Day of the Dead (1985) - Ultimate Edition - Page 5 - Blu-ray Forum

yankee1 · 11-16-2018, 12:34 AM

deep discount has this for $19.75 and 10% off with coupon code dvdplanet

Davidian · 11-16-2018, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by yankee1

deep discount has this for $19.75 and 10% off with coupon code dvdplanet

That’s bloody cheap! It cost me $35AU...

Francisco73 · 11-16-2018, 12:30 PM

aspect ratio on the back : 1.77:1

yankee1 · 11-16-2018, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Davidian

That’s bloody cheap! It cost me $35AU...

..sorry to hear that..

badfingerboogie · 11-22-2018, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by 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:

Code:

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

So this is on a BD-50 after all?

badfingerboogie · 11-22-2018, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Davidian

That’s bloody cheap! It cost me $35AU...

DeepDiscount is a US site, he's talking about USD. If you ordered from there you'd still have to pay shipping costs and GST if you're in Australia.

LordCrumb · 11-22-2018, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by badfingerboogie

So this is on a BD-50 after all?

Scan indicates it is a BD50 yep!

JohnCarpenterLives · 11-28-2018, 01:24 AM

I would have been all over this if they fixed the cropping. I would be very surprised if this hit UHD anytime soon, and there won't be any more blu's that'll fix it.

oddbox83 · 11-28-2018, 03:01 PM

At least it's not vertically squished like the Anchor Bay scan. That's worse than losing a small amount of image around the sides IMO.

oddbox83 · 11-30-2018, 01:33 PM

Received mine. Nice extras, pretty much is the "ultimate edition" on that score, but some big omissions like the Richard Liberty audio recollections which IMHO are a big loss.

I'm not pulling my punches over the encode, looks like shit in places. Blotchy, blocky grain. Is this the same as the Shout? I know Umbrella have history of reusing exact encodes of other labels.

Third Blu-ray double dip and I'm still waiting for a version I'm totally happy with.

MacReady13 · 01-07-2019, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Dragon Ranger

I have the UK Arrow release of Day and the US Shout Factory disc too; I love the movie but not sure I will triple dip. I'll wait for the reviews.

1st time poster here so apologies if this is common knowledge, but where is the best place to purchase UK and USA Blu Ray and 4K Blu Ray films here in Australia? I used to use Amazon, but their UK site refuses to ship to us...

LordCrumb · 01-07-2019, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MacReady13

1st time poster here so apologies if this is common knowledge, but where is the best place to purchase UK and USA Blu Ray and 4K Blu Ray films here in Australia? I used to use Amazon, but their UK site refuses to ship to us...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=311318

Shemp · 01-28-2019, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by oddbox83

I'm not pulling my punches over the encode, looks like shit in places. Blotchy, blocky grain. Is this the same as the Shout? I know Umbrella have history of reusing exact encodes of other labels.

I don't recall seeing that in the US release. Maybe it's a local encoding issue?

DvdPlayerHacker · 01-30-2019, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by oddbox83

At least it's not vertically squished like the Anchor Bay scan. That's worse than losing a small amount of image around the sides IMO.

Was the Anchor Bay ver squashed? Looks normal in the pics.

Also any one have any recommendations on which blu ray is the best for Day of the dead? I have the Divimax Anchor Bay dvd and it's surprisingly pretty good (for a dvd that is). I was pretty excited about this as I can just order one at a JB HI FI but it sounds like it's slightly cropped which I know will just bug me.

Rockercub · 01-30-2019, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by DvdPlayerHacker

Was the Anchor Bay ver squashed? Looks normal in the pics.

Also any one have any recommendations on which blu ray is the best for Day of the dead? I have the Divimax Anchor Bay dvd and it's surprisingly pretty good (for a dvd that is). I was pretty excited about this as I can just order one at a JB HI FI but it sounds like it's slightly cropped which I know will just bug me.

It's squashed -- check out the comparison here:

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...=67481&i=7&l=0

Of course, it could be that the SF is stretched and the AB is normal. There's a whole debate on it, I believe in the SF release thread, and my conclusion is that the AB is wrong. But you can look at the evidence for yourself and see what you think.

As to recommendations, there are so many variables, the stretching/squashing being just one of them. Other ones that come to mind are warmer vs. cooler colors (also apparent in the comparison above) and censored vs. uncensored audio. Oh, and the cropping that you mentioned. You have to nail down your preferences for all those variables, and then if you're lucky, there will be a release that matches up.

