Nolan Movie Collection & Dark Knight Trilogy - UHD Blu-ray Thread

dublinman1990

I am not getting this because I can't afford to buy a TV or Blu-ray player for UHD formats. But this release looks amazing for those into 4K releases like these ones.

The release date for them, coming from Amazon, is for the 18th of December 2017.

http://comicbook.com/movies/2017/11/20/the-dark-knight-trilogy-4K-remasters-2017/

Christopher Nolan's acclaimed Batman trilogy premieres on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray just in time for Christmas.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises as individual 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays as well as an eight-disc 4K trilogy box set. The 4K remasters were personally overseen by Nolan, whose most recent films — including The Prestige, Inception, Interstellar and Dunkirk — will also see upgrades on the format, which "allows viewers to more accurately experience the filmmaker’s original vision, offering consumers brighter, deeper, more lifelike colors for a home entertainment viewing experience like never before."

TDK Trilogy UHD Covers

Falthyron

I don't have a 4K Blu-ray player or TV, but I want these regardless! :pac:

Falthyron

Also, its more than just the Batman films.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39L513eKa7Y

http://www.wbshop.com/product/christopher+nolan+collection+%284k+ultra+hd%29+1000646881.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=fn&AID=11556149&PID=7966799&ref=CJP

/drool

dublinman1990

The release date for these sets has now been updated in my OP.

They will be released a day early on the 18th of December as this is the UK & Irish release date.

dublinman1990

Zavvi have the TDK Trilogy in UHD Blu-ray up for €45.59.

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-dark-knight-trilogy-4k-ultra-hd/11623331.html?affil=awin&awc=2549_1511314025_48c57ee9ca5b2f936e1fc6e8f694d535&settingsSaved=Y&shippingcountry=IE&switchcurrency=EUR&utm_campaign=AffiliateWin&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=AWin-125837

Sad Professor

Are the Blu-rays remastered as well or are they using the same old transfers? Begins and TDK could really do with the upgrade. Inception never looked great to me either.

homerun_homer

Sad Professor wrote: »

Are the Blu-rays remastered as well or are they using the same old transfers? Begins and TDK could really do with the upgrade. Inception never looked great to me either.

Out of curiosity what grinds your gears with these versions on Blu Ray? I've not watched those films in some time on the format.

Sad Professor

homerun_homer wrote: »

Out of curiosity what grinds your gears with these versions on Blu Ray? I've not watched those films in some time on the format.

Begins is too soft and lacks detail, just a poor transfer. And Nolan let IMAX perform their DMR process on TDK's 35mm scenes and apparently never checked the result. The same print was used for the Blu-ray. Lots of edge enchantment and they messed up the colour correction as well. The 70mm scenes were untouched and as a result look like they from a different movie. Inception looks much better but still not great IMO.

El Duda

I have them all on DVD and Blu-ray.

Will inevitably end up buying this. FML

dublinman1990

Sad Professor wrote: »

Are the Blu-rays remastered as well or are they using the same old transfers? Begins and TDK could really do with the upgrade. Inception never looked great to me either.

The information for these new transfers for regular Blu-ray have not yet been verified. It appears that for the TDK Trilogy movies at least; going from back covers of US & Japanese UHD versions; Begins will have new transfers but TDK & TDKR won't have them.

I am not sure about Inception in the other collection though.

Specs here from the UK Edition (although not verified)

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Dark-Knight-Trilogy-4K-Blu-ray/193687/

Sad Professor

dublinman1990 wrote: »

The information for these new transfers for regular Blu-ray have not yet been verified. It appears that for the TDK Trilogy movies at least; going from back covers of US & Japanese UHD versions; Begins will have new transfers but TDK & TDKR won't have them.

I am not sure about Inception in the other collection though.

Specs here from the UK Edition

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Dark-Knight-Trilogy-4K-Blu-ray/193687/

That's a shame. Hopefully it doesn't mean that the UHD version of TDK is taken from the same IMAX DMR print as the Blu-ray.

dublinman1990

High-Def Digest has a review of The Nolan Movie Collection UHD Blu-ray set.

https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/dunkirk/dark-knight-trilogy/inception/interstellar/prestige/first-look-the-christopher-nolan-collection-in-4k/40350

Shred

It's a pity they're not adding Dolby Atmos/DTS-X. I wonder when the collection will be up for preorder on Amazon UK? It's available for €130 here; has anyone used them before?

