L.A. Confidential (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[asda1994]

Release date: October 2, 2017
Purchase link: Zavvi (Pre-orders will be live from around 6PM UK time on Saturday September 2nd)
Price: £15.99
Notes: Includes six collectible artcards

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[paulboland]

L.A. Confidential
Pre Order is Live

O Brother Where Art Thou? is now back to pre order live on Sunday

 

[paulboland]

@steelyscott
L.A. Confidential is now live to pre order


O Brother Where Art Thou? went live by mistake and is back to sold out it will go live proper on Sunday

 

[Mickle_89]

@paulboland #ZavviRep
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[BluSteel2012]

This has to be a candidate for the sh1ttest steelbook design ever?

 

[steelyscott]

@steelyscott
L.A. Confidential is now live to pre order


O Brother Where Art Thou? went live by mistake and is back to sold out it will go live proper on Sunday

Cheers for the heads up. Going to order now. I assume they'll honour my o brother where art thou order as well as I have a confirmation email

 

[paulboland]

Cheers for the heads up. Going to order now. I assume they'll honour my o brother where art thou order as well as I have a confirmation email

Your order will be ok it's happens sometimes a release go live by error early it use to happen a lot with the Disney steelbooks a few years ago and I always got my order dispatched

Sometimes a listing can also go live when been added to the system and you can be lucky to order before they hide it on the website

 

[paulboland]

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It would be more like grumpy Rep going by recent events

 

[javiermendoza]

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[virkia]

Would have preferred the Amaray top half artwork as the steelbook front and the artwork below the title on the back.

Now, I realise that splitting single posters over both sides of a steelbook can be controversial and doesn't always work well as on the recent KK: SKULL ISLAND steelbook for example.

That being said, the same images for L.A. CONFIDENTIAL have been done to death having been used as covers going back to good ol' VHS days . . . so this new cover . . . which is after all the official logo for the film . . . could be seen as a refreshing change when compared to what's gone before.

In conclusion - certainly different to the same ol' artwork used where the main difference appears to be Kevin Spacey changing from a black jacket to a white one (lol).

On a serious note - the differences between this 20th Anniversary release and previous UK releases from 2009 / 2013 will only be the audio - as far as I can gather - to DTS-HD Master Audio from Dolby TruHD.
Not a 4K re-master that I can see (such as the recent HEAT from the same studio) and the ref. to a "new disc" probably refers to a slightly higher encode (?) TBC
. . . and, anyway, the previous release IS highly rated with tons of Extras:-
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/LA-Confidential-Blu-ray/947/#Review

As for a 4K UHD release of LA CONFDENTIAL . . .





Examples of previous home video & audio releases:-

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[oceanicon]

I like the artwork (finally something fresh), got my copy, thanks for the heads up guys!

 

[JayWhit]

Ordered - couldn't resist as this is one of my favourite films

 

[EvilThing]

Nice in hand - little bit darker than expected, but still decent

 

[Jimbo74]

Could you please check if there are other lenguages in the disk more than just english?

Thank you

 

[UpsetSmiley]

Nice in hand - little bit darker than expected, but still decent

Thanks for the pics. So is the transfer the same as the Warner release?

 

[virkia]

Somewhat lighter pic:-

Insides:-

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[virkia]

Could you please check if there are other lenguages in the disk more than just english?

Thank you

Maybe missing one or two.
Languages:-
DTS Master 5.1 - English
DTS 5.1 - Castellano
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 2.0 - Portuguese
Dolby 1.0 -Spanish

Subtitles:-
English SDH, English, Spanish (Latin Spanish), French (Parisian), Castilian, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Swedish, Mandarin (Traditional)
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Definitely a different encode of MPEG-4 AVC on this new steelbook release (and on the just released Amaray). . . from the VC-1 of the previous release . . . and whatever one thinks about the benefits of one encode over the other I think it's generally accepted that the AVC encode is superior.
As for it having been re-mastered in 4K - seems unlikely . . . would have been mention on the net . . . I'd also have expected to see announced a nice doorstop gift set 20th Anniversary number at around this time.

As for the previous Blu-ray AQ / PQ there's this very upbeat review:-
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/LA-Confidential-Blu-ray/947/#Review

Details of Special Features on this new release:-
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=21977

 

[Hereticz]

New encode my a$$. This steelbook is fugly. HDzeta is perfect and the disc has even CZ original dub and subtitles.

 

[paulboland]

Spot Gloss Finish on LA Condidential

Fox UK release has new disc in both Steelbook and Amaray Slipcover release
AVC Mpeg - 4 Video transfer
DTS-HD MA 5.1 Audio
Extras the same as previous releases

Previous Warner Blu-ray releases including HDzeta release is the older Warner VC1 Video Codec transfer and Dolby TrueHD Audio

 

[paulboland]

UK Fox New Disc

Hdzeta Steelbook has older Warner Blu-ray

 

[paulboland]

If you don't like the UK Steelbook

Fox UK Amaray Slipcover release also has the new Disc


£8.99
Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073XWZWL3/?tag=hidefnin-21

Zavvi
https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/l.a.-confidential/11515541.html