Do you collect 4k UHDs? I'd like to discuss the current state of the medium in 2024

Thread: Do you collect 4k UHDs? I'd like to discuss the current state of the medium in 2024
The Criterion Collection November 4K releases have been announced.

Paper Moon
Scarface (1932)
Godzilla (1954)
Seven Samurai
The Shape of Water
Funny Girl
Demon Pond

Paper Moon is one I will definitely be getting. Maybe Scarface, Godzilla and Seven Samurai as well.
 
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Convoy 4k!

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Special Features and Technical Specs:
  • BRAND NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
  • NEW Interview with Franklyn Ajaye
  • NEW Audio Commentary by filmmaker/ Peckinpah scholar Mike Siegel (German & English)
  • NEW Video Essay: The Lost Convoy
  • NEW The Duck Trucks
  • NEW Promoting Convoy: animated gallery of international posters and lobby cards
  • NEW Convoy colour stills: 120 rare colour photos
  • NEW Filming Convoy pt 1: White Sands & the Truck stop: 100 rare bts photos
  • NEWFilming Convoy pt 2: The Trucks are rolling: 100 rare bts photos
  • NEW Filming Convoy pt 3: Showdown in Alvarez: 100 rare bts photos
  • NEW Original trailer
  • Audio commentary by film historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman
  • Passion & Poetry – Sam's Trucker Movie
  • U.S. TV Spot
  • U.S. Radio Spots x 4
  • Three Lost Scenes
  • Injokes, Friends & Cameos
  • Trucker Notes from Norway
  • Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

 
I am hopefully going to finally get to watch the Gamera Heisie trilogy I picked up a few months ago from Arrow Video.

Never seen them before, but hear they are pretty good. My father in law and I love watching kaiju films and usually stay with Showa era Godzillas, but I figured we would give these a try.
 
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My latest haul:

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I'm really excited for that upcoming Gummo 4k from Criterion Collection as well. A top 5 film for me, easily. Cant believe they dropped that and Happiness this year as both were stuck on DVD indefinitely.

My collection is at over 500 titles now. It's beautiful
 
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Simply because of the way my lifestyle is anymore, I end up watching very few movies on the TV at home, and watch most on my PC monitor or laptop. I know it's blasphemy for many, but it's just easier for me that way. Sitting in front of a tv and being stuck there for a full movie is like a special occasion thing for me anymore. So 4K blu-rays I only buy them for my absolute favs, all the other films I buy are usually digital or streamed.

My most recent UHD disc purchase was Mutant Mayhem. The steelbook is quite cool.

I'm also very much looking forward to the UHD release of TMNT 1990 as they recently started dropping hints that they are indeed working on it. Have to have that one on the shelf.
 
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Zulith said:
Simply because of the way my lifestyle is anymore, I end up watching very few movies on the TV at home, and watch most on my PC monitor or laptop. I know it's blasphemy for many, but it's just easier for me that way. Sitting in front of a tv and being stuck there for a full movie is like a special occasion thing for me anymore. So 4K blu-rays I only buy them for my absolute favs, all the other films I buy are usually digital or streamed.

My most recent UHD disc purchase was Mutant Mayhem. The steelbook is quite cool.

I'm also very much looking forward to the UHD release of TMNT 1990 as they recently started dropping hints that they are indeed working on it. Have to have that one on the shelf.
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What kind of PC monitor do you have? I find that watching movies on PC is actually quite a good experience, even with just my LCD PC monitor. I find the closer viewing distance makes the image pop more.
 
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What kind of PC monitor do you have? I find that watching movies on PC is actually quite a good experience, even with just my LCD PC monitor. I find the closer viewing distance makes the image pop more.
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My current setup has two. One QD OLED which I use mostly for gaming or video, and one IPS that I use for productivity and browsing, generally speaking.

QD OLED AORUS FO32U2 Pro 4K UHD 240HZ freesync premium pro gaming monitor
INNOCN 160hz 4K IPS HDR1000 as my other one

While my oled monitor's specs exceed the requirements for dolby vision it's sadly not capable of it for software reasons, though I'm hoping they might update the firmware for that at some point. It's a pretty new monitor so it's possible. But heck even without dolby vision, anything I watch on this thing looks epic.

Oh, and when I do want to watch UHD discs, I have a firmware unlocked external 4k blu-ray drive. Was an excellent purchase.
 
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Something else to get.

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Please be a better release than the shitty DVD I have. This film is magical and deserves a proper physical release. I actually wore out my VHS copy as a kid.


Also just preordered Hokuriku Proxy War from Radiance. Such a cool yakuza film by Kinji Fukasaku. Trades the suits of the major metros for the coats of a sleepy snow covered village.

