Just pre ordered this also

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Unexpectedly received some money a couple of days back so I decided to bite the bullet and buy a 4K UHD blu-ray player.

Cost 184 pounds for the well reviewed Sony UBP X700 (from PC World) and I also picked up a UHD boxset of Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy from Argos (the 2nd and 3rd films look pretty amazing).

Selling my old 4K upscaling blu-ray player to Cex today along with some unwanted bds. That will pretty much cover the other four UHD discs that I've ordered (Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, and Ghostbusters 1 and 2).

I used to say that upscaled 1080p was good enough for me but after finally seeing UHD for myself, I've very much had a change of heart. :)

Arrived from 101 films

$13 from JB:

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I have the DVD, but am not overly fond of it, and (after Macra blew the doors off and removed my purist objections forever lol) I'm just interested to see if I'll find the colour version any more palatable...

And arrived:

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Got back home last night from a week in London attending Frightfest to a bundle of parcels plus a few pick ups whilst away from Cex, Fopp and the Fab Press stall.

I did get a copy of the oop Arrow Dawn of the Dead bluray in my goodie bag which i sold on and funded my shopping spree in Fopp where i bought Shazam and US 4K UHD's along with the Third Window blurays, Sleepers and House That Jack Built.

I managed to get the Prince of Darkness 4 disc set for £15 from Music Magpie as well as the 4 disc Escape from New York for the same price a few days later but just awaiting delivery.

Blade Runner 2049 4K UHD arrived today.

I've got to be honest, since my new Sony UBP X700 player is so impressive at upscaling 1080p, it's very difficult to see much difference between 2049 being upscaled or playing in pure 2160p (on a 65 inch screen).

This has taught me an important lesson. If a 1080p bd already looks pretty amazing, don't automatically assume that a 2160p version will be a significant improvement.

I was also gonna order a Mad Max Fury Road UHD but having looked at the (outstanding) regular blu-ray being upscaled, I'm not certain that I would personally notice a difference.

My Dark Knight trilogy UHD's are a noticeable upgrade. Blade Runner 2049 - not so much!! Just shows that you have to be careful when deciding what to upgrade. :)

btw A while back, a friend on Facebook was blown away by the Predator UHD but said that he couldn't notice a difference on Die Hard. Which should have also warned me that you shouldn't bother to upgrade certain 1080p discs. :)

Am hoping I have better luck with the other 3 UHD's that are en-route.

I thought the Blade Runner 2049 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray produced a much better picture because of the detail and colours. It was shot at 3.4K and theatrically screened at 4K, so it has been downscaled for the standard Blu-ray.

I compared them and thought the standard Blu-ray Disc had a really impressive picture, but the colours don't seem as rich or the fine detail as clear as on its 4K counterpart. It isn't a 4K release which has the same visual 'wow' factor as Guardians of the Galaxy 2, John Wick, Planet Earth II or the first Blade Runner as they are demo discs but, in terms of the blacks, clarity, and detail, it's one I'm glad I have on 4K Ultra HD.

Arrived today.

Perhaps I'm being way too harsh. I should also say that I haven't yet watched any of my UHD discs in their entirety - I've just looked at snippets. Thursday this week is my wife and I's next shared day off so we'll properly get to watch one. Probably Batman Begins as I would first like to watch my en-route Blade Runner UHD before rewatching Blade Runner 2049.

A 4K UHD of the first Ghostbusters film arrived today.

My wife and I just finished watching it - our first choice as we both love the film. It's a big upgrade over the 4K mastered blu-ray version and (after I felt a bit disappointed with the upgrade of Blade Runner 2049) has re-affirmed my appreciation of this latest format.

I thought it looked pretty amazing. Obviously there's only so much you can do with the source material but there were huge improvements when watching in pure 2160p with hdr. The colours and visual effects look incredibly better (especially the library ghost and the proton pack streams).

It was nice to appreciate numerous improved moments. Examples are how Egon's headworn flashlight is genuinely blinding in hdr or noticing the improved colour and fuzziness detail of Venkman's jumper when Ray brings the car to the Ghostbusters HQ. In short, Ghostbusters 1 is a sizeable upgrade in 4K format.

Very happy with my purchase. Surely the best I've seen the film since being ten years old. :)

Watching the extras on the scream factory Critters set, very good stuff!

Arrived:

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The slipcovers are awesome. :lol:

That takes me back, I had Roxanne on VHS and it looked just like that :D

New arrivals

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This just turned up from WowHD, it was £11.00 in their Paramount sale earlier this month.

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Pick ups from the charity shops yesterday costing just under £2 for the lot and Escape From New York arrived from Music Magpie.

New arrivals

Charity shop

'The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection' - 4 dvds - 124 cartoons - 13 hours runtime - £0.50p

Arrived today

Today's from HMV

Today's deliveries

I picked up Avengers: Endgame myself in Morrisons on the way to work, looking forward to watching it again!

Went to Cex and swapped a computer game for a mint condition 4K UHD of Sam Raimi's Spiderman 2. Had a sneak peek and PQ is amazing (no pun intended). :) Out of the ten 4K's that I've bought so far, this might be the best looking one. Highly recommended.

Also used staff discount and nectar points on a 4K UHD of Endgame from Sainsburys. My wife and I will watch Endgame this afternoon. We haven't seen it yet but unfortunately we have read quite a few spoilers (thanks internet!).

Those spoilers were pretty much impossible to avoid, I even encountered some in a random Star Wars thread.

Forgot to post this, which also arrived today.

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Delivered, also preordered Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on amazon
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Is it one of those book style cases with the hardcover and pages inside? I think I read it's the 'same disc' as the older release so I probably wont buy it again, but it does look nice :)

It is

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A double dip but it has a lot of nostalgia value, I was 9 or 10 when this came out and I loved it. I watched the older Second Sight disc a couple of years ago and I still loved it.

Sorry to all of those who have recently bought it at full price, there was a limited stock on Amazon for £15 yesterday, I snapped one up!

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I have happy childhood memories of being taken to see that by my parents whilst on holiday in Scarborough, and it is a film that I still enjoy today.

From last week up until today!

Three from the Powerhouse sale that finally appeared today, and Endgame fresh from Sainsburys a few hours ago.

Interesting to see standard Blu-ray editions of Second Sight's Flight of the Navigator and In Bruges in Sainsburys a few days ago, now gone.

HMV clearance sale

^ Complete Munsters £9.99. Nice one. I'll head off to HMV then. :nod:

Arrived:

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These three from cex
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This weeks deliveries so far.

Some i forgot i ordered this Italian Monster Movie Action

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