Lawrence of Arabia 4K UHD (1962)

[Hedrox]

Originally Posted by TravisTylerBlack

Love that physical media allows us to not care about things like this.

True, but at the same time you don't get fixes if something is botched on the disc, like incorrect black levels with the Divergent films or lower quality source in the opening to Bram Stoker's Dracula. Those were fixed on the digital release, while for the physical you had to buy them again/import from other region.

There's advantages to both.

[DMRI2006]

The hell does all this DIVERGENT talk have to do with LAWRENCE OF ARABIA?

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by DMRI2006

The hell does all this DIVERGENT talk have to do with LAWRENCE OF ARABIA?

I guess it's a divergence.

[Beckstreaker]

Reprint coming May 21st, 2024

Amazon Canada

https://www.amazon.ca/Lawrence-Arabi.../dp/B09TLCJMHB

[fred25_Ca]

Jesus, can we get a regular edition yet? It's been a few years now and you'd think Sony would finally release one. I stopped buying steelbooks and have no intention of buying the steel nor paying the crazy prices people are asking for on ebay for the regular one. You'd think such a prestige title would be getting a regular release eventually from Sony...

[scififan73]

Originally Posted by fred25_Ca

Jesus, can we get a regular edition yet? It's been a few years now and you'd think Sony would finally release one. I stopped buying steelbooks and have no intention of buying the steel nor paying the crazy prices people are asking for on ebay for the regular one. You'd think such a prestige title would be getting a regular release eventually from Sony...

And you'd be correct, if it were 2005. Back then this would have been prominently displayed on every endcap in every retail that sold discs -- a true mass market release.

It ain't 2005 anymore.
Despite the forum we're on and the passion of the devotees of this hobby, discs are on the fast downswing, and that's being kind.

The world of 2024 is dominated by streaming.
What discs are released are frequently limited edition boutique labels since the majors stopped caring by and large. In a real sense, the issue isn't that a release " only gets a crappy steelbook", it's that it gets released at all, period.

[cybersoga]

I'm not a massive fan of steelbooks but I don't think they'll release this in a standard case any time soon. I think they will just keep reprinting the steelbook.

[guizhang]

anywhere to preorder the steelbook reissue?

[KingBoo]

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/lawren.../13712558.html

Zavvi link is live. Got an email about it too this morning.

Edit: Looks like it’s already sold out. I got my order in at 9:30 so it went pretty quick.

[Mierzwiak]

It would kill them if they released it as a standard edition in amaray, right?

[Darev]

Originally Posted by Mierzwiak

It would kill them if they released it as a standard edition in amaray, right?

it's a guess, but there is likely a higher profit margin on the steelbooks.

[KingBoo]

Originally Posted by Mierzwiak

It would kill them if they released it as a standard edition in amaray, right?

It’s so frustrating. I absolutely hate paying the steelbook tax, but I just went ahead and pulled the trigger on this because I want the damn movie.

One of my main takeaways since starting buying discs again last year is that I have no reference point for availability. I always thought of ‘home video’ as mass produced commodities but with 4K a lot of it seems to be ‘this the price, it’s here until it’s not, and this premium packaging is all we’re doing’ so I’m noticing I’m more often paying full preorder price just to make sure I can guarantee a copy.

[trespoochies]

'home video' in general no longer means mass produced.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by trespoochies

'home video' in general no longer means mass produced.

Bingo. People keep getting surprised when pre-orders for new studio product sell out, and/or get released and still have major supply problems (Oppenheimer, the Camerons, CC vol 4), some even cite it as a reason why physical media isn't dead, but they're all part of the same malaise: home video disc as a mass market product is dying if not dead. Or should I say that high-quality disc is the thing that's dying, as DVD still outsells Blu and UHD combined across most weeks. Boutiques keep going because they don't press untold thousands of units, while many rely on some form of limited edition model to drive enough sales to cover their costs. The studios are essentially adopting that same model, some using LEs to push initial sales while most are restricting the amount of product they're producing (tho it's worth pointing out that Sony and Warners haven't tended to print a lot of copies of catalogue product since the start of UHD).

[koberulz]

Saw someone on here earlier today saying "they keep saying disc is dead, but they're getting more expensive" as though that was somehow a sign of health...

[RobertR]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Saw someone on here earlier today saying "they keep saying disc is dead, but they're getting more expensive" as though that was somehow a sign of health...

The irony is that I remember some laserdisc diehards bemoaning the fact that DVDs were cheap enough to be readily available to the "masses", including (horror of horrors!) Walmart.

[trespoochies]

That's just it, back in the high days of DVD and Blu AND when they were mass produced. Back when most of us here did those major holiday hauls both in-store and online buying 50-100 discs at a time for $5-$10 each. Basically the studios scaled and started producing less which has led to the higher prices.

[Vincanws]

Originally Posted by KingBoo

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/lawren.../13712558.html

Zavvi link is live. Got an email about it too this morning.

Edit: Looks like it’s already sold out. I got my order in at 9:30 so it went pretty quick.

What the **** guess next reprinting in 2 years it is then.

[AmirMoosavi]

I got the US 4K last year and finally got around to watching it last night. Loved the picture quality, but unfortunately I had a few skips on my UB820. Just two on the first disc, but there were four or five in the early scene on disc two between Alec Guinness and the American journalist, and then no more throughout the rest of the film.

I rewinded to check on disc two, and could repeat the skips at the same times, so I'm inclined to think this is a problem with the disc rather than the player? I watched the LOTR films on 4K the week before without any skipping so I don't think this player necessarily has problems with UHD100 discs but hard to be sure without having another player to test on.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by AmirMoosavi

I got the US 4K last year and finally got around to watching it last night. Loved the picture quality, but unfortunately I had a few skips on my UB820. Just two on the first disc, but there were four or five in the early scene on disc two between Alec Guinness and the American journalist, and then no more throughout the rest of the film.

I rewinded to check on disc two, and could repeat the skips at the same times, so I'm inclined to think this is a problem with the disc rather than the player? I watched the LOTR films on 4K the week before without any skipping so I don't think this player necessarily has problems with UHD100 discs but hard to be sure without having another player to test on.

The second disc is a UHD66 anyways