Your thoughts on Kino-Lorber Blu-rays (4 Viewers)

[RBailey]

So is Human Desire (1954), the first in a deal with Sony / Columbia Pictures?

The recently released THEY CAME TO CORDURA was a Columbia film.

 

[dana martin]

The recently released THEY CAME TO CORDURA was a Columbia film.

forgot about that one as I already had the MC Rita Hayworth collection with it. Thanks, anyone know how many (number) titles Kino was able to make a deal for?

 

[Dave Lawrence]

According to what I posted; your order should have shipped by now.

Just received my shipping confirmation email with tracking number this afternoon.

 

[Flashgear]

My Kino-Lorber order, which I put in on the last day of their most recent sale, has finally yielded a shipping notification today!

Hopefully, this means that Technicolor Fulfillment has nearly caught-up on KL's backlog!

I'm in Canada and thus will pay $23 for shipping on this 11 Blu-ray order, which also includes a 'Dark Side of Noir' boxset. (KL no longer offers free shipping to Canada over $100 as they used to). Even with the added shipping costs and with currency conversion to the Canadian dollar, the KL sale prices are still saving me significant money per title over buying these back-catalogue titles on Amazon Canada. But for many years, I also have been paying premium prices for KL's new releases pre-ordered on Amazon, as try as I might, I just can't wait!

My most recent KL buys...more coming soon on pre-order...

 

[ahollis]

My Feb order is still waiting for Love Letter to be in stock. LOL

 

[bujaki]

I placed my order on 23 April; received my shipping notice yesterday. I'm fine with that. I have a tremendous backlog, and my Kino order is huge as well.

 

[borisfw]

Very excited to see the Powell Paramount Vance films coming from KL. I hope they sell well so we get more releases like this in the future. Day one buy for me. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a commentary or two.

 

[Worth]

I'm in Canada and thus will pay $23 for shipping on this 11 Blu-ray order, which also includes a 'Dark Side of Noir' boxset. (KL no longer offers free shipping to Canada over $100 as they used to). Even with the added shipping costs and with currency conversion to the Canadian dollar, the KL sale prices are still saving me significant money per title over buying these back-catalogue titles on Amazon Canada. But for many years, I also have been paying premium prices for KL's new releases pre-ordered on Amazon, as try as I might, I just can't wait!

Better to buy directly from the Canadian distributor, Unobstructed View, than Amazon Canada.

Shop

unobstructedview.com

 

[Matt Hough]

I keep seeing these various Golan and Globus announcements and earnestly yearn to see Appointment with Death. Alas, not yet!

 

[Robert Crawford]

Below is taken from Kino's site. The sale concluded several days ago so I don't quite understand why Kino is still eleven days behind shipping product? Such an announcement makes me hesistant to purchase anything from them, not just those titles out-of-stock.

Order Support​

For commonly asked questions regarding orders, please refer to our FAQ page. If you need further assistance please fill out the support form below:

Service Announcement:

(May 16) Fulfillment center remains more than 11 business behind. Most orders look fine and to help us better process backlog we kindly ask that hold off from asking status of order so we can focus on processing your packages. You will receive a tracking id when the order is ready to be shipped.
Also note, we do not split orders if you ordered out-of-stock or pre-orders. Allow additional time for shipping.
KNOWN DELAYS (Currently On Order):

• Dogtooth (Blu-ray)
• Night Tide (Blu-ray)
• Dinosaurus (Blu-ray)
• The Long Goodbye (Blu-ray)

 

[RichMurphy]

Is Sony their new fulfillment center? You know Sony and Kino seem to be at odds.

 

[Paul Penna]

I'd still rather give them all my money for their product than split it with Amazon. I know I'll get the stuff, and a wait doesn't bother me. For this sale it was about three weeks between order and delivery.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

No idea what's going on w/ Kino's order processing, but FWIW, I received my shipment exactly a week ago (and approx 2 weeks after placing the order) even though I placed my order at the proverbial 11th hour, if not even probably technically, slightly late.

_Man_

 

[bujaki]

I received my order yesterday, placed on 23 April. It was a huge one!

 

[Carrie Beth]

I also placed an order during the last hours of Kino’s sale, and received that order on Tuesday. And the long-delayed order I’d placed on March 8th, which was held-up by the stock situation of Love Letters, is now in transit, with Saturday as the estimated delivery day.

 

[trajan007]

I would like to see Kino rerelease 1492 in 4k. It would look stupendous.

 

[Konstantinos]

I would like to see Kino rerelease 1492 in 4k. It would look stupendous.

Couldn't agree more!
And uncut please!

 

[mskaye]

No idea what's going on w/ Kino's order processing, but FWIW, I received my shipment exactly a week ago (and approx 2 weeks after placing the order) even though I placed my order at the proverbial 11th hour, if not even probably technically, slightly late.

_Man_

i got my copy of the 4k of THE LONGEST YARD direct from Kino in less than a week. BTW, it looks great!

 

[David Weicker]

Amazon just shipped my copy of The Longest Yard yesterday (Blu-ray) version

I attribute these delays to Kino changing their distribution process (new warehouse on top of a major sale). I fully expect these are a one-time (extended) hiccup.

I know things will be normal in a little while.

 

[Konstantinos]

Can anyone read spectograms? (I don't)
Apparently it is said, that the mono in the UHD of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, might be a downmix of the 5.1 and not a real original audio.
Here in the 2 pictures we see high frequencies cut off in the Kino (in comparison with the MGM), but I don't know what that means.
(use the arrows on your keyboard to toggle between the two screenshots)
https://slow.pics/c/b4C5JeWD