Neighbors (1981) (Choice Collection)

[Akijama]

Release date: November 1, 2016



https://www.amazon.com/Neighbors-Blu...n%3A2650305011

[WilsonBros]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Release date: November 1, 2016

https://www.amazon.com/Neighbors-Blu...n%3A2650305011

Bugger - it's a BD-R.

[gates70]

Been asking for this one for a while!

[aspberger]

All this time waiting...and Sony does the BD-R on it...no thank you and I remain so hungry I could eat a baby's butt through a park bench....I think I remembered that quote right...long time since I have see this one

[I KEEL YOU]

I guess we should just assume that all upcoming Sony blu rays for non-new titles are BD-Rs until told otherwise.

Did Sony end their partnership with every small label so that we're forced to have all these movies in BD-R form? Twilight Time? Image Entertainment? Mill Creek?

[klauswhereareyou]

Glad I went ahead and bought the dutch Casualties of War region free disc, since if Sony ever puts that film out here it'll probably just be a BD-R if by some miracle it isn't licensed out.

[Trekkie313]

About time, shame it's BD-R though.

[Hellhound]

I would have been excited about this announcement if it weren't BD-R.

[Alfredlynch]

Not too sure how bad this Bd-r thing really is, but I really like this movie and have never owned it on any format and am looking forward to getting it.

[tylerdurden10]

Not sure why everybody automatically assumes this will look like crap just because it's on a BD-R.

Who gives a crap if it's pressed or not, by the time either disc type would ever cease to work, blu-ray players will be long gone by then (and probably out live you)!

[rallymonkey]

BD-R's won't even work on my Oppo player. Hopefully Sony will do an international release as they tend to be pressed discs and so far international releases haven't gotten into BD-R.

[PRO-630HD]

Originally Posted by rallymonkey

BD-R's won't even work on my Oppo player. Hopefully Sony will do an international release as they tend to be pressed discs and so far international releases haven't gotten into BD-R.

So BD-R's won't work in any of the Oppo players?

[Region_unlocked]

This movie's never been particularly well treated on home video in the US. It's first R1 DVD release came out in 2014! This BD-R business comes as no surprise.

[Crispy Noodle]

Originally Posted by PRO-630HD

So BD-R's won't work in any of the Oppo players?

I have a couple of BD-Rs from Film Detective and my copy of The Rage I got through Amazon and they all play fine on my Oppo BDP-103.

That said this is lousy news. (I paid under $7 a piece for the titles I mentioned.)

[Latheofheaven]

Originally Posted by PRO-630HD

So BD-R's won't work in any of the Oppo players?

Well, FWIW, I have an older OPPO BDP-83 (the very first of their HQ Blu-ray players) and I have personally burned probably a few thousand BD-Rs and they all play just fine. I don't know if the ones burned by SONY are any different or if the way they burn them would make them less compatible with some players, but mine does just fine with burned DVDs, BD25's, and BD50's...

I tend to agree with the fellow above who says 'What's the big deal' Digital files are digital files and are 100% identical. I do not know about the eventual longevity of burned discs over pressed ones, but I have BD-Rs in my collection that go back to the beginning of the format 10 years ago and even DVD-Rs that are upwards of 15+ years old, and so far every one I play does just fine.

That's why I despise these cases where older releases go OOP and then sellers try to get hundreds of dollars for the 'original' disc and case, when all you are talking about is a digital file, a piece of metal-plastic that is worth about $.05, and in most cases sub-par 'artwork' on a generic case. I almost ALWAYS create my own Blu-ray case artwork because I can always make it look better.

Just my $.05 cents... or, just pretend I threw a generic Blu-ray disc at you...

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

Not sure why everybody automatically assumes this will look like crap just because it's on a BD-R.

Who gives a crap if it's pressed or not, by the time either disc type would ever cease to work, blu-ray players will be long gone by then (and probably out live you)!

I don't like Sony BD-Rs because they're expensive as hell (almost $30), and they don't include ENG subs.

[GOMEZFAN69]

BD-R or not...this will be mine. This has taken far too long.

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by GOMEZFAN69

BD-R or not...this will be mine. This has taken far too long, the last time this was released was on VHS.

It actually got a DVD-R release in 2011, and then a proper DVD release from Mill Creek in 2014.

[baheidstu]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

I guess we should just assume that all upcoming Sony blu rays for non-new titles are BD-Rs until told otherwise.

Did Sony end their partnership with every small label so that we're forced to have all these movies in BD-R form? Twilight Time? Image Entertainment? Mill Creek?

I don't think they've ended every partnership - Mill Creek just brought out those Hammer Horror two-packs, but it's certainly curious that Mill Creek isn't handling the blu-ray release on this seeing as they put out the DVD only quite recently.

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

Not sure why everybody automatically assumes this will look like crap just because it's on a BD-R.

Who gives a crap if it's pressed or not, by the time either disc type would ever cease to work, blu-ray players will be long gone by then (and probably out live you)!

It's not about it looking like crap, it's that they're cheaping out on these released when they should be pressed. It's bad enough that Sony releases dick-all for catalogue titles nowadays, but they have the nerve to put them on cheap-ass BD-Rs when Warner Archive goes the extra mile and puts out top notch pressed discs. This isn't like the DVD-R MOD releases where it's the best and only option to release so obscure that to do otherwise would be a complete waste of time and money. They're going to be charging full blu-ray prices, give us the correct product. Oh, and lots of people have trouble playing burned discs on their hardware.

[nikon76]

Originally Posted by tylerdurden10

Not sure why everybody automatically assumes this will look like crap just because it's on a BD-R.

Who gives a crap if it's pressed or not, by the time either disc type would ever cease to work, blu-ray players will be long gone by then (and probably out live you)!

There is no guarantee this BD-R will work with your blu ray player. That's a gamble. Why pay a boutique price for that nonsense? Go roll your eyes in the closet, bro.