Recent content by Jari K

I've read that the episodes are time-compressed that were distributed by WorldVision for syndication (46-47 minutes, instead of the original runtime 50-51 minutes - without the commercials). Not 100% sure about this, though. What comes to the Australian releases, it's true that NTSC is probably...

A Blu-ray release would probably mean that they should prepare a brand new masters for the HD/4K age. An expensive endeavour, I would imagine. Then again they have released series like Miami Vice, Magnum P.I. and Knight Rider on Blu-ray, but some decent HD masters probably were (already)...

Hi. I’m getting rid of some of my old DVDs and noticed that several discs from the original ”Combat! - The Complete Series” 40-disc set seems to be unplayable. It looks like a ”disc rot” of some kind, but I can’t be sure. Haven’t tried to clean them yet, though, but I don’t hold my breath (the...

I would say it's literally impossible to get a film like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly "right" on Blu-ray, unless it's fully restored from scratch (negatives). And even then, the overall color scheme would probably be debated. Nothing wrong that Kino releases the film. It's not that the...

One interesting point is that in stores, 4K models are actually taking over the shelf space. They will try to sell you that 4K model, regardless do you "need it" or not (meaning here, that can you actually watch 4K content etc). So this is how it starts - the "older" 1080p models are being...

Well, the "format war" still plays a big part in gaming (probably less than before, though) and Microsoft has announced that Xbox One S and the upcoming "Scorpio" will support UHD. So for some people "in the trenches", PS4 Pro is "inferior" product and all that jazz. Even when many of these...

Wow, 4K PS4 with NO UHD BD support? I did not see this coming. And this is coming from Sony - the company that originally introduced (with the help of others, of course) the Blu-ray format, included it to the PS3 (with great success) and supported it all these years. And c'mon, Sony has released...

(thread bump, didn't want to create another one for this) Another set of re-releases is probably coming and the rumor is that they will "supposedly be untouched and in its original form, presented similar to the WWE Network". We'll see, since you never know when it comes to WWE. Just FYI...

New restored Director's Cut with a new 9 minute zombie scene originally cut by the distributer? I like the sound of that. Maybe they can finally resurrect this film from the PD hell. About time. http://www.avclub.com/article/george-romero-digs-lost-scene-night-living-dead-227091

I believe this was a "public domain" title. How did they resolve the copyright issues? Just curious.

At least it seems to have one disc only, so no 3D-version (nor DVD). With animations, re-packages often drop the 3D disc.

This is actually released on Blu-ray (just an upscaled SD, I'm afraid), but it's not the 1988 Thames/WGBH documentary that I'm looking for: http://www.amazon.com/Korea-Forgotten-War-1950-1953-Blu-ray/dp/B005JZBPDW/ About the 1988 doc... Interesting thing is that the U.S. version of the...

Sure, it's a miles better than anything we've seen previously (truth to be told, the old masters on DVD and TV have been pretty s**tty) and it's taken from the new 4K master, but the German disc is said to be too "pale" (meaning, that they brightened the picture somewhat when they mastered the...

Is this documentary released on DVD, anyone know? Where can I see it? IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1078269/ Review: http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/12/arts/review-television-the-unknown-war-on-the-korean-conflict.html Also, can you recommend other documentaries about the Korean War? "The...

Just wanted to point out, that one of the finest war movies from Finland, "The Winter War" (Talvisota, IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098437/ ), has been restored to 4K by KAVI (Finnish National Audiovisual Institute). Here's the article about the restoration (sadly only in Finnish, but...