A Few Words About A few words about…™ Jaws - in 4k UHD Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Worth]

Is the blu remastered? Sorry if I missed this if already answered.

There's nothing to remaster. The blu-ray is already based on the same master as the UHD.

 

[Robert Saccone]

Yes. Both. Steel book for uniqueness and standard for booklet.

I mean it’s.......Jaws.

I am wondering if the book is actually different then the one that came with the original BD release? I compared the pages from the book shown in the UltraHd listing and they matched what is in BD release I already have. Hoping someone posts if they do have both whether this is correct or not. For now I pre-ordered the steel book about a month ago.

 

[Tino]

I’m sure they’re exactly the same.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I am wondering if the book is actually different then the one that came with the original BD release? I compared the pages from the book shown in the UltraHd listing and they matched what is in BD release I already have. Hoping someone posts if they do have both whether this is correct or not. For now I pre-ordered the steel book about a month ago.

There was a book with the original release?

I pulled out my BD and found no book. Did one come with standard retail BDs in 2012?

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I’m sure they’re exactly the same.

I pulled out the book for the 4K - it has a copyright of 2020, but so does the included BD, and that's identical to the 2012 disc other than its art, so the copyright date means nothing.

All of the citations in the book come from 2011-12 and I find no reference in it past that date - such as a comment about the Atmos remix in the "Restoring a Classic" section - so it's indeed probably safe to assume it's the same book!

 

[TravisR]

There was a book with the original release?

I pulled out my BD and found no book. Did one come with standard retail BDs in 2012?

Best Buy had an exclusive that came with a book-style case.

 

[Tino]

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[ScottJH]

There was a book with the original release?

I pulled out my BD and found no book. Did one come with standard retail BDs in 2012?

Yes there was a digibook release & a regular release. The digibook was in limited supply & sold out very quickly.

Best Buy had an exclusive that came with a book-style case.

Was it exclusive to Best Buy? I don't recall it being that.

 

[ScottJH]

I pulled out the book for the 4K - it has a copyright of 2020, but so does the included BD, and that's identical to the 2012 disc other than its art, so the copyright date means nothing.

All of the citations in the book come from 2011-12 and I find no reference in it past that date - such as a comment about the Atmos remix in the "Restoring a Classic" section - so it's indeed probably safe to assume it's the same book!

How many pages is the "new" book?

 

[TravisR]

Yes there was a digibook release & a regular release. The digibook was in limited supply & sold out very quickly.



Was it exclusive to Best Buy? I don't recall it being that.

After 8 years, I'm not going to swear to it in court but I'm pretty sure it was a BB exclusive.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

How many pages is the "new" book?

48, including the front/back cover...

 

[Colin Jacobson]

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[Colin Jacobson]

After 8 years, I'm not going to swear to it in court but I'm pretty sure it was a BB exclusive.

It definitely wasn't part of the copy Uni sent me 8 years ago - and they send "regular" retail product to reviewers, so it would've been there if it'd been part of the standard release.

I can post some pics of the book if people are really that curious, but my gut says it's the same book. The fact there's no reference to the Atmos remix and all the footnotes come from 2011/2012 seems like a giveaway!

 

[ScottJH]

48, including the front/back cover...

The sticker on the 2012 digibook said that was a 42 page booklet. Probably the same.

 

[ScottJH]

After 8 years, I'm not going to swear to it in court but I'm pretty sure it was a BB exclusive.

I did some more digging and you are correct it was a Best Buy exclusive. Up to that point the other digibook releases of Universal 100th Anniversary titles: To Kill a Mockingbird, All Quiet on the Western Front, Pillow Talk, Buck Privates, The Sting, Out of Africa were not exclusives.

 

[Noel Aguirre]

There's nothing to remaster. The blu-ray is already based on the same master as the UHD.

Thanks plus I see iTunes already gave me the free upgrade already- so a pass

 

[Tino]

There's nothing to remaster. The blu-ray is already based on the same master as the UHD.

No it is not. It’s the same disc as the 2012 release.

From a review:
while the bundled Blu-ray, which is identical to that released back in 2012

 

[Worth]

No it is not. It’s the same disc as the 2012 release.

From a review:
while the bundled Blu-ray, which is identical to that released back in 2012

I know. I'm saying that both the old blu-ray and the new UHD are based on the 4K remaster of the film that Universal did in 2012, so there's nothing requiring remastering.

 

[CC95]

They replaced the harpoon guns with Walkie Talkies.

 

[Tino]

I know. I'm saying that both the old blu-ray and the new UHD are based on the 4K remaster of the film that Universal did in 2012, so there's nothing requiring remastering.

Ah. Gotcha