Lawrence of Arabia 4K UHD (1962)

[RICKBONDOO7]

Does anyone own the 4K UHD Lawrence from VUDU ? Amazons version for $7.00 was Not good ! : ( Got a Refund.

[davidsal]

If you have your accounts linked with Movies Anywhere you got the movie on both platforms and others like iTunes.

[vector72]

I've checked the Vudu version and it looks incredibly similar to disc for the pennies you pay. MA will have a slightly higher bitrate. I'm with you, I can't watch Prime, everything looks pale and washed out.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by KubrickKurasawa

I'm sure there's a bunch of 1 sports (take your pic basketball, baseball etc.) cards that go for more on eBay. This was a limited set so the price. That's the only reason. Rarity factor. No one really cares about these discs but an extremely small video file group. I certainly do not, but I can afford the internet and a 200.00/300.00 dollar Amazon tri-band router and get a perfect stream, unlike the geniuses above me Lulz.

Unless you have the shittiest broadband provider ever, streaming quality is a fixed commodity. I have Gigabit fiber and that doesn't make the stream any better because the A/V bitrate from the streaming service is a constant once locked in. It doesn't magically become a Gigabit/sec bitrate with super duper master-grade clarity and 24 bit lossless audio
On my 4k projector it still mostly looks like overly compressed garbage.

[KubrickKurasawa]

Originally Posted by RICKBONDOO7

Does anyone own the 4K UHD Lawrence from VUDU ? Amazons version for $7.00 was Not good ! : ( Got a Refund.

Bro it's a M.A. title. That is an acronym for Movies Anywhere.com

With that you get on a computer device. You login to your account or create one. Then you find where you link accounts. Now you can play it on Vudu and Amazon like I did. The title is "linked" across multiple platforms. You buy 1 copy and play it in many apps. I can watch them on both services by saying "Alexa" Launch Xbox Vudu or Launch Xbox Prime into my Amazon Alexa. I can also tell her "Alexa Pause " and get up without fumbling for a remote. I can do the same with Blu Ray discs too with Xbox and Alexa.

TLDR Create a M.A. Login and Link all your accounts on M.A. guys and gals. Buy 1 movie play on multiple apps. Easy peasy. You had both but now you have a refund Lulz. Ggwp.

[zzwerzy]

Has anyone else here remarked on the amount of "mosquito noise" or MPEG noise in the UHD4K Lawrence Of Arabia? To me, it's quite noticeable in the blue skies and even some sand shots. I'm watching on a freshly calibrated XBR-55A9G with UBP-800M2 backend. I've had this setup for over a year and no other UHD disc I've watched exhibits this problem.

Very disappointed in this disc. Am hoping any 60th anniversary or subsequent release will eliminate this noise.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by zzwerzy

Has anyone else here remarked on the amount of "mosquito noise" or MPEG noise in the UHD4K Lawrence Of Arabia? To me, it's quite noticeable in the blue skies and even some sand shots. I'm watching on a freshly calibrated XBR-55A9G with UBP-800M2 backend. I've had this setup for over a year and no other UHD disc I've watched exhibits this problem.

Very disappointed in this disc. Am hoping any 60th anniversary or subsequent release will eliminate this noise.

Are you sure that's all compression related? The camera negative emulsion was damaged in some scenes due to the blistering desert heat and you may be seeing some of that show up in the image. They have never been able to fix those artifacts.

[Scottishguy]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

Are you sure that's all compression related? The camera negative emulsion was damaged in some scenes due to the blistering desert heat and you may be seeing some of that show up in the image. They have never been able to fix those artifacts.

Indeed it's imported to remember environmental factors, and lack of control over light sources pre digital caused varying shifts in quality. Green for example used to be a particularly bothersome colour for cinematographers to handle in film's with many demanding outdoor shots.

[zzwerzy]

Thanks, FF. I had not heard about the damaged source materials before. I guess that could be what causes Crawling Sky, as I characterize it. Teeming larvae? Idk, but it's certainly distracting.

[Christian Muth]

Originally Posted by zzwerzy

Thanks, FF. I had not heard about the damaged source materials before. I guess that could be what causes Crawling Sky, as I characterize it. Teeming larvae? Idk, but it's certainly distracting.

If you watch the supplements re: the restoration, they talk about this problem with the negative. It's very interesting, actually.

Chris

[zzwerzy]

>> watch the extras ...

Thanks for the tip, Chris. I'm on it!

[Fang Zei]

Just wondering, did we ever settle the debate about what exactly was going on with the picture quality of the physical UHD relative to how it looked in previous downloadable 4k formats?

I seem to recall people saying this looked soft on the disc compared against the digital version.

[vector72]

That debate doesn't sound legit. From the 5.0 review on this site: "It's difficult to imagine the film ever looking any better than this." Choosing a download over a Sony bd-100 set is a tough sell.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Fang Zei

Just wondering, did we ever settle the debate about what exactly was going on with the picture quality of the physical UHD relative to how it looked in previous downloadable 4k formats?

I seem to recall people saying this looked soft on the disc compared against the digital version.

The "digital" version is not as good as the disc.

[TKAdvancer]

Looks like LoA is coming in July as a double UHD. German Medimarkt Shop lists a Gandhi / Lawrence of Arabia 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo for only 19,99€

https://www.mediamarkt.de/de/product...y-2735504.html

The price is already very low so I doubt whether if it will really come that way. Combos are not uncommon for sony, but unusual for the price. I still ordered and wait if this get a cancellation.

[IXOYE1989]

Originally Posted by TKAdvancer

Looks like LoA is coming in July as a double UHD. German Medimarkt Shop lists a Gandhi / Lawrence of Arabia 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo for only 19,99€

https://www.mediamarkt.de/de/product...y-2735504.html

The price is already very low so I doubt whether if it will really come that way. Combos are not uncommon for sony, but unusual for the price. I still ordered and wait if this get a cancellation.

Sucks for those who paid $120+ just for the 4K blu-ray of LOA on eBay. It was bound to be released individually.

[thebarnman]

VERY INTERESTING!

But this looks like it's not easy to buy in the USA? I wonder if this is something I'd be able to buy from something like Amazon one day?

[Gold Ranger]

Will Ohrence still be split on two disks?

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by thebarnman

VERY INTERESTING!

But this looks like it's not easy to buy in the USA? I wonder if this is something I'd be able to buy from something like Amazon one day?

If they do, I'd imagine they'd wait for 2022 for the 60th Anniversary.
Even so, I preordered the Columbia Classics box set when they announced it. Very happy with my purchase.

[UnbelievableMontages]

And I thought the prices for The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 4K /w slipcover were bad. People are paying up to $200 for just Lawrence of Arabia while the set itself for all 6 peoples are selling up to $300.