High Society 4K UHD (1956) from Warner Archive

[cdhinrichs]

4K looks and sounds terrific. Unfortunately my disc also stops and stutters and skips ahead a few seconds at 17:48 mark as a few others have reported.

[RichardBlaine]

Originally Posted by cdhinrichs

4K looks and sounds terrific. Unfortunately my disc also stops and stutters and skips ahead a few seconds at 17:48 mark as a few others have reported.

I had the same problem, but after I cleaned the disc, it played fine through that spot. I had already ordered a replacement, too, and that one didn’t freeze at 17:48. It’s not an insurmountable issue with every copy, but it does appear that exact moment is particularly vulnerable with these discs.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by RichardBlaine

I had the same problem, but after I cleaned the disc, it played fine through that spot. I had already ordered a replacement, too, and that one didn’t freeze at 17:48. It’s not an insurmountable issue with every copy, but it does appear that exact moment is particularly vulnerable with these discs.

Likely an authoring error, and/or a bad layer transition.

[kevin87]

I cleaned both discs, it still kept freezing. Couldn't FF out of either, had to skip ahead and then rewind. So I just ejected it.

Emailed MZ about it the other night to send it back for a refund, but with it being the holiday weekend I guess they won't reply until Monday. I was thinking maybe they just came from a bad batch.

[Shane Rollins]

Originally Posted by kevin87

I cleaned both discs, it still kept freezing. Couldn't FF out of either, had to skip ahead and then rewind. So I just ejected it.

Emailed MZ about it the other night to send it back for a refund, but with it being the holiday weekend I guess they won't reply until Monday. I was thinking maybe they just came from a bad batch.

Contact WAC directly so they know about it. So far, with three discs and two people, this can't be a coincidence. First hard fail I've seen from FiM.

[PowellPressburger]

Those having freezing/playback issues, please always note your player brand & model.

I just watched my copy and had no issues on Panasonic UB9000

[cdhinrichs]

My player is the Sony UBP-X800M2 which has given me occasional issues as it has for others I believe but this High Society disc is the only one I have been unable to get to play correctly even after cleaning the disc.

Also I tried playing it in my Xbox Series X with the same results, freezing at exactly 17:48. If more start reporting this I guess we’ll know for certain but I’m thinking some of us are definitely getting bad discs.

[RBBrittain]

Originally Posted by Areyakiddin

George mentioned when the release was initially announced that the opening 2nd unit footage has always looked pretty bad, and there's no way to fix it.

I'd guess it was shot on location months ahead of time in Cinemascope before it was decided to make the movie in VistaVision, and they did something funky in the labs to make it work.

I actually thought that was the opening aerial shot of Newport mansions, but it was obvious to me that grain was already there in 1956; of course George can't fix that. The bus shouldn't have been in that situation; it's seen again after Satchmo's opening number delivering him & his band to the front door of Bing's mansion, and that scene is basically perfect 4K.

[Maggot]

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Those having freezing/playback issues, please always note your player brand & model.

I just watched my copy and had no issues on Panasonic UB9000

Same here, no issues.....Panasonic 9000. I assume I've got the latest firmware or close to it as I updated only about a month ago.

[aladdin123]

Does this UHD have frozen grain issues? The Searchers has.

[bondfooll]

Made it through with no issues on the Panasonic UB420, which was something of a surprise as the same player crapped out in the last ten minutes of both From Russia With Love and Goldfinger over the past two nights.

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by Shane Rollins

Contact WAC directly so they know about it. So far, with three discs and two people, this can't be a coincidence. First hard fail I've seen from FiM.

I'm not sure how to contact WAC, but since AV/MZ is who made it then I figured they'd be the next best. They replied to my email, didn't say anything about having me return it for a refund but the person CCed some other people asking if they needed to check it.

Originally Posted by PowellPressburger

Those having freezing/playback issues, please always note your player brand & model.

I just watched my copy and had no issues on Panasonic UB9000

Originally Posted by cdhinrichs

My player is the Sony UBP-X800M2 which has given me occasional issues as it has for others I believe but this High Society disc is the only one I have been unable to get to play correctly even after cleaning the disc.

Also I tried playing it in my Xbox Series X with the same results, freezing at exactly 17:48. If more start reporting this I guess we’ll know for certain but I’m thinking some of us are definitely getting bad discs.

Mine is Sony UBP-X700. I've also never had problems like this, anytime something has stalled I'd just wipe it off and it'd play fine. This has been two discs doing the same thing. If it's not working on Xbox either then it isn't a Sony specific problem.

[cetewayo]

Originally Posted by kevin87

I'm not sure how to contact WAC, but since AV/MZ is who made it then I figured they'd be the next best. They replied to my email, didn't say anything about having me return it for a refund but the person CCed some other people asking if they needed to check it.




Mine is Sony UBP-X700. I've also never had problems like this, anytime something has stalled I'd just wipe it off and it'd play fine. This has been two discs doing the same thing. If it's not working on Xbox either then it isn't a Sony specific problem.

My copy froze at the exact same spot on my OPPO UDP 203, but it played fine on my Panasonic UB9000. I replaced it, and my replacement disc had the same problem - fine on Panasonic but freezes on OPPO.

[someonesinthewolf]

Has anyone heard back from discservices@alliedvaughn.com yet? I emailed them on 6/28 to get a slipcover and no response yet.

[Torgon]

Originally Posted by someonesinthewolf

Has anyone heard back from discservices@alliedvaughn.com yet? I emailed them on 6/28 to get a slipcover and no response yet.

Nothing yet. I came here looking to ask the same question. Good to know I'm not the only one looking.

[brainofj72]

I'm assuming they're just going to send them without any email response, but I'm wondering how long that process is going to take.

[Lucabeer]

Same here: no reply in 8 days.

[someonesinthewolf]

Originally Posted by brainofj72

I'm assuming they're just going to send them without any email response, but I'm wondering how long that process is going to take.

I figured that would probably be the case. I wish they would at least acknowledge receipt of the request.

[SpookyDollhouse]

Originally Posted by someonesinthewolf

Has anyone heard back from discservices@alliedvaughn.com yet? I emailed them on 6/28 to get a slipcover and no response yet.

I also haven't received a reply, but I included all my info in the email so they wouldn't need to. I had no problems playing the entire UHD through on my Panny 820 xtras and all, but I will try it on a Sony this weekend.

[ScottSullivanTV]

Got my HIGH SOCIETY 4K with no slip. Ugh, so frustrating.