Shemp · 01-31-2019, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Shemp

I don't recall seeing that in the US release. Maybe it's a local encoding issue?

Apologies...watched the SF edition again and it does look pretty noisy, especially in the opening scene. Had a look at a mates local blu ray and it looks like exactly the same transfer.

DvdPlayerHacker · 01-31-2019, 03:01 PM

God each Blu Ray of day of the dead is slightly different. Can anyone comment on the colour timing of this release?

Bates_Motel · 01-31-2019, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockercub

It's squashed -- check out the comparison here:

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...=67481&i=7&l=0

Of course, it could be that the SF is stretched and the AB is normal. There's a whole debate on it, I believe in the SF release thread, and my conclusion is that the AB is wrong. But you can look at the evidence for yourself and see what you think.

As to recommendations, there are so many variables, the stretching/squashing being just one of them. Other ones that come to mind are warmer vs. cooler colors (also apparent in the comparison above) and censored vs. uncensored audio. Oh, and the cropping that you mentioned. You have to nail down your preferences for all those variables, and then if you're lucky, there will be a release that matches up.

There shouldn't be a debate, because it's 100% that the Anchor Bay is incorrect. Anyone debating it doesn't know what they are looking at.

The SF is also from a new scan, so there's zero reason the geometry would or should be wrong. They screw up a lot of stuff, but they don't alter geometry of the image.

StrayButler91 · 02-01-2019, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DvdPlayerHacker

God each Blu Ray of day of the dead is slightly different. Can anyone comment on the colour timing of this release?

It's the Shout! master, judging from the caps of the Shout! release. So that's the colour timing we're dealing with.

DvdPlayerHacker · 02-06-2019, 05:49 PM

Anyone have any idea on what audio is present in the Ultimate Edition? Is the the same as the Shout?

Also side note: Dear god there is literally an issue with every blu-ray release of this movie. It's actually quite amazing. Anchor Bay's is flattened (with censored audio), Arrow's is stretched(This time with good audio) and the shout has correct proportions but with a different colour timing and a cropped image (again with censored audio). There's no winning.

Also Rockercub. I really do think you are right about the SF being the right proportion, an interesting point I havent really seen brought up is that it's the only BD to match the proportion of the old Anchor Bay dvd release.

11-16-2018, 12:34 AM	#81
yankee1 New Member Member since:Nov 2018	deep discount has this for $19.75 and 10% off with coupon code dvdplanet Last edited by yankee1; 11-16-2018 at 12:47 AM.

11-16-2018, 12:30 PM	#83
Francisco73 Active Member Member since:Jan 2016 Location:Italy 4K collection:188 Blu-ray collection:620	aspect ratio on the back : 1.77:1

11-28-2018, 01:24 AM	#88
JohnCarpenterLives Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:980 DVD collection:420 Trading Score:5	I would have been all over this if they fixed the cropping. I would be very surprised if this hit UHD anytime soon, and there won't be any more blu's that'll fix it.

11-28-2018, 03:01 PM	#89
oddbox83 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2013 Location:UK	At least it's not vertically squished like the Anchor Bay scan. That's worse than losing a small amount of image around the sides IMO.

11-30-2018, 01:33 PM	#90
oddbox83 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2013 Location:UK	Received mine. Nice extras, pretty much is the "ultimate edition" on that score, but some big omissions like the Richard Liberty audio recollections which IMHO are a big loss. I'm not pulling my punches over the encode, looks like shit in places. Blotchy, blocky grain. Is this the same as the Shout? I know Umbrella have history of reusing exact encodes of other labels. Third Blu-ray double dip and I'm still waiting for a version I'm totally happy with.

01-31-2019, 03:01 PM	#97
DvdPlayerHacker Junior Member Member since:Aug 2018	God each Blu Ray of day of the dead is slightly different. Can anyone comment on the colour timing of this release?

02-06-2019, 05:49 PM	#100
DvdPlayerHacker Junior Member Member since:Aug 2018	Anyone have any idea on what audio is present in the Ultimate Edition? Is the the same as the Shout? Also side note: Dear god there is literally an issue with every blu-ray release of this movie. It's actually quite amazing. Anchor Bay's is flattened (with censored audio), Arrow's is stretched(This time with good audio) and the shout has correct proportions but with a different colour timing and a cropped image (again with censored audio). There's no winning. Also Rockercub. I really do think you are right about the SF being the right proportion, an interesting point I havent really seen brought up is that it's the only BD to match the proportion of the old Anchor Bay dvd release.

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