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

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by bhampton

Thank you, Happy to be back.

All is well that ends well.

I hadn't even noticed that anyone was MIA, but I am very happy that you are back.

[Vilya]

I ordered myself some toys today as I have been a fairly good boy of late:



and I'm taking a gamble on:

[bhampton]

I bought the first Columbia Classics just for a League of Their Own.

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I ordered myself some toys today as I have been a fairly good boy of late:

Just ordered this one myself. Kicking myself for not jumping on the first one.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Ender14

Just ordered this one myself. Kicking myself for not jumping on the first one.

I noticed that a third party seller on Amazon is asking $899.99 for Volume 1 in new condition. There is also a used one for the bargain price of $649.

Who says discs don't retain any of their value?

[Ender14]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I noticed that a third party seller on Amazon is asking $899.99 for Volume 1 in new condition. There is also a used one for the bargain price of $649.

Who says discs don't retain any of their value?

Yeah, going for about the same on eBay.

[cheez avenger]

Watched Inglourious Basterds on 4K disc this afternoon and it's a moderate upgrade.

Just fired up the Halloween II 4K disc.

[alchav21]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I noticed that a third party seller on Amazon is asking $899.99 for Volume 1 in new condition. There is also a used one for the bargain price of $649.

Who says discs don't retain any of their value?

Like I said a while back being a Disc Collector will get very expensive, with $15K Projectors and even JohnAV's minimum HT setup at $8K it won't be cheap. I still think Movie and TV Show watching is all Subjective and what kind of Quality you are willing to live with at what price!

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by alchav21

Like I said a while back being a Disc Collector will get very expensive, with $15K Projectors and even JohnAV's minimum HT setup at $8K it won't be cheap. I still think Movie and TV Show watching is all Subjective and what kind of Quality you are willing to live with at what price!

I see the words of your post scattered upon my screen like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, but no matter how I arrange them they still make no sense.

My post was about the price of a single out of print box set; the point was that some discs actually increase in value. Out of print prices are in no way an indicator of what it costs to collect discs. These prices are not typical everyday prices. All of this should have been obvious.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by cheez avenger

Watched Inglourious Basterds on 4K disc this afternoon and it's a moderate upgrade.

Just fired up the Halloween II 4K disc.

Grabbed the German 4K of Shadow In The Clouds. As usual, a blind buy.

[bhampton]

Recently Ads for streaming services trying to lure me offering horror movies I've owned for a decade already just reminds me of good things to watch.

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

Grabbed the German 4K of Shadow In The Clouds. As usual, a blind buy.

Never heard of that one.

[Vilya]

Is there any tech purchase less gratifying than having to buy a new modem?

My old Surfboard 6141 is supposedly introducing a lot of noise on upload traffic, or so claims my ISP. They state that I have the noisiest modem on my neighborhood's "card." They also say that they no longer support DOCSIS 3.0 modems.

I ordered a shiny new Netgear CM 2000 and I feel annoyed about it.

[veritas]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Is there any tech purchase less gratifying than having to buy a new modem?

My old Surfboard 6141 is supposedly introducing a lot of noise on upload traffic, or so claims my ISP. They state that I have the noisiest modem on my neighborhood's "card." They also say that they no longer support DOCSIS 3.0 modems.

I ordered a shiny new Netgear CM 2000 and I feel annoyed about it.

A few years ago we had Comcast and something was causing a lot of noise in the area. Rather then figure out why and fix the problem etc they turned the internet off for the block. We had a business account so we called them and they came to fix ours. He told us about how they had apparently cut the whole block but wasn't going to fix everyone because he was only their to fix ours and the rest would also have to call one by one I guess.


It really goes to show why Comcast is hated they cut the internet to the whole block with no warning without telling anyone it was done and then didn't come back to fix it until people called to complain one by one.

[kfbkfb]

Originally Posted by Vilya

Is there any tech purchase less gratifying than having to buy a new modem?

It was once pointed out to me that renting all of the cable/internet hardware means any problem is always a cable/internet company problem, they can't blame the one (or a few) item(s) a person owns for causing all of the problems.

