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Thomas Newton

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Saw this new collection in the store today, and picked it up.

The five films in the set are Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. The packaging claims they are all "DIGITALLY RESTORED FROM HIGH RESOLUTION FILM ELEMENTS".

I understand there's a larger collection (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection) that came out earlier. But I have two of the three main Hitchcock DVD collections (missed out on the Criterion), so this makes a nice addition to them.
 

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My copy should be arriving by the end of the week, can't wait to see The Birds in HD.
 

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Mine is enroute. I only have North By Northwest in DVD, so it's a token double dip.
 

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I watched The Trouble with Harry on blu-ray for the first time yesterday. Not a great film and not one of Hitchcock's best. However I thought the blu-ray was excellent and it is a showcase for VistaVision.
 

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Hi. Does anyone here know if the 5 films ( Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and The Birds) on the Blu Ray set "Alfred Hitchcock Limited Edition: The Essentials collection" are identical to the Blu Ray release "the Masterpiece Collection" released in 2014 which include these five films as well as several others.

Thanks
 

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alstein said:
Hi. Does anyone here know if the 5 films ( Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and The Birds) on the Blu Ray set "Alfred Hitchcock Limited Edition: The Essentials collection" are identical to the Blu Ray release "the Masterpiece Collection" released in 2014 which include these five films as well as several others.Thanks
Yes, I'm 99.9% sure they are. To my knowledge no newer transfers are out there.
 

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Slowly making my way through this set, which was a recent gift. I've watched all but the Birds so far. Watched Psycho the other night, which I thought had a stunning HD transfer. I last saw Psycho about 20 years ago on VHS (!) so you can only imagine what a revelation the blu-ray was. I have found all of the films (so far) to look beautiful. Rear Window and North By Northwest have always been my favorites.
 

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