Blu-ray Forum - View Single Post - 4K Digital Exclusives VS Standard Blu-Ray releases

TheSweetieMan · 03-04-2021, 03:43 AM

So a while back I had made a thread in regard to UHD digital exclusives, which are a problem to potential UHD disc releases down the road. You can read about that here.

However, I'm curious to know how many people here will at least opt for a digital UHD release over a standard blu-ray counterpart, despite being a collector of physical media.

I'm asking this question as recently, I decided to purchase 'Richard Jewell' and 'Promising Young Woman' on the Apple TV, as there are currently no plans for UHD disc releases for titles like these.

Me, I'll go with the UHD release, even if it is digital, as I've found the Apple TV to adequately play quality 4K streams, HDR, Atmos support and all that jazz, even if the bitrate doesn't match that of UHD discs. I mean, I will always opt for UHD disc (425+ discs and counting so far) but ever since seeing how good HDR can be even on minimal upgrades as far as resolution goes, there's no way I could opt for a standard Blu over the UHD version, even if the latter ends up being just a digital release.

03-04-2021, 03:43 AM	#1
TheSweetieMan Banned Member since:Nov 2009 4K collection:515 Blu-ray collection:515	4K Digital Exclusives VS Standard Blu-Ray releases So a while back I had made a thread in regard to UHD digital exclusives, which are a problem to potential UHD disc releases down the road. You can read about that here. However, I'm curious to know how many people here will at least opt for a digital UHD release over a standard blu-ray counterpart, despite being a collector of physical media. I'm asking this question as recently, I decided to purchase 'Richard Jewell' and 'Promising Young Woman' on the Apple TV, as there are currently no plans for UHD disc releases for titles like these. Me, I'll go with the UHD release, even if it is digital, as I've found the Apple TV to adequately play quality 4K streams, HDR, Atmos support and all that jazz, even if the bitrate doesn't match that of UHD discs. I mean, I will always opt for UHD disc (425+ discs and counting so far) but ever since seeing how good HDR can be even on minimal upgrades as far as resolution goes, there's no way I could opt for a standard Blu over the UHD version, even if the latter ends up being just a digital release.