Westworld: Season One 4K UHD (2016)

[FilmBufffff]

Ended up grabbing this at BB. They had five and all had serious dings on the metal tin except for one. My local BB's have officially gotten rid of their movie section. They had a couple kiosks with the new releases and a tiny section with the video games and that's it. It's a sad day for browsers like me.

[the_sextein]

Originally Posted by FilmBufffff

Ended up grabbing this at BB. They had five and all had serious dings on the metal tin except for one. My local BB's have officially gotten rid of their movie section. They had a couple kiosks with the new releases and a tiny section with the video games and that's it. It's a sad day for browsers like me.

I swung by BB after work today and picked it up as well. Like the store you were at, they had 5 of them and 3 of the 5 were dented up pretty bad. Currently, my BB has a full isle dedicated to 4K and 3 isles of blu rays. Hopefully they don't down grade like yours has. My Wallmart downgraded to the point where they have a single endcap with some junk they haven't been able to sell. BB is my main place to go if I want it on release without paying retarded shipping.

[jh901]

Originally Posted by UberMensch

I was excited to get my package today, but UPS just notified me they left my package at some random access point.

UPS dropped your package at the wrong address or what? I don't know what you mean by "access point".

[jh901]

Originally Posted by the_sextein

I swung by BB after work today and picked it up as well. Like the store you were at, they had 5 of them and 3 of the 5 were dented up pretty bad. Currently, my BB has a full isle dedicated to 4K and 3 isles of blu rays. Hopefully they don't down grade like yours has.

The handful in stock at my newly renovated Best Buy were hidden somewhere within the "new releases" display. I wasn't there when they found them, so I don't know what that's all about!

The new Best Buy design is more open and modern. Seem to be SO MANY employees and so few customers. Anyhow, the store looks nice, but I haven't put any time into exploring. Media area is pretty small, but adequate. Unfortunately, they hide movie displays in two or more places in the store that are separated. Does it have to be an Easter egg hunt?

The Magnolia "theater room" isn't quite the dedicated theater set-up I'd hoped for. I could have advised them as to what to do.

[bedouin]

4K Package showed up today, only odd thing is the amaray case inside is a blue bluray case with the 6 disks. I'm in Canada if that makes any difference. Kind of annoying

[THS]

[THS]

Originally Posted by bedouin

4K Package showed up today, only odd thing is the amaray case inside is a blue bluray case with the 6 disks. I'm in Canada if that makes any difference. Kind of annoying

Traditional Black 4K UHD case here in the U.S.:

[FilmBufffff]

Well I'm tossing this p.o.s. tin. It has sharp edges on the inside spine that tear up the plastic on the spine of the elite case's plastic sleeve, it has a weird film all over it that won't come off and it's scratched to high hell.

[Rick Grimes]

Originally Posted by bedouin

4K Package showed up today, only odd thing is the amaray case inside is a blue bluray case with the 6 disks. I'm in Canada if that makes any difference. Kind of annoying

That is very odd. Below is a pic of the 15mm 6-Disc UHD Viva Elite Case found in Aussie sets.



Not my pic (Thanks go to Optimus), but it is indicative of what I got. The “Employee Booklet”’and the episode inlay Card fit nicely on top of the BD case.

Originally Posted by TheSweetieMan

...But, minor complaints notwithstanding, this is a definite upgrade over the blu-ray, which I did get to do some quick comparisons with. And, IMO, is definitely worthy of being able to show your friends, family, or whomever, what the benefit of HDR/Dolby Vision is, in terms of bringing forth content accuracy, the way it's intended to be viewed.

Very happy with this purchase. Both because it looks and sounds great--but also because I am enjoying the hell out of this series.

I’m sure the 2160pBD it would look better than the 1080p for two technical reasons (putting the HDR aside).

The AVC encode appears to have a comparatively low compression rate (approx. 18 Mbps), so “off the bat” the HEVC has a better chance of improved fine details, not just because of the inherent 2K-4K upscale.

Also, the 1080p has a DTS-HD MA 5.1 that sounds less than stellar from what I’ve heard. Again, fairly compressed 2.1 Mbps average (hovers around there on my Sony info with minor fluctuations).

