Patton coming to Blu-ray 3rd June

[pRot3us]

The great George C. Scott in arguably his best role ; up for pre-order @ Amazon

[KeanosMagicHat]

Embarrassingly as a fan of war movies, I've never seen this one.

I've just seen the review of the US release on another website though and PQ wise it looks superb.

It's listed on Amazon's UK site but with no release date. I just hope we get the same transfer for the UK version as the US one is unfortunately distributed by Fox and so will no doubt be region locked.

Here's a link to some example pics from the review (click on each one to see a larger version and fully do it justice). When you view these bear in mind this was a movie shot in 1970;

Amazing Screenshots link

Here's a couple of smaller previews - but please do click the link above;

I'll be buying it !!!

[lgans316]

I will be listing the single disc Hong Kong version for sale in the classifieds section soon.

[pRot3us]

Originally Posted by KeanosMagicHat

Embarrassingly as a fan of war movies, I've never seen this one.

You're in for a treat, although its more a portrait of the man himself, the film will certainly have your neighbours banging on the wall

Thanks for the screenshots link, looks like they've done a tremendous job, I can't wait now

[MarkusThatch]

Originally Posted by pRot3us

You're in for a treat, although its more a portrait of the man himself, the film will certainly have your neighbours banging on the wall

Thanks for the screenshots link, looks like they've done a tremendous job, I can't wait now

It is excellent and the battles are superbly staged and shot - esecially the tank manouevres

[pRot3us]

I've just put my order in with loaded247

£15.99 delivered so at least a couple of quid cheaper than the usual US sites, plus should hopefully arrive sooner

[jolly]

Anybody know for sure if the us one is region locked

[pRot3us]

All sites are reporting it as region locked, plus its a Fox release and they lock all their titles.

[lgans316]

The Good

Terrific presentation of a 38 year old catalog title. An excellent cinematic and film like presentation.
Natural color palette and very good color saturation
Interior sequences offer tremendous details and takes full advantage of the lighting
Very good texture detailing
Some scenes exhibited reference black levels

The Bad

Handful of outdoor shots looked flat probably due to photography's limitations or due to source elements
Flesh tones looked slightly uneven on certain characters except Patton
Resolution increase wasn't quite apparent in few scenes
Minor contrast fluctuations noticeable in certain scenes

The Ugly

Nothing to do with the PQ

DNR
Francis Ford Coppola introduction was in 480p
Intermission Music at 1 hr 40 min mark that lasts for about 2 mins
Hanging Mic wire in one shot

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/...008b07a6_o.jpg
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2014/...00901f9b_o.jpg

Will be listing this one for sale in the classifieds section soon.

[richard plumb]

just read that the 2nd disc is a DVD. Does anyone know if this is region coded too? I have a Japanese PS3 and so can play the Region A bluray, but it won't play the DVD if its coded to R1

[pmcguire]

Anyone know when the region B will be available?

Damn you Fox!

[lgans316]

DNR is back in full swing.

Blu-ray
http://home.comcast.net/~m_paliulis/...es/patton2.png

Original
http://amir-views.com/downloads/patton2a.png

[IAN P]

This release gets slated for having all high frequency detail stripped away from,it may look clean to some,but it looks unnatural,even the renowned Robert A Harris agrees,and he knows what he's talking about.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...n-blu-ray.html

[pRot3us]

Mine still hasn't arrived yet but this is disappointing news.

Why on earth did they feel the need to apply DNR???!