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It’s a pity those two are essentially stuck in 2K, but that’s the same for a ton of films mastered on DI in the 2000s.
Yeah it's not often I spot a 4K upgrade I personally feel is weaker or too different for my tastes but it happens.
Do the 4K have HDR ?
They do.
I've almost always found HDR content to be worse than the original ?
I'm an idiot when it comes to the technical aspects of such transitions and "upgrades" but all I know is CR and QoS simply looked darker, to the point that the parkour chase in CR actually looks overcast. I couldn't accept it.
I think to get the best ? out of HDR you need a newer TV/monitor ?
There are a few videos of HDR usage on youtube which i have watched a bit of but not really "researched" it too much.
I've got a $1400 4K tv too and the picture settings are tricky enough as they are with (backlight,adaptive contrast,sharpness,ultra smooth motion,noise reduction,mpeg noise reduction,color temperature) settings to deal with.
Indeed, especially if you're going back and forth between watching movies and gaming and you aren't saving your customization options like I fail to do.
I love HDR, I don't think I've ever found it to be a downgrade.
What content are you using that has HDR ?
Gosh, there's quite a lot out there. Even some TV is.
I'm watching that on my Apple Studio Display which is HDR capable, and I can even see it flicking into HDR, but I'm not convinced that video has actually captured the HDR of the image as there's little in the while of brighter or darker points there.
Won’t let me watch it. What does he say?
Thank you! I hope he’s right. I’d personally prefer it to be individual releases, but if a box set is the only option I’d still get it of course. It would be kind of epic and cool if we got a countdown towards Bond 26 with all the previous 25 films coming to 4K one at a time (I know the Craig films have already made it, but you’d think those and all the other ones will probably get a ‘new line’ style release after Connery ones). You should definitely upgrade when possible, it’s been well worth it for me! Though I have a really hard time seeing myself upgrading beyond 4K, if for no other reason than financial feasibility.
Yep, diminishing returns as they call it. Blu-Ray to 4K even is far less significant for me than DVD to Blu-Ray is, but it’s still a nice upgrade to have, and I much prefer the standard black cases over blue ones for aesthetics points. I told myself for too long that DVD was good enough, but I am extremely confident that 4K is certainly good enough, especially for someone with eyes like mine that aren’t even that great. Even if 8K Blu-Rays do happen, I’m satisfied with what I’ve got now. I could see maybe 8K Blu-Ray for blockbusters specifically, but cool obscure films brought to us from boutique labels? Very unlikely and pointless to go past 4K.
BD is a perfectly fine stopping point and I don’t blame you at all. I don’t want to go back to pre-HD, but admittedly anything above 1080 IMO is really just extra gravy rather than being as meaningful as going from standard to HD. I didn’t collect Blu-Rays beyond combo packs with DVDs generally, so I just basically went straight from a big DVD collection to 4Ks. Many of my favorite films have yet to make it to 4K, but I’m confident most if not all eventually will given how awesome boutique labels have been for it. Worst comes to worst, there’s a Blu-Ray for almost every “major” movie out there, so physical HD is more or less covered on some level. Odd exceptions do exist, but what are you gonna do!
They need to go back to the negatives, scan them in 8K to produce definitive new digital negatives in 4K, and also restore all the original mono/stereo mixes plus do actual new Atmos mixes from the stems for ALL OF THEM.
Unless a miracle, I don't see this happening. It would take years. They will release the Blu-ray masters in 4K, that by then will be three decades old (as they are running on streaming platforms).
But that equation doesn't work with 4K discs any more, not even counting the cost of buying a new player (if you still find one), and especially a new projector that promises some quality (my Epson Full-HD is now over 14 years old and except for one change of the bulb, works marvellously). Plus knowing myself, I'd probably exchange all my BDs for 4K (where available) and spend a bunch of money again for movies I may never watch again, as has happened in my change from DVD to BD.