Aquaman 4K UHD (2018)

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by JustinB13

That Target Digibook is nice! Is it lenticular?

There's a small border around it. So yes.

[Leonidas King]

DV on this baby!!!

[CaptainRyan54]

Well, I guess it's the digibook and steelbook for me.

[poke smot]

ummm just no on that Target cover. Hopefully the lenticular changes to a pic of some tame hair on non t-rex arms.

[brownstones19]

I do wish he had the trident in his hand

[Leonidas King]

I don’t get the dislikes on the standard cover at all. It’s actually a fairly solid design without it being the usual and genereric floating heads. We’re just never pleased.

[StingingVelvet]

Maybe it's just me but I feel like standard covers have been better than exclusives for a couple years now. I used to buy steelbooks and such once in a while just for better cover art (Mad Max Fury Road, Batman v Superman, etc.) but lately I'm just fine getting the normal packaging because exclusive covers tend to suck.

[IXOYE1989]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Maybe it's just me but I feel like standard covers have been better than exclusives for a couple years now. I used to buy steelbooks and such once in a while just for better cover art (Mad Max Fury Road, Batman v Superman, etc.) but lately I'm just fine getting the normal packaging because exclusive covers tend to suck.

I'm right there with you! I stopped buying steelbooks for while now because there was no need to pay more money when the standard covers have better artworks.

[Viking61]

Best Buy steelbook. From Best Buy Canada.

[meatball_84]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Maybe it's just me but I feel like standard covers have been better than exclusives for a couple years now. I used to buy steelbooks and such once in a while just for better cover art (Mad Max Fury Road, Batman v Superman, etc.) but lately I'm just fine getting the normal packaging because exclusive covers tend to suck.

I'm just done paying $40 with tax for a Steelbook. It's not worth it anymore. Especially if you can get the 4K streaming for $15 most of the time

[horroru]

For those of you interested in the Aquaman 4K Target Exclusive, it's included today in the "Buy 3 get 1 free" movie promotion at Target.

I preordered it along with Bad Times at the El Royale and Hell Fest, came to $62.56 (I have a Target Red Card so I get free shipping)

The retail for the Aquaman exclusive is $36.99 so this shaved off a nice chuck of change!

[RewardZonePremier]

Originally Posted by meatball_84

I'm just done paying $40 with tax for a Steelbook. It's not worth it anymore. Especially if you can get the 4K streaming for $15 most of the time

This is sort of the direction I've moved in as well. The steelbook (no matter how much I love them) are nearly double the price of the digital copy. Unless you really feel strongly about physically owning a copy of a particular movie (and some would meet this definition for me) I just don't see the justification.

I will say that I really like the comic book artwork of the steelbook at Best Buy, looks like I am in the minority on that though.

[RefractiveIndex]

Originally Posted by meatball_84

Especially if you can get the 4K streaming for $15 most of the time

Where video quality is barely on par with a 1080p blu ray, over sharpened, compression artifacts galore, and the compressed audio is meh. HDR can be decent though.

[Mierzwiak]

You clearly haven't seen a single 4K HDR / DV title on iTunes.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Mierzwiak

You clearly haven't seen a single 4K HDR / DV title on iTunes.

I have, just recently. Around a dozen. Some of them look very compressed with banding and blocking, some of them are better. They all look more like a BD than a UHD though, because of the filtering done on them to reduce file size. He's being a little hyperbolic, but he's not wrong.

Warner charges $20 for digital versions, so you're talking a $10 difference. That $10 is worth it to many like myself for better quality and true ownership, but to others it won't be. For most Joe Mainstreams it won't be, but there should be enough who care to keep discs alive as a niche format, unless studios want to kill them.

[RefractiveIndex]

Originally Posted by Mierzwiak

You clearly haven't seen a single 4K HDR / DV title on iTunes.

I most certainly have! The low bitrate always rears its ugly head during fast busy scenes, and also things like darkness, smoke, water, fog, explosions, particles, grain etc... things that are difficult to compress without losing a ton of detail.

Also for me, the audio is very important and iTunes audio doesn't have the articulation, detail, and intensity of a lossless track.

I don't think it's unwatchable but for me, it's very easy to justify the price difference. The price difference is also only really relevant for new releases anyway. I often find physical to be cheaper if you wait a bit for sales, multi-buy deals, second hand etc...

[IcarusBD]

Originally Posted by RefractiveIndex

I most certainly have! The low bitrate always rears its ugly head during fast busy scenes, and also things like darkness, smoke, water, fog, explosions, particles, grain etc... things that are difficult to compress without losing a ton of detail.

Also for me, the audio is very important and iTunes audio doesn't have the articulation, detail, and intensity of a lossless track.

I don't think it's unwatchable but for me, it's very easy to justify the price difference. The price difference is also only really relevant for new releases anyway. I often find physical to be cheaper if you wait a bit for sales, multi-buy deals, second hand etc...

You did mention that they were “oversharpened” which is just nonsense. And yes, they’re compressed, but it’s not nearly as bad as pirated files or DVDs. Hyperbole.

[RefractiveIndex]

Originally Posted by IcarusBD

You did mention that they were “oversharpened” which is just nonsense. And yes, they’re compressed, but it’s not nearly as bad as pirated files or DVDs. Hyperbole.

Maybe "oversharpened" is the wrong word, but there is sharpening occurring during decompression to compensate for the loss of detail. Yuck.

I never said anything about pirated files or DVDs I've no idea why you bring that up. My comments about justifying the extra expense when it comes to physical media vs digital for someone who wishes to produce the highest fidelity film watching experience possible. The poster who said he couldn't justify the price difference seemed to imply he wasn't losing anything when choosing the cheaper option which is just plain wrong.

[IcarusBD]

Originally Posted by RefractiveIndex

Maybe "oversharpened" is the wrong word, but there is sharpening occurring during decompression to compensate for the loss of detail. Yuck.

I never said anything about pirated files or DVDs I've no idea why you bring that up. My comments about justifying the extra expense when it comes to physical media vs digital for someone who wishes to produce the highest fidelity film watching experience possible. The poster who said he couldn't justify the price difference seemed to imply he wasn't losing anything when choosing the cheaper option which is just plain wrong.

Well, you were talking about them being overcompressed. They are compressed, but not to the extent of DVDs or pirated files, which are much more compressed than Digital. Also there’s no sharpening occurring during “decompression”so I have no idea what you’re on about there.

[IcarusBD]

Originally Posted by RefractiveIndex

Maybe "oversharpened" is the wrong word, but there is sharpening occurring during decompression to compensate for the loss of detail. Yuck.

I never said anything about pirated files or DVDs I've no idea why you bring that up. My comments about justifying the extra expense when it comes to physical media vs digital for someone who wishes to produce the highest fidelity film watching experience possible. The poster who said he couldn't justify the price difference seemed to imply he wasn't losing anything when choosing the cheaper option which is just plain wrong.

Well, you were talking about them being overcompressed. They are compressed, but not to the extent of DVDs or pirated files, which are much more compressed than Digital. Also there’s no sharpening occurring during “decompression”so I have no idea what you’re on about there.

Digital copies aren’t as bad as you’re making them out to be. For the average person, it’ll be just fine, and they probably won’t notice any difference.