The 4K UHD is part of the
promo if you can find something else you want. Such as Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz/The World's End: The 4K Collection Blu-Ray $33.93.
The Blu-Ray was $14.88 back in March.
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I would, but too busy looking after the macaw on my shoulder.
Fair enough
@ram4ram - I subscribe to Prime Video and Paramount+ which I generally watch using an Apple TV 4K Gen 3 box, and I also own the Back to the Future trilogy on 4K UHD Blu-ray as well as 1080p Blu-ray, and I would to choose to own and watch the Back to the Future trilogy on 4K UHD Blu-ray or 1080p Blu-ray rather than inferior streaming services every day of the week.
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There's always Back.to.the.Future.1985.UHD.BluRay.2160p.TrueHD.Atmos.7.1.HEVC.REMUX-FraMeSToR etc
Mmm, crushed blacks and shitty sound. Delicious.
Everytime a blu ray deal is posted comments like these are posted, its not a flex saying you use streaming, the video and especially the audio is majorly compressed..
Not to mention, you don't own the movie, and 80% of the time streaming apps will have a movie but not have its sequels
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You've been waiting for this day for so long, haven't you? :p
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I thought I told you never to come around here…
55.16 for uhd 4k? Ouch.
What were you hoping they'd be?
20 would be more reasonable for what is a 30 year old movie?
@kitiara666 - The movies might be 30 years old, however the 4K restoration and mastering certainly isn’t, as a business they need to make their money back as well as profit from that recent investment and as a customer you either pay for it, or go back to watching these movies on VHS.
Well there you go! $20 for one movie, $55 for three. Sounds like a good deal to me.
how much better is 4K UHD really?
I just got my first 4K OLED TV and have a decent collection of 1080 blu ray discs and even more rips on plex server.
Watched Grand Tour on Prime on UHD HDR and looks pretty nice…
interested to know thoughts/opinions - obviously would cost 000's to upgrade my collection, how much value do you place in any perceived/actaul benefits?
'how much better is 4K UHD really'
1%
Depends on the movie but most movies there will be a definite uptick in detail. The big difference is with HDR/Dolby Vision.
And the sound. Sound is much better.
from my admittedly limited experience, id say its maybe 20% better if you are critically watching…definetley not twice as good - and you dont sit there thinking 'this picture sucks, i wish it was 4K' sort of thing.
HDR definitely makes the picture pop but is is twice as good?
is it worth 2-3 times the price per disc/rental/ DL & hard drive space ?
hmmmmm
Not much, not much better over 1080p at all. Side by side examples have shown you have to really look for the difference in detail on things like lettering, much closer to the screen than you'd sit comfortably to watch. Our eyes can only see so much, on blind tests it's very hard.
What's more important is the display, and whether your vision is 20/20, etc. Example, 1080p content will look better on a nice 1080p OLED rather than an the same 4k content on a 4k LED. Why? There's many factors contributing to a great picture other than just resolution.
Depends on the film. If it’s had a new transfer and has had some love and care it can be dramatic, but they can also not be a big step up over the HD release. Also of course depends how good the Bluray was, which itself may have been a bad transfer leaving more room for an upgrade.
Some films such as the Lord of the Rings and The Matrix have also undergone significant colour correction so look quite different to Bluray releases, and are closer to the original cinematic releases. Those films when released in DVD and Bluray had some harsh colour grading applied that made the films blueish and greenish respectively.
As an observation, the films that seem to be very highly regarded on 4K are often pre 2000s movies, where the movie was shot on film without a high reliance on CGI. In those cases they can get a good high quality transfer from the film. Films shot digitally have some limitations.
There’s then examples such as James Cameron’s films where a lot of people don’t like the 4k versions due to artistic decisions to use heavy noise reduction on the image which makes the films look smoothed out. Aliens and True Lies are two films that people often cite as bad 4k releases.
How much better can they make movies originally filmed in 1980s by remastering them?
Not necessarily better than the cinema, but oftentimes much better than DVD/Bluray depending on how well they were scanned and transformed previously.
Add to that HDR data and you are in for a great experience.
Is this the version that has a flaw of discs just stopping?
I need to stop buying these. Ever since buying my 83" G4 I have been on a non stop spending spree of 4k blurays
UB820?
Think of this as investing for when the time comes from owning a 98/115" TV, thank yourself later.
The Dreamers is also in the 8% deal, and it’s currently down from $50 to $30 (it only came out a month ago).
I was going to post it as its own deal but there were only a couple left in stock.
Stock seems fine, it looks like Amazon are limiting it to 3 per account.
"Great Scott" is heard in my head immediately 😂
ram4ram on 01/09/2024 - 12:19 Comment score below threshold.