Sony "Mastered in 4K" Blu-ray Titles May 14 and July 16

[mrpink134]

I'm willing to bet if we wait 3 months they drop to 10 bucks.

[Sky_Captain]

What are you willing to bet? 10 bucks, I'm guessing.

[Todd Smith]

Is the audio fixed on the superbit Total Recall release?

[mrpink134]

Originally Posted by sky_captain

what are you willing to bet? 10 bucks, i'm guessing.

Maybe 5

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by Todd Smith

Is the audio fixed on the superbit Total Recall release?

Yes, but it's only the theatrical cut, which is about as useful as a chocolate oven-glove, IMO.

[RudyC]

yea.. i am going to pick up 3 of these..
ghostbusters
glory
taxi driver

as long as it looks slightly better ill be happy...i never watch special features anymore.

[JavaJulien]

Between this and Studios abandoning BD Live, I get the feeling that they're really trying to phase out special features.

[img eL]

$34 does not warrant the price for Amazing Spiderman being that the film is 38,671,607,808 bytes on the regular blu ray does not leave much room for improvement, unless its a new, new transfer & encoded with a newer improved MPEG-4 AVC. Really, really weird since the first blu ray version came out 6 months ago

[Sky_Captain]

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we got two very nice remasters out of this line, (no idea about Glory), but the rest seem kind of random and also pointless, given the relative freshness of some of them. Maybe they sold well, in their previous guises, but I wish they'd tackled more films that do have problematic releases.

I'd like to see Leon aka The Professional redone, without the tinkering that Besson did to the color/contrast, etc.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we got two very nice remasters out of this line, (no idea about Glory), but the rest seem kind of random and also pointless, given the relative freshness of some of them. Maybe they sold well, in their previous guises, but I wish they'd tackled more films that do have problematic releases.

I'd like to see Leon aka The Professional redone, without the tinkering that Besson did to the color/contrast, etc.

why would Sony undo what Besson did? in fact it's the only Sony bluray that features advanced 96kHz audio.

[Sky_Captain]

I really don't care about the audio, it's the PQ that needs fixed. At least the US version has seamless branching, you should see the UK disc, two encodings crammed onto the one disc, plus all the shit that Besson did to it.

Nasty.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

two encodings crammed onto the one disc

That practice has got to stop.

[Todd Smith]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Yes, but it's only the theatrical cut, which is about as useful as a chocolate oven-glove, IMO.

Thanks, I did not know that. Saves me $$$ at least since I am not going to buy it now.

[tylergfoster]

To be fair, the four ones named as the most expensive are also the four people seem least interested in purchasing. The interest is basically in Ghostbusters, Spider-Man, and a few curious about Glory.

Anyway, I think the argument is stupid. It's true: if you don't want new discs, don't pay for new discs. Who's to say that Sony won't be forward thinking about 4K now that they've started this on every catalog title they do from now on? Studios will always get titles wrong. Doesn't excuse them, but it's not a problem that can really be solved, because technology is always advancing and there are a million factors that go into why a studio treats Title A one way and Title B another way. All I care about is the availability of excellent presentations of movies on Blu-Ray disc, whether it's the first time or the ninth time.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by Dex Robinson

This is the lisitng I looked at:

http://www.amazon.ca/Spider-Man-4K-M...ords=spiderman

4K Mastered and released on May 14.

Amazon.ca often lists titles under multiple search names and prices. You have to check carefully. That is the 4K release.

Again, look at the cast members -- Spider-Man is not the same movie as The Amazing Spider-Man!

[Dex Robinson]

Apologies for getting my Spidermans mixed up.

I'm wasn't aware there was two of them (not a Spiderman fan).

[42041]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

why would Sony undo what Besson did? in fact it's the only Sony bluray that features advanced 96kHz audio.

The blown-out contrast on The Professional is as problematic as the original Ghostbusters disc. Looks crummy in general, really. The 35mm print I compared the bluray to looked much nicer and wasn't anywhere as blown out.

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by 42041

The blown-out contrast on The Professional is as problematic as the original Ghostbusters disc. Looks crummy in general, really. The 35mm print I compared the bluray to looked much nicer and wasn't anywhere as blown out.

I would love a corrected Blu-Ray of Léon. Bought it, sold it, re-bought it, and sold it again because it was worse than I remembered. Gary Oldman's glowing shirt...ugh.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by tylergfoster

I would love a corrected Blu-Ray of Léon. Bought it, sold it, re-bought it, and sold it again because it was worse than I remembered. Gary Oldman's glowing shirt...ugh.

[Sky_Captain]

I loooove Mozart!