I can’t decode Atmos, but the Dolby TrueHD 7.1 core would sound better (it’s an improvement over DTS lossless on Game of Thrones).
On the 1080p discs, it adds insult to injury when at start-up, the WB logo with the piano music sounds awesome in Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (and the megabit ticker jumps to 6-7Mbps). Is probably Atmos based, but either way, the logo has never sounded better.
Would have been nice for both 4K UHD & BD to share the Atmos track.

To summarise, it seems sad that the 1080pBD has not received the same attention it deserved... Especially where AQ is concerned. I don’t understand why the 2160pBD gets exclusivity to the Dolby Atmos track, when I’m positive Atmos could have fit onto the 50GB 1080p discs.
With an 18Mbps average AVC encode (running over 3 hours) should leave heaps of room... Even with 3 alt language lossy’s and a couple of 1080i/60 Extras.

I’m glad UHD on TV was coming. But not at the expense of 1080p Blu-Ray quality.

Will be interested to see what the Blu-Ray.com reviews have to say.

[StingingVelvet]

Some studios are just using Atmos to sell the UHD upgrade. It is what it is.

[turns2stone]

Can someone verify what I've found trying to redeem the digital copy? Looks like only real option to redeem this code is via VUDU? WB shows a redemption option for Movies Anywhere, but it doesn't seem to work. Probably as expected, as this is not technically a "movie".

[krismate]

Originally Posted by bedouin

4K Package showed up today, only odd thing is the amaray case inside is a blue bluray case with the 6 disks. I'm in Canada if that makes any difference. Kind of annoying

Same thing here in Ottawa. I guess the Canadian supplier doesn't have black cases...

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Some studios are just using Atmos to sell the UHD upgrade. It is what it is.

The filmmakers (TV producers) were involved with the Atmos remix, so it's not strictly a "studio" thing here.

[erlinmeyer]

Originally Posted by turns2stone

Can someone verify what I've found trying to redeem the digital copy? Looks like only real option to redeem this code is via VUDU? WB shows a redemption option for Movies Anywhere, but it doesn't seem to work. Probably as expected, as this is not technically a "movie".

Correct, none of the TV series I have show up in Movies Anywhere.

[nonametofame]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

The filmmakers (TV producers) were involved with the Atmos remix, so it's not strictly a "studio" thing here.

I think the point may be about studios intentionally gimping the standard BD release, and only holding the Atmos tracks out for the 4k releases, to upsell them.
WB is the most notorious studio for this. They used to include Atmos tracks on all 3D discs, but have since pulled them since for all new releases. I believe Fox, and Universal are the other studios doing this.

[Brandon K]

Originally Posted by Rick Grimes

With an 18Mbps average AVC encode (running over 3 hours) should leave heaps of room

18, really? That's certainly lower than I was hoping for. A release for such an amazing show needs superb PQ.

Originally Posted by Rick Grimes

a couple of 1080i/60 Extras.

The extras are in 1080i? All of them? Will be very disappointed if that's the case.

The amount of extras is not insubstantial. I wish that all the extras had gone onto a fourth disc, so that they could really give the encodes room to breathe, maximizing the bitrate and the disc space for the episodes.

Originally Posted by Rick Grimes

I'm glad UHD on TV was coming. But not at the expense of 1080p Blu-Ray quality.

Yeah. I'm anxious now to have a detailed look for myself once Amazon decides to ship my set...

[CANUCKS FAN]

Originally Posted by krismate

Same thing here in Ottawa. I guess the Canadian supplier doesn't have black cases...

my case is black/ Vancouver

[BK14]

Originally Posted by CANUCKS FAN

my case is black/ Vancouver

Mine is blue in Burlington.
Very annoying

[BrownianMotion]

Love the HDR and WCG on this. The resolution will not blow anyone away, but the contrast, and the density and detail in the colors is very nice, and combines to add a lot of dimensionality to the image.

[Gold Ranger]

Is anyone else selling the code for this?
How much are you asking?
I'm selling mine for 17