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No new deleted scenes correct? No Atmos. I already have the first us pressing.

Why buy it when you own the superior Kino 🤷‍♂️😂 Crazy guy, take a holiday

It's a nice 4k set of The Italian Job (great film too) but I like your 50th anniversary edition the most that's got some nice extra's with that definitely worth it.

If Sony had intended releasing the film in a cheaper, mainstream alternative, then i think they would have done so by now. Even though the 60th anniversary steelbook, is rather pricey, its hardly a ltd edition, as there are so many for sale, most with outrageous asking prices. Its becoming more affordable as well, and continues to be listed new for sale on Amazon, so i think the only ever release will be the steel book.

It's a sad frustration as a long term Star Wars fan and a physical media fan, that these are lovely well crafted releases for such terrible content. Id live to support these to encourage more physical sales. But they would just sit and rot, never to be watched. For anyone who enjoyed this series I hope you pick up a copy so more shows get a chance..But I can't justify the money on something 85% unwatchable, other maybe 25min of meh that was alright out of the whole show the rest was a joke. Poor Ewan and Hayden still have the chops and the right age to play these characters. I hope they get something worthwhile before the chance goes by like the OT cast who were each sadly wasted. It's a positive for physical media, but still sad times for Star Wars fans.

Do you remember how much it was? I’m in the US and we only get single format steels for these Disney shows. I’m curious if there is a price difference.

Weak cover

Hi Rich great unboxing can you confirm if it’s the same print as the kino or a new transfer ?

Thx bud for the great review 👍

I'm fine with the American 4K from Kino Lorber, that transfer is really good and I have a feeling the Paramount 4K transfer might be bad.

Thanks Richard! That was a very good series indeed!!

Nice set and a great Star Wars series but I'm not picking this up as too expensive I'll watch it on Disney + again instead.

Such a shame this didn't get better packaging in a proper case. I wish Second Sight or Arrow would release it with an encode by Fidelity in Motion.

Very helpful video, thank you!

Great laser disc how physical media has changed over the decades

Laserdisc in 2024...laughable!! 😆

Unfortunately, the audio is quite a bit more complicated than that. The LD is still my favorite version and a phenomenal transfer for the time, but both Burton films were brightened on home video releases throughout the years and took ages to be timed darker as the theatrical release prints were. 89 had several sound mixes: the 70 mm six track Dolby mix, the general release Dolby stereo matrix on 35 mm and mono for 16mm and broadcast. The laser disc and also the VHS seem to have been mastered directly from the Dolby stereo print master as they sound wonderful and unmanipulated with a particular warmer feeling low end that I have always adored. There was a plan to reissue all four Batman films as a final late release laser disc with AC3 5.1 upmixes for the Burton films, but those were canceled. Instead, we got the 1997 flipper disc early release DVDs, which took the place of those. They use the pre-existing laser disc masters except because they’re early DVDs have loads of early DVD problems and so the image is actually inferior to the LD version but they do feature a discrete 5.1 audio track in lossy ac3. For 89 this is basically a discrete version of what the laser disk and VHS had as 2.0 matrix. It sounds fantastic but the wide screen side of the disc for some reason remove the tiny section of Vicky, removing the piece of lint from her mouth and the ending sequence with the Joker. In 2005 when they prepared the special edition DVDs, new audio transfers were done and all of that wonderful warm cavernous low end was lost in the sound mix, which otherwise was still the original mix. This version of the audio was on the special edition DVD and also turned up on the Blu-ray release as the trueHD track in a higher quality codec. So for diehard fans of 89 any of the older releases are an absolute must because in my opinion, they not only better reflect the original audio presentation, but I do think they sound better. Due to the revisionist problems of the 4K master in picture and sound I always watch older versions and am usually watching the LD which is still my favorite. Just compare the opening title on the laser disc to the Blu-ray or the UHD and it is literally no contest. The LD wipes the floor with them.

Isn’t that snapper cut? I have the region 1 snapper

I have the US LD and the bat symbol is a lot larger on the cover. It’s a single disc jacket that has 2 discs inside which is the European style as US is usually gatefold. The US dvd is a flipper disc or a mini LD and has an edited widescreen version of the film that edits a Vicky scene with joker for some reason but the open matte side is unedited besides the 5.1 remix that sounds more accurate to the original stereo on LD & vhs than the BD & 4K have. The LD is very bright so you need to lower it more than most discs of the era. It’s a shame the new 4K is a new color grade that has that blue tint since the clarity is very good in that highest disc resolution

LD ❤

4K movies have not been available in my country for a few years. It must be related to the economic situation of the countries. geography is destiny. What they say must be true. Everyone lives this life according to their economic level. Even in the 80s, many countries abandoned betamax video cassettes and acquired VHS video cassette technology, but they also sold old technologies to other countries. To put it simply, it must be painful to be able to make these sentences for a movie. enjoy watching.

I ordered from Amazon and it did not include a poster etc - mislead, tricked, disgusted

Good film but I don't like that packaging prefer the amaray cases

Thought you were going to show the glow in the dark bit at the end

If I live in the USA how many days would it take for me to get physical media delivered from Arrow Video UK?

Have we got the French Language audio included if i buy this This UK version box? Please

I have long believed that the title logo for this film is one of the best uses of roman numerals of all-time.

Would be cool to see the entire hd dvd collection btw!

How does the hd dvd look more filmatic than blu ray in your opinion? Interesting format!

I’m sorry but it’s cringe watching you trying to put the slip back around the art cards. Why on earth don’t you just bin them???

SecondSight, Arrow and ViaVision do the best limited editions imo. I absolutely love em.

Why struggle with the art cards, just rip the slip off of it. Being a collector myself I just rip them off and bin them. Why on earth keep that silly piece of paper??? Will it be more valuable with it in tact lol. No doubt I won’t get a response. I’m not taking the p**s, I’m honestly curious.

This Saturday will be 40 years since it's theatrical release. June 1st, 1984. The steel-book looks awesome.

I absolutely LOVE these movies. I still have the DVD then got them on Blu-ray and double dipped that when the complete collection steelbook came out. I've got loads of Sharknado stuff like towels, posters, comics, yadda yadda. Is the 4k region free?

Thank you!!

had the limited edition artwork arrow exclusive

That's weird in the product details for the 4k on Arrows website it says "Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Hannah Gillingham" so why is the poster only one sided. I call false advertisement!

Man, you've wasted some money on buying multiple copies of films 😂😂

The J slips that come with these are just a waste. What are you supposed to do with them? Oh, right. Throw them in the trash.

I think there is reverse artwork on the case.

This set needs an all region abc version or an region a version🙏🏻.

Did you get the blade runner 2049 one?

It's a lovely 4k set of The Long Good Friday a classic British gangster film really great shame it wasn't a bigger set though. Love the other Blu-ray set you have that's really nice.

It's been ten years since Britain lost one of the country's finest actors, Bob Hoskins, who sadly died in 2014 aged 72.

I went for the Arrow Exclusive 4k set

Blu ray looks identical to previous releases. Same stuff with go faster stripes.

no poster!!!!???? you got stuffed!!!

I got the art and soul of Dune 2, I have to get this one also, thank you for the unboxing.🎉

Just clicked the link so don't yet know if we'll have the answer every HD-DVD enthusiast has, will it have disc rot"? This 1st season was fantastic, I still have my old region 2 sets that made the 1st season. Such a pity the show went off the rail's following the writers strike