Anyone here succumbed to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray?

[A24 4,603]

People just had to acclimatize to a superior restoration technology. 

[The Train Station 8,871]

I can't watch that shit. I just watch 35mm scans now.

[A24 4,603]

Finally we no longer have to look through a dirty window. 

[Jay 39,762]

Not 4K news but seemed to make more sense to post here than anywhere else.

 

The 1999 film The Blair Witch Project is getting a 25th anniversary restoration which sounds very interesting.  Read these technical details provided by the directors:

Spoiler

 

https://x.com/mikemonello/status/1856049329716506947

[NL197 468]

On 12/11/2024 at 11:16 AM, John Dutton said:

It's not a very good movie 

 

It wasn't very good in 1988 and it still isn't in 2024. That TV show which disappeared from Disney+ existence didn't help either. 

[John Dutton 7,503]

It was a complete and total disaster by all accounts 

[The Train Station 8,871]

How do ya'll prefer watching DVDs to your CRT TVs? Composite? S-Video? Component? Only one of my Trinitrons has a component input, and I plug my LD player into the composite just because LDs were composite encoded anyway. But my LD player is also a DVD player, and has all the big analog outputs, so I can switch around and do A/B/C tests.

 

[A24 4,603]

What does this have to do with 4K Blu-rays? 

[The Train Station 8,871]

It's an amazing LD player.

[John Dutton 7,503]

17 hours ago, The Train Station said:

How do ya'll prefer watching DVDs to your CRT TVs? Composite? S-Video? Component? Only one of my Trinitrons has a component input, and I plug my LD player into the composite just because LDs were composite encoded anyway. But my LD player is also a DVD player, and has all the big analog outputs, so I can switch around and do A/B/C tests.

 

 

I had a big 16:9 Sony Wega that was so heavy, I had to just keep it on the floor. Before the circuit failed, it had one HDMI input and Blu-Rays looked incredible.

[The Train Station 8,871]

No wonder this circuit failed. It said Made in Japan.

[Doo_liss 6,639]

Whattaya mean doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.

[The Train Station 8,871]

Movies are more interesting to look at with scanlines.

 

[John Dutton 7,503]

Anyone else succumbed to retro technology?

[The Train Station 8,871]

I prefer the sound on these TVs to whatever Dolby Atmos shit they spruik nowadays.

[John Dutton 7,503]

Modern sets are known for tinny sound and terrible rattling, seemingly necessitating additional audio equipment like soundbars. 

[The Train Station 8,871]

What a rip-off. In the olden days, you had everything you needed out of the box. Even the plasma TVs of the 2000s had better sound than the shit they feature nowadays.

[crocodile 8,610]

Latest UHD purchases:

 

 

I also bought vol 2 and 3 of Hitchcock collection (totalling 10 films).

 

Karol 

[The Train Station 8,871]

I bought The Conversation in 4K a few months ago. I have all the others on blu and probably won't bother upgrading.

[John Dutton 7,503]

I got NBNW 4K in the post

[John Dutton 7,503]

[Naïve Old Fart 10,529]

On 12/11/2024 at 6:00 PM, The Train Station said:

Ugh god, pass. I watched it once 20 years ago, but never felt compelled to revisit.

Hee, hee. I saw it in America, in the Summer of '88. I didn't like it.

I watched it again, when it got to the UK, in December, '88. I still didn't like it.

I'd like the chance to revisit it, after all, 36 years is a long time.

[filmmusic 2,263]

4 hours ago, John Dutton said:

The first Batman (and I don't know, perhaps the 2nd one too) have altered sound effects, if you're not into these kinds of things.

I didn't buy them for this reason. I want the original!

[Naïve Old Fart 10,529]

You actually want the original 1989 sound mix, for BATMAN?!

Sheesh.

[filmmusic 2,263]

1 hour ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

You actually want the original 1989 sound mix, for BATMAN?!

Sheesh.

Of course! I'm among the "purists"! 

I don't want alterations of any kind in the movies I watch.

[crocodile 8,610]

2 hours ago, filmmusic said:

Of course! I'm among the "purists"! 

I don't want alterations of any kind in the movies I watch.

You should start collecting 35mm prints then.

 

Karol 

[filmmusic 2,263]

23 minutes ago, crocodile said:

You should start collecting 35mm prints then.

