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The screenshots I've been seeing from these are something else, like seeing the movies all over again for the first time. What detail and color.
From what I've been told, the scene when Quist is feed to the sharks in Largos pool, the water turns red in the 4K iTunes version. Can you confirm this?
The red filter was removed on the Ultimate DVD & Blu-Ray versions.
As far as I know, it's the UK edition that removed the red filter.
4k is pretty much the apex of quality you're going to get from 35mm film, so it's the pinnacle of cinematic quality and thus still worth it because we're still exacting a lot more data. Yes, it is subtle, but it's information you'd never see unless you went to the cinema.
In the future when we get 8k releases, it will be pointless. At that point it will simply be an upscale.
My bad, I thought you guys were saying it was some sort of upscaling ”glitch”
Funny that their version is more censored, but the UK edition of CR is much more "unrated".
Agreed. That bloody DNR in everyone's face hurts my eyes!
Too right! Avoid the Terminator 2 4K if you've yet to see it, that's DNR applied to the max there.
Don't worry, not a fan of Terminator.
And no money for 4K discs, players or TV :D LOL
Upgrading to 4K seems a big step – most of all in how much you have to spend to get the best experience…
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/a-few-words-about-™-goldeneye-in-blu-ray.317932/
The upgrade's been more than worth it for me - about $500 on a TV, $200 for a player. Pricy, sure, but didn't break the bank like some of those 4KTV's that can stretch into the few-$1,000 range.
From Wikipedia:
"Digital Noise Reduction or DNR is a software program used to enhance the quality of digital photographic reproductions of either still or moving images. It is a tool especially useful to correct imperfections (such as film grain, electronic noise, film speckles, dirt, scratches, etc) inherent in the source material, in particular those from film negatives, photographs and other such copies."
Film buffs tend to hate it, since it removes inherent parts of the picture, such as the aforementioned grain, noise, dirt, etc.
I have no problem when it's clearing up images and making them look more sharp and colorful.
Exactly, it paints a very waxy tone over everything. Some of those initial screenshots I saw for Terminator 2 genuinely looked like wax figurines of the actors, it was jarring.
I agree, it´s a crime to the visual arts to just slap it on.
Yeah I read About that. Anyhow a questionable decision to noise-reduce a film shot on extremely grainy film stock.
Don't think you can get a 4KTV for $500 over here. All those I've seen (although I haven't been keeping an eye on prices) are in the $1,000 range upwards. Don't know about the 4K players though.
That's a shame. If you have an HDTV already, though, those prices aren't worth the upgrade jump at all. With every passing year, however, and with the format becoming more and more common, the prices will inevitably drop. I remember when they were first unveiled a few years back, all costing several thousand dollars each. Ridiculous.
The first DVD I bought was The Day of the Jackal, and I was fascinated by the grainy look of the street pavement in the opening scenes of the film.
Do have an older HDTV, which might be alright enough – at least until those 4KTV prices drop. Will probably be looking for a TV at 42 inches or less, so that might make things even cheaper.