Question The Abyss - 4K UHD Blu Ray

[dhp]

I Have been waiting for movie to appear on 4 K Blu Ray for some time . Once it was announced , I pre-ordered it . As its not getting a UK release I ordered an American copy. It was dispatched on March the 12th and received on the 16th of March .

However when I tried watching it the picture showing massive break up (as though my player could not read it properly) at 1 hour 42 minutes and 2 hours and 2 minutes on the special edition version included on the Disc .

Needless to say its on it's way back as of this morning .

I wondered if it is just me or if anyone else has had a similar problem ? . I was playing it on a Panasonic UB 9000 going into a Samsung S95 B Oled Screen

 

[Arron]

I Have been waiting for movie to appear on 4 K Blu Ray for some time . Once it was announced , I pre-ordered it . As its not getting a UK release I ordered an American copy. It was dispatched on March the 12th and received on the 16th of March .

However when I tried watching it the picture showing massive break up (as though my player could not read it properly) at 1 hour 42 minutes and 2 hours and 2 minutes on the special edition version included on the Disc .

Needless to say its on it's way back as of this morning .

I wondered if it is just me or if anyone else has had a similar problem ? . I was playing it on a Panasonic UB 9000 going into a Samsung S95 B Oled Screen

Almost certainly just an individual bad disc 🙁

 

[davidf]

Sounds like your player is possibly having a layer change issue - I've not seen any other reports about any disc issues as of yet. Your replacement will prove or disprove that.

 

[dhp]

The player has never had s problem until now . I've sent it back and if they offer a replacement I'll try that , or alternatively import a copy from Europe instead of the states

 

[dhp]

Got The European version . Played perfectly ! 🙂

 

[Gray]

A mate once told me that he paid £100 for this film.
It was a long time ago. Long before Blu-ray.
I think it might have included multiple extras discs??
But, even so, £100 on a single film 😱
I couldn't contemplate spending a quarter of that on a favourite audio disc - and that would at least get multiple plays.

Must be a good film 🤔

 

[dhp]

Sounds like it was a Laserdisc. I paid 26 for the Eoropean 4K disc . Well worth it !

 

[davidf]

A mate once told me that he paid £100 for this film.
It was a long time ago. Long before Blu-ray.
I think it might have included multiple extras discs??
But, even so, £100 on a single film 😱
I couldn't contemplate spending a quarter of that on a favourite audio disc - and that would at least get multiple plays.

Must be a good film 🤔

At the time, available formats were VHS and Laserdisc. Laserdisc was the only way to get the extended version for home viewing, and most likely, a widescreen version too. American THX Laserdisc possibly. Average disc prices were £30-40, but some "CAV" releases were more - this allowed a steady freeze frame and frame by frame advance, but took up twice the amount of space on the disc, so instead a film being maybe on two sides of 1 disc, it'd be on 4 sides of 2 discs. Some long films would be on 3 or 4 discs.

 

[Messiah]

I have the PAL Laserdisc (and US Blu-Ray which had no issues):

 

[Leon74]

A mate once told me that he paid £100 for this film.
It was a long time ago. Long before Blu-ray.
I think it might have included multiple extras discs??
But, even so, £100 on a single film 😱
I couldn't contemplate spending a quarter of that on a favourite audio disc - and that would at least get multiple plays.

Must be a good film 🤔

---> IMDB 7.5... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

[Gray]

---> IMDB 7.5... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Thanks for the trailer Leon, but it's wasted on me - I never watch films.

 

[Leon74]

Thanks for the trailer Leon, but it's wasted on me - I never watch films.

Just put the link there to show you that the movie your friend paid 100 quids for only got a 7.5 rating. I got interested after you told that and looked it up. But who are we to judge, right? ;-)