4K Movies Releases

[JohnnyPresley21]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

My local Best Buy finally had the discs out today. They were all sitting in a single row, and the most they had of any title was ten copies (The Martian), and most titles had five or less. Strangely, I've just realized that they did not have any Life of Pi, but they did have the other seven March 1st titles. I picked up all of them except Fantastic Four (2015) and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials:

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I believe at least part of the reason that the discs were on an "additional stock" shelf is due to the store not having any players yet. There was an associate in the Magnolia section who seemed genuinely interested in seeing the content, though, and he said that as soon as he got them in-store (he said the system just showed that the player was due at the end of the month), he'd see that one was put out for demonstraion, which he believed would be in the Magnolia section. Quite bizarrely, when he looked at each of my selections, he only knew of The Martian, though he may have noted that another one or two "were bad [quality movies]", concluding that the $27.99 price is reasonable, but only indicating a willingness to buy The Martian. I wonder what this says about the covers of titles (on any format), and whether these images really do help average consumers to spot the films they like, or pique their interest in others they don't know of.

So yes, now I own five Fox UHD titles, and no player or TV to watch them on. Happily, I can get rid of the three I owned on Blu-ray.

Ha I am in the same boat,just went to Best Buy today and grabbed Kingsman and The Martian,they weren't out on the floor at all(for that matter any of the three Best Buys I went to today) and had them in the back,sounds like they where holding out to put them on the floor until they reset everything for the new releases on Tuesday.I am probably going to pick up a 4K TV in the next few weeks thanks to the Taxman and then the player in a month or two.Until then will still buy some of the 4K release that really interest me like Sicario,X-Menay of Future past and EX3.

[tyrok]

There was too much going on today for most stores to have their UHD stuff out. I had 1000+ prices to change and 5 sections to set.

[carr857]

I was able to pickup the movies at the best buy in McKinney. Service was very helpful, I called ahead and the gentlemen that I spoke to wrote down which ones that I wanted and took them to customer service desk waiting for me to get there. They were also not on the shelves.

[garyd97]

None were out at my Best Buy either. You would think release day of the format would at least be worth the effort to bring the movies out.

[K i r a]

Originally Posted by tyrok

There was too much going on today for most stores to have their UHD stuff out. I had 1000+ prices to change and 5 sections to set.

Probably the same at my store. I don't mind, really. Great staff at my place that know me by face and say "nice to see you again". I'll check back Tuesday or Thursday.

I was going in there just to see if they did have the display up, take a pic, show my Distrcit Manager to forward to the higher ups to pretty much show them that they're dropping the ball on 4K by communicating literally jack shit about it-- Moviestop/Hastings. I'm optimistic that our trade deals should go for it and can give members here who have a Moviestop a great way to get into 4K for cheap, but we have no inbound shipments, only 4 March 1st titles in system not set for reserve... Ugh. It's just kind of aggravating that they're not doing much at all.

[Agent_DVD]

Originally Posted by Viking61

Does anyone know if it is usual to include English subtitles on Japanese releases? I would love to get these 2 Rurouni Kenshin releases that were bundled with the Panasonic DMR-UBZ1 last november, but I'm afraid I don't understand very much Japanese.

Actually it's possible that they won't... I would love to get some more UHD disc as well.

[Steedeel]

It's quite exciting now all this stuff is getting close. Can't wait to start reading reviews of A/V quality. 4K UHD HDR? Yes please!

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by garyd97

None were out at my Best Buy either. You would think release day of the format would at least be worth the effort to bring the movies out.

I think release day is actually supposed to be 3/1, two weeks from now. We're just a little lucky that we got the player and a few movies early.

[ray0414]

heres a good one....


"To put things in perspective, I just moved my 75X940C into my theater room and sold my 4K projector because the HDR experience is what makes 4K BD worth it. I couldn't see much gain in resolution even on my 110" screen and was sorely disappointed when the overall picture quality was almost indistinguishable from a 1080p BD disc. Now I know how people who don't have an HDR set feel. As soon as I played the same material on my TV both my friend and I exclaimed "Wow!". That was the moment I was looking for and confirmation that 4K BD is a next-gen format."




sold his projector, moved 940c to theater room, will be buying all the 4k HDR blu rays he can lol

Like ive been saying (along with some of the pros like stacey spears and joe kane), HDR is the real game changer. 4k is just along for the ride.

[Brad1963]

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Bought my 4K TV today and UHD discs. Now I just need the player.

[Richard Paul]

The ITU broadcast HDR document was approved earlier this month and it will be voted on later this year. A HEVC proposal was recently posted for it:

Transfer function: Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) or SMPTE 2084 (PQ)

Range: Narrow range or Full range (The computer industry has been using Full range for 20+ years but I think this is the first broadcast standard to support it.)

Color formats: RGB, non-constant luminance YCbCr, and ICtCp (I have never heard of ICtCp and it looks like they just made it. Also they removed constant luminance YCbCr).

[Agent_DVD]

Hi All... just noticed that Walmart has the UHD movies available for pre-ordering (March 1st). They are the same price as Best Buy

[Resettito]

I saw Deadpool on the biggest screen at my movie theater, 3rd row, and usually, most films look kind of soft at that distance, but this one looked really sharp to the point where I thought "this is definitely a 4K DCP" (4K projector too), so which is it?

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Resettito

I saw Deadpool on the biggest screen at my movie theater, 3rd row, and usually, most films look kind of soft at that distance, but this one looked really sharp to the point where I thought "this is definitely a 4K DCP" (4K projector too), so which is it?

It's 2k the bar scenes showed this

[glabrecque]

I just got the Samsung UBD-K8500 player and two of the UHD movies to try it out on my LG 65EF9500. Am I reading it correct that I should turn off Deep color on both the player and tv for now?

[DRS]

Originally Posted by glabrecque

I just got the Samsung UBD-K8500 player and two of the UHD movies to try it out on my LG 65EF9500. Am I reading it correct that I should turn off Deep color on both the player and tv for now?

I would not recommend it.

Turning off Deep Color resulted in significant banding and visual artifacts for me. Deep Color on provided the best overall PQ and HDR effect.

Are you on the latest firmware?

[ray0414]

Originally Posted by glabrecque

I just got the Samsung UBD-K8500 player and two of the UHD movies to try it out on my LG 65EF9500. Am I reading it correct that I should turn off Deep color on both the player and tv for now?

It depends what tv u have.

On samsungs, I recommend deepcolor off until samsung fixes it.

On the lg oled, a user posted pictures and it definitely looked like deepcolor options on for both was the best way to go!

[2themax]

BB finally has the Warner launch titles up for pre-order and at $30 instead of $45!

Mad Max:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/mad-max-...&skuId=4901133

San Andreas:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/san-andr...&skuId=4901132

Lego Movie:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/the-lego...&skuId=4901135

Pan:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pan-4k-u...&skuId=4901516

[glabrecque]

Originally Posted by DRS

I would not recommend it.

Turning off Deep Color resulted in significant banding and visual artifacts for me. Deep Color on provided the best overall PQ and HDR effect.

Are you on the latest firmware?

Yes on the TV and UHD player.

[K i r a]

4K display at my Best Buy. By the 3D BDs

[Show spoiler]RIP. Face is shown. At least I got a haircut recently. Lol.