Single Video Theory Reissue - Ten Club Exclusive Blu-ray

demetrios

Spiritual_Chaos said:

TW3766 said:

Why not make it available online, e.g. Apple+ or Netflix? I no longer have any devices to play the BluRay on...

Isn't it on nugs

It is on Nugs.net.

AV235224

I'll try asking once more: Blu-ray are usually region-coded (A for North America, B for Europe), but some are Region Free.
Any idea if this one is coded or not? I wouldn't want to buy something from a U.S.-based store and then not be able to see it on my European player. 

on2legs

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Spiritual_Chaos

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Many people have game consoles, do they not. 

(I have not though. Nor a BD-player. I think I might have my brother's old PlayStation 3 in my storage...)

pjl44

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes. They're not expensive and there are certain movies and concert videos I want hard copies of.

drfox

AV235224 said:

I'll try asking once more: Blu-ray are usually region-coded (A for North America, B for Europe), but some are Region Free.
Any idea if this one is coded or not? I wouldn't want to buy something from a U.S.-based store and then not be able to see it on my European player. 

I have asked this as well but had no response yet

drfox

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes. In my view Blu Rays are still great. It’s really the only way to have a permanent physical copy that you can watch at any time. You get the situation where streaming services just remove content from their platforms, making it impossible to watch a movie/programme (without finding an illegal download)

Spiritual_Chaos

drfox said:

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes. In my view Blu Rays are still great. It’s really the only way to have a permanent physical copy that you can watch at any time. You get the situation where streaming services just remove content from their platforms, making it impossible to watch a movie/programme (without finding an illegal download)

But streaming services own content doesn't exist on physical media (in 2023) to begin with..?

And most other stuff one can rent. 

But everyone collecting physical films is a friend of mine. 

Miau:

on2legs

pjl44 said:

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes. They're not expensive and there are certain movies and concert videos I want hard copies of.

Gotcha… I think I assumed that they didn’t make the players anymore but I checked online and I see they’re really pretty cheap like you said. 👍🏻

BostonGaarden

I'm probably asking the same question as "will it be in Dolby Atmos?", but will "uprezzing" (didn't know that was even a word) improve the sound quality?  Not spending $25+ for just a better pic.  Thanks

CROJAM95

BostonGaarden said:

I'm probably asking the same question as "will it be in Dolby Atmos?", but will "uprezzing" (didn't know that was even a word) improve the sound quality?  Not spending $25+ for just a better pic.  Thanks

$35 after shipping & tax.....I did order, but feel silly after most of the time

Zod

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Zod said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Lennon_Cobain said:

Uprezzed suggests to me that you'd likely get a similar picture quality by having your Blu-ray player upscale your DVD.  

Is the DVD even anamorphic? It was an early DVD release, being released in 98. So I imagine it is 4:3 letterboxed.

That makes this pretty "big" upgrade. 

Not big enough ofc. Because they should have gone back to the 16mm film elements @Santos L. Halper One shouldn't cheap out on these things.

The 1080p version that stream on vimeo wasn't anamorphic :(  It had the bars on the left and right because it was designed for vhs and 4:3 tv's, then it had bars at the top bottom, because it was widescreen.

Hopefully the bluray fixes that, and at least makes it anamorphic

Anamorphic isn't a factor post DVD. Bluray is natively a widescreen format.

So, going from a single-layered, non anamorphic DVD to a Bluray is a step up.

The interesting question, with the film being in 1.66 is if they allow it to be slightly pillar-boxed or if they will zoom the image and loose some of the top and bottom.

But it has to be stressed -- they should go back to camera negative (if available). And If I were in @Rubysdad and @Santos L. Halper shoes I would stop this at once, discard of these discs and demand that the job is done proper (if possible). Make whoever is responsible for this not cheap out on the jamily with the shortsightedness of ugly "upprezzing". 

I mean, that's technically true, but there's also nothing stopping them from encoding the black bars in the video file (like the HD streaming version of single video theory).  Fingers cross they do it right.  

Zod

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes.   I was a big fan of bluray when it was the best format.   For most of that era I was using gaming consoles to play the blurays.  Then a year and a half ago I went 4k, and the gaming consoles don't support all the HDR formats, so for the first time in 15 years I bought a standalone player that did.

I really built up my bluray collection, probably because when I started it, streaming wasn't that big yet.   I find my adoption rate for 4k blurays to be substantially less.  Probably because of how much they cost, and that for the first time I find that 4k streaming is pretty much good enough (unless it's from Canada's Crave service which is rubbish).    Basically I've been buying the odd new release on 4k bluray, and some of my favourite classics, but I doubt I'll mass a collection of them like I did bluray.  

I feel like optical media has it's followers, just like with music, vinyl has it's followers.   Vinyl isn't nearly as popular as when it peaked, and neither is optical media, but they both have diehard followings.

CarryTheZero

Any idea how long this will be available on the site?

Want to purchase, but have put out a lot of money this month due to vacation, car, and kid stuff.

BF25394

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes. There are probably more Americans with Blu-ray players than with turntables.

BF25394

Spiritual_Chaos said:

drfox said:

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes. In my view Blu Rays are still great. It’s really the only way to have a permanent physical copy that you can watch at any time. You get the situation where streaming services just remove content from their platforms, making it impossible to watch a movie/programme (without finding an illegal download)

But streaming services own content doesn't exist on physical media (in 2023) to begin with..?

And most other stuff one can rent. 

But everyone collecting physical films is a friend of mine. 

Miau:

Plenty of streaming content gets released on disc. I watched all of "Stranger Things" on DVDs, for example. Nearly all of the Oscar-nominated films produced by streamers have had physical releases (with a notable exception of the Best Picture-winning "CODA"). There are Criterion Collection Blu-ray releases of "The Power of the Dog," "Roma" and "The Irishman" (to name a few Netflix titles) and "Sound of Metal" (Amazon).

Lost In Ohio

pjl44 said:

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes. They're not expensive and there are certain movies and concert videos I want hard copies of.

Exactly.

Just because something is streaming doesn't necessarily mean it'll be there when I want to watch it.

You also have situations like the Michael Jackson Simpsons episode. I'm lucky enough to own that on DVD. Plus, I also own the 2004-era Star Wars DVDs that include the original (GOUT) editions of the movies.

on2legs

BF25394 said:

on2legs said:

Do people still have blu-ray players? 

Yes. There are probably more Americans with Blu-ray players than with turntables.

I used to buy my favorite movies on DVD in the 90s into the mid 2000s but never really watched them too much.  For some reason I prefer spontaneously stumbling across a movie favorite playing on tv to choosing one from the collection.  From there the only movies we bought on dvd were Disney movies when the kids were little because there was so much repeat viewing of those movies and streaming didn’t exist.  I completely bypassed a blu-Ray player when they came out for the same reasons and never really paid attention to the format especially when streaming became so ubiquitous.  Had no idea it was still a widespread thing.  👍🏻

demetrios

CarryTheZero said:

Any idea how long this will be available on the site?

Want to purchase, but have put out a lot of money this month due to vacation, car, and kid stuff.

It doesn't say limited edition so you should be fine, for a few days. 

kathynek

It most likely will look like the videos they posted recently on YouTube. Those don’t have the bars on the sides OR on top/bottom. I think those are also somewhere in our tenclub accounts. 

I also noticed there is a “digital” copy available at places like iTunes https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/pearl-jam-single-video-theory/umc.cmc.605tebxpkxnx4wrhedq6i727m