Mr.Transfer

Ok, so I know I'm late to the party but I just received mine in the mail. This was my first ARA media purchase. I have to say, it's nice but it's not spectacular. The art work is very dark, including the stills that you receive inside the case. The blu ray itself did not boot up the first time I put it in my PS4. I I ejected it, then reinserted the disc than it ran fine. The video transfer to my eyes is the same exact one as the lionsgate release. It's washed out, a bit hazy with some blur. Overall I would say if someone is a big fan of the film, it is an upgrade over the lionsgate release and it may be worth it for you or if you just collect releases from ARA. I don't regret the purchase but I'm still holding out for a release with a better video transfer.

I bought the Fargas copy from swakprops on Etsy like 3-4 years ago, I'm not sure why I chose the Fargas though. It is very well made and he provides extras which is nice. Cloth cover, post card, business card, the hand written chart of which engravings are in which book, plus the extra pages of engravings that were torn from the books and the original ninth gate engraving the Ceniza brothers removed. I would recommend it. Also bought a nice wooden lectern shelving unit thing that I keep the book on.

Thanks, I appreciate it. Man it's really taking a long time for these to make their travel. I own so much promo material, cards, stickers, movie theater mylar and a prop book. Also, the DVD and the soundtrack on vinyl. So I'm not really keen on throwing down for this if the transfer is not improved. The packaging and bonuses are quite nice but not particularly valuable to me.

Could anybody who has received their copy of this comment on the video transfer quality? Curious if it is just the same as the poor quality lionsgate release. Any info is appreciated.

I was just being lazy but ya talked me into it. So whatup everybody?