Movies with new masters (compared to BD) - Blu-ray Forum

Patsfan123 · 03-20-2020, 11:24 PM

These movies have masters which are newer than what is currently on BD.

Con Air | Source
The Rock | Source
The Sixth Sense - Looks to be closer to the DE BD master

Please let me know if there are any others and any sources of that info.

Patsfan123 · 03-20-2020, 11:37 PM

Movies which do not seem to have new masters compared to BD.

Armageddon
Crimson Tide
Enemy of the State
Gone in 60 Seconds
Pearl Harbor
Signs
Tombstone
Unbreakable
The Village

Blu-21 · 03-21-2020, 12:42 AM

Add Die Hard 1-3 and Predator to the list of new masters that are not on Blu-Ray.

WhiteAfrican · 04-22-2020, 09:16 PM

I have always thought iTunes had the best picture quality, but lately it seems that Movies Anywhere does and even provides different transfers to blu-ray and iTunes. For example, Notting Hill on iTunes features the same DNRed transfer that the blu-ray has, but on MA there is none to be found and has a nice grain structure. I have also just noticed the Harry Potter movies in 4k also look remarkably better in MA, and Office Space 4k and a number of others. Does anyone else know of any other 4k or non movies that seem to feature much better transfers??

meremortal · 04-23-2020, 02:57 AM

Definitely curious in this thread since there are so many blus with older scans. Looks like nearly the titles referenced so far are owned by Disney. Also interesting to hear of Universal catalog titles that are improved.

AnemicOak · 04-23-2020, 03:57 AM

Wouldn't surprise me to find out that MA has better stuff for a lot of catalog titles. Assuming that studios sent the most recent things they had available when MA started and it seems like once a retailer has a title they don't get upgraded/fixed unless there are a lot of complaints or the retailer actively seeks out newer versions. Seems Vudu especially still has a lot of older transfers and quite a few titles stuck at SD while others have them in HD.

Seems that most studios have nothing in place tracking who has been given what and sending them something better when they don't have the latest version and retailers don't seem to have a system in place to seek those out on their own for the most part.

Rizor · 05-19-2020, 03:31 AM

Interesting finds. Con-Air is on sale for $5 so I picked that up. If memory serves, the Blu-ray is garbage.

03-20-2020, 11:24 PM	#1
Patsfan123 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Boston, MA 4K collection:1067 Blu-ray collection:5297 DVD collection:22 MA collection:3 Digital collection:488 iTunes collection:1091 Prime collection:267 Trading Score:6	Movies with new masters (compared to BD) These movies have masters which are newer than what is currently on BD. Con Air \| Source The Rock \| Source The Sixth Sense - Looks to be closer to the DE BD master Please let me know if there are any others and any sources of that info. Last edited by Patsfan123; 03-20-2020 at 11:41 PM.

04-23-2020, 02:57 AM	#5
meremortal Blu-ray Champion Member since:Jan 2012 Location:Bedford Falls Trading Score:255	Definitely curious in this thread since there are so many blus with older scans. Looks like nearly the titles referenced so far are owned by Disney. Also interesting to hear of Universal catalog titles that are improved. Last edited by meremortal; 04-23-2020 at 03:04 AM.

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03-20-2020, 11:37 PM	#2
Patsfan123 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Boston, MA 4K collection:1067 Blu-ray collection:5297 DVD collection:22 MA collection:3 Digital collection:488 iTunes collection:1091 Prime collection:267 Trading Score:6	Movies which do not seem to have new masters compared to BD. Armageddon Crimson Tide Enemy of the State Gone in 60 Seconds Pearl Harbor Signs Tombstone Unbreakable The Village

03-21-2020, 12:42 AM	#3
Blu-21 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:67 Blu-ray reviews:1	Add Die Hard 1-3 and Predator to the list of new masters that are not on Blu-Ray.

04-22-2020, 09:16 PM	#4
WhiteAfrican Junior Member Member since:Oct 2008	I have always thought iTunes had the best picture quality, but lately it seems that Movies Anywhere does and even provides different transfers to blu-ray and iTunes. For example, Notting Hill on iTunes features the same DNRed transfer that the blu-ray has, but on MA there is none to be found and has a nice grain structure. I have also just noticed the Harry Potter movies in 4k also look remarkably better in MA, and Office Space 4k and a number of others. Does anyone else know of any other 4k or non movies that seem to feature much better transfers??

04-23-2020, 03:57 AM	#6
AnemicOak Special Member Member since:Aug 2012 Location:Archbury Blu-ray collection:265 Digital collection:809 Trading Score:90	Wouldn't surprise me to find out that MA has better stuff for a lot of catalog titles. Assuming that studios sent the most recent things they had available when MA started and it seems like once a retailer has a title they don't get upgraded/fixed unless there are a lot of complaints or the retailer actively seeks out newer versions. Seems Vudu especially still has a lot of older transfers and quite a few titles stuck at SD while others have them in HD. Seems that most studios have nothing in place tracking who has been given what and sending them something better when they don't have the latest version and retailers don't seem to have a system in place to seek those out on their own for the most part.

05-19-2020, 03:31 AM	#7
Rizor Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:NJ, USA 4K collection:1034 Blu-ray collection:5829 DVD collection:177 MA collection:227 Digital collection:156 iTunes collection:146 Prime collection:10 Blu-ray reviews: 32 Trading Score:159	Interesting finds. Con-Air is on sale for $5 so I picked that up. If memory serves, the Blu-ray is garbage.

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