Westworld: Season One 4K UHD (2016)

[2themax]

If someone has the discs and a PC drive that can read the file structure, send me the index.bdmv file (it's small). I'll put the Dolby Vision question to bed real fast.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by 2themax

If someone has the discs and a PC drive that can read the file structure, send me the index.bdmv file (it's small). I'll put the Dolby Vision question to bed real fast.

Great idea!

[Pieter V]

A few words about...™ Westworld - Season One -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/com...lu-ray.354718/

[Dubliner1]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

A few words about...™ Westworld - Season One -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/com...lu-ray.354718/

Thanks- it was reading this article which made me realize I need this asap!!

[BrownianMotion]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

A few words about...™ Westworld - Season One -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/com...lu-ray.354718/

No surprise that the picture quality is top notch. 1 week to go!

[singhcr]

RAH delivered a very passionate review there. TV shows on BD are dying (broadcast TV is non-existent) and we need to support them. I never thought a TV show would be on UHD! I'm going to pick this up for sure.

[Kamelot121]

Day One. Was excited about this anyway but that review just got me even more excited!

[Geoff D]

This show is so good that it simply begged to be seen in the highest quality in the home, so as soon as the UK 4K pre-order went live in July I boshed my order in.

[Tru-way]

This is going to be a blind watch for me, was actually waiting for the Blu-rays initially so I was more than content when I saw that this show will release in 4K with HDR.

[Batman90]

Originally Posted by KazzPetrelli

Same crappy packaging as far as I know But much better than Amazon US

Amazon US has it for $45 right now. That’s what it says on my preorder.

[gkolb]

I still have the tin from Best Buy pre-ordered, can't wait for this.

We're about halfway through Stranger Things 2, so next week will be a great time to get this.

[Pieter V]

When the first season of HBO’s Westworld hits the home video market next month, the already lavishly produced series will make a bit of history for video and audiophiles.
The release will mark the first scripted TV series to ever be released in 4K resolution on Ultra HD Blu-ray (the only other TV series to get this honor were nature documentaries)

Explains showrunner Jonathan Nolan: “From the beginning, we wanted to shoot in film — the traditional format for the Western. I grew up with my brother [director Christopher Nolan] shooting on film, and felt it remained the best image capture system available. But it’s hard to reproduce the beauty of what we’re getting in a broadcast environment. I’m very excited about the presentation we were able to do on HBO, but with UHD and HDR we were able to do something that’s much more faithful to what we’re shooting and get closer to the texture and density of colors of the film that we’re making.”

While Netflix has streamed some shows in 4K resolution — like House of Cards and Breaking Bad — Westworld marks the first time a show coming to home video has been made available in 4K UHD across the board in all formats.

On the sound front, the release is also bleeding edge. Jonathan Nolan had a sound team remaster the season’s entire score from scratch for the Dolby Atmos format.


“Atmos is pretty extraordinary,” he explains. “If you want to buy 28 speakers for your home and hook them all up, you can, and Atmos will figure out how to divvy up all the channels and figure out the most immersive version of the soundtrack.”

The Emmy-nominated series comes to home video on Nov. 7.

http://ew.com/tv/2017/10/27/westworld-season-1-dvd/

[BrownianMotion]

The release will mark the first scripted TV series to ever be released in 4K resolution on Ultra HD Blu-ray (the only other TV series to get this honor were nature documentaries)

I keep seeing this, but it's 100% wrong. "You Are Wanted" was the first scripted TV series to be released on UHD.

[pottyaboutpotter1]

Originally Posted by BrownianMotion

I keep seeing this, but it's 100% wrong. "You Are Wanted" was the first scripted TV series to be released on UHD.

Only in Germany, however. Westworld is the first scripted TV Drama to receive a release on UHD in multiple countries.

[PeterTHX]

For the DTS:X fanboys I'll re-quote:

“Atmos is pretty extraordinary,” he explains. “If you want to buy 28 speakers for your home and hook them all up, you can, and Atmos will figure out how to divvy up all the channels and figure out the most immersive version of the soundtrack.”

[TheSweetieMan]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

This show is so good that it simply begged to be seen in the highest quality in the home, so as soon as the UK 4K pre-order went live in July I boshed my order in.

I never watched it. Mainly because I am unfamiliar with the source material--as well as the fact that I've never been overly fond of combing sci-fi with western visuals.

HOWEVER, since I'm an absolute UHD fiend; I will be picking this up next Tuesday at Best Buy, in the steelbook format.

Hopefully I'll enjoy the series. Even if I don't, I want to do my part to not only help this format succeed--but hopefully show studios the possibility of success of releasing TV shows on this format in the future.

As I said a page or two back, I would love to see HBO release the first season of True Detective on 4K/HDR blu-ray.

[obriensg1]

I'm going to ask again: who thinks this will be less than $45 around Black Friday?

[BrownianMotion]

While we're at it, HBO should release The Wire, Game of Thrones, and The Sopranos in UHD, too.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

For the DTS:X fanboys I'll re-quote:

Boom! Goes the dynamite!

[gates70]

Originally Posted by obriensg1

I'm going to ask again: who thinks this will be less than $45 around Black Friday?

You're asking again because who the hell knows ? We don't have a crystal ball.