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  • ShakenNotStirredShakenNotStirred San Monique
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    Kinda weird that the official 007 website, social media, YouTube etc. has no promotion for this set at all.
  • RyanRyan Canada
    edited June 11 Posts: 738
    Amazon Canada has updated to "we don't know if or when this item will be back in stock."

    Perhaps I'll end up just ordering the standard set. I'll give it to the end of the month with the apparent June 30th date the Official Store is promising.
  • RyanRyan Canada
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    Update: Amazon Canada is shipping June 26th. Phew.
  • ZekidkZekidk
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    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    TommyOB007 wrote: »
    mtm wrote: »
    The improvements in Thunderball are looking much greater than the others so far to me:


    I'll admit that I perhaps don't know the most about 4Ks but is it not looking like there is a strong teal color grade to the original image? That actually has me worried because despite it's flaws, I think Thunderball is one of the best looking Bonds for it's rich blues.

    At this point I don't know which is the good version.

    :))

    The sky in TB also looks greenish on both my OLED laptop and HDR projector. I don't know what's up with this release. I have so many BD's and UHD's in my collection and I think it's the only one where I choose the BD or Itunes version over the UHD.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    I don’t know about your set, but mine shows a more blue-green. I sampled THUNDERBALL on DolbyVision. It looks a lot more natural than the blu-ray which had unnatural skin tones.
  • ZekidkZekidk
    Posts: 3,313
    There's no green at all in the sky, and that is now how I remember it, so I'll stick to the Itunes version, which is marginally better (less red) than the BD.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    edited June 12 Posts: 8,757
    You do you. I gotta say your screencaps were way off. It’s no where near that dark and greenish. I dunno what you need to do to properly calibrate your caps, but they’re pretty bad.
  • ZekidkZekidk
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    Fair enough that you think that this is an example of a bad calibration:
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    FYI: TB is the only one of the six I have issues with.

  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    The only calibration that needs is the removal of clothing.
  • ZekidkZekidk
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    That as kind of touché, I didn't see coming :-)
  • RyanRyan Canada
    Posts: 738
    Calibrated. Positively calibrated.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    The only calibration that needs is the removal of clothing.

    That's not very PC, but I agree.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
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    DVDbeaver comparing the new FRWL 4K with past home media.

    http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film12/blu-ray_review_170/from_russia_with_love_4K_UHD.htm
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
    Posts: 753
    chrisisall wrote: »
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    The only calibration that needs is the removal of clothing.

    That's not very PC, but I agree.

    Can we remove Jill St John. She's awful, and her husband probably whacked Plenty O' Toole's sister, with Max Zorin
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,544
    MakeshiftPython wrote: »
    DVDbeaver comparing the new FRWL 4K with past home media.

    http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film12/blu-ray_review_170/from_russia_with_love_4K_UHD.htm

    Beautiful
  • HitchBondUSAHitchBondUSA USA
    Posts: 265
    I've heard some discs freeze
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,757
    Hadn’t happened to mine.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    edited June 23 Posts: 12,794
    HitchBondUSA wrote: »
    I've heard some discs freeze

    I’m not an expert on the matter, but my first guess about this is that it’s more of a player issue than disc problem. At least in most cases I’ve read about, it’s the player and not the disc, at least concerning full-on freezes. That being said, you always want to make sure your discs are completely clean / free of dust and everything, because I put in a 4K disc not super long ago that played super slowly for a minute, took it out to wipe it with a microfiber cloth, and then it played completely normally.
  • MakeshiftPythonMakeshiftPython “Baja?!”
    Posts: 8,757
    FoxRox wrote: »
    HitchBondUSA wrote: »
    I've heard some discs freeze

    I’m not an expert on the matter, but my first guess about this is that it’s more of a player issue than disc problem. At least in most cases I’ve read about, it’s the player and not the disc, at least concerning full-on freezes. That being said, you always want to make sure your discs are completely clean / free of dust and everything, because I put in a 4K disc not super long ago that played super slowly for a minute, took it out to wipe it with a microfiber cloth, and then it played completely normally.

    I think you’re referring to the issue of certain players having difficulty playing triple layered discs. I once experienced that issue years ago trying to play LOTR.
  • RyanRyan Canada
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    While the Xbox Series X is far from the best 4K player, interestingly I've never had a single issue with a 4K disc - even some of the ones that are known to have trouble on certain players.

    I do intend to get a standalone player at some point though. While the console itself supports Dolby Vision, the Blu-ray app does not. I'm fine with HDR10, but I do want to take full advantage of the format when possible.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    My bog standard edition has turned up :)
  • SomethingThatAteHimSomethingThatAteHim
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    Ryan wrote: »
    While the Xbox Series X is far from the best 4K player, interestingly I've never had a single issue with a 4K disc - even some of the ones that are known to have trouble on certain players.

    I do intend to get a standalone player at some point though. While the console itself supports Dolby Vision, the Blu-ray app does not. I'm fine with HDR10, but I do want to take full advantage of the format when possible.

    I’ve had the same experience using PS5 as my 4k player. You’d think an expensive dedicated player would be the most reliable way of watching discs but unfortunately they seem to have not worked out some critical kinks. I wonder if it’s because the Xbox and PlayStation have superior lasers for reading dual layer discs, whereas 4k players weren’t optimized for that and so they get tripped up by those extra beefy discs.
  • RyanRyan Canada
    Posts: 738
    SomethingThatAteHim wrote: »
    Ryan wrote: »
    While the Xbox Series X is far from the best 4K player, interestingly I've never had a single issue with a 4K disc - even some of the ones that are known to have trouble on certain players.

    I do intend to get a standalone player at some point though. While the console itself supports Dolby Vision, the Blu-ray app does not. I'm fine with HDR10, but I do want to take full advantage of the format when possible.

    I’ve had the same experience using PS5 as my 4k player. You’d think an expensive dedicated player would be the most reliable way of watching discs but unfortunately they seem to have not worked out some critical kinks. I wonder if it’s because the Xbox and PlayStation have superior lasers for reading dual layer discs, whereas 4k players weren’t optimized for that and so they get tripped up by those extra beefy discs.

    That could very well be true. The Xbox also seems to spin the discs quite fast to read them (resulting in the console being noticeably louder than a standard Blu-ray or video game), so perhaps the optimization of the format itself hasn't quite been cracked yet. I'm just glad I personally haven't run into any compatibility issues.

    Going to marathon the Bond films this coming weekend!
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    Had to pop Thunderball on: it looks gorgeous. When it gets to Nassau you can really feel the heat of the sunshine thanks to that lovely HDR (probably helps it's 34°C in London!).
    But it also looks like an old film, not trying to be anything it's not. Love it.
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