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Drucker wrote:The basis of the restoration was done in 2014, was there even HDR at that time?

It was, but this restoration just wasn't done in this workflow and it would have cost way more time money and resources to go back upwards in the workflow and redo stuff in HDR.
Though I guess they might have been able to add a later HDR pass, like Sony did with some of their restorations.

cdnchris wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:15 am

flyonthewall2983 wrote:Rather snarkily so, I might add.

I mean, are you all that surprised?

Not whatsoever

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Avalanche (1978) (BD) (DVD still available)

captveg wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:06 pm More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Avalanche (1978) (BD) (DVD still available)

One of the worst films I’ve ever seen. An OOP title that won’t be missed!

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:32 pm

captveg wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:06 pm More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Avalanche (1978) (BD) (DVD still available)

One of the worst films I’ve ever seen. An OOP title that won’t be missed!

As it was included as an episode in Season 11 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, you are very much correct with your assertion!

captveg wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 6:06 pm More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Avalanche (1978) (BD) (DVD still available)

This calls for a celebration!

More titles added to While Supplies Last sale:

Adios, Sabata
Avanti
Biggles: Adventures in Time
The Birthday Party
Blame It on Rio
The Blue Racer
The Burning Bed (Blu-ray Only)
Celtic Pride
Charly
City of Industry
Clambake
Deranged
F/X
Frankie and Johnny
The Holcroft Covenant
The Indian Fighter
The Indian Runner
The Monster That Challenged the World
Nightkill
Not as a Stranger
Original Gangstas
Platoon Leader / Soldier Boyz (Michael Dudikoff Double Feature)
The Return of Sabata
The Satan Bug
Savage Weekend
Sinbad of the Seven Seas
Spellbinder
Stone Cold Dead
Tales of Terror
Trapeze
Twice Told Tales
The Way West
The Whales of August
The Wilby Conspiracy
Yongary, Monster from the Deep

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

At the Earth's Core (1976) (DVD) (BD also OOP)
Avalanche (1978) (DVD) (BD also OOP)
Avenging Force (1986) (DVD) (BD still available)
Bank Shot (1974) (DVD) (BD still available)
Blown Away (1994) (BD) (DVD still available)
Chamber of Horrors (1940) (DVD) (BD still available)
D.O.A. (1988) (DVD) (BD still available)
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) (DVD) (BD still available)
F.I.S.T. (1978) (DVD) (BD also OOP)
Finders Keepers (1984) (DVD) (BD still available)
For Love of Ivy (1968) (DVD) (BD still available)
The Last Command (1955) (DVD) (BD still available)
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) (DVD) (BD still available)
The Magnetic Monster (1953) (BD)
Man of the West (1958) (DVD) (BD also OOP)
Man with the Gun (1955) (DVD) (BD still available)
Miracles (1986) (DVD) (BD still available)
More Dead Than Alive (1969) (DVD) (BD still available)
The Package (1989) (DVD) (BD also OOP)
Red Line 7000 (1965) (DVD) (BD also OOP)
Ring of Bright Water (1969) (DVD) (BD still available)
The Scalphunters (1968) (DVD) (BD still available)
The Secret Invasion (1964) (DVD) (BD still available)
Topkapi (1964) (DVD) (BD still available)
True Confessions (1981) (DVD) (BD also OOP)
The Unforgiven (1960) (DVD) (BD also OOP)
Visit to a Small Planet (1960) (DVD) (BD still available)
Young Billy Young (1969) (DVD) (BD still available)

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With so many DVDs going OOP so rapidly I wonder if some library bought a bunch of titles over the weekend.

And just since that last post:

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Avenging Force (1986) (BD) (DVD also OOP)

Discussion of the 4KUHD GBU here, with valuable input from "murch13" in several posts; post 2962 (including a relevant link) seems a good place to start:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.ph ... 9&page=149

dwk wrote: Wed Apr 21, 2021 3:34 pm Looks like Kino fucked up their Lust, Caution release by omitting all the location and date title cards

Shockingly, KLInsider skipped the angry dismissal round and went straight to announcing a replacement program. Maybe .com should go down for a few days more often?

senseabove wrote: Tue Apr 27, 2021 5:28 pm Shockingly, KLInsider skipped the angry dismissal round and went straight to announcing a replacement program. Maybe .com should go down for a few days more often?

Ha. Universal seems to have an HD master with the title cards, which no doubt made it easier to fix and replace the disc, so Kino didn't have to do the angry denial act. Which I think they do to try to deflect when they are not going to fix an issue.(see Spaceballs, Bitter Moon, etc.)

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

The Onion Field (1979) (BD) (DVD still available)

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Sam Whiskey (1969) (BD) (DVD still available)
Steele Justice (1987) (BD) (DVD still available)

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

F/X (1986) (BD)

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) (DVD) (BD also OOP)

Kino will be announcing a 4K UHD title from their deal with Universal this Saturday.

KL Insider also revealed that they will be doing new BD releases of the following (I believe Marty (1955) and The Long Goodbye (1973), which had previously been announced):

Breakheart Pass (1975) - New 2K Blu-ray scheduled
The Long Goodbye (1973) - New 4K Blu-ray scheduled
Marty (1955) - New 2K Blu-ray scheduled
Mr. Majestyk (1974) - New 2K Blu-ray scheduled
Planet of the Vampires (1965) - New 4K Blu-ray schedule

captveg wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 12:32 am KL Insider also revealed that they will be doing new BD releases of the following (I believe Marty (1955) and The Long Goodbye (1973), which had previously been announced):
....
Planet of the Vampires (1965) - New 4K Blu-ray schedule

Oh goddamn it. It would have been nice for them to let us know this when they took their first release OOP.

yoloswegmaster wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 11:57 pm Kino will be announcing a 4K UHD title from their deal with Universal this Saturday.

The title is David Cronenberg's 'Eastern Promises'.

dwk wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 1:22 am

captveg wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 12:32 am KL Insider also revealed that they will be doing new BD releases of the following (I believe Marty (1955) and The Long Goodbye (1973), which had previously been announced):
....
Planet of the Vampires (1965) - New 4K Blu-ray schedule

Oh goddamn it. It would have been nice for them to let us know this when they took their first release OOP.

Indeed. This is one of reasons Kino has less brand loyalty than some of the other boutique labels.

Nw_jahrles wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 8:31 pm Indeed. This is one of reasons Kino has less brand loyalty than some of the other boutique labels.

The extra annoying thing is that they have given a heads up for some of the titles they are planning on double dipping on (Marty and The Long Goodbye come to mind.)

Masquerade...2K restoration coming in September

tenia wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:00 pm The color corrections look way more convincing than whatever they tried to do for their previous BD release. I hope they fixed the extra features encodes, though.

I just received my copy of the new 4K UHD, and I agree. In fact this is the best-looking home video rendering of THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY that I have seen so far. I don't mind that it isn't HDR. For me, the improvements in resolution and how it handles grain, to say nothing of the more well-balanced color, make the upgrade worthwhile. I also appreciate the care they took to reconstruct the theatrical version.

More OOP based on previously being in the "While Supplies Last" sale and now no longer appearing on the website:

Mafia! (aka Jane Austen's Mafia!) (1998) (BD) (DVD still available)