I am! I'm collecting 35mm film print scans, for movies that have been butchered in their blu-ray/UHD release! 

[John Dutton 7,503]

So the streaming 4K versions of Batman have the original sound mix, which I of course prefer. I'm sure I'll be annoyed. The UHD of Batman Returns is actually worse than the Blu-ray.

[filmmusic 2,263]

12 minutes ago, John Dutton said:

So the streaming 4K versions of Batman have the original sound mix, which I of course prefer.

Really? I didn't know that..

[John Dutton 7,503]

I saw the signal. What's going on?

[The Train Station 8,871]

The bat signal is not a beeper.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,445]

On 24/11/2024 at 9:10 AM, Naïve Old Fart said:

You actually want the original 1989 sound mix, for BATMAN?!

Sheesh.

 

Do you watch Jaws in the original Oscar winning mono, or the inferior 5.1 soundtrack?

[Naïve Old Fart 10,529]

The Oscar-winning mono, every time, but that's because I like it.

I didn't like the sound of BATMAN in 1989, and I don't like it now 

[Davis 3,144]

1 hour ago, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said:

 

Do you watch Jaws in the original Oscar winning mono, or the inferior 5.1 soundtrack?

Honest question: Why is the 5.1 soundtrack inferior to the mono? 

[John Dutton 7,503]

The 5.1 created for DVD had added sound FX that were really distracting in the Orca scene, like excessive splashing water. There's too much going on.

[Davis 3,144]

I see. Didn't know that. From now on I will listen to the mono soundtrack.

[John Dutton 7,503]

I think it may have been tinkered with on subsequent releases, but the original DVD mix was basically rebuilt and mixed by a cracked out SFX addicted Ben Burtt type who seemed to think that because we now had 5 channels of sound, we should cram in as much as we can and change everything around. It was just a barrage of sound FX that were too clean and modern.

[Doo_liss 6,639]

Ah, SFX addiction: not just a typo.

[crocodile 8,610]

Arrived today:

 

 

Karol

[Naïve Old Fart 10,529]

What an absolutely lovely film, and with an exquisite score.

[filmmusic 2,263]

55 minutes ago, crocodile said:

Arrived today:

Do you have the capability of taking screenshots?

[crocodile 8,610]

6 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Do you have the capability of taking screenshots?

No, sadly. Would help if I could.

 

Karol

[Manakin Skywalker 5,364]

2 hours ago, Davis said:

Honest question: Why is the 5.1 soundtrack inferior to the mono? 

 

Also worth mentioning the dialogue occasionally sounds "robotic", like here:

 

 

[filmmusic 2,263]

3 minutes ago, crocodile said:

No, sadly. Would help if I could.

 

Karol

I'm selling my Criterion blu-ray because I've heard good words about this new UHD.

[Doo_liss 6,639]

1 minute ago, Manakin Skywalker said:

 

Also worth mentioning the dialogue occasionally sounds "robotic", like here:

 

 

Tinny/echoey?

[crocodile 8,610]

2 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

I'm selling my Criterion blu-ray because I've heard good words about this new UHD.

So did I. I've never actually seen it before. I know, and enjoy, the music though. Very much looking forward to it.

 

How would you go about taking screenshots btw? Just for future reference?

 

Karol

[filmmusic 2,263]

8 minutes ago, crocodile said:

How would you go about taking screenshots btw? Just for future reference?

 

Karol

You need a pc with a 4K drive.

[crocodile 8,610]

5 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

You need a pc with a 4K drive.

I was thinking of getting a new external drive. My old one is at the end of its life now. I might get something to play everything. My laptop has a 4K HDR capability too. Any recommendations would be welcome.

 

Karol

[filmmusic 2,263]

6 minutes ago, crocodile said:

I was thinking of getting a new external drive. My old one is at the end of its life now. I might get something to play everything. My laptop has a 4K HDR capability too. Any recommendations would be welcome.

 

Karol

I have an LG-BU40N Firmware v1.03mk, in Slim Vantec Enclosure, 4K, Ultra HD, UHD Friendly

from this ebay user here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225773053863?_skw=LG-BU40N+Firmware+v1.03mkb

 

I've had it for 2-3 years without any problems.

I use either MPC-HC or VLC (this supports menus), to play my UHDs (and take screenshots).

I think you need to do some settings first though.

 

 

[Davis 3,144]

Are you watching 4K Blu-rays on a laptop?