The Abyss 4K UHD (1989)

[chip75]

Originally Posted by geomon

Of course, Twin F***s had to make an appearance in his comment section spouting noise. But that's ok.

Their post is all kinds of yikes, but it's not surprising.

Their comment is quite common, fundamentally misunderstanding dynamic range and film. The issue is posting nonsense as facts and letting your followers lap it up.

[mikezilla2]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

The Abuse looks great.

err was this a joke or accident ?

i dont have any of camrons 4ks Yet but they are in the mail so i cant say i agree or disagree

but i feel confident i probably wont disagree

[gazza1975]

So now we finally have the abyss and true lies in 4k and blu-ray - whats the next director or release we want to beat up, moan about to get a movie not released on blu-ray or 4k ?

Mine is definitely fincher - where the hell is Panic Room ???

[MatOfTheDead]

finally some movement on my order from amazon us its due Apr 29 - May 13

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by If you smell

It was neither he meant to do it but he's not joking at all. Even though he sings the praises of these abominations he knows deep down that they are disgusting and repugnant so he fake jokes about them to try and save face with purists.

What, to purists/zealots like you, Mike? I lost all credibility there many years ago so what does it matter? I'm me, you're you, we'll just have to get on with it.

Tho FWIW I've stated the failings of these releases, I'm just not horrified by them from beginning to end. And this one still looks great and is easily the bestest one out of all four.

[jvonl]

Good news - bad news - great news thoughts.

Good news: Finally received my Amazon pre-order yesterday. Watched last night. Can't believe I made it to 74 without ever having seen this! Great film and spectacular presentation!

Bad news: Had same problems others have reported - Movie stopped/pixelated twice, paused, then restarted after losing 5-6 seconds. Multiple wipe downs did not help.

Great news - This morning I washed the disc. Warm water, Dawn detergent, careful cleaning from center out, then RINSE, RINSE, RINSE! Can't emphasize RINSING enough! And - SUCCESS!!! Played through first problem spot just fine (couldn't remember where second was but not worried).

I'm glad to have won the battle, but DAMN IT! We should NOT have to deal with this crap at this point in the 21st century! The disc was spotless: no scratches or smudges, yet it was faulty. Good luck to the rest of you, it's worth the effort.

[mar3o]

I would be very concerned about getting a disc wet and rinsing it. A microfiber cloth that is good at lifting oils off a lens should be all that's needed. Use your warm moist breath and breathe on it as you're cleaning if necessary, like with glasses.

I agree though that the off-gassing from cases these days is not helping UHDs, as that residue can cause playback issues and possibly gum up the player.

Glad to hear you got the disc working though. Just be careful with that method.

[Shane Rollins]

Get ready to laugh.

I went back to Target today, and asked for The Abyss (all three are becoming easier to find now, but I still don’t have them), and was told that it wasn’t in the store. Just for my entertainment, I asked about the backlog from a few weeks ago. First he denied it existed, but when I quoted the girl who told me about it, he asked “How did you hear that?” I played dumb and said I knew about it, to which he instantly replied “No, who told you about that?” I lied and said an employee at a different store, to which he responded with what might be the most lies ever packed into one sentence at once: “No, that was another movie that was back a hundred thousand copies, those three weren’t affected.”

1. I mentioned one title, he knew it was all three.
2. Aside from these three, name one other disc where there were a hundred thousand people waiting for it.
3. He denied the backlog, then confirmed the backlog all in ten seconds.
4. We still haven’t answered the question that started this mess: how exactly did Target sell hundreds of thousands of copies of these three movies that they didn’t have?

Business as usual I guess.

On a lighter note, they had 4Ks of Barbie and Titanic (so far the only JC 4K that still looks like film), but I still left empty handed.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by gazza1975

So now we finally have the abyss and true lies in 4k and blu-ray - whats the next director or release we want to beat up, moan about to get a movie not released on blu-ray or 4k ?

Mine is definitely fincher - where the hell is Panic Room ???

For what it’s worth my #1 most wanted Blu-ray/4K going back over a decade now is the OG versions of the Star Wars movies. We can all still rail on Lucas.

