Dawn of the Dead (1978) - OUT OF PRINT

[TylerDurden389]

Welp, it's settled. Time to head over to 220 electronics and finally pull the trigger on a region free blu after simply holding the gun in my hand for probably the last 2 years lol.

[Francisco73]

Originally Posted by 2-perf

Some Open Matte screeshots from the Limited Edition UltraHD Blu-ray set from Italian label Midnight Factory.

Great the fullframe is the value of this set .... and I had it

[balthazar_bee]

Originally Posted by TylerDurden389

Welp, it's settled. Time to head over to 220 electronics and finally pull the trigger on a region free blu after simply holding the gun in my hand for probably the last 2 years lol.

Dammit, I think you might be right. We've had a good run though.

I know our reluctance has been inexplicable to some, but for me, it's simply been a matter of, "I already own a terrific player that works great, I already spend a mint on blu-rays, I don't really need an excuse to spend still more money."

Having a region-free player may open up the floodgates good an' proper, which has always been my main concern.

[Member-222782]

My copy is already in NY - might have it in my hands by Monday. This looks the definitive release anywhere in the world - for now.

[Hedji]

Best price to import from is where?

[NoirFan]

I went ahead and 'future-proofed' by getting the 4K edition. $49.10 shipped.

[TylerDurden389]

Originally Posted by balthazar_bee

Having a region-free player may open up the floodgates good an' proper, which has always been my main concern.

Oh definitely. I already have a list of Region B and C blus I wanna get over the Region A versions.

[thegeminiman]

Originally Posted by cine74

My copy is already in NY - might have it in my hands by Monday. This looks the definitive release anywhere in the world - for now.

Mine was still in Italy 24 hours ago. Wednesday looks accurate

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

I went ahead and 'future-proofed' by getting the 4K edition. $49.10 shipped.

It was eight Euros less in September, guess I should have either ordered earlier, or waited for the price to drop down again!

[NoirFan]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

It was eight Euros less in September, guess I should have either ordered earlier, or waited for the price to drop down again!

Or, judging by the reports of botched encoding, avoided ordering it all together.

[thegeminiman]

Originally Posted by NoirFan

Or, judging by the reports of botched encoding, avoided ordering it all together.

Owners of the disc claim this encoding issue is not visible in motion - and there's all 3 versions to choose from in HD too. No other release offers that at the moment

[AlexIlDottore]

Originally Posted by thegeminiman

Owners of the disc claim this encoding issue is not visible in motion - and there's all 3 versions to choose from in HD too. No other release offers that at the moment

What? My Japanese box-set that has the 3 cuts in HD, and the Italian box-set uses the Japanese encodes for the theatrical and extended cuts.

[Mr Kite]

Just received my set:

[prodigalson1]

can you confirm the cannes cut 139 min has the same pictures quality of the japanesse blu ray ?

[Mr Kite]

Just had a quick skim view of the new 4K restoration and, bloody wow.

I do not have the Japanese set, but by hell this is the very best i have seen the theatrical version look.

[Dan8700]

Originally Posted by thegeminiman

Owners of the disc claim this encoding issue is not visible in motion - and there's all 3 versions to choose from in HD too. No other release offers that at the moment

(Fortunately?) I don't own the disc, but I've been reading of several issues about this disc here:
http://dvd.forumcommunity.net/?t=59186104&st=105

Virtually every comment refers to a kind of "flickering" of the grain in motion and a problematic image stability (inherent to the source, I guess). Some even wrote about some obvious dithering and light DNR filters applied.
There seems to be even some sequences where dialogues randomly switch from a speaker to another.
I'd definitely wait for some news from the label regarding replacements.

[kidglov3s]

Originally Posted by tele1962

Just had a quick skim view of the new 4K restoration and, bloody wow.

I do not have the Japanese set, but by hell this is the very best i have seen the theatrical version look.

From what others say you now have 2/3 of the Japanese set. I maintain that versus the awful ghosting of the AB/Arrow discs the JP theatrical cut disc is a revelation, despite the limitations of the source CRI. I have never regretted going in for it, and I'm excited to see this new IT disc of Zombi, especially the open matte disc, even if I think it's a relatively awful cut of the movie.

[Geoff D]

I've never seen the Happinet masters, so between them and the 4K resto of the Argento cut I'm gonna feel like a hog in a waller. Didn't get mine yet though, damn you tele!!

[Dickieduvet]

Really want to see the open matte version, looks like a great addition to the set.

[al cos.]

The Argento version was eventually sold on its own in region A on dvd, is anything legally preventing it from being sold that way on blu? Or are we just assuming region A gets nothing until the Rubinstein stuff is worked out?