/HEVC compression is visually superior to bluray's H264/AVC, so compression artifacts are further minimized. 10 bit depth for video instead of 8 bit allows for smoother gradients. Then add to that a wider color gamut which allows for more precise color variations. And last but certainly not least: HDR, be it HDR10, DV, HDR10+, etc .. which (when properly calibrated) increases the contrast range without clipping peak whites and also w/o crushing lower blacks.

With the above in mind, even older non 4K material can look better "in 4K", as the compression is better, and 10 bit has been an industry standard for a long time now (ala professional formats such DPX and ProRes, etc) Color in DVD and to a lesser extent bluray, was always given a backseat. Now 4K gives color in a consumer format a real chance to breath so to speak. While Ultra HD compression standards still unfortunately all use 4:2:0 or 4:1:1 vs true 4:4:4 or even 4:2:2, there are all still viable improvements, and we're getting there...

 

[4-earredwonder]

Coming October 31st from Paramount Pictures TOP GUN MAVERICK [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/Dolby ATMOS]

http://thedigitalbits.com/item/top-gun-maverick-uhd-2022

 

[4-earredwonder]

From Germany's Turbine Median, Ray Liotta in NO ESCAPE [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/Dolby ATMOS] 3 disc set with BD~V and a BD~V bonus disc packaged in a hard covered mediabook. The two BD~Vs are REGION FREE

https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/1...sabsolom4kultrahdbluraymediabookcgermany.html

 

[4-earredwonder]

NOW available from Kino Lorber, director Frank Oz's THE SCORE [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/DTS~HD MA 5.1]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Score-4K-Blu-ray/320813/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

From Universal Pictures and 'GET OUT' Director Jordan Peele NOPE [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision] Release date: October 25th

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Nope-4K-Blu-ray/320287/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

All I can say: FREAKIN' AWESOME IN 3D ....... An edge of your seat thrill ride. Somewhat of a hommage to Vanishing Point. Great Immersive DTS~HD MA 5.1 soundtrack. Aaron Paul is superb! {Dreamworks/1080p/2'10" /Region B]

 

[4-earredwonder]

From Lionsgate/A 24 and director Ti West .... X ...... [1080p/DTS~HD MA 5.1]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/X-Blu-ray/312907/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

The original SAW [UNRATED]....now only $7.50 in Native UHD4K at AmazonUS:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Saw-4K-Blu-ray/288586/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

Highdefdigest's MUST OWN Review of director Rouben Mamoulian's 1931 Classic Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde [Warner Archive/1080p/DTS~HD MA MONO]

https://bluray.highdefdigest.com/109459/drjekyllandmrhyde1931.html
http://thedigitalbits.com/item/jekyll-hyde-1931-warner-2022-bd

 

[4-earredwonder]

NOW available from SCREAM FACTORY director Dan O'Bannon's THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/DTS~HD MA 5.1]

https://ultrahd.highdefdigest.com/108145/thereturnofthelivingdead4kultrahdbluray.html

 

[4-earredwonder]

WARNER ARCHIVE announces its December 2022 BD~V releases:

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=31546

 

[4-earredwonder]

COMING November 22nd from Criterion and director Spike Lee ..... MALCOLM X [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/DTS~HD MA 5.1]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Malcolm-X-4K-Blu-ray/322362/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

From Kino Lorber snd director Bryan Singer THE USUAL SUSPECTS [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/DTS~HD MA 5.1]

https://www.highdefdigest.com

 

[H.A.L.]

Burning Shed has the 50th anniversary King Crimson documentary available in a boxed edition now. Also included are
concerts, etc. in Dolby Atmos . . . about 80 bucks in US dollars (the pound is low right now; sucks for them, but good for
us US citizens!).

 

[Marplot]

Same at Amazon US without shipping charges
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHJH1WY...olid=2RH81S4YZRL6Q&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

 

[4-earredwonder]

Coming November 21st from StudioCanal and director Orson Welles THE TRIAL based on the novel by Franz Kafka [Native UHD4K/HDR10/DTS~HD MA MONO]

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=31556

 

[4-earredwonder]

Coming December 20th from HBO [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/Dolby ATMOS] steelbook edition also available