UK Re-release Total Recall

[Rantlers]

Hey, just wanted to point out the UK Re-release of Total Recall is not currently in the database:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Total-Recall-Blu-ray-Arnold-Schwarzenegger/dp/B0019GJ4AQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228421311&sr=8-1

[Lyle_JP]

Total Recall (UK Edition)



Video codec: MPEG-4 VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio:
English: DTS-HD MA 5.1
French: DTS-HD HR 5.1
German: DTS-HD HR 5.1
Portuguese: DTS-HD HR 5.1
Spanish DTS 2.0

Subtitles:
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

50GB Blu-ray Disc

List Price: £19.79

Region A & B coded

[DigitalfreakNYC]

How could it be mpeg4 AND vc1?

[Spitfrnd]

Why is it being re-released, is this an improvement in PQ over the original release?

[Lyle_JP]

Originally Posted by Spitfrnd

Why is it being re-released, is this an improvement in PQ over the original release?

I'm not sure why the original poster said "re-release". Perhaps they called it that because it is a different release from the US Lionsgate version. At any rate, there is only one UK Total Recall blu-ray, it is superior to the US blu, and it's still not in the blu-ray.com database.

[FendersRule]

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...1039664&page=2

This has the HD-DVD screenshots, in which the new UK edition has.

They are absolutely horrible. I'll keep my DVD. This post says it all right here:

"Both versions suck. The Blu-ray is obviously an old transfer but the colors are much more natural than the HD-DVD's which is way too friggin bright and obviously contrast boosted. The HD-DVD does seem more detailed but you have DNR, scratch removal artifacts, and the wonky colors to deal with. Not worth it."

If any of you are wondering what DNR is, just take a look at the HD-DVD screenshots (which likely is a direct transfer of the UK BD release).

[JBL4645]

Well for those that don’t have golden ear! I just brought this lemon of Bluray wow what a waste of £10.00! This is the same version they used for the first edition region 2 DVD.

Well almost! If you mute or disconnect thou I can mute any channel in my sound system for monitoring. The monaural half frequency bandwidth seems to have been filtered off at around 500Hz with shallow slope. All the top end of the spectrum is missing!?

No this is not intentional and never in all, my years at listening to discrete Dolby or dts has there been a film with surrounds that sound like its playing though a sock!

Optimum Release UK have talent of producing piss poorly DVD and now Bluray and they are giving Bluray a bad name.

Listen to the surrounds on there own and you’ll hear the sound as if its been played though a sock! If you down mix to Dolby stereo its different matter because of the way the Dolby stereo matrix looks at the signal. The discrete way is the true way to hear it.

The films road show release was Dolby stereo SR format 42 and I doubt the 70mm print surrounds would sound like this.

Someone has really botched this up! It’s the same for first edition DVD region 2 if you listen closely. Not sure what the special edition version is like as they re-released it again on DVD.

Some parts of the music sounds muffed a few and only few effects seem to have mild top end around 1KHz?

The image is brighter over the DVD but there are some poor trade offs.

There appares to be some colour tint manipulation bwtween the two versions I have. I’d say the 35 to 70mm will be closer to it, the digital master video tape wow not even near.

Also the framing is all wrong? I mean how difficult can it be for one of these Muppets to frame W/S image? You have rake line top and bottom of each frame now the image should line up one to one nothing more and nothing less! sigh

I have just this tiny bit of advice! Stay clear of Optimum Release UK titles they are not worth money! I just can’t watch it myself anymore. Consumer video is not even close to professional!

Sorry the sentencing of this post is hard to read, I’ve been up all night and I have little issues like this to grumble about. Well after all its our money we throwing away at Optimum Release UK!

I have new title for Total Recall its called Total Rip-off! These bluray should be recalled and they should bend over for spanking and then fired from there jobs and it should be handed over to someone that really honestly cares about producing decent Bluray titles not some rushed off out the door see you and bring us the money!

No doubt the word is on the street about Optimum Release UK about how lousy they are in producing piss poor Bluray. Stay well clear of them!

[blu_sharpy]

No, Optimum DO NOT provide 'piss poor' BD's. Every company makes mistakes and maybe this is one of theirs (although, if you compare to the US Release its 10x better) but that doesnt mean that all of their BD's are crap. In fact Optimum put out very good BD's.

[JBL4645]

Four times in row for them no make that 5

The Piano DVD region 2
Total Recall DVD region 2 Bluray region B
Cliffhanger Bluray region B
Terminator 2 Bluray region B

Whiteout is out next-week, and wow I’d like to get it on Bluray but fear the a another technical misshape with this company.

[blu_sharpy]

Originally Posted by JBL4645

Four times in row for them no make that 5

The Piano DVD region 2
Total Recall DVD region 2 Bluray region B
Cliffhanger Bluray region B
Terminator 2 Bluray region B

Whiteout is out next-week, and wow I’d like to get it on Bluray but fear the a another technical misshape with this company.

Okay, I give you The Piano and Cliffhanger. But Total Recall looks brilliant. Also which T2 are you referring to. The original release is one of the best out there. If you are talking about the Skynet Edition, then that is exactly the same as the US Disc so there is nothing to complain about there. There will be nothing wrong with Whiteout. It is a new film and Optimum have been great with new releases. In fact, Optimum have been great with most of their releases, we could list mistakes that all companies make, Optimum are NO exception.

EDIT --- What exactly is wrong with The Piano. It has a perfectly acceptable transfer and are dealing with and have probably fixed the subtitle issue.

[LordCrumb]

plus Optimum also released Son of Rambow, which is an excellent release.

[LordCrumb]

Originally Posted by blu_sharpy

Okay, I give you The Piano and Cliffhanger. But Total Recall looks brilliant. Also which T2 are you referring to. The original release is one of the best out there. If you are talking about the Skynet Edition, then that is exactly the same as the US Disc so there is nothing to complain about there. There will be nothing wrong with Whiteout. It is a new film and Optimum have been great with new releases. In fact, Optimum have been great with most of their releases, we could list mistakes that all companies make, Optimum are NO exception.

EDIT --- What exactly is wrong with The Piano. It has a perfectly acceptable transfer and are dealing with and have probably fixed the subtitle issue.

.... wait for it... here it comes..... two pages of in depth examination ! ....

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by JBL4645

Four times in row for them no make that 5

The Piano DVD region 2
Total Recall DVD region 2 Bluray region B
Cliffhanger Bluray region B
Terminator 2 Bluray region B

Whiteout is out next-week, and wow I’d like to get it on Bluray but fear the a another technical misshape with this company.

Optimum is a very strong distributor!

Yes, they do have a few discs that are problematic - mostly due to the fact that the elements they had to work with were provided by a different party and there is nothing they could have done to address certain issues without blowing out their budget - but the overwhelming majority of their discs are excellent.

They also happen to bring certain titles to the UK way ahead of everyone else and other titles that are practically impossible to find in other English-speaking territories, or anywhere else for that matter.

Examples:

1. Only recently Australia received Martyrs.
2. Optimum were the first distributor to release Che with superb transfer(s).
3. Optimum are the first and only distirbutor to release Gus Van Sant's Elephant
4. Optimum are the first and only distributor to release Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs.

Etc....the list is incredibly long!

Pro-B

[blu_sharpy]

Thank you pro!!

Optimum get a lot of crap yet people just think of the bad and dont realise all of the good they have done