Jaws is 50 today
Today is the 50th anniversary of Jaws, which in turn makes it the 50th anniversary of the Summer blockbuster. This is based on the US release date; we had to wait 6 months until Boxing Day in the UK to see Spielberg's masterpiece.
Over the years, I have seen Jaws numerous times, beginning at the cinema on its original release, on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, & then the cinema again recently, where I saw the new 3-D version. And now I can watch it in 4K for free on Amazon Prime ( as I'm a member ), along with the documentary, Jaws - The Inside Story ( also free ). Not sure if this is new or not, the Blu-ray extras have The Making of Jaws.
@Mr+Ripley wrote:
Today is the 50th anniversary of Jaws, which in turn makes it the 50th anniversary of the Summer blockbuster. This is based on the US release date; we had to wait 6 months until Boxing Day in the UK to see Spielberg's masterpiece.
Over the years, I have seen Jaws numerous times, beginning at the cinema on its original release, on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, & then the cinema again recently, where I saw the new 3-D version. And now I can watch it in 4K for free on Amazon Prime ( as I'm a member ), along with the documentary, Jaws - The Inside Story ( also free ). Not sure if this is new or not, the Blu-ray extras have The Making of Jaws.
How to make us feel old.
Although titled as 4K UHD (& has the UHD icon) , I am not sure it is UHD & even if it is I don't think it is HDR- just tried playing a few minutes and I don't seem to be getting anything more than 1080 HD even though other titles in UHD go to UHD within a minute- I would be interested to know if you do get in 4K
I have the 45th anniversay edition on UHD disc in HDR with Dolby Vision (& a remixed Atmos track) which is stunning .
As I haven't watched it for a while I must do so
As an aside I bought Lawrence of Arabia 4K version on Prime a couple of years ago when it was on offer for £2.99 & then it was 4K UHD/SDR (i.e. not HDR) - but when I tried playing it just now, to test I was getting 4K ok, I noticed it is now playing in HDR 🙂
@nigea99 wrote:
@Mr+Ripley wrote:
Today is the 50th anniversary of Jaws, which in turn makes it the 50th anniversary of the Summer blockbuster. This is based on the US release date; we had to wait 6 months until Boxing Day in the UK to see Spielberg's masterpiece.
Over the years, I have seen Jaws numerous times, beginning at the cinema on its original release, on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, & then the cinema again recently, where I saw the new 3-D version. And now I can watch it in 4K for free on Amazon Prime ( as I'm a member ), along with the documentary, Jaws - The Inside Story ( also free ). Not sure if this is new or not, the Blu-ray extras have The Making of Jaws.
How to make us feel old.
Although titled as 4K UHD (& has the UHD icon) , I am not sure it is UHD & even if it is I don't think it is HDR- just tried playing a few minutes and I don't seem to be getting anything more than 1080 HD even though other titles in UHD go to UHD within a minute- I would be interested to know if you do get in 4K
I have the 45th anniversay edition on UHD disc in HDR with Dolby Vision (& a remixed Atmos track) which is stunning .
As I haven't watched it for a while I must do so
As an aside I bought Lawrence of Arabia 4K version on Prime a couple of years ago when it was on offer for £2.99 & then it was 4K UHD/SDR (i.e. not HDR) - but when I tried playing it just now, to test I was getting 4K ok, I noticed it is now playing in HDR 🙂
@Mr+Ripley @nigea99 I tried it last night and my TV showed it as playing at 1080p even though I pick the 4K UHD version. I tried another film from prime that also stated it was 4K UHD and that did indeed show on my TV as being 4K UHD
@Laing1 wrote:
@nigea99 wrote:
@Mr+Ripley wrote:Today is the 50th anniversary of Jaws, which in turn makes it the 50th anniversary of the Summer blockbuster. This is based on the US release date; we had to wait 6 months until Boxing Day in the UK to see Spielberg's masterpiece.
Over the years, I have seen Jaws numerous times, beginning at the cinema on its original release, on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, & then the cinema again recently, where I saw the new 3-D version. And now I can watch it in 4K for free on Amazon Prime ( as I'm a member ), along with the documentary, Jaws - The Inside Story ( also free ). Not sure if this is new or not, the Blu-ray extras have The Making of Jaws.
How to make us feel old.
Although titled as 4K UHD (& has the UHD icon) , I am not sure it is UHD & even if it is I don't think it is HDR- just tried playing a few minutes and I don't seem to be getting anything more than 1080 HD even though other titles in UHD go to UHD within a minute- I would be interested to know if you do get in 4K
I have the 45th anniversay edition on UHD disc in HDR with Dolby Vision (& a remixed Atmos track) which is stunning .
As I haven't watched it for a while I must do so
As an aside I bought Lawrence of Arabia 4K version on Prime a couple of years ago when it was on offer for £2.99 & then it was 4K UHD/SDR (i.e. not HDR) - but when I tried playing it just now, to test I was getting 4K ok, I noticed it is now playing in HDR 🙂
@Mr+Ripley @nigea99 I tried it last night and my TV showed it as playing at 1080p even though I pick the 4K UHD version. I tried another film from prime that also stated it was 4K UHD and that did indeed show on my TV as being 4K UHD
Well, now I'm in a quandary. I figured watching it on APV in what I thought was going to be 4K, would mean I would have seen Jaws in all formats available over the years. Now it seems that isn't the case. But, as I only watched it 2 days ago & also not that long ago in 3D at the cinema, and I own the Blu-ray version, do I really want to spend £20 on the 4K physical disc? The Amazon reviews are very good, along with @nigea99's comments. What to do, what to do....🤔
@Mr+Ripley wrote:
Spotted this on Amazon's page for the 4K Jaws disc. Do you think I should tell them?
@Mr+Ripley no harm in letting them know what we have found its 1080p rather than 4K UHD
@Laing1 wrote:
@Mr+Ripley wrote:Spotted this on Amazon's page for the 4K Jaws disc. Do you think I should tell them?
@Mr+Ripley no harm in letting them know what we have found its 1080p rather than 4K UHD
Amazon always do this with movies they don't own. When they are shown as being available to stream on Prime Video, even if it states that it is available in UHD with HDR, it will only play in 1080P SDR for Prime members. You will only get the UHD HDR version if you choose to purchase or rent the movie on the Prime Video app.
Only movies which Amazon class as an 'Amazon Original' or ones they have invested in the production of, will play in UHD with HDR for Prime Video members. For all other movies, you need to actually pay extra to rent or purchase them in order to get the best quality.
I bought Jaws on iTunes years ago for £2.99 and it was upgraded (for free) to 4K Dolby Vision on my Apple TV 4K box. It looks fantastic and still has the very 70s film grain look.