Guitarhero said:

Can they do Lovesexy Dortmund in blue-ray too

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It's "Blu-ray", and no, since it was a TV capture.

leadline said:

Awesome stuff, will absolutely get this. Just wish it had SOTT on it as well as UTCM color option.

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Oh for crying out loud, Uptown debunked this "color UTCM" nonsense twenty years ago.

TheLotus said:

feeluupp said:

seems like the only new thing is it's 1080p hd remastered...

does WB own SOTT film?

Why wouldn't they make a release with all 4 films??

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No kidding, because that's the one I want most!

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Don't you lot ever pay attention, considering you claim to care so much about this? SOTT isn't owned by WB. Oh, and there are TWO Blu-ray releases already, region-free: Japan (also available ina gorgeous box set) and Australia.

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Hey, look at the top of this page, and notice the "search" box: now enter the words "sign times blu ray" in there and marvel at the results.

PeteSilas said:

i dunno, i never cared for quality, whether in music or movies, i was just watching a docu on the wizard of oz and they were showing how they cleaned up both the sound and the film of the movie, sounds like they put in a lot of time but personally, i never liked perfection unless it was my own music. the flaws are great whether it's the pops in old film or the mistakes in Elvis' sun sessions, it's part of what makes them spontaneious and great

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This is just nonsense. They removed technical flaws like scratches etc., things that were never supposed to be there.

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Blu-ray is a home format that allows people to watch a movie in the quality it was shown in theaters originally, and sometimes even better than that considering the shitty quality of plenty of movie theaters and the copies of movies that were used. Just compare the various home video versions of The Godfather to see how a great movie was put on DVD in seriously bad condition, only to get a much needed restoration in 2008.

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BartVanHemelen said:

Guitarhero said:

Can they do Lovesexy Dortmund in blue-ray too

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It's "Blu-ray", and no, since it was a TV capture.

Yep you got me on Blu-ray

7thday said:

What about the concert film during the Sign 'O' The Times era?

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You mean you do not have both SOTT blu-rays?!?

BartVanHemelen said:

leadline said:

Awesome stuff, will absolutely get this. Just wish it had SOTT on it as well as UTCM color option.

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Oh for crying out loud, Uptown debunked this "color UTCM" nonsense twenty years ago.

Not true, the film was filmed in color, then released in black and white. Warner has the color master.

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leadline said:

BartVanHemelen said:

TheLotus said:

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No kidding, because that's the one I want most!

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Don't you lot ever pay attention, considering you claim to care so much about this? SOTT isn't owned by WB. Oh, and there are TWO Blu-ray releases already, region-free: Japan (also available ina gorgeous box set) and Australia.

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Hey, look at the top of this page, and notice the "search" box: now enter the words "sign times blu ray" in there and marvel at the results.

duhhhh u dorkkkk... i own the japanese box set.

does ur apartment get lonely by urself?

BartVanHemelen said:

PeteSilas said:

i dunno, i never cared for quality, whether in music or movies, i was just watching a docu on the wizard of oz and they were showing how they cleaned up both the sound and the film of the movie, sounds like they put in a lot of time but personally, i never liked perfection unless it was my own music. the flaws are great whether it's the pops in old film or the mistakes in Elvis' sun sessions, it's part of what makes them spontaneious and great

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This is just nonsense. They removed technical flaws like scratches etc., things that were never supposed to be there.

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Blu-ray is a home format that allows people to watch a movie in the quality it was shown in theaters originally, and sometimes even better than that considering the shitty quality of plenty of movie theaters and the copies of movies that were used. Just compare the various home video versions of The Godfather to see how a great movie was put on DVD in seriously bad condition, only to get a much needed restoration in 2008.

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Not entirely true.

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Optimal quality would be optical. 4k is one step closer but we still have a long way to go in compression technnology before the quality of an optical print can be compressed enough to be stored on physical media or streamed. For example a none compressed film could be as large as 600Gb but even the capacity of an ultra blu ray disc is still only 100Gb but at least this allows for 3840x2160 resolution at 60 frames per second, 10-bit color and a data rate of 128 Mbit/s.

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So we have a long way yet to go!

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rainbowchild said:

Pre-ordered the set from Amazon.

dance4me3121 said:

rainbowchild said:

Pre-ordered the set from Amazon.

