Films (Almost Entirely Surround)

[4-earredwonder]

A splendid article about the recent restoration of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING shown at this year's Cannes Film Festival https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2019-kubrick-shining-4k-restoration/

Cannot wait for Warner's Native UHD 4K Disc but the author of the article implores one to see it on the largest movie screen possible for maximum impact as it's currently being shown in select theaters.

 

[GOS]

A splendid article about the recent restoration of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING shown at this year's Cannes Film Festival https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2019-kubrick-shining-4k-restoration/

Cannot wait for Warner's Native UHD 4K Disc but the author of the article implores one to see it on the biggest movie screen possible for maximum impact as it's currently be shown in select theaters.

I think I need to start spending some money on my very favorite titles that are in 4K. I wonder if they will do any of the old spaghetti westerns of Clint Eastwood......Good/Bad/Ugly would be epic....

 

[4-earredwonder]

I think I need to start spending some money on my very favorite titles that are in 4K. I wonder if they will do any of the old spaghetti westerns of Clint Eastwood......Good/Bad/Ugly would be epic....

Gene, I'm sure they're already in the works. The perplexing thing about 4K .... a lot of mediocre movies are being given the 4K treatment in upscaled versions which I try to avoid but the big guns are being done in NATIVE [TRUE] 4K and this will be one of them. 2001: A Space Odyssey was UNBELIEVABLE and if you have any love for that film, the Native 4K version was spectacular.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I think I need to start spending some money on my very favorite titles that are in 4K. I wonder if they will do any of the old spaghetti westerns of Clint Eastwood......Good/Bad/Ugly would be epic....

 

[GOS]

Gene, I'm sure they're already in the works. The perplexing thing about 4K .... a lot of mediocre movies are being given the 4K treatment in upscaled versions which I try to avoid but the big guns are being done in NATIVE [TRUE] 4K and this will be one of them. 2001: A Space Odyssey was UNBELIEVABLE and if you have any love for that film, the Native 4K version was spectacular.

So...how does the average guy know if it's Native 4K or not?

 

[4-earredwonder]

So...how does the average guy know if it's Native 4K or not?

READ the reviews at Blu~Ray.com. They indicate all the 'vital statistics' at the top of the review ... like whether it's NATIVE or UPSCALED and offers HDR and Dolby Vision. Here's the recent BATMAN review, for instance:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Batman-4K-Blu-ray/230456/#Review

 

[timothyemerson]

So...how does the average guy know if it's Native 4K or not?

That's a good question and I don't know the answer.

Blu-ray.com has detail as to whether it's 4K or a 2K upscale in the Video section (here's Alien for example: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Alien-4K-Blu-ray/230308/). How they know that it's native 4K though, I don't know. When it is, there's usually a press release around it so that should be pretty clear but when it's a 2K upscale, no one says so, so how anyone knows for sure is a mystery to me unless there's some technical thing that can be done with the 4K disc itself. Some comments I've read about whether something is an upscale or not make me think they're just guessing too.

I reckon that "upscaled" 4K discs look better than Blu-ray and have done a few tests at my place (not double-blind though - I had to have both eyes open). 4K discs have HDR which mostly looks flippin awesome. I recently watched First Man (shot on 16mm and apparently an "upscale") on 4K after seeing it on BD and the 4K blows the BD away, mostly thanks to HDR.

 

[4-earredwonder]

For GOS and Timothy: A website dedicated to NATIVE vs. UPSCALED UHD 4K DISCS:

https://4kmedia.org/real-or-fake-4k/

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I think I need to start spending some money on my very favorite titles that are in 4K. I wonder if they will do any of the old spaghetti westerns of Clint Eastwood......Good/Bad/Ugly would be epic....

I'd rethink that....when I think about my hobbies...video and music.....all those blu ray movies I bought are worthless now...how many times are you going to watch a movie... I have watched about 1% of my blu ray movie collection...multiple times...the remaining 99% of the movies have been watched one or two times....the hi rez audio discs have appreciated in value...you could probably stream some of your favorite 4k movies...just saying...

