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Movie Updates

I have been buying up A24 films and I am surprised how many are only in HD on Kaleidescape. Granted, some of them may not have been released in 4k but there's at least 80 or so movies all in HD from that studio. That being said, I am thankful they carry them. I hope they add Mubi titles at some point.
 
LoveCinema said:
Oblivion 4K was a fairly basic upscale. While they avoided digitally overly sharpening the image, they may have overcorrected and many consider the HD version to have more detail. This is usually offset by benefits of HDR color-grading and the Atmos soundtrack found on the 4K UHD Blu-ray. However, digitally the audio is limited to 5.1 for the 4K version whereas the HD version has 7.1. So, on K with an SDR image the HD version is likely the version of choice. With an HDR display many still favor that version but obviously the disc wins on this title.
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That’s right, I remember there were movies that were in that in between period where it was to expensive to film in 4K.

Also, there are sites out there that will tell if you the source material for a 4K UH BD was upconverted or if it was 4K source. I think John Wick 3 was one that they upconverted for some odd reason.
 
Stitch1 said:
I have been buying up A24 films and I am surprised how many are only in HD on Kaleidescape. Granted, some of them may not have been released in 4k but there's at least 80 or so movies all in HD from that studio. That being said, I am thankful they carry them. I hope they add Mubi titles at some point.
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Unfortunately, this is the nature of K and their limited resources. Sometimes they don't get movies (inevitable), sometimes they get them in lower quality (I wish they never would), and sometimes they get them in the best quality but then don't update them (again, avoidable).

In regards to A24, they're actually in pretty good shape compared to most studios. I consider these two the biggest losses:
Under the Skin is missing HDR/Dolby Vision (a real shame as it's HD on disc so K could offer the definitive edition)
Midsommar Director's Cut is missing.*

In addition, these films are available digitally in 4K DV but only in HD on K:
Amy
The Children Act
Funny Pages
First Cow
God's Creatures
Lean on Pete
Obvious Child

If you'd like to see any of the above updates, send a request to: movies@kaleidescape.com
Ask for Under the Skin to get a Dolby Vision update and then whatever else you want. :)

*Apparently this is an Apple TV App exclusive digitally.
 
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LoveCinema said:
Unfortunately, this is the nature of K and their limited resources. Sometimes they don't get movies (inevitable), sometimes they get them in lower quality (I wish they never would), and sometimes they get them in the best quality but then don't update them (again, avoidable).

In regards to A24, they're actually in pretty good shape compared to most studios. I consider these two the biggest losses:
Under the Skin is missing HDR/Dolby Vision (a real shame as it's HD on disc so K could offer the definitive edition)
Midsommar Director's Cut is missing.

In addition, these films are available digitally in 4K DV but only in HD on K:
Amy
The Children Act
Funny Pages
First Cow
God's Creatures
Lean on Pete
Obvious Child

If you'd like to see any of the above updates, send a request to: movies@kaleidescape.com
Ask for Under the Skin to get a Dolby Vision update and then whatever else you want. :)
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Isn't the Midsommar director's cut a disc-only option? iTunes doesn't have it either.
 
thrillcat said:
Isn't the Midsommar director's cut a disc-only option? iTunes doesn't have it either.
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Apple has it as an Extra on the main title. However, I just looked to confirm this and it says "Exclusive to Apple TV." I don't recall it saying this before, but if this is the case then K can't do anything about it. Thanks for the catch. A24 does like to do disc-only stuff though, like The Lighthouse 4K.
 
lujan said:
I just noticed that "Moonfall" got the Cinematic upgrade.

www.kaleidescape.com

Moonfall

When the moon is set on a collision course with Earth, a NASA scientist gathers a small team to fight to save the planet. Disaster, Action, Sci-Fi. Purchase and download today in 4K Cinematic Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio.
www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com
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instant addition to my C’matic collection.
 
Amblinfan said:
My app suddenly won’t open, keeps crashing. iOS27. Deleted and re added. Super annoyed.
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MikeKobb

Post in thread 'Kaleidescape Mobile App for iOS v2.2 released'

It appears to be working again for me as well. Not sure what that was all about. I’m not sure whether somebody on the store team had a chance to look into it or if there was a transient issue that resolved itself. Regardless, apologies for the disruption and hopefully it stays up and running now.
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Moonfall (2022) regular HDR version updated
  • Audio and video improvements
  • Added extras (in HD as separate download)
www.kaleidescape.com

Moonfall

When the moon is set on a collision course with Earth, a NASA scientist gathers a small team to fight to save the planet. Disaster, Action, Sci-Fi. Purchase and download today in 4K Cinematic Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio.
www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com
 
Dead’s poet society (1989) from Disney gets updated to 4k HDR / DV / SDR with Dolby Atmos.


www.kaleidescape.com

Dead Poets Society

A professor's exuberant teaching style prompts his students to stand up and take command of their lives. Drama. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, and Josh Charles. Purchase and download today in 4K Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio.
www.kaleidescape.com www.kaleidescape.com
 
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