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  1. BobO'Link

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    Listening to them back to back I'd say the BR has the better mix with more fidelity. The DVD mix has the percussion a bit more up front which adds a certain intensity but the orchestral parts have a high end roll-off - kind of muffled sounding - not as crisp as on the BR.
  2. BobO'Link

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    And I watched it this afternoon. IMHO it looks quite good. There *are* more than a few instances of a few color flecks and speckles as well as a few very small scratches but nothing that's really all that bad. You see the speckles mostly in the open star field and a few other shots but for...
  3. BobO'Link

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    Well... turns out I need to catalog my unwatched pile more carefully. I purchased the [Imprint] edition of When Worlds Collide a few months back during Holiday sales and totally forgot about it! At least I got it at a pretty good price (~$20 shipped) so there's that... I'll be watching it...
  4. BobO'Link

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    The "big question" for War of the Worlds is whether or not Paramount will use the color grading closer to the Criterion or to the Imprint version. IIRC, both were said to have originated from Paramount's 4K scan and each used slightly different color timing, affecting most noticeably the color...
  5. BobO'Link

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    That's my thinking as well. I'm mostly hoping for a sale price lower than Imprint's WWC stand-alone release. At that point, I'll jump on it. I'm also hoping for a better transfer than Imprint's release - while reviews say it's pretty good it also sounds like it has some minor issues that...
  6. BobO'Link

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    Not having 4K equipment and no intentions to move to that format (outside equipment replacements when something fails) I'm mostly hoping this portends a separate release from Paramount for When Worlds Collide (I already have the Criterion BR for WotW). I've looked at the [Imprint] release of...
  7. BobO'Link

    Press Release PHE Press Release: War of the Worlds (1953) (4k UHD) / When Worlds Collide (1951) (Blu-ray) Limited Edition

    Amazon's product description sounds like only War of the Worlds is 4K with When Worlds Collide on BR:
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