Bram Stoker's Dracula 4K UHD (1992) (25th Anniversary Edition)

[Mister B Gone]

Grabbed the last copy at Wally World - these are going fast

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Its filmic looking , yes, but I didnt think it was THAT much of an upgrade over the blu-ray. I dunno - I think some(not all) of these UHD releases get reviewed a *tad* more glowingly than they actually end up being. Its an upgrade, but nowhere near the upgrade was from DVD >> blu-ray. IMO.

Still a solid movie and all of that. I just didnt find the UHD version to be some life-changing upgrade.

We're all gonna use different words to describe the difference, assuming we even see the same difference (HDR is whacky!). When I did back and forth comparisons with Ghostbusters and Fifth Element I was astounded how much more detailed, colorful and yes, grainy the UHDs looked. I loved it! I would say huge upgrade. Others though have looked at the same two movies and said they were subtle upgrades. That's just people for you, gonna be the case on here for a decade I bet.

[s2mikey]

Anyone else watch this? Thoughts? I felt it was a marginal upgrade over the blu-ray I have already. Its got nice film grain and everything is "fine". I just didnt feel it was an eye-opening upgrade.

This might be the last older catalog title I buy. Just not being wowed by 4K treatments of these older titles like I am with newer titles and nature stuff like planet earth 2 or whatever.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

We're all gonna use different words to describe the difference, assuming we even see the same difference (HDR is whacky!). When I did back and forth comparisons with Ghostbusters and Fifth Element I was astounded how much more detailed, colorful and yes, grainy the UHDs looked. I loved it! I would say huge upgrade. Others though have looked at the same two movies and said they were subtle upgrades. That's just people for you, gonna be the case on here for a decade I bet.

Yep - you are correct. This one didnt do much for me. Underworld, OTOH was quite bit better IMO. Oh well.

Like I said above - Im just not going to be rebuying that many older catalog titles in 4K. Rather use the money towards newer stuff or other things. Standard blu-rays still look terrific on my OLED.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Like I said above - Im just not going to be rebuying that many older catalog titles in 4K. Rather use the money towards newer stuff or other things. Standard blu-rays still look terrific on my OLED.

I'm amazed at how great normal blus look on my new telly as well. I still get jaw-dropping moments on recent releases like Fish Called Wanda, Children of the Corn and Cult of Chucky. Couldn't say that about DVD after the movie to HD.

[RudyC]

never saw this movie before. i heard all the hype but never actually sat down and watched it start to finish. well, a few days ago i finally did it and loved it. it was great.

so i bought the ultrahd

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

I'm amazed at how great normal blus look on my new telly as well. I still get jaw-dropping moments on recent releases like Fish Called Wanda, Children of the Corn and Cult of Chucky. Couldn't say that about DVD after the movie to HD.

I think this just proves the idea that resolution, while certainly a part of the overall picture quality eqaution is NOT the end-all. Pixels are great - but native contrast, black levels, uniformity, color saturation, etc play a huge roll too. Thats why my OLED makes everything look so damned good. It gets most of those things just about perfect.

I'll take a well authored standard blu-ray over a shoddy 4K blu-ray everytime!

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

I think this just proves the idea that resolution, while certainly a part of the overall picture quality eqaution is NOT the end-all. Pixels are great - but native contrast, black levels, uniformity, color saturation, etc play a huge roll too. Thats why my OLED makes everything look so damned good. It gets most of those things just about perfect.

I'll take a well authored standard blu-ray over a shoddy 4K blu-ray everytime!

Completely agree here which is why I don't sweat about not having a native 4K projector (I'm closer to 3K with eshift). All of those other PQ aspects are just as or more important to me. Good uniformity (both black and grey uniformity) are an absolute must for me! I get so distracted by flaws like this. I've gone through multiple projectors to get a good one like now.

[ggp759]

How can you redeem the code on sony pictures for the movie to be added on my itunes account? Only available in ultraviolet? I see no options for itunes. Thanks.

[imsounoriginal]

Sony doesn't do iTunes, it'll only redeem UV.

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Just purchased used for less than $10 shipped!

https://us.webuy.com/product.php?sku=043396499157

What version did you get? Did you get the UHD?

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by Beard Esquire

What version did you get? Did you get the UHD?

Of course. That's what I ordered. Slipcover and all.

[Weirded Wonder]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

Of course. That's what I ordered. Slipcover and all.

Good to hear. My copy arrives tomorrow.

[GasmaskAvenger]

After jumping some hoops, I FINALLY have a 4K slipcover...and yes, it truly is a sight to behold in person.

Glad to have finally remedied that wrong after my original Mastered in 4K blu-ray was bought without its respective slipcover.

[HeavyHitter]

I purchased mind copy from Bullmoose (highly recommend this place) and it came with a slip although that didn't matter to me.

I watched the disc last night and spent almost an hour A/Bing scenes from the UHD BD to the Mi4K BD that came with it.

First off, I have to say the UHD BD looked outstanding. Any fan of this movie understands the source and limitations of such of the film as there is inherent softness although some scenes can look reasonable sharp and detailed. The UHD BD really allows the transparency of the film to take hold as the HDR opens up better shadow in darker scenes compared to the BD. For example, scenes at the end of the movie with Mina's black hair against the dark background are rather hard to distinguish with the BD where they don't look crushed, but pretty close to such; but they are well defined separately on the UHD BD. This was apparent throughout the entire movie where everything looks very natural and throughout. I really like how well and subtly the HDR was implemented and it probably mirrors the original film's higher dynamic range compared to the more limited SDR of the BD. With that said, it struck me at just how good the BD was done. From a sheer detail standpoint, I didn't see much of an uptick with the UHD BD except in terms of more significantly visible grain and improved overall encoding you usually see with H.265. Colors with the color gamut gave a very slightly improved nuanced look, but this was very, very subtle. Upon initial look, the color looks almost the same compared the BD until you start looking more closely at various scenes (note, my projector was just calibrated recently for rec 709 and bt2020 + HDR and I've got very good wide color gamut coverage). So, all in all, this is no doubt one of the smaller upgrades yet there are still improvements to be seen especially if you are a fan of the film.

From an audio perspective, this was the first time I watched this movie on my relatively newer speakers and subs and the movie just sounded outstanding. Very impressed.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by Beard Esquire

Good to hear. My copy arrives tomorrow.

I've bought lots from from them. They're great, as are their prices.

[Count Orlok]

Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

As I can't play UHDs yet, all I can really discuss is the packaging. I'm guessing I'm not alone here. I picked this up to future proof my collection and to get the slipcover while it is still available.

I did the exact same. I don't have a 4K setup yet either, but when I have the option to buy a 4K set with a standard BD in the case, I'll pick it up to watch sometime down the road when my plasma dies.

It was pretty tough to pass on this, especially for the slipcover. It's one of the sexiest slips out there! Shiny and embossed in just the right places. I sealed my copy into a polybag to keep it nice and mint. I did the same with the Supreme Cinema Series set as well.

[madfloyd]

Originally Posted by Count Orlok

Shiny and embossed in just the right places.

[Geoff D]

Got mine today. Boy, that IS a nice slipcover!

[Count Orlok]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Got mine today. Boy, that IS a nice slipcover!