(decades ago, the local cable co tried to blame my Laserdisc player RF passthru for causing the intermittent interference on our analog cable, I knew they would, so I disconnected everything and connected our home cable output directly to the cable box, they looked disgusted, but later called and reluctantly said it was a problem in their system)


Kirk Bayne

[alchav21]

Originally Posted by veritas

A few years ago we had Comcast and something was causing a lot of noise in the area. Rather then figure out why and fix the problem etc they turned the internet off for the block. We had a business account so we called them and they came to fix ours. He told us about how they had apparently cut the whole block but wasn't going to fix everyone because he was only their to fix ours and the rest would also have to call one by one I guess.


It really goes to show why Comcast is hated they cut the internet to the whole block with no warning without telling anyone it was done and then didn't come back to fix it until people called to complain one by one.

It sounds like fixing on Suspicion, when Techs are not knowledgeable or don't know what they are doing they work on Suspicion. They replace Hardware or Connections by guessing. Good Techs have meters and knowledge, they know the Specs and what it takes for solid connectivity!

[unberechenbar]

bought these this week:

I plan to watch The Last Duel next week. I really liked Prometheus and Alien: Covenant so I hope it doesn't disappoint. Watched Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island this week and found them both quite enjoyable. Hoping to pick up The Green Knight on a sale since it sounds like the PQ is amazing.

[bhampton]

Originally Posted by alchav21

It sounds like fixing on Suspicion, when Techs are not knowledgeable or don't know what they are doing they work on Suspicion. They replace Hardware or Connections by guessing. Good Techs have meters and knowledge, they know the Specs and what it takes for solid connectivity!

Guessing followed by testing is fairly standard and effective.

[bhampton]

This thread really should be named Physical and Streaming because there isn't a lot of non-digital media around apart from Vinyl.

That said, Why do I still feel the need to have both?

I did early access to Black Widow and bought the UHD BD on release day. I did the early access mainly because my youngest is a big fan of MCU and also I try to avoid spoilers by seeing things I"m interested in ASAP. My local theaters were also closed at that time.

I went to a public theater for No Time to Die because I wanted it ASAP for a variety of reasons not the least of which is movies were and are made to be seen in theaters. And, I'll pre-oder the UHD now because the price is fair already. edit- Pre-ordered it.

I want it all as they say but when talking about something like entertainment there's no reason not to want it all because ultimately it's not very expensive.

I value having the choice. When I buy physical I express the desire to continue to have that choice.

When you buy physical you often get BOTH online and offline versions and both are useful to me. I can and do share my online movies with my entire family and that's huge. We aren't all still under the same roof and my kids in collage don't have room in a dorm for much physical media. At home I want the best possible and most reliable and physical wins in both criteria.

Currently I have Silence of the Lambs on Criterion Blu Ray and iTunes 4K. I compared them both a little this AM. And, my conclusion is I need to order the UHD disc version.

Edit - If I ever had to choose either physical or streaming it would be an easy choice because I like to have my own things instead of relying on someone else sharing access to their things.


-Brian

[Lee A Stewart]

And Capelight Pictures has just released The Running Man: 3-Disc Limited Collector’s Edition in Mediabook packaging that includes 4K (with Dolby Vision and HDR10), Blu-ray, and a Blu-ray bonus disc. Street date was yesterday. You can order it here on their website.

In other news, Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage is tentatively set for release on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on 12/14.

MPI Media Group has set Jean-Jacques Annaud’s The Lover (1982) for release on 4K Ultra HD on 1/25/22.

Universal is expected to release Cary Joji Fukunaga’s No Time to Die on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 12/21. The studio has also tentatively set David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 1/11/22.

Kino Lorber Studio Classics’ 4K release of Hard Target (1993) is now expected on 12/7.

And Gunpowder & Sky will release François Simard, Anouk Whissell, and Yoann-Karl Whissell’s Summer of 84 (2018) on 4K Ultra HD on 10/26 via Vinegar Syndrome.

All of these street dates are to be considered tentative and unofficial until the studios in question make their formal announcements (or the titles appear for sale online with confirmed dates).

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