Pre-Order The Big Country (1958) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[PatrickDA]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews9/the_big_country_blu-ray.htm

 

[benbess]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews9/the_big_country_blu-ray.htm

This convinced me! I've ordered this one and am looking forward to watching it again on release day.

Farewell to the last blu-ray. It was better than nothing, but....

 

[John Hermes]

No mention of it in the review, but I hope the flickering brightness of the previous edition was taken care of as well.

 

[haineshisway]

Are they advertising this as a new 4K transfer or something? Because looks to me like it's the exact same thing with the stretching corrected.

 

[Joseph Goodman]

Wasn't this a 4k restoration by the Film Foundation originially?

 

[Mark-P]

Are they advertising this as a new 4K transfer or something? Because looks to me like it's the exact same thing with the stretching corrected.

I was expecting they would have to crop the top and bottom a bit to correct the stretching issue. But this is happily not the case. There is significantly more picture information on the sides. This indicates to me that it is a new image harvest. It's one of the very few cases where I've been compelled to double dip, normally minor improvements don't matter that much to me.

 

[chrislong2]

Are they advertising this as a new 4K transfer or something? Because looks to me like it's the exact same thing with the stretching corrected.

According to Kino, I think that's basically correct plus some additional cleanup/touchup work (DRS). It's not a new scan from what I've heard. I was one that had never really noticed the stretching issue when watching the old one, but seeing those screenshots does def show the prob and the Kino one does seem to fix it. The issue that I DID notice on the old one every time I watched it was the flickering that was quite prominent in certain scenes. The review posted doesn't mention anything about that, but hopefully that got fixed too. In order to make room for the new features Kino's including, they obv had to compress the video further, thus lowering the bitrate, though at almost 24mbps it is still reasonable (barely IMO), but might have introduced some compression-related artifacts that weren't on the old. Still, given the other fixes, it's still pretty clear from those screenshots that the new Kino version is still overall the better choice. Thanks to Kino for putting some effort into this release!

 

[RICK BOND]

The Big Country review on dvd beaver. Excellent job Kino !!! Can't wait till Tuesday, for the upgrade. : )

 

[Ahab]

Ordered a copy too after seeing the screenshots on DVDBeaver. The stretching bugged the heck out of me. Am very happy to see it corrected.

 

[Mark VH]

Beaver review is certainly encouraging, but the only one I'm really interested in is RAH. If this gets his seal of approval then I'm all in.

 

[Randy Korstick]

I too hope they corrected the flickering of the previous blu ray. That was very distracting. I never really noticed the stretching but the fact that they didn't mention the flickering being corrected has me a little concerned.

 

[John Hermes]

I too hope they corrected the flickering of the previous blu ray. That was very distracting. I never really noticed the stretching but the fact that they didn't mention the flickering being corrected has me a little concerned.

If the flickering is corrected, I'll double-dip for the new edition. Otherwise no deal. The stretching was a minor issue to me compared to the flicker.

 

[Allansfirebird]

If the flickering is corrected, I'll double-dip for the new edition. Otherwise no deal. The stretching was a minor issue to me compared to the flicker.

I'm the complete opposite - never noticed the flickering, but the stretching was annoying the hell outta me.

 

[Randy Korstick]

If the flickering is corrected, I'll double-dip for the new edition. Otherwise no deal. The stretching was a minor issue to me compared to the flicker.

Yeah I will repurchase this only if they corrected the flickering. Otherwise what I have is fine, I would have never noticed the stretching at all if it was pointed out here. Very minor issue to me as well. But the flickering is an eye strain.

 

[PMF]

I too hope they corrected the flickering[...]

If the flickering is corrected, I'll double-dip for the new edition.[...]

I hope these discussions won't affect a BD release of "My Friend Flicka"

 

[Rick Thompson]

Just watched my copy. Didn't notice any flickering (but then I didn't before), but I did notice that they finally have the color right on the opening credits. That coppery leather color is exactly right -- at last!

 

[RICK BOND]

It looks Excellent !!! : ) ...If a fan of this movie is Not happy with this NEW release, I don't know what to say.

 

[John Hermes]

I just checked out my old MGM copy. I have freezes and glitches around 1:03. I guess I'll be getting the new one regardless then.

 

[JPCinema]

I was thrilled watching THE BIG COUNTRY last night. On my Samsung 55" 4K TV , the film was breathtaking ! If others complain, it's their eyes or their TV monitor.