Good lord! I need this nowww
This was the first picture I ever saw of the movies before they came out.
Still looks magnificent!
Lord of the Rings trilogy releasing on 4K December 1
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This was the first picture I ever saw of the movies before they came out.
Still looks magnificent!
After seeing those images and reading that very detailed review, I'm so glad I kept my pre-order of the gift set on Amazon. Can't wait to rewatch again in a few weeks!
What will the ultimate edition have that this current edition doesn't? The behind the scenes stuff from the extended DVD sets?
Edit: This was answered a couple pages back...
Edit: This was answered a couple pages back...
The Xbox sadly doesn't support Dolby Vision for Blu-rays either, just for streaming (and later games). Maybe it will be updated next year, but no short term plans they said.
I hope that edge enhancement is an artifact of the image compression...
Good lord! I need this nowww
That's an off-screen shot taken with a phone so it probably won't look quite as saturated but it's still a giant difference, thank gawd.
Good lord! I need this nowww
Old theatrical master for comparison's sake:
I got a relatively cheap UHD player from LG that suppports Dolby Vision. That might be a solution ?
ps5 not supporting it sucks though. I don't have one but I was planning to get rid of my uhd player when i got one in the future
I ended up cancelling the Amazon gift set...
In lieu of the BestBuy steel cases. Figure I'll just nab The One Ring separate from somewhere when I feel like it. I'm so thankful that the green tint seems to be gone and it looks better to boot.
I'm absolutely gutted I missed the steelbook preorders when they went live ages ago
Can't find them anywhere in the UK now, can only get the standard 4k set!
Any tips?!
Can't find them anywhere in the UK now, can only get the standard 4k set!
Any tips?!
More impressive than next gen tbh
Good lord! I need this nowww
I definitely should not be spending $150 on the Trilogy gift set, but you're damn right that I will anyway
At this stage, it's eBay or nothing I think. They were a limited release, so all that were made have most probably been sold.
There may however be a similar steelbook release for the Ultimate edition. Something to keep an eye on.
Why can't the discs be ripped?
I've never ripped a 4K disc but I believe, due to the copy protection, each new release has a unique key that will need to be dumped before the ripping software can bypass it. It won't take long for someone to dump it but hardly anyone has these discs yet.
It would happen with regular Blu-rays every so often, but basically with every new disc now.
I bought the trilogy on iTunes a couple months ago when it was on sale, hopefully I get that 4K upgrade soon.
Target said they won't be delivering my box set till December 6th or so.
Target said they won't be delivering my box set till December 6th or so.
So I'd really like to watch these and other UHD discs in Dolby Vision but my only UHD player is a PS5.
Could someone recommend a decent UHD player that isn't too expensive that ideally supports both DV and HDR10+? I have an LG C9 TV if it matters.
Could someone recommend a decent UHD player that isn't too expensive that ideally supports both DV and HDR10+? I have an LG C9 TV if it matters.
I grabbed the Sony x700 player for ~200 CAD the other day. Tested it briefly and it seemed fine. It's pretty commonly recommended. Main downside is you have to manually turn dolby vision on and off in the player settings depending on the disc.
Monday 30th here in the UK.
Panasonic's players are really well regarded and the cheapest one (UB450) supports DV and HDR10+. I don't think your TV supports HDR10+, though.
I have the UB820 and it has really great dynamic tone mapping for static HDR (i.e. HDR10), which gives it DV/HDR10+ performance. But I'm not sure if the 450 supports it.
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Thanks very much. Looking into them now.
The only thing you'll be able to get out of that is overall detail. The phone camera will attempt to color-correct and white balance, which will utterly destroy any color grading, so it's worse than useless for judging color.EE Bluray screencap
Same shot, UHD phone pictured projection screen:
Yes, you can see where the phone has adjusted the white balance for her skin tone. Detail looks excellent, though.
Lol did you ask him?
Interesting I thought he'd have top of the line stuff.
To put it into perspective, a 4K movie on Netflix runs about 16Mb/sec total. Blu-ray allows up to 18Mb/sec for TrueHD audio alone, and even higher for some other formats.
This is why I'm always happy to buy movies like this on disc.
Damn. I was going to hold off and wait for the ultimate set, but this makes it hard. I've bought these movies so many times lol...
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I won't have a 4K TV (and possibly not a PS5) until the ultimate set releases so there's no hurry, but I am so getting these. I can watch these movies over and over.
And the additional extras will be worth it, pretty much whatever they are. The extra disc that was on one of the earlier editions was basically just raw random footage of random stuff happening in the production, and they were worth it.
And the additional extras will be worth it, pretty much whatever they are. The extra disc that was on one of the earlier editions was basically just raw random footage of random stuff happening in the production, and they were worth it.
Fuuuuuuuuck this sounds like the dream transfer we were all hoping it would be. I'm so relieved. The wait for the ultimate editions or whatever they're calling it is gonna suck, but I won't be picking up a 4k TV until next spring anyway so that softens the blow a little.
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Oh nice, it's still available somewhere! I havent been following this release so much. Is there any difference if i buy it from amazon spain? I just saw that the paper on the steelbook is in spanish, but what about everything else?
UHD is region free, so apart from the packaging been in a different language, it'll be fine.
Yoooo this looks great. Gonna have to copEE Bluray screencap
Same shot, UHD phone pictured projection screen:
I'd keep an eye on High Def Digest. They almost certainly will.
Based on what I've seen here and Atmos,I'm 99% buying this. Would prefer reading something first though.
Wait, is there some reason watching UHD on PS5 is not as good?