A Charlie Brown Christmas

4K Ultra HD

Blu Ray

  • Score
    65
    from 1 reviewers
  • The audience for 4K Peanuts releases is uncertain, but it is likely to be early adopters of UHD looking for discs with a "wow! factor" to show off the format.

    A Charlie Brown Christmas
    1965
    25 min
    TV-G
    True 4K
    HDR10
  • Video
    65
  • This review includes screenshots from the remastered standard Blu-ray of the three Peanuts specials on the UHD of A Charlie Brown Christmas, which are based on new 4K scans.

  • Audio
    60
  • Peanuts Worldwide released an unsatisfactory Blu-ray version of A Charlie Brown Christmas in 2009 that was criticized by Ken Brown.

  • Extra
  • The UHD disc has no extras, and the included Blu-ray contains the same 2008 retrospective featurette about A Charlie Brown Christmas.

  • Movie
    70
  • The review questioned Warner Brothers' 4K strategy, particularly their decision to release animation UHDs with limited source material.

    True 4K
    HDR10

    Director: Bill Melendez

    Actors: Ann Altieri, Chris Doran, Sally Dryer

    Plot: Depressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.

    Disc Release Date: 31 October 2017

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    Blu-ray.com review by Michael Reuben
    • Video
      80
    • (Note: Screenshots accompanying this review have been captured from the remastered standardBlu-ray.) All three of the Peanuts�specials on the UHD of A Charlie Brown Christmas are based on new4K scans of...

    • Audio
      70
    • Peanuts Worldwide cheated with its 2009 Blu-ray of A Charlie Brown Christmas, porting over abit-starved Dolby Digital 2.0 mix from the special's previous DVD release. Ken Brown's reviewwas appropriately...

    • Extra
    • The UHD disc has no extras. The included Blu-ray contains the same 2008 retrospectivefeaturette about A Charlie Brown Christmas�previously reviewed here....

    • Movie
      90
    • Holiday A(AUGH!)ngstIn a review several months ago, I questioned Warner Brothers' 4K strategy, particularly itsdecision to release animation UHDs where the source material didn't appear to allow for anymeaningful...

    • Total
      80
    • I'm still not sure who the audience will be for these 4K Peanuts releases. Early adopters of UHDgenerally look for discs with a sufficient "wow!" factor to showcase the format to best advantage,and while...