Okay, it is settled. Bruce is buying this and we'll all check it out at his place. We need to bring snacks though.
007 Sean Connery 4K 6-Film Collection
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I am keeping these to myself, if you arrive at my house to watch a movie, I will make you watch Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
I can see the Geneva Convention being an issue here.
The mere suggestion makes me shiver.
Received the non-steelbook disks today. Packaging says 4K and Dolby Vision and Atmos for all. Will be interesting to see how good a job they did.
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I just received the steelbook boxset, the whole thing is just incredible looking, well worth the $40 more than the slipcase edition.
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I came from owning a full blown theater in my last house. Decided not to bother with all the pre-wiring for all that in my living room when I had this house built. I currently run an 11.1.4 Samsung soundbar that fits my needs and wants perfectly. I can definitely hear the difference when Atmos is active.
I know I am not representative of most consumers but there are a few of us out here.
I have a 5.2 system in my home. I would upgrade it if I both the time and money, but sadly, I'm short on both...
Still, it does a fine job!
Still, it does a fine job!
Watched Dr. No tonight. Video and audio were just ok IMO. I guess there is only so much to be done with 1962 source material.
In a few years our steelbook boxsets will be worth a lot more seeing how only 15,300 were made with certificates of authenticity. My video collection has many Twilight Time titles that are limited editions of 3000 units. They command a hefty price in today's market.
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Except, read this review, which gave it a A for video.
Dr. No was shot by cinematographer Ted Moore (A Man for All Seasons, Goldfinger, Clash of the Titans) on 35 mm film (specifically Eastman 50T 5250) using Mitchell BNC cameras with spherical lenses. It was finished photochemically with an intended aspect ratio of 1.75:1, though it was exhibited theatrically in the UK framed at 1.66 and in the US at 1.85. For its first ever disc release on Ultra HD, MGM commissioned a new 4K scan of the original camera negatives (I've confirmed this with WBDHE—the work was apparently done in 2024). Extensive digital remastering was completed as well and the image was graded for high dynamic range (compatible with both Dolby Vision and HDR10). The film is persented here at the originally intended ratio of 1.75 and it's been encoded for maximum data rates on a 100GB disc. (The video rate alone averages around 70 Mbps with peaks of over 100 Mbps.)
The result is a very lovely, natural looking, and highly cinematic image. There's a ton of detail, but it's far more subtle looking that it appeared in the old Lowry Digital remaster (both on the MGM/20th Century Fox Blu-ray and the more recent 4K Digital version available via streaming), which suggests that the Lowry process involved a tremendous amount of artificial sharpening.
The Digital Bits – 007: Sean Connery 6-Film Collection (4K Ultra HD Review)
MGM’s new 007: Sean Connery 6-Film Collection features all of the official James Bond films starring the legendary Sean Connery—Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, and Diamonds Are Forever—in newly-remastered 4K Ultra HD presentations. Note that the set...
What the pundits credit the process with and what klang notes seem to be two decidedly different results.
I recall several disappointments with highly touted transfers.
