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    Press Release BVHE Press Release: Poor Things (2023) (Blu-ray)

    Sure. But also consider that the very premise is pretty disingenuous. I'm a big physical collector and a huge animation fan too. And I've heard this "if you want it on that format buy it on this one" - and then if you're lucky you can - pay all over again thing many times. How many times have...
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    Movies shot without sound (dialog dubbed)

    It's funny, I love martial arts movies, but I've tried watching Kurosawa stuff dubbed and it seems like sacrilege to me, just excruciating! And even in animation I much prefer subs which is strange/not that logical considering Japanese v western animation process. For me I think at least even if...
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    Movies shot without sound (dialog dubbed)

    I'm not sure why there's pushback here on the pervasiveness of dubbing/looping/ADR. It's absolutely common/the norm in most even American films. And has been for decades and right up to now. Sure, they record the audio on set for reference. But think about how many Hollywood action films you've...
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    Press Release WHV Press Release: The Flash (2023) (4k UHD) (Blu-ray)

    Fun movie, but man that's some ugly cover art, especially the second one. Sheer laziness. Marketing people eh?
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    UHD Review Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Ranown Westerns -- in 4k UHD & Blu-ray

    I'm about to rewatch an early Bob Hoskins/Australian miniseries, "The Dunera Boys" from 1985. On (US) laserdisc! Never seen it available on any other format for decades, until a couple of years ago and even then only DVD!
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Lost Boys -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray

    All respect to Robert (really looking forward to getting it), I have to agree the cover art is horrible, just like Poltergeist. Foil doesn't mean much to me as mostly it's done cheaply and not using a fifth colour in the printing process. And yes on DV. Though I suspect many of us here have...
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    Is There Any Reason Why DRAGONSLAYER Couldn't Get A Great 4K Release?

    Dragonslayer is at the top of my "why no blu/4k" list too. I still have the laserdisc!! Also on my list are 7 Faces of Dr Lao (hell, a few George Pal flicks), Sleuth (the original of course), Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow, Tracy and Hepburn in Adam's Rib, Shadow of the Vampire and God knows it...
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    Press Release WHV Press Release: Poltergeist (1982) (4k UHD)

    That clip is funny - can't quite recall but weren't the hands ripping at the very fake head Spielberg's? Also, being in the industry I asked the obvious question myself about Poltergeist. And despite all the obvious Spielberg/Indiana Jones type shots in it, just wanted the straight dope so to...
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    'Tobis' For a Few Dollars More

    Thanks for the info - I checked 'em out! Do they offer the same sort of discounts to make it cheaper than Amazon in the end? I generally do big orders so shipping only costs several dollars per disc. But most of the prices I saw were way higher, much much more than the difference with shipping...
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    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    For me personally, because this will have HDR, not SDR. And considering the colour in this movie, that's important for me.
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    Disney+ Dr. Strange in IMAX enhanced 1.90 on Disney+ is a new standard for streaming quality

    Because the whole theatrical industry is predicated on opening weekend/lack of word of mouth. Movies have generally made nearly all their money in the first two weeks. The exceptions are few and far between (ironically Maverick is one of them). And after that the studio to theatrical...
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    'Tobis' For a Few Dollars More

    Amazon also play shenanigans with Australia. Their price on the Australian site isn't commensurate with their US site (plus shipping), and sometimes stuff that's 'unavailable' actually isn't and so on. Not only that but their prices on the two Dollars 4k discs just jumped up outrageously from...
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- in 4k UHD

    Sorry, but I just saw this thread and am catching up. This part of Robert's initial post confused me (the first bit seems to contradict the second). What am I missing please? If it's very reminiscent of the way it looked on film doesn't that imply a good and faithful transfer? But then in the...
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    Spring Event confirmed for 8 March: Peek Performance

    Many out there are 4k not 5k but that's not much of a difference really as the noticeable difference in resolution becomes exponentially smaller. And are you saying that you don't have an existing monitor? Maybe you've always been an iMac person and basically buying a new monitor every single...
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