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Again, this is all just 1080p captures. In its native resolution on a large screen it would look more like a revelation.
2012 FOX BD
iTunes 4K
Alien in 4K, WOW! Just blown away, the sharpness and the blacks look incredible, just the format for such a film.
I'm about to pop Blade Runner 2049 in and feast my eyes on that, snagged it on Ebay £9.02, bargain.
I've got The Mummy (Brendan Fraser) & The Prestige coming, going to be treating myself to more at the weekend from the winnings of selling my multi region player and quite a few region A Criterion titles I can no longer play.
Can't wait to see the DC Bonds in 4K.
I wouldn't replace the whole series, Bond 50 will do me fine for the majority. OHMSS is a definite being my favourite and I'll see how the other earlier ones look, DN, FRWL & GF looked some of the best of the bunch so might just stick with my Blu-ray's for that.
For the screencaps I've been sent, I must say I'm extremely happy that the DNR is gone from GE. I hate the BD for that. Plus, I got the feeling the image from the BD is a bit desaturated. People who have watched the film on the big screen tell me it's on but the skin tones look a bit pink and some bits look to grey to my taste.
Blade Runner 2049 good film to start with I have both films in 4K, though the Blurays you already have the upscale will impress
The scene where Bond and Domino emerge from the beach and are spotted by Felix before having lunch springs to mind. In the bottom right hand corner. Not there for any DVD release but in the BD likely due to a different print being used.
I just checked. I didn't notice any print damage, however I do notice something on the right side of the frame that doesn't look like print damage but more like something caught in the camera lens. Was that what you referring to? This is where I wish I had the UE DVD to do more comparisons. The UE caps I used in a previous post was provided via DVD Beaver.
Anyway, I've just done more screencap comparisons, this time for DR. NO.
This is gonna be a doozy. The colors look better than the blu-ray, again losing that magenta push, but the black levels are noticeably darker in the new 4K transfer to the point that details can get lost (look at Connery's suit when sitting with Taro).
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
1991 Criterion LD
2000 SE DVD
2008 FOX BD
2017 iTunes 4K
Yes, that's right, almost like flickering scratches. Some scenes when the bomber is being hijacked and can be seen flown in full view also have vertical lines funning down the screen.
For Dr.No, some of the bottom of the image has been cropped! Why/how does this even happen? A team of people just not committed the project like hardcore fans would be?
Yeah, if the artifact caught in the camera lens was erased in the UE, I'll assume the same print damage is present in the 4K. Never sat through it all to view if the all the print damage is there yet.
Early DVDs back in the day did this kind of thing with movies with 1:66 aspect ratio, so not to have black bars on the sides of the 16:9 television screens. That or they would just make them non-anamorphic, so you'd get the whole image with black bars on all four sides. Thankfully since the UE DVDs the aspect ratio has been corrected ever since.
Had the upcoming film still been scheduled for a November 2019 release, we'd probably be seeing a full set release in October.
Iam very happy that it not be needed any more using my tv remote moost of time for subtitels, so i don't going to use 4:3 fuction when i put 1:33:1 series in my Bd player.If earlier Bond movies have been 1:33:1 i have done same and i have got another reasen for not buying it on BD. I have some BD of this kind from Disney, video image is good and special blackbar function can help. With 21:9 mabey problem in future even bigger and mabey also can a reasen why so much people watch things on there PC.
Not fan of TDKR switch between 1:78:1 and 2:40:1. In my opnion there can have better release movie in 1:85:1 or other way around: Action in 2:40:1 (Where it first place be made for) and drama in 1:78:1. But iam afraid NTTD wil stil be action in 1:78:1. In the cinema wil not see difrence. (Fact is that i wil not go to Imax version, because i don't whant to pay extra for movie partly in 1:78:1 and that switch in formats who i don't notice in the cinema and only on BD).
Worth it.
What sound do the 4k iTunes versions have? Is it lossless DTS-HD MA in 5.1?
Modern tv sets don´t have a usable default setting they come with, as did old tube tv sets. So in order to enjoy any content, you first have to adjust the colours and brightness and all kinds of other stuff on your tv set first. And then I guess it very much depends on what you prefer to watch. Then it depends on what you use as reference for adjusting the tv, old tv channels, new tv channels, or any type of disc. I get rather different picture qualities depending on wether I watch a disc or stream from Amazon/Netflix. I´m sure there would be perfect settings for each of them. Since I usually watch DVD or BR, I don´t bother finding an adjustment when I stream onto the tv set.
But do we know that for sure? Do we have Original base prints from those days that show off that color? I think it's quite hard to make that assumption no? Especially when all previous prints in various formats (VHS, Betamax, Video2000, LaserDisc, Cd-i, DVD-HD, BluRay……..all had this mostly 'duller' color).
Exactly @Boldfinger. Moreover, I think sometimes we slightly exagerate these 'better versions' when the human eye in itself perhaps doesn't see the difference. Also, we hype things up a bit too much by comparing everything in such great detail. And indeed, your TV can do wonders too. But 4K might be more of a thing if you live in a 75 m2 living room inside an expensive villa. In my surroundings…….it's a bitttt unnnecessary all this 4K stuff :-).
There you have it guys! Completely agree @Boldfinger :-).
Same goes for The Mummy (1999) left the BR standing.
On a more related noted I pre-ordered the DC 4K set today.
Quite possibly these films (not so much the Bond's aren't getting the best treatment when originally released in the format so the 4K versions are looking a big leap.
I popped in my BR 2049 and it looked incredible, also Big Lebowski a revelation as was The Dark Crystal.
Possibly at the time when released they felt like such an upgrade from DVD but now another format is exploiting the ability even more, it seems that the earlier films shot on film are the ones proving to be the biggest difference.
I've got Close Encounters on its way, can't wait to see how that looks. First Blood which from screen shots is a considerable upgrade.
Like I said before I won't be looking to upgrade my 200+ collection just select ones.
I don't imagine them doing the different actor sets again like they did before the Bond 50 came out so likely it will be a full box set that costs the earth and then follow with individual releases.
I don't imagine me being bothered about having most of the Moore's in 4K apart from SWLM as its in my top 10, the Bond 50 set will do fine for that.
I will be interested to see how the DC films do upgrade, the BR's were no slouches though but BR 2049 and Alien looked great in my eyes in HD but I wasn't quite prepared for their treatment on 4K UHD.