Physical & Digital EST: The Future of Home Video Discussion Thread

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

It depends how important clarity and nice solid, crisp backgrounds are to you.

It is over 7500 titles on dvd and blu-ray important to me, so I think my priorities are pretty clear.

I see, and hear, the limitations of streaming's quality, but I am not going to exaggerate and claim that those differences are so dramatic that streaming should be called "shitty."

If it were that bad, I would not stream anything ever. I find that streaming's AV quality, overall, can be very good, but it is not as good as disc and then there's that whole ownership thing that I constantly harp about.

I will rent content via streaming, but I will buy content on disc. This should be self-evident just by looking at the numbers under my avatar.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

It is over 7500 titles on dvd and blu-ray important to me, so I think my priorities are pretty clear.

I see, and hear, the limitations of streaming's quality, but I am not going to exaggerate and claim that those differences are so dramatic that streaming should be called "shitty."

If it were that bad, I would not stream anything ever. I find that streaming's AV quality, overall, can be very good, but it is not as good as disc and then there's that whole ownership thing that I constantly harp about.

I will rent content via streaming, but I will buy content on disc. This should be self-evident just by looking at the numbers under my avatar.

It was rhetorical mate.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

Naw, I am. I'm a huge film fan but more and more I'm watching movies and moving them on rather than storing them. Only my very favorite movies can I watch yearly.

I often hear people talk about the "rewatchability" of a movie as an important criteria as to whether or not a movie should be purchased. I am amused by this as people do not necessarily apply this reuse concept to other types of collections

When I ask my friends that buy and collect books, I ask them how often do they reread them. They usually look at me like I just spoke heresy while admitting that they seldom reread any of them and that many have never been read at all.

They like having them around, they like how they look on the shelf, and they do not try to justify their collection by the frequency of their reuse. Nor should they have to, either.

People collect what they like for a host of reasons and whether those reasons make sense to others or not is irrelevant. We should do what we enjoy; the enjoyment is the justification.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I often hear people talk about the "rewatchability" of a movie as an important criteria as to whether or not a movie should be purchased. I am amused by this as people do not necessarily apply this reuse concept to other types of collections

When I ask my friends that buy and collect books, I ask them how often do they reread them. They usually look at me like I just spoke heresy while admitting that they seldom reread any of them and that many have never been read at all.

They like having them around, they like how they look on the shelf, and they do not try to justify their collection by the frequency of their reuse. Nor should they have to, either.

People collect what they like for a host of reasons and whether those reasons make sense to others or not is irrelevant. We should do what we enjoy; the enjoyment is the justification.

I can’t even imagine not rewatching my films. I just get so much joy out of them.

Even cinema wise, I have already seen ‘Joker’ twice. Rare for me but it was so bloody good.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I can’t even imagine not rewatching my films. I just get so much joy out of them.

Some movies, despite their excellence, are harder to rewatch than are others.

For example, I am very fond of The Killing Fields and Schindler's List, but I have to be in a certain frame of mind to revisit these somber movies.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Some movies, despite their excellence, are harder to rewatch than are others.

For example, I am very fond of The Killing Fields and Schindler's List, but I have to be in a certain frame of mind to revisit these somber movies.

I don't really struggle that way. I will obviously be moved when watching it, but I enjoy experiencing the whole spectrum of emotions.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I don't really struggle that way. I will obviously be moved when watching it, but I enjoy experiencing the whole spectrum of emotions.

I enjoy these movies, too, thus why I own them, but let's just say that I like reliving the "whole spectrum of emotions" in the Lord of The Rings movies more often than I do those of Schindler's List.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I enjoy these movies, too, thus why I own them, but let's just say that I enjoy reliving the "whole spectrum of emotions" in the Lord of The Rings movies more than I do those of Schindler's List.

Fair enough, I love films with disturbing themes as much as I love E.T or Toy story.

[gotmule]

Don’t know if everyone in the States saw that it was going on again, but Target online is doing their Buy 2 Get 1 for free on movies. I just picked up 12 4K discs that never seem to drop in price, and I got them for about $16 a title plus free shipping.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by gotmule

Don’t know if everyone in the States saw that it was going on again, but Target online is doing their Buy 2 Get 1 for free on movies.

Interesting that they do not have John Wick 3 on UHD BD.

[gotmule]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Interesting that they do not have John Wick 3 on UHD BD.

That is odd. Everything I bought were double dipped titles, and picked JW3 on release day so wasn’t looking for that one. Maybe it is a stock thing?

[zarquon]

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

Interesting that they do not have John Wick 3 on UHD BD.

Same for Zombieland UHD; curious omissions.

[Steedeel]

My prediction for buzzword of 2020. ‘Storyworld’. An incredibly rich, interconnected world that tells its stories over film, tv, webisodes, shortform, games, podcast and novels/comics.

We already have it now in a way with the Marvel and Starwars stuff but it sounds like there are plans to turbo charge this stuff.

I notice several new studios have formed with this very intention, recruiting hundreds of staff. I mentioned last year that it would get to a stage where interconnected tv series and films would be a thing and it would be increasingly more difficult to just see a stand alone film without having to watch the tv series or vice versa.
Streaming services are well set up for this, Disney especially.

So, good thing, bad thing?

[johndoyle123]

As I previously stated the ps5 is now officially confirmed as a 4k player, so that’s a nice boost to the format

[sapiendut]

Finally!

[Wendell R. Breland]

Watched Apocalypse Now Final Cut (UHD BD) last night and the Dolby Atmos sound track needs to be heard by fans of the film. And make sure your subs are up to par. This sound track easily best most of the new stuff in directional pans and LFE. Studios should be ashamed of the enervated sound tracks on most of the modern movies they are putting out.

[Wendell R. Breland]

Originally Posted by johndoyle123

As I previously stated the ps5 is now officially confirmed as a 4k player, so that’s a nice boost to the format

As Rosana would say, “it’s about time.”

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by johndoyle123

As I previously stated the ps5 is now officially confirmed as a 4k player, so that’s a nice boost to the format

I can’t find confirmation of 4K UHD playback. It’s just talking about 100 GB Blu-Ray discs.

Can you throw a link up please?

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I can’t find confirmation of 4K UHD playback. It’s just talking about 100 GB Blu-Ray discs.

Can you throw a link up please?

Not sure which article he read but the one below confirms the same thing:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/more-ps5...y-2020-launch/

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Ender14

Not sure which article he read but the one below confirms the same thing:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/more-ps5...y-2020-launch/

Great, thanks.

So it plays Blu-rays and 4K UHD. Great news.