Leapfrogging blu ray

[Bolo Seagull]

With 4K rolling out, I've actually held off on purchasing a number of movies that I probably would've bought on blu ray but now hope that these titles will be released on 4K.

Some of it is stuff I never bought at all, some of it is stuff I would've upgraded from standard def DVD, but now I'm just planning to leapfrog blu ray and go right to 4K.

Stuff I own on DVD but never got around to upgrading:

'Ben Hur' (Heston)
'Scarface' (Pacino)
'Breakfast at Tiffancy's'
'Enter the Dragon'

Stuff I never bought at all:

'Kill Bill' - I kept thinking the WBA cut release was just around the corner, so I never bought these movies at all. Now, I figure I might as well wait for the 4K.
'L.A. Confidential'
'Chinatown'
'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'
'Chungking Express'

[Scarface32]

But what you want now, and upgrade later as needed.

[Dex Robinson]

The "leapfrog Blu-ray" plan only works for new movies and major catalogue releases.

I wouldn't count on it as a general plan for collecting home video.

Here's a recent batch of discs I just got. Waiting for 4K is just not an option for most of us. Not much 4K release potential here.

[Bolo Seagull]

For sure. I'm only getting my hopes up for 4K releases of popular hit movies (and I expect Criterion to get into the game at some point and start releasing 4K editions of some of their best sellers).

For offbeat cult movies, a blu ray release is the last physical release I expect to ever be made.