Pero_Bueno

I have a 4k TV, but the announcement was mentioning 4K/HDR release ?
Is it HDR aswell ?
I'm not that pushed about HDR - seems a bit of a fad.

dublinman1990

Pero_Bueno wrote: »

I have a 4k TV, but the announcement was mentioning 4K/HDR release ?
Is it HDR aswell ?
I'm not that pushed about HDR - seems a bit of a fad.

Yes. It includes HDR10.

Pero_Bueno

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Yes. It includes HDR10.

Multiple discs then ?
hmmm , wonder is it worth shelling out for a 4K HDR TV ....
nah, just got the 4k one ..

Pero_Bueno

My God ... I just checked my TV specs (Samsung UE43KU6400U) and apparently is HDR already ! - and I never noticed

dublinman1990

TDK Trilogy has 9 discs. The Nolan Collection has 21 discs for the US boxset or 3 discs for individual titles.

The contents for each title will include 1 UHD Blu-ray & 2 standard Blu-rays.

In answering your question; Yes they will have a ton of discs available but mostly standard Blu-rays. And yes all UHD discs will have HDR 10.

Hector Savage

This has convinced me to get : http://www.techradar.com/reviews/panasonic-dmp-ub700

Mickeroo

Hector Savage wrote: »

This has convinced me to get : http://www.techradar.com/reviews/panasonic-dmp-ub700

You could buy an Xbox One S if you wanted to save a bit of money.

Hector Savage

Mickeroo wrote: »

You could buy an Xbox One S if you wanted to save a bit of money.

Interesting, I would always think a standalone player would be better, but have been thinking of getting a games console too :cool:

I'll do some research.

branie2

I'm happy with my Blu-ray collection for the moment

dublinman1990

Back cover of UK/Irish Edition of TDK Trilogy UHD boxset.

dublinman1990

The TDK boxset was officially released from stores in Norway on Monday. I heard that sales were literally flying off the shelves with nearly every store selling them being sold out on the day of release with more stock coming soon for their customers. All I can say is wow. That is incredible news for movies of this caliber coming from Nolan.

Snake Plisken

I’m just going to buy these and I’ve only standard 1080p TV and Blu-Ray at the moment, but these are the kind of releases that will push people into upgrading their Equipment to UHD TV’s and Players. It’s a shame that Sony didn’t include a UHD Blu-Ray player in the PS4 Pro as I would have just needed a TV

Shred

It's still not available for preorder on Amazon.co.uk for some reason.

dublinman1990

Shred wrote: »

It's still not available for preorder on Amazon.co.uk for some reason.

Yeah they appear to be very slow with the UK & Irish boxset. They're just waiting to get approval from WB or something.

They have a page up on it which displays an update notification via email which is something.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Knight-Trilogy-Blu-ray/dp/B076B587K6/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1512613125&sr=1-2&keywords=dark+knight+trilogy

dublinman1990

Someone on Blu-ray.com has put up a few images of TDK from the UHD/HDR Blu-ray. All I can say is wow! These images look incredible :eek:

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171216/0e0000fc76060d9a57e1e436120fdba6.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171216/22d85272f8a8ea524a76156e39ea4678.jpg

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171216/db624ef4f834b4df44bb5c09ce63a1d2.jpg

dublinman1990

HMV.ie have the TDK set for €61.99.

The Nolan UHD Collection Boxset is not available here. The rest of the Nolan 4K movies though can be bought individually from today.

viperlogic

Shred wrote: »

It's a pity they're not adding Dolby Atmos/DTS-X. I wonder when the collection will be up for preorder on Amazon UK? It's available for €130 here; has anyone used them before?

What the shipping costs from dvd-store.it? Its approx €6 from Amazon.it

micks_address

Mine set is on its way from deep discount..hoping it arrives before xmas

viperlogic

micks_address wrote: »

Mine set is on its way from deep discount..hoping it arrives before xmas

Won't imports be done for VAT as over €22?

micks_address

Possibly...don't care

dublinman1990

Early first impressions online say there are a lot of improvements in The Nolan Batman UHD set notably coming from the IMAX scenes. I would recommend you to watch the underground fight scene between Bale & Hardy in Rises as I heard that it looks exceptional in UHD enabled with HDR.