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Hokuriku Proxy War (LE)

Hokuriku Proxy War Loose-cannon gangster Kawada rebels when his two-timing boss forms an alliance with a major crime syndicate. The syndicate’s main rivals see Kawada as their perfect proxy, but his furious temper quickly rubs them the wrong way, leaving Kawada to face overwhelming forces...
www.radiancefilms.co.uk
 
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Arkam said:
Please be a better release than the shitty DVD I have. This film is magical and deserves a proper physical release. I actually wore out my VHS copy as a kid.
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Bro its a 4k uhd... its gonna smoke your DVD even if its an HDR'd disaster
 
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teezzy said:
Vinegar Syndrome black friday sale just smoked me. I definitely indulged 😆
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Would you say you have more 4K blurays than regular blurays by now? I think it was a lot more fun upgrading to bluray when they had lots of them in stores, and regular sales.
 
teezzy said:
Lol. Always loved movies. Even went to film school when i was younger

Ive got a 77" OLED with a Panasonic UB820 in my backroom with 5.1 surround and i legit feel like its a superior experience to going to a theater at this point
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What speakers do you have?
 
teezzy said:
Lol. Always loved movies. Even went to film school when i was younger

Ive got a 77" OLED with a Panasonic UB820 in my backroom with 5.1 surround and i legit feel like its a superior experience to going to a theater at this point
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It 100% is.

I spent my youth loading up on DVDs, and then I spent my adulthood loading up on Blu Rays. Then I went digital because I was tired of collecting formats that get outdated.

Now I buy Laserdiscs because I'm a retarded faggot.
 
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Goatmilk said:
It 100% is.

I spent my youth loading up on DVDs, and then I spent my adulthood loading up on Blu Rays. Then I went digital because I was tired of collecting formats that get outdated.

Now I buy Laserdiscs because I'm a retarded faggot.
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That's why I like buying physical still. You get digital and a physical copy you actually own.
 
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That's why I like buying physical still. You get digital and a physical copy you actually own.
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Yeah I like physical too. I made the switch to digital about…13 years ago. The convenience factor is so big. DVDs are a huge drag, Blu rays are only a little better. Never seen a 4K Blu in person but I imagine the process of turning on is similar to BR.

Streaming is so quick.

I have like 700 movies digitally now.

When the servers die and Apple is gone - I'll be fully fucked.
 
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Goatmilk said:
Yeah I like physical too. I made the switch to digital about…13 years ago. The convenience factor is so big. DVDs are a huge drag, Blu rays are only a little better. Never seen a 4K Blu in person but I imagine the process of turning on is similar to BR.

Streaming is so quick.

I have like 700 movies digitally now.

When the servers die and Apple is gone - I'll be fully fucked.
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The bitrate of a 4k UHD surpasses that of 4k streaming, which often resembles an upscaled bluray.

Combine that image quality with Dolby Vision or HDR10 and a large OLED television... and the result can be unreal (dependent on the 4k master tbf)

I too collected DVDs and sold them all, collected Blurays and sold them all, but 4k UHD is destined to be the final physical media format. Its a very niche hobby at this point and its a shame

My next goalpost is going to be diving into the world of Dolby Atmos. But thats 2025 or the year after.

Didnt intend to become as infatuated with all this as I have, but once you have the gear, start importing titles (4k is region free), preordering limited editions, etc... its very exciting. Theres a definite sense of FOMO too which escalates things
 
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I feel like a 4K bluray collection is the sweet spot. You're not really converting old film to anything better than that and newer movies supposedly don't even bother using actual 4K footage since they have to send the video around to VFX teams and shit and it's too big to keep proper.

Maybe that has changed, but I remember some VFX person saying that even huge Marvel superhero movies aren't "made at 4K" but instead are more realistically a 2K source and later upscaled for a $30 4K bluray release. So to me, this is as good as it's gonna get until 8K is a standard and the history of movies don't seem to be genuinely benefitting from 8K so who gives a fuck.
 
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teezzy said:
The bitrate of a 4k UHD surpasses that of 4k streaming, which often resembles an upscaled bluray.

Combine that image quality with Dolby Vision or HDR10 and a large OLED television... and the result can be unreal (dependent on the 4k master tbf)

I too collected DVDs and sold them all, collected Blurays and sold them all, but 4k UHD is destined to be the final physical media format. Its a very niche hobby at this point and its a shame

My next goalpost is going to be diving into the world of Dolby Atmos. But thats 2025 or the year after.

Didnt intend to become as infatuated with all this as I have, but once you have the gear, start importing titles (4k is region free), preordering limited editions, etc... its very exciting. Theres a definite sense of FOMO too which escalates things
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Yeah I'm sure it's great! One day I'll get one to fuck around but BR already looks amazing. Streaming looks great too.

I recently rebuilt my basement and did Atmos. It's pretty sick.
 
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I would buy more 4K blu rays but they are just above the impulse buy territory for me. Only for movies I truly love will get that treatment
 
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