2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 4K UHD

[UpsetSmiley]

2001: A Space Odyssey 4K Blu-ray Feb 2021



2001: A Space Odyssey 4K Blu-ray

HMV | £34.99


2001: A Space Odyssey 4K Blu-ray Steelbook



2001: A Space Odyssey 4K Blu-ray ToC Steelbook





Listed as a two-disc set but will probably be three-discs?

[kristoffer]

I really hope that Amazon price comes down, still preordered it though. =)

[minister_x]

Also £34.99 at HMV: https://store.hmv.com/film-tv/4k-ult...-space-odyssey

[UpsetSmiley]

Originally Posted by minister_x

Also £34.99 at HMV: https://store.hmv.com/film-tv/4k-ult...-space-odyssey

Thanks, added to OP.

[ILove3D]

You're basically paying £10 extra for the little booklet and some art cards. I think I'll pass.

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by ILove3D

You're basically paying £10 extra for the little booklet and some art cards. I think I'll pass.

Wouldn’t the £10 increase be for the 4K disc?

[grahams76]

Yes, needs a big price drop to £20 for me to purchase this film for the fourth or fifth time. Looking forward to watching it in 4K at some point.

[minister_x]

Amazon is now also £34.99 - still overpriced everywhere, mind!

[tasker]

i know its 2001 but £34 seems UHD is the new cash cow for film companies

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by tasker

i know its 2001 but £34 seems UHD is the new cash cow for film companies

What, and the endless steelbook reissues and other repackaging gimmicks (VHS packaging being the latest wheeze) aren't? At least we've got a dip that might actually help to improve the quality of the presentation, not just the case that holds it.

I paid more than £35 for the Criterion laserdisc so this will be mine, oh yes.

[CouncilSpectre]

It's 2001, so the rest is really irrelevant when it comes down to whether I'll be getting it or not.

[Ben_C]

I’m occasionally a tight-arse (waiting for Saving Private Ryan and Gladiator to be in 2 for £30 for example), but I pre-ordered 2001 from HMV almost as soon as it appeared on their site.
If it goes down in price, great, if it doesn’t, nevermind, it’s 2001.

[tasker]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

What, and the endless steelbook reissues and other repackaging gimmicks (VHS packaging being the latest wheeze) aren't? At least we've got a dip that might actually help to improve the quality of the presentation, not just the case that holds it.

I paid more than £35 for the Criterion laserdisc so this will be mine, oh yes.

was no need to be rude, i never said i wont buy it, im the one that buys new stuff so everybody else gets it cheaper.

i still think some of the UHD prices are a bit over the top and it needed to be said.

ive got over a hundred uhd's and 1000 blus but it doesnt mean i agree with the pricing. jesus calm down

[Agent Kay]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

What, and the endless steelbook reissues and other repackaging gimmicks (VHS packaging being the latest wheeze) aren't? At least we've got a dip that might actually help to improve the quality of the presentation, not just the case that holds it.

I paid more than £35 for the Criterion laserdisc so this will be mine, oh yes.

At least the LD was Kubrick approved.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by tasker

was no need to be rude, i never said i wont buy it, im the one that buys new stuff so everybody else gets it cheaper.

i still think some of the UHD prices are a bit over the top and it needed to be said.

ive got over a hundred uhd's and 1000 blus but it doesnt mean i agree with the pricing. jesus calm down

You're talking like you think he was frothing at the mouth with rage when he wrote that post. I got the impression he was just calmly disagreeing with you.

I understand where you're coming from, we're paying more for UHD than we're used to doing with BD so I get not being 100% happy about that. Personally I'm okay with it though, if that's what it takes to be able to have this format to begin with.

[BigNickUK]

If people haven't quite jumped to 4k and are future proofing then apparently the accompanying blu ray is the remastered version

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

You're talking like you think he was frothing at the mouth with rage when he wrote that post. I got the impression he was just calmly disagreeing with you.

Exactly that, sir.

I've seen a few posts recently railing against 4K as some conspiracy to make us buy everything again and I think to myself "how young are these people that they've only just realised this?". I've bought certain beloved movies many times across 7 or 8 different formats over the last 25 years, the studios will never tire of selling us the same thing over and over but as long as there's an actual improvement in the presentation of the content then I'll keep on buying them. And, like our mr tasker, I usually start off at the ground floor and buy as many of x new format as I can (over 200 UHDs and counting) so I'm also doing my part. It's just nothing new under the sun is all.

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

At least the LD was Kubrick approved.

Bit late for that wit the UHD tho

[alien2010]

Pre ordered my copy. The re release played last Tuesday at the VUE West End and the film with all its debris still looked amazing. Celluloid is beautiful, its welcoming, its detailed and luckily Kubrick’s films were all shot on film. First Barry Lyndon, now 2001, really do hope The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut get well treated in the future,

[bubuwest]

Do you guys know if the 4k+bd set selling on Amazon.uk contains the corrected discs fixing the fade issue? I'd been planning to buy it for Christmas from my local Amazon (.it) but it got pulled from sale a few weeks after its mid-November release and still hasn't come up again...it also appears that Amazon.it is the only one among the major EU branches not to have it in stock...guess they're waiting for the corrected discs, but why such a long wait when the discs are supposed to be the same everywhere across Europe?

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by bubuwest

Do you guys know if the 4k+bd set selling on Amazon.uk contains the corrected discs fixing the fade issue? I'd been planning to buy it for Christmas from my local Amazon (.it) but it got pulled from sale a few weeks after its mid-November release and still hasn't come up again...it also appears that Amazon.it is the only one among the major EU branches not to have it in stock...guess they're waiting for the corrected discs, but why such a long wait when the discs are supposed to be the same everywhere across Europe?

There are confirmed fixed discs of the German release out there, but not the UK I believe.