Collector's Edition of Carlito's Way (1 Viewer)

[Felix Martinez]

when the disc kicks in, the Universal logo kicks in and we get 3 trailers... Scarface, Animal House and Meaning of Life, this is nice, but I am afraid to say, that like early BV discs. there is no way round them - you have to sit through them every time!

Try pressing "stop" on your remote when the FBI Warning screen comes up. Then "Play." Movie should start immediately. Sucks, but that's the best workararound I've been using for Animal House. Should also work for Carlito.

Cheers,

 

[R. Kay]

Available at Tower. 66th & Broadway NYC. Plenty of copies. $14.99.

 

[Hank]

I just received mine and noticed that there is no chapter insert inside. Is Universal doing what MGM does with their cheap titles, no inserts? Scanned through some of it and transfer seems better than the non-16:9 release. Gonna watch this tonight.

 

[Clint]

Universal is getting cheap with no chapter inserts. There are no chapter inserts for their High School Reunion (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science) either.

 

[Britton]

No chapter insert for Animal House: DSP. Just some crapy about that Sobe thing or whatever it's called.

 

[Rob Lutter]

All new Universal titles have had no inserts for a couple months now...

 

[Frank@N]

Can't believe my good luck...wandered into Coconuts today and they were selling the new CE for $9.99!!!!

Might have been a mistake because some other copies (including the old edition) on the shelf were marked higher.

Don't feel the least bit guilty though, since I paid top dollar for the LD.

 

[CraigL]

Just went to Coconuts...$16.99. I asked the guy to ring it up to see what came up...and he refused to. *sigh* :frowning:

 

[Felix Martinez]

It's out & I've had my copy since last Thur. The transfer is an improvement over the current disc & is well worth the upgrade.

Some quick comments...

I agree that it's worth the upgrade. Image is very stable, with respectable sharpness - even on larger displays. The only moire funkyness seen was the aerial shot of Penn walking within a fenced pathway at Riker's Island. However, I can't imagine how this challenging shot can look better in standard definition.

I saw no compression noise. There were a handful of scenes exhibiting vertical EE outlines, but on the whole, it was a very pleasing experience.

Audio showed up as 5.1 (I believe the prior release was 5.0), but still is a front-dominated mix. I do not recall hearing discrete surround information other than ambience, but the mix is effective and engaging. Audio level was a bit low, but raising the volume is no big deal.

Still, a very nice transfer, and the 1/2 hour documentary was very well done!

Cheers,

 

[JohnRice]

What's the story with this title? It seems to be very difficult to find anymore. Most places are out of stock. I searched the forum and see no mention of a new release.

 

[John Stell]

What's the story with this title? It seems to be very difficult to find anymore. Most places are out of stock. I searched the forum and see no mention of a new release.

This DVD is out of print according to Digital Eyes.net.

 

[Tim_Stack]

I held off on getting this cuz I couldn't seem to determine if the version I'd be purchasing online would be anamorphic or not. An word on an SE?

 

[Felix Martinez]

I don't believe the old pressing is available anymore. As far as I know, the new anamorphic version is what's currently being sold (old copies floating around in eBay notwithstanding), and it's as close to an SE as i think we're going to get!

 

[JohnRice]

Once again Felix, the issue being discussed is that the new version appears to also not be available anymore.

 

[Steve Tannehill]

I am viewing the Ultimate Edition of Carlito's Way, which was released earlier this week. I'll post a full review later.

Initial impressions...

DTS track... good.
Video quality... excellent.
Supplements... sounds like a lot of overlap with the Collector's Edition

Oh, and the DVD is dual-sided.

More to come...

- Steve

 

[Dave Mack]

dual-sided? Universal? (shudder....)