A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Wizard of Oz — in 4k UHD Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

Wait a minute - are you saying they did a brand new transfer of this film for 4K and didn't use THAT for the included Blu-ray? Are you serious?

That's is what is being reported and has been the case for a number of 4K/UHD releases.

 

[ghostwind]

You act like that's unusual.

Unfortunately it’s not unusual, and it’s why I always try to find out. I do wonder how much it would cost to master a new Blu-ray in tandem with the UHD disc.

 

[Robert Harris]

BD has windowboxed titles

 

[Brian Kidd]

BD has windowboxed titles

Why would that be necessary? I know it was commonplace back in the days of SD television when overscan was a common issue and they wanted to make sure none of the credits were cut off, but surely that shouldn't even be a factor with modern HD televisions. Makes no sense whatsoever, even on a disc from 2013.

EDIT: After thinking about it, didn't they use the HD transfer that was created for the previous DVD release? That would explain why the windowboxing is on the Blu-ray.

 

[Noel Aguirre]

The picture may be state of the art but that cover has to be The WORST cover ever for any The Wizard of Oz release. It’s ugly godawful. Oh let’s cram in every possible image including the tornado dancing down the yellow brick road!

 

[Carlo_M]

The picture may be state of the art but that cover has to be The WORST cover ever for any The Wizard of Oz release. It’s ugly godawful. Oh let’s cram in every possible image including the tornado dancing down the yellow brick road!

You know, I'm not really a Steelbook case for more $ kind of guy...but yes the standard 4K case cover art is so bad that I went ahead and ordered the Best Buy Steelbook Case edition since it's better. It's not awesome, but it's not anywhere near as bad as the standard 4K cover art.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

I think the only title so far from WB where a remastered BD was included with the 4K disc was 2001, where the original master dated back to the dawn of BD and had several baked-in issues.

 

[Noel Aguirre]

You know, I'm not really a Steelbook case for more $ kind of guy...but yes the standard 4K case cover art is so bad that I went ahead and ordered the Best Buy Steelbook Case edition since it's better. It's not awesome, but it's not anywhere near as bad as the standard 4K cover art.

Thanks for this tip-I just ordered and will pick up today- much much better cover. So I will now have 2 steel books including the 3D version- which by the way is a fantastic disc as you feel like you’re on the sets. I hope this version blows me away as much as the 3D version did. Looking forward to the new commentary though.

 

[JohnMor]

I think the only title so far from WB where a remastered BD was included with the 4K disc was 2001, where the original master dated back to the dawn of BD and had several baked-in issues.

I think both Goodfellas and Unforgiven also contained blu-rays utilizing the new transfers.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I must say my 4K/Dolby Vision Digital looks better on my LGOLED 65” today than what I experienced in the Dolby Cinema theater this past weekend.

 

[Worth]

I think the only title so far from WB where a remastered BD was included with the 4K disc was 2001, where the original master dated back to the dawn of BD and had several baked-in issues.

Warner is hit-and-miss when it comes to including remastered blu-rays, but there are a number of them:

-2001
-Batman
-Batman Returns
-Batman Forever
-Batman & Robin
-Batman Begins
-The Dark Knight
-The Shining
-Goodfellas
-The Matrix
-The Matrix Reloaded
-Matrix Revolutions
-Unforgiven

 

[Robert Crawford]

Some George Feltenstein quotes about this 4K/UHD release.

https://www.mediaplaynews.com/the-w...se-is-the-ultimate-makeover-say-warner-execs/

 

[Carlo_M]

I must say my 4K/Dolby Vision Digital looks better on my LGOLED 65” today than what I experienced in the Dolby Cinema theater this past weekend.

That’s such a bittersweet statement.

 

[Robert Crawford]

That’s such a bittersweet statement.

In a way, but, I'm an AMC A-Lister so I really didn't mind seeing it again on the big screen as it didn't really cost me any additional money. It was my 3rd or 4th time doing so over the last 40 years or so, the last time being on an IMAX screen in 3-D. It's funny, I sat down just to sample the 4K digital again as I watched the entire movie a couple of months back when iTunes mistakenly had the 4K/DV up for playback for a day or so. Anyhow, I ended up watching the movie again in its entirety for probably the 60th time.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

-Batman Begins

My understanding is that the included Blu-ray is the same transfer from the original release, merely reauthored in MP4 instead of VC1, but based on the same underlying master.

 

[Mark Booth]

I noticed that the copy of 'The Wizard of Oz' on iTunes is (once again) the new 4K Dolby Vision version. Those of you that purchased the digital copy on iTunes should be all set.

Mark

 

[Rob W]

I noticed that the copy of 'The Wizard of Oz' on iTunes is (once again) the new 4K Dolby Vision version. Those of you that purchased the digital copy on iTunes should be all set.

Mark

Hasn't upgraded in the Canadian store yet...

 

[Mark Booth]

Hasn't upgraded in the Canadian store yet...

When I checked in the U.S. iTunes store this morning (about 9am Pacific) it hasn't been upgraded from HD yet. But when I checked again about 2 hours ago it finally showed it available in 4K.

I hope the Canadian version hits soon.

Mark

 

[Patrick McCart]

Watched a few minutes. I can't believe what I'm looking at. The 2009 edition looks great, but this basically makes the screen disappear. There's nothing that looks digital here. It's so, so beautiful.

 

[Robert Crawford]

When I checked in the U.S. iTunes store this morning (about 9am Pacific) it hasn't been upgraded from HD yet. But when I checked again about 2 hours ago it finally showed it available in 4K.

I hope the Canadian version hits soon.

Mark

Same here, I checked first thing this morning and it was still in HD. I almost bought the 4K disc afterwards, but, decided if I'm going to buy it again on disc, it would be more prudent to wait another month until the Black Friday sales. Anyhow, I checked again around Noon and there it was in 4K.