Die Hard 4K UHD (1988)

[ROSS.T.G.]

I don’t care about the cardboard. And as long as it has lossless audio I’m a pig in shit.

[captainsolo]

There is no real reason to touch the current HD 5.1 as it is the untouched 5.1 first available on the THX Laserdisc and later the DVDs which presumably is from the beefed up 70mm release and sounds better than all previous releases I've compared it to. This also goes for 2 and 3 as well. It's one of the few times an audio track on a major studio release is presented in lossless quality without it being messed around with or somehow being deficient to earlier incarnations.
There are many ac3 Laserdiscs that sound better than later editions due to the lack of compression and remixing applied but when I compared all the various Die Hards the DTS-HDMA audio clearly trounced the older ones on all counts.

The only edition I haven't owned is the DTS Laserdisc because those things are massively expensive and rare. That said the three I do own sound slightly better than the lossless Blu-ray equivalents so there is that to mull over...

[HDMan72]

I'm fine with the original audio mix. Not every movie is meant to have an immersive audio mix.

[uncreativeusername]

I hope that if and when they remaster Die Hard 2, the regular Blu-ray version gets an upgrade and doesn't have that orange tint throughout the whole movie. The only reason to keep around the DVD is because it doesn't have any orange saturating the picture, and, if you have the SE versions, bonus features.

It would also be nice to have the extra power shutdown scenes that were in the DVD release in the new version as well.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by HDMan72

I'm fine with the original audio mix. Not every movie is meant to have an immersive audio mix.

This one screamed for Atmos and actually had an Atmos mix made with a partnership between Fox and Dolby.

[Mr. Joshua]

Sweet! Now we can see John McClane's Hobbit feets in UHD when he's running on the rooftop...

[guachi]

I'd certainly like a slipcover. Fox's slipcovers for The Shape of Water and Three Billboards really nice. Though most of my other Fox releases don't have slipcovers.

If it doesn't come with a slipcover then, like others have said, I have little reason not to wait for it to be $10-15 during or around Black Friday.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by captainsolo

There is no real reason to touch the current HD 5.1 as it is the untouched 5.1 first available on the THX Laserdisc and later the DVDs which presumably is from the beefed up 70mm release and sounds better than all previous releases I've compared it to.

The sound is pretty edgy.
Which is a big deal in a movie with a LOT of breaking glass.

[Viking61]

New Best Buy link with new SKU. Seems like the $9.99 was the ordinary blu-ray. Now it is $29.99.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/die-har...skuId=33944164

[gates70]

Originally Posted by HDMan72

I'm fine with the original audio mix. Not every movie is meant to have an immersive audio mix.

Yes and no. If they are going to sell these UHD's for $35 a pop, they better give me more than just improved PQ. Not everyone double dips just because of a bump in PQ quality, which at times is just minimal. Adding an immersive mix is giving the client incentive to buy.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by Viking61

From Foxconnect. It is not always that the audio information is correct in the beginning if they cut and paste from another listing. So don't give up all hope for Dolby Atmos.

https://www.foxconnect.com/die-hard-4k-ultra-hd.html

Tried to use the "email club" discount, but it's not working on the pre-order for this item.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by gates70

Adding an immersive mix is giving the client incentive to buy.

Not this client. I want the original art in as high fidelity as possible. If the audio is already there as of the previous technology generation, great! Just use the available space and production budget to get the visual side as close as you can.

"New tools are available" and "We need to sell it again" are not good reasons to tinker, IMO.

[gates70]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Not this client. I want the original art in as high fidelity as possible. If the audio is already there as of the previous technology generation, great! Just use the available space and production budget to get the visual side as close as you can.

"New tools are available" and "We need to sell it again" are not good reasons to tinker, IMO.

Well unfortunately you and me aren't the norm. Jo Blo on the street is.

[koberulz]

Jo Blo doesn't have an Atmos setup anyway.

[Scottie]

[Geoff D]

[ROSS.T.G.]

The more I see the cover the more I like. I’ll always prefer the original but this looks great.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by koberulz

Jo Blo doesn't have an Atmos setup anyway.

There are multiple Atmos soundbars now.

[Leonidas King]

Beautiful cover. And better since I'm a lover of B/W photos

[Leonidas King]

Originally Posted by ROSS.T.G.

The more I see the cover the more I like. I’ll always prefer the original but this looks great.

It looks classy as hell, I love it.

I'm a sucker for B/W photography so this more than seals the deal aside from the fact that its a fantastic film.