But my point is still valid. They could have done a 4k release. Unlike a lot of "4k releases" this was actually done in 4k for the restoration unlike a lot of 4k releases which are just upscales from 2k. Yes they would have had to have done a bit of extra work for the 4k specs but it's still a native 4k restoration.
UHD is still in it's early stages in terms of the amount of consumers who have upgraded to 4K in their homes
Film Distributors want high volume of sales with back catalog releases especially independent distributors due to costs involved.
Doing UHD/Blu-ray combo release now would reduce unit sales of a back catlog release simply due to majority of consumers not upgraded to 4K UHD
That risks other films not getting any re-release
You are just going have to wait till 4K UHD sales increase enough to a level it's worthwile a distributor doing a 4K UHD release to get decent sales
Back catalog is the main business of film distributors and is why you see lots of re-releases of popular films over the years
New films can be short term in terms of good sales but does not always lead to been good back catalog title for later re-releases
Your not going to get a film distributor manfacture thousands of UHD discs for a back catalog film until they know there is a decent amount of unit sales to be got
Film restoration itself is what is good to see happening and is more important than a film getting a UHD release.
A lot of films have had 4K restorstion scan done most of these did not get UHD release as that was not the purpose of the restoration itself
Blu-ray HD 1080p is still high picture quality for most consumers and it's going to take a while before majority upgrade to 4K UHD in homes
You have to look at business side with film distributors they want decent unit sales with releases
They could yes do small print runs of UHD for back catalog but that means higher unit costs for a distributor so they have less profit on a release
Yes there are increasing number of consumers who have upgraded to 4K but are at the moment a niche market compared to most consumers who purchase Blu-ray or DVD
The big film studios Warner/Fox/Sony/Disney etc can afford to take risks with units numbers with UHD as it cost less compared to independent film distributors
A lot of films that get 2K and 4K restoration scans and new extras done are from independent film distributors who pay a licence fee to the major film studios do these releases so for them to start releasing on UHD they will want to be sure of decent unit sales
Back to the collectors edition Blu-ray release itself the widescreen 1.75:1 looks fantastic and extras are very good
First time on Blu-ray and DVD the film can be watched in it's original aspect ratio 1.75:1
Previous VHS/DVD/Blu-ray releases was aspect ratio 1.33:1
