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The discs are way too expensive, they're like £20 each when you can get a Blu-ray for £8, Blu-ray 1080p is good enough, it reveals the details that you would see in a cinema that DVD just can't. It's at 24fps like film is meant to be. Would only consider buying UHD discs if my projector broke and I had to get a new one, and only then if the discs were cheaper. Even then I can't imagine replacing my blu-ray discs in the way I've been replacing my DVDs with the blu-rays. And iTunes etc. give 4K but no lossless audio ...
I'm from The Netherlands. Never noticed any real spelling errors in the older films. Only Quantum of Solace has lots of grammatical errors. But that disc was just copied from the original release and it was a rush job to get the Dutch subtitles done.
Good point, which would likely never happen. I was just shocked at how much I preferred my blu-ray copies of CR and QoS to those in 4K, the differences were so blunt and instantly recognizable. I got to the Madagascar chase in CR and turned it off, it looked so bland and overcast, and I managed maybe five minutes of the PTS of QoS before turning it off.
I meant mastered at 4K. And technically, the film was shot at 2.8K, with aerial shots being done at 5K.
That's disappointing considering the technology they have nowadays.
Maybe in the future ?
Probably not just because of the science behind it. Film is like a living object. It has no definitive resolution as such but when they digitally scan it, the most they can get out of 35mm is 4K I believe. Whereas something like Skyfall which was just shot digitally in 2.8 k is just that. That was the resolution and pixels recorded on the day, there is no extra matter from which a 4K copy could be produced in the true sense of the word.
I actually have a question here. So when I buy the bond50 blu ray set or whatever. Those old bond films from the 60s,70s.... look incredible. Stunning. Were they remastered to 2k, because if so then it’s not outside the wheelhouse for bond, and if not then how do they look so amazing.
As far as the blu-ray discs made from 2008-2012 go, here's the breakdown of how they were remastered:
DN, FRWL, GF, TB, YOLT, OHMSS, DAF, LALD, TSWLM and MR were all remastered at 4K from the original film negatives by Lowry Digital. 4K remastering was still a very expensive proposition at the time they were done, so instead of remastering all 20 films back in the mid-2000s MGM only focused on the older films as they were much dirtier and needed more work.
For TMWTGG, FYEO, OP, AVTAK, TLD, LTK, GE, TND, TWINE, and DAD, Lowry Digital simply used the existing HD video copies of the films as the basis for their remasters, cleaning up the dirt and other artifacts. If you wondered why the 80s and 90s films never looked as visually incredible as the 60s and 70s films on blu-ray, this is partly why. It wasn't until 2015 that the latter films would actually get a proper 4K remaster, which you can only currently watch on streaming platforms like iTunes, Amazon, and Vudu.
For why CR and QOS can't get a 4K remaster like the other films is because they were never mastered on actual film. The film footage was scanned at 2K and mastered digitally. All film prints people saw in theaters were simply based on the digital masters.
I own couple movies on BD in 4K who have more grain then need. I am more happy with my none 4K BD disc 2009 version in 2012 keepcase of three movies from Sony then i have possible have been with 4K versions from 2013.
The room/space of 4K disc in my opnion should be used for higher resultion for bigger tv, more episodes on one disc, more extra s with more subs. Long movie one disc insteed of two and better audio. Or option to consider to at two movies on a disc. Disney proofs enough that 50GB disc not be enough to give more extra's, there are lazy for using extra BD or atleast DVD9 DVD or having trouble to at in 3D. Another mistake that are no 4K 3D players. And why bother about 4K disc when there already have trouble to release some on BD.
Ah thanks, I get it now, that's a good point. Since CR and QOS were probably put together in the Digital Intermediate, they would have to recut the entire film right. Yeah its unlikely even though possible.
I guess the only thing I would ask then is, are you sure that those streaming copies of the 80's and 90's films were actually remastered from film to be 4k, how do you know that they didn't just upscale them from the HD master they already had (kind of like what happened to CR and QOS)
Wow that’s really cool. It actually makes me much more excited for a 4K box set because somehow I had this thought that they wouldn’t bother to remaster them again but I’m super glad that they have
http://www.dvdinfo.be/bespreking.php?id=9087
After i send the reviewer a message, he confirmd that back cover said there more extra's credit, but those are not on it.
I remember i heard there messing around with CR2006, but this is new to me and made me curious or other movies have same problem. Also rase another quistion or the 50 years set from 2012 realy include first correct disc or wrong disc.
The earliest it'll come is coinciding with the 4K/blu-ray release of NTTD, which I imagine (provided it meets its current release date) would arrive by late March at the latest. Hopefully, provided there are plans in store to release 4K versions of all the non-Craig titles, we hear something in the next few months regarding their release.
https://007homemedia.blogspot.com/2020/09/goldeneye-1995.html
HUGE difference between Blu-ray and 4K also! The DNR on the blu-ray is heavy. The Itunes 4K version has a much more film-like appearence.
The cropping on the UE is also a real shame.
So, we need those 4K blu-rays now:-)
Wow, that's really bad!
It's an aspect I've been glad to see happen to all the films that didn't get the proper 4K treatment back in the 2000s. And this is just from iTunes. On physical media it'll feel like a genuine refresher.