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Do you mean turning off HDR (or downconverting to SDR) tends to blow out highlights (that weren't already blown in previous BDs or even the included BD)? I woulda thought the preventing of that would normally be part of the benefits of HDR... if handled properly at the final display end, of...

So far, I haven't been tempted enough to upgrade either. But as you also later mentioned, I did upgrade to Casablanca 4K after/despite buying it on BD 2x (as well as Maltese Falcon 4K), especially w/ the holiday sales making that a no-brainer (even though I also separately already bought the 4K...

AFAIK, the usual claim is that Criterion's encodes/compression exhibit some blocky patterns that some find noticeable (probably mainly on direct-view flat panels). I don't doubt it's there to some degrees, but doesn't mean I'll normally notice them at all (particularly on my FP setup), except...

Agreed. And if one's so inclined, one could get free shipping w/out that minimum requirement by joining B&N's own version of Prime too -- membership is just $25/year IIRC and provides some additional discounts on most items (at least in-store) albeit no longer on top of the Criterion sale...

And there may be far fewer people (fully) upgrading/upgraded to 4K discs than there were doing likewise for BD a decade ago... especially for the kind of titles Criterion typically offers... IF it becomes warranted in the future, I'm sure Criterion will adjust as they've done in the past... _Man_

Since you never bought the previous Warner BD release(s), why not just get the 4K for the extra $5 (presumably after 50% discount at a probable upcoming sale) and have both formats in one package? If I understand correctly, the 4K version has both formats... _Man_