Day of the Dead (1985) - Ultimate Edition

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by LordCrumb

A BD25 plus a DVD9 must be cheaper than a BD50.

Seems a likely explanation.. if this edition shows up cheap enough I'll probably grab it just for the additional extras, if the transfer is a visible improvement then that's even better. I already blew about $25 on the old 2-disc, in fact the pic on here is of my copy because I couldn't find one anywhere online with half-decent resolution.

[Rick Grimes]

I might just wait for reports on what the transfer looks like.

Initially I was all gung-ho for this release, but a “newish” transfer on a BD-25 that does not fill me with much faith for the transfer.

Especially since Umbrella is vague about the master. All they have mentioned is that it is a “HD master never before seen in Australia”.

Both the Starz/Anchor Bay and Shout transfers have a fairly high bit rate (that both sit on a BD-50). If Umbrella utilises the Shout transfer, surely they couldn’t fit 30 Mbps on a BD-25 (or Anchor Bay’s 27.82 Mbps for the matter).

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by Rick Grimes

I might just wait for reports on what the transfer looks like.

Initially I was all gung-ho for this release, but a “newish” transfer on a BD-25 that does not fill me with much faith for the transfer.

Especially since Umbrella is vague about the master. All they have mentioned is that it is a “HD master never before seen in Australia”.

Both the Starz/Anchor Bay and Shout transfers have a fairly high bit rate (that both sit on a BD-50). If Umbrella utilises the Shout transfer, surely they couldn’t fit 30 Mbps on a BD-25 (or Anchor Bay’s 27.82 Mbps for the matter).

Both those discs have a bunch of extras on them as well though. So the actual movie files are probably under 25GB.

[Shinya]

I'm curious about this release. I've been wanting a disc with the Shout transfer but with better encoding. We'll see if this is it. The shoddy encoding on the Shout disc is really noticeable on my 60" Samsung 4K. Wasn't an issue on my old little 40" Sony 1080p.

[Shemp]

I doubt Umbrella will offer better encoding but fingers crossed I'm wrong.

[Francisco73]

New Umbrella pics

https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/img/c...DEAD_UE_01.jpg

https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/img/c...DEAD_UE_02.jpg

[Rick Grimes]

No matter how hard I try and look at the pic, I can’t tell if it says 1.77:1 or 1.85:1 (if 1.77:1, I’d assume Umbrella is using the Anchor Bay transfer).

[LordCrumb]

Well, I hope they've had someone check the disc before mass production.

[Rick Grimes]

Don’t want another situation like The Blob...

[Davidian]

Originally Posted by Rick Grimes

No matter how hard I try and look at the pic, I can’t tell if it says 1.77:1 or 1.85:1 (if 1.77:1, I’d assume Umbrella is using the Anchor Bay transfer).

Looks like 1.78 to to me.

[Davidian]

Anyone pick this up yet?

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by Rick Grimes

No matter how hard I try and look at the pic, I can’t tell if it says 1.77:1 or 1.85:1 (if 1.77:1, I’d assume Umbrella is using the Anchor Bay transfer).

The Abchor Bay release was 1.85

[Davidian]

Special Features:

Disc 1 (Blu-ray):

• Audio Commentary with George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Cletus Anderson & Lori Cardille
• Audio Commentary with Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Everett Burell & Mike Deak
• World's End: The Legacy of Day of the Dead (HD 85:26)
• Behind the Scenes: On Set (SD 21:12)
• Behind the Scenes: Tom Savini (SD 30:42)
  
• Interview with George A. Romero at the 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival (SD 49:26)
• Theatrical Trailers (SD 05:23)
• TV Spots (SD 02:31)
• Gateway Commerce Centre Promo Video (SD 08:12)

Disc 2 (DVD):

• The Many Days of the Dead (SD 40:14)
• Joe of the Dead (SD 50:53)
• Reflections of the Living Dead (SD 78:39)
• Travelogue of the Dead (SD 17:44)
• Image Gallery (SD 8:54)

BDinfo:

Disc Label: VolumeID
Disc Size: 49,854,460,128 bytes
Protection: AACS
Playlist: 00004.MPLS
Size: 30,769,831,104 bytes
Length: 1:40:58.093
Total Bitrate: 40.63 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 32330 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3401 / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz /  1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1817 / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz /  1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 384 kbps
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 384 kbps
Subtitle: English / 23.780 kbps

[Dickieduvet]

Looks like a port of the Scream Factory release AV wise. Identical feature length compared to the Arrow & AB discs which are 8 secs shorter.

Nice.

[oddbox83]

Newer transfer with the 5.1 audio. Is it the corrected 5.1 though?

[Jimllfaxit]

I live in UK. Where would be the best place to buy this?

[RossyG]

Originally Posted by Jimllfaxit

I live in UK. Where would be the best place to buy this?

Direct from Umbrella: https://www.umbrellaent.com.au/movie...ead&results=26

[Davidian]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Newer transfer with the 5.1 audio. Is it the corrected 5.1 though?

If you're talking about the censored 5.1 audio, this contains the original theatrical audio, just like the first Umbrella release.

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by Davidian

If you're talking about the censored 5.1 audio, this contains the original theatrical audio, just like the first Umbrella release.

Thanks, so just to confirm, this fixes the censored audio on the 5.1 same as the first Umbrella/Arrow release?

[Davidian]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

Thanks, so just to confirm, this fixes the censored audio on the 5.1 same as the first Umbrella/Arrow release?

Correctamundo...