I heard some good things about the IMAX scenes from Dunkirk & Interstellar as well.

micks_address

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Early first impressions online say there are a lot of improvements in The Nolan Batman UHD set notably coming from the IMAX scenes. I would recommend you to watch the underground fight scene between Bale & Hardy in Rises as I heard that it looks exceptional in UHD enabled with HDR.

I heard some good things about the IMAX scenes from Dunkirk & Interstellar as well.

My fav scene in tdk is the joker interrogation scene. The lighting is just spectacular..of course the opening tracking shot is class to

viperlogic

micks_address wrote: »

Possibly...don't care

will be interested how much you get stung for

micks_address

viperlogic wrote: »

will be interested how much you get stung for

Will keep you posted

Sad Professor

The screenshots look great and they got the colour correction in TDK right this time. I wish they had remastered the Blu-rays as well.

micks_address

Sad Professor wrote: »

The screenshots look great and they got the colour correction in TDK right this time. I wish they had remastered the Blu-rays as well.

Just got my set today. Fast postage it was not. No customs as deepdiscount post to Holland first then re post to final destination.. Just stuck on tdk uhd and looks great. I must have watched the blu Ray a hundred times and the uhd is a definite step up..

dublinman1990

This scene is just brilliant talking about the 4K.

Sad Professor

The Dark Knight is only 4.99 on iTunes at the moment for anyone who wants the new remastered version but doesn't have a 4k/UHD setup. It's SDR'd so the colour won't be quite right in 1080p (a bit yellowish), but it's closer to the intended look of the film than the Blu-ray ever was. Purchase includes the 4k HDR version but afaik it will only play on the latest Apple TV. Oh and it's 2.35:1 throughout, no changing aspect ratios.

Sadly it seems the Batman Begins UHD is from the same transfer used for the Blu-ray so while it's a big improvement it still looks rather poor compared to the sequels. And apparently it has some ghastly waxwork shots that would arrival the DVD randomly spread throughout the movie - seems to have been a mistake in the mastering. Film probably had a poor DCP to being with (from when Nolan was less concerned with digital tinkering) and Warners was too cheap to do a new transfer from the negatives.

micks_address

Sad Professor wrote: »

The Dark Knight is only 4.99 on iTunes at the moment for anyone who wants the new remastered version but doesn't have a 4k/UHD setup. It's SDR'd so the colour won't be quite right in 1080p (a bit yellowish), but it's closer to the intended look of the film than the Blu-ray ever was. Purchase includes the 4k HDR version but afaik it will only play on the latest Apple TV. Oh and it's 2.35:1 throughout, no changing aspect ratios.

Sadly it seems the Batman Begins UHD is from the same transfer used for the Blu-ray so while it's a big improvement it still looks rather poor compared to the sequels. And apparently it has some ghastly waxwork shots that would arrival the DVD randomly spread throughout the movie - seems to have been a mistake in the mastering. Film probably had a poor DCP to being with (from when Nolan was less concerned with digital tinkering) and Warners was too cheap to do a new transfer from the negatives.

I wouldn't bother with any version that didn't switch aspect ratio. Batman begins isn't anywhere as strong in image quality but it's better than the blu Ray..

dublinman1990

At long last; Blu-ray.com has given a review of Batman Begins on UHD Blu-ray.

The author, Michael Reuben, has given the film a rating of 4.5 out of 5 which is really good.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Batman-Begins-4K-Blu-ray/187229/#Review

Liam McPoyle

Down to €46 on Zavvi for those that are interested.

https://m.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-dark-knight-trilogy-4k-ultra-hd/11623331.html

micks_address

dublinman1990 wrote: »

At long last; Blu-ray.com has given a review of Batman Begins on UHD Blu-ray.

The author, Michael Reuben, has given the film a rating of 4.5 out of 5 which is really good.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Batman-Begins-4K-Blu-ray/187229/#Review

The source material just isn't great for batman begins... If. It's 4.5 out of 5 for picture quality then the dark Knight is 8 out of 5

Watched Dunkirk last week.. It's possibly the most amazing thing I've watched in uhd..