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
TaySan said:
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Sony announces that it will officially end production of recordable Blu-ray discs in February

Could this be the final nail in the coffin?
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Another nail in the physical media coffin
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Or maybe it just means that with solid state storage getting so big and more affordable, there's no point in burning your data onto stacks of blu ray discs anymore?

Those recordable drives and discs are not the same thing as what is used for 4K movies and games from what I understand.
 
Grinchy said:
Or maybe it just means that with solid state storage getting so big and more affordable, there's no point in burning your data onto stacks of blu ray discs anymore?

Those recordable drives and discs are not the same thing as what is used for 4K movies and games from what I understand.
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It also said Blu Ray disk media too. And I said another nail not the final nail
 
TaySan said:
It also said Blu Ray disk media too. And I said another nail not the final nail
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You're under the impression that in a week, you can no longer buy physical PS5 games or movies anymore because the production has stopped?
 
TaySan said:
I'm under the impression that you're mentally handicapped
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Blu ray games for PS5 and 4K movies will be produced for years to come. They are no longer going to produce recordable media because no one uses that shit anymore.

I know you read a headline on one of your forums and you got all worked up about it, but keep it in your pants, Tay!
 
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According to my porch camera it looks like my copy of Hokuriku Proxy War (1977) was delivered!!!

Been waiting on this release. I pre ordered back in October. A Fukasaku classic, so glad it got a modern release-release.

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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...
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Edit: Watched it tonight. Fuck is it a fun one. Such a tight Fukasaku production. Shit tons of subterfuge, but with repeated grounding of the gravitas due to the setting. Outside the Battles Without Honor series it really might be one of my favorites of his work.
 
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Actually slowing down here finally

After snagging Panic Room and Social Network... ive got a couple Vinegar Syndrome favorites headed my way, Gladiator 2, Anora, 964 Pinnochio...

But thats it. Those are all pretty spread out also. The second i realized id gathered about 500 individual SKUs... i knew i had to chill for a sec
 
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teezzy said:
Actually slowing down here finally

After snagging Panic Room and Social Network... ive got a couple Vinegar Syndrome favorites headed my way, Gladiator 2, Anora, 964 Pinnochio...

But thats it. Those are all pretty spread out also. The second i realized id gathered about 500 individual SKUs... i knew i had to chill for a sec
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How'd you get Social Network?!
 
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Ironically enough this is almost verbatim part of an argument I overheard my wife having with her younger sister last year, when we were first moving stuff to our new house, and the sister asked if we were taking the 'useless old DVD's' to a charity shop.
 
Stilton Disco said:
Ironically enough this is almost verbatim part of an argument I overheard my wife having with her younger sister last year, when we were first moving stuff to our new house, and the sister asked if we were taking the 'useless old DVD's' to a charity shop.
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I inherited quite a few from family members that way. Every season of The Office, Scrubs, and Futurama for free?! Sure!

They looked at me like i was insane for sparing them
 
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teezzy said:
I inherited quite a few from family members that way. Every season of The Office, Scrubs, and Futurama for free?! Sure!

They looked at me like i was insane for sparing them
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Aye, we have a load of old rare and long out of print British TV shows and movies that way, stuff that isn't and likely never will be on any streaming service, and is not going to get rerun on terrestrial TV outside of the early hours of the morning on BBC4 for a special 'season of 60's period drama's' of something.
 
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Picked up three new ones.

Watership Down & Rashomon (Criterion Collection)
The Last Unicorn (Steelbook with 4k and BR)
 
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And muthafukin' BANG!



June 24, 2025 John Woo's HARD BOILED in 4K (starring Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai).
June 24, 2025 Ringo Lam's CITY ON FIRE in 4K (starring Chow Yun-Fat, Sun Yueh, Danny Lee).
July 8, 2025 John Woo's A BETTER TOMORROW in 4K (starring Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat),
A BETTER TOMORROW IIi n 4K (starring Leslie Cheung, Chow Yun-Fat)
A BETTER TOMORROW III in 4K (starring Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Ka-fai)
July 22, 2025 Tsui Hark's PEKING OPERA BLUES in 4K (starring Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung).
July 22, 2025 John Woo's THE KILLER in 4K (starring Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee).
August 5, 2025 Tony Ching's A CHINESE GHOST STORY (starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang),
A CHINESE GHOST STORY II(starring Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang),
and A CHINESE GHOST STORY III (starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Joey Wang).
August 19, 2025 John Woo's BULLET IN THE HEAD in 4K (starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai).
 
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Since having my little girl to think about, I've started making more of an effort to get things I want her to watch, as well as stuff for me.

It's kind of depressing how many classics are out of print already. I'm trying to find a decently priced blu ray set of The Prisoner, and having no luck.

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Stilton Disco said:
Since having my little girl to think about, I've started making more of an effort to get things I want her to watch, as well as stuff for me.

It's kind of depressing how many classics are out of print already. I'm trying to find a decently priced blu ray set of The Prisoner, and having no luck.

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She's going to love Nosferatu and Dog Soliders! 😇
 
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Neil Marshall used to live on my road. I love his movies, wish he would make another dark/horror movie. (I had no idea it was him until my Mrs pointed him out multiple times)

Dog Soldiers is a top of the pack werewolf movie for me.
 
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Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2 are coming to 4K.

The first movie is called Crocodile Dundee: The Encore Cut, and allegedly they've cut about 3 minutes from the film. This scene is gone:

 
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