I can't find it for sale on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Pr...PDKIKX0DER

Guitarhero said:

Guitarhero said:

^^ You are both welcome.

mikeyaddict said:

So, the Syracuse show from the Purple Rain tour - who owns that? It was a TV broadcast right, so does that mean there won't be higher quality versions with who ever 'owns' the broadcast. Also unsure why Lovesexy mightn't have a higher quality version somewhere - with whomever did the orig al broadcast.

Both of those released concert videos were NOT shot with good equipment, they were shot with SD live video cameras. They weren't even shooting HD video at that time, and they, unfortunately, didn't shoot them on film.

ufoclub said:

leadline said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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Oh for crying out loud, Uptown debunked this "color UTCM" nonsense twenty years ago.

Not true, the film was filmed in color, then released in black and white. Warner has the color master.

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http://prince.org/msg/7/293007

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Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but there's no such thing as a color version
of Under the Cherry Moon. It's just one of those fan rumors that just won't die.
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And contrary to fan-myth, the whole movie wasn't shot on color film. Only a
few early scenes were shot on color film at the point where WB were unsure
about releasing a Black and White movie. After these initial test scenes, WB
agreed to the movie being shot in black and white (using black and white film).
So it's impossible for a color version of the movie to exist.

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Note who I quoted.

Do we have urls to this set for bol.com or amazon.de?

I see who you quoted, anyone can write anything they want, why do you feel what this person writes is 100% accurate? I don't do backround checks on all the folks here, so school me as to why what this person says seems to be law.

BartVanHemelen said:

leadline said:

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http://prince.org/msg/7/293007

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Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but there's no such thing as a color version
of Under the Cherry Moon. It's just one of those fan rumors that just won't die.
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And contrary to fan-myth, the whole movie wasn't shot on color film. Only a
few early scenes were shot on color film at the point where WB were unsure
about releasing a Black and White movie. After these initial test scenes, WB
agreed to the movie being shot in black and white (using black and white film).
So it's impossible for a color version of the movie to exist.

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Note who I quoted.

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BartVanHemelen said:

leadline said:

Awesome stuff, will absolutely get this. Just wish it had SOTT on it as well as UTCM color option.

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Oh for crying out loud, Uptown debunked this "color UTCM" nonsense twenty years ago.

Actually it's true...friend of mine knows the producer (Paul Hitchcock) and he confirmed it was shot in colour.

dayzofwyld said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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Oh for crying out loud, Uptown debunked this "color UTCM" nonsense twenty years ago.

Actually it's true...friend of mine knows the producer (Paul Hitchcock) and he confirmed it was shot in colour.

THANK YOU dayzofwyld, some actual concrete info from a legit source.

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leadline said:

dayzofwyld said:

Actually it's true...friend of mine knows the producer (Paul Hitchcock) and he confirmed it was shot in colour.

THANK YOU dayzofwyld, some actual concrete info from a legit source.

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AFAIK, the official story has always been that it was shot in color and released in black & white.

Perhaps the problem is that no known color masters still exist or possibly that the restoration cost would be too great for a title with such limited appeal.

I would love to see it in color and no doubt would drop cash for a copy. That said, the movie works in B&W and this is the way it is meant to be seen. Anything else would merely be a bonus for me. Something to watch once or twice while the B&W version would remain my go-to version.

Just sayin'...

djThunderfunk said:

leadline said:

THANK YOU dayzofwyld, some actual concrete info from a legit source.

[Edited 8/8/16 9:14am]

AFAIK, the official story has always been that it was shot in color and released in black & white.

Perhaps the problem is that no known color masters still exist or possibly that the restoration cost would be too great for a title with such limited appeal.

I would love to see it in color and no doubt would drop cash for a copy. That said, the movie works in B&W and this is the way it is meant to be seen. Anything else would merely be a bonus for me. Something to watch once or twice while the B&W version would remain my go-to version.

Just sayin'...

I would burn my b&w copy immediately if a color version came out, its a travesty to watch that movie in black and white imo.

Prince was WRONG to release this in black and white, from a commercial and an asthetic perspective.

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I hate the fact that I own these movies and will STILL buy this...tha fuq is wrong with me?

leadline said:

rainbowchild said:

leadline said:

I would burn my b&w copy immediately if a color version came out, its a travesty to watch that movie in black and white imo.

Prince was WRONG to release this in black and white, from a commercial and an asthetic perspective.

You're wrong for thinking "Prince is wrong" for releasing it in B&W.

I gotta agree with you. That's like saying I'd burn my stereo-mixed Prince albums if 5.1 surround mixes were released.