At least the Panic Room DVDs aren’t edited. Star Wars we’re stuck with tapes. -_-

[jvonl]

Originally Posted by mar3o

I would be very concerned about getting a disc wet and rinsing it. A microfiber cloth that is good at lifting oils off a lens should be all that's needed. Use your warm moist breath and breathe on it as you're cleaning if necessary, like with glasses.

I agree though that the off-gassing from cases these days is not helping UHDs, as that residue can cause playback issues and possibly gum up the player.

Glad to hear you got the disc working though. Just be careful with that method.

Discs are not water soluble, nor is the encoded information, not sure what your concern is. I have done this a number of times, no problems. And as I said, my micro fiber cloth, which I have used successfully many times, including with breath, had zero effect on this disc. Sure, cloth SHOULD be enough. However....

[bladelia]

So with no despatch notifications my copy turned up today from Wowhd.

Here's the digital code if anyone is interested.

When claimed please acknowledge

1710D0801B70A

[drb999]

Originally Posted by bladelia

So with no despatch notifications my copy turned up today from Wowhd.

Here's the digital code if anyone is interested.

When claimed please acknowledge

1710D0801B70A

Thank you.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

Get ready to laugh.

[Show spoiler]I went back to Target today, and asked for The Abyss (all three are becoming easier to find now, but I still don’t have them), and was told that it wasn’t in the store. Just for my entertainment, I asked about the backlog from a few weeks ago. First he denied it existed, but when I quoted the girl who told me about it, he asked “How did you hear that?” I played dumb and said I knew about it, to which he instantly replied “No, who told you about that?” I lied and said an employee at a different store, to which he responded with what might be the most lies ever packed into one sentence at once: “No, that was another movie that was back a hundred thousand copies, those three weren’t affected.”

1. I mentioned one title, he knew it was all three.
2. Aside from these three, name one other disc where there were a hundred thousand people waiting for it.
3. He denied the backlog, then confirmed the backlog all in ten seconds.
4. We still haven’t answered the question that started this mess: how exactly did Target sell hundreds of thousands of copies of these three movies that they didn’t have?

Business as usual I guess.

On a lighter note, they had 4Ks of Barbie and Titanic (so far the only JC 4K that still looks like film), but I still left empty handed.

I didn't

[Matt89]

Originally Posted by mar3o

I would be very concerned about getting a disc wet and rinsing it. A microfiber cloth that is good at lifting oils off a lens should be all that's needed. Use your warm moist breath and breathe on it as you're cleaning if necessary, like with glasses.

I agree though that the off-gassing from cases these days is not helping UHDs, as that residue can cause playback issues and possibly gum up the player.

Glad to hear you got the disc working though. Just be careful with that method.

Does nothing to the disc at all. You're just rinsing a piece of plastic under running water. I've done it several times.

What does matter, however, is what you wipe it with. You should always be using a microfiber cloth, but the water does 0 damage.

[Telemachus]

If PCBs can go through the dishwasher with no ill effects an optical disc can go in water and just from my own experience I've done both. But, the one exception I can think of is old CDs that were pressed by Nimbus in UK, I've had several people warn me to never get these wet so I haven't.

[DaylightsEnd]

It's The Abyss. The 4k disc has no problem being submerged, and to a fairly significant depth even.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by DaylightsEnd

It's The Abyss. The 4k disc has no problem being submerged, and to a fairly significant depth even.

If you put a UHD through each one of your thumbs and index fingers it acts as a floatation device





(no not really)

[cochon]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

(no not really)

I thought certain things always float.

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by Telemachus

If you put a UHD through each one of your thumbs and index fingers it acts as a floatation device


(no not really)

You can also submerge the UK 4k disc of U-571 to incredible depths, so long as you don't accidentally scrape it along the wall of a rock chasm or coral reef in the process. Then all bets are off.

[Telemachus]

Originally Posted by DaylightsEnd

You can also submerge the UK 4k disc of U-571 to incredible depths, so long as you don't accidentally scrape it along the wall of a rock chasm or coral reef in the process. Then all bets are off.

If you throw a Sony X700 UHD player in the pool you can play hockey from all the freezing