 

[GOS]

For GOS and Timothy: A website dedicated to NATIVE vs. UPSCALED UHD 4K DISCS:

https://4kmedia.org/real-or-fake-4k/

A Charlie Brown Christmas is Native 4K UHD???? Does that mean all those rough edges are gone?

 

[4-earredwonder]

I'd rethink that....when I think about my hobbies...video and music.....all those blu ray movies I bought are worthless now...how many times are you going to watch a movie... I have watched about 1% of my blu ray movie collection...multiple times...the remaining 99% of the movies have been watched one or two times....the hi rez audio discs have appreciated in value...you could probably stream some of your favorite 4k movies...just saying...

I could say the same for music ....... not all music has repeat value, as well. For those who are drooling for DOLBY ATMOS, a LOT of these films have much more stunning examples of ATMOS than any music discs currently do.

I have a ton of surround music discs sitting unplayed .......I sometimes play them once and will probably never play them again. With 4K ... I'm being VERY selective. I do agree buying them for the fifth or sixth time is sometimes ridiculous especially with 8K looming on the horizon but based on sales of 4K discs and the way they're trickling out of the studios....doubtful 8K will fly if the current trend is any indication. Besides it's OVERKILL [8K].

 

[4-earredwonder]

A Charlie Brown Christmas is Native 4K UHD???? Does that mean all those rough edges are gone?

That, I believe, was made for television and I don't know if 4K will eradicate those rough edges. Word of advice: around November [Black Friday week], AmazonUS blows out a lot of UHD4K discs for $10 and LESS if you can wait until then. I did buy a slew of 4K discs for $7.99 ...... some nice titles, as well!

 

[weekendtoy]

I'd rethink that....when I think about my hobbies...video and music.....all those blu ray movies I bought are worthless now...how many times are you going to watch a movie... I have watched about 1% of my blu ray movie collection...multiple times...the remaining 99% of the movies have been watched one or two times....the hi rez audio discs have appreciated in value...you could probably stream some of your favorite 4k movies...just saying...

That's why I rent. Used to be from Netflix but now 3dbluray.

I still buy stuff like Star Wars and the Hobbit and a few other franchise movies.

 

[salsdali]

for a 20 year old film not a bad surround presentation. Beats some of the modern releases we're subjected to today

Fincher was really in his Prime

 

[4-earredwonder]

Great DEAL @ AmazonUS on the NATIVE UHD 4K of Ex Machina ...... $6.50 https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ex-Machina-4K-Blu-ray/176583/#Review


Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 108 min | Rated R | Jun 06, 2017

 

[atrocity]

I wonder if they will do any of the old spaghetti westerns of Clint Eastwood......Good/Bad/Ugly would be epic....

I'd like to see those as well, though they were all shot in Techniscope, which may or may not do much with 4k.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techniscope
Having said that, I'm shocked at how good they already look on Blu-ray.

 

[skherbeck]

Just ordered Dr. Who Seasons 1-7 of the re-boot on Blu-ray... can't wait to re-watch these from start to finish in 5.1 surround!

 

[4-earredwonder]

Very HIGHLY Recommended and priced well, Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula in NATIVE 4K with a remixed Dolby Atmos soundtrack $13.05 @ AmazonUS https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Bram-Stokers-Dracula-4K-Blu-ray/171527/#Review

 

[skherbeck]

Very HIGHLY Recommended and priced well, Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula in NATIVE 4K with a remixed Dolby Atmos soundtrack $13.05 @ AmazonUS https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Bram-Stokers-Dracula-4K-Blu-ray/171527/#Review

Thanks for the head's up... had to buy it at that price!

 

[skherbeck]

Great DEAL @ AmazonUS on the NATIVE UHD 4K of Ex Machina ...... $6.50 https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Ex-Machina-4K-Blu-ray/176583/#Review


Lionsgate Films | 2015 | 108 min | Rated R | Jun 06, 2017

I don't know what this is, but 4K for $6.50 with a pretty face and I'm sold!