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Yes, HDR and 10 bit color are usually the best improvements in a good UHD disc, not the increased resolution.

Received mine today and definitely disappointed at the extreme amount of DNR. It looks too clean and digital. The organic, textured feel just isn't there compared to the best of other classic animated releases from WB. Some shorts look softer than others. Watching on a 77" LG OLED I actually...

What's most aggravating to me is that Jackson has stated many times over the years that he purposely saved some of the best material (additional deleted scenes, behind the scenes, etc). for a true "ultimate" release. Warner declined to budget including that material on the blu-rays and now it...

I debated then pre-ordered. It's expensive but will likely be a first class presentation and in depth exploration of rare material. I'm rather burned out on mainstream film so I've really been enjoying going deep into obscure genres the last few years. If the previous Severin box sets are any...

Absolutely hated it when I first saw it, but a lot of that was wrapped up in expectations. The studio didn't market it correctly and people were confused about the intent. I have to come to enjoy it over the years along with 4 and 5. I'll probably stick with my blu-ray but glad to hear it's a...

Sad news. He was very talented and in a lot of my childhood favorites growing up watching them on the Wonderful World of Disney and later on cable and disc. I recently watched a lot of those movies remastered on Disney Movie Club blu-ray and Amazon Prime and they are still entertaining. He had a...

"Original Color Timing Presentation" means it's the blu-ray version with the more faithful theatrical color timing. That version is on disc two of the Complete Collection set as well.

Much better HDR screenshots here. Not full res but properly captured and representative of what it actually looks like color and grain wise. https://www.highdefwatch.com/post/indy-returns-in-4k-uhd-glory-with-indiana-jones-4-movie-collection

The images in that video aren't very accurate. The 4K looks much better than is represented there, especially in HDR10 or Dolby Vision. The 4K image might look darker but that is because the blu-ray was overly brightened.

The colors are greatly improved and much closer to the theatrical release, especially in Dolby Vision. The orange/yellow haze is gone and color is much more natural. There is still a teal push in a few places and couple of slightly overexposed holdovers from the blu-ray, but overall it looks...

That was part of the original shot, some kind of camera issue. They tweaked it on the 4K to be less noticeable.

I got the steelbooks today from Best Buy. I've watched Raiders and overall it is a massive improvement over the blu-ray. The orange/yellow haze is gone and the color is much closer to the theatrical as is the overall brightness and contrast, especially in Dolby Vision. Outdoor scenes look much...

Indeed. Seems to be quite improved overall. Still a bit too much teal from what I have seen, but need to see it on the actual disc.

Early screenshots are looking very encouraging. The worst issues - color grading, overblown highlights, DNR, seem to be fixed to a large degree. I know we don't want to go down the rabbit hole of screenshots, but this one is pretty compelling and encouraging...

To illustrate that point, here is the same shot as above from Kodak (top) and Fuji (bottom) original prints.

Ok, I'm going to revise my initial appraisal. After some careful comparison with the 4K series trailer, there is some improvement in the accuracy and clarity of outdoor blue skies and greens, and a slightly less overall orange look. Some of the haziness in brighter areas is reduced and less...

Fair enough, but it is clear enough to see it is not the original color timing. My guess is it is a slightly tweaked version of the 2012 4K master to add an HDR pass.

The trailer indicate they are just using the blu-ray color grade. So this seems to be the 4K master they created back in 2012 with some slight tweaks perhaps. Very, very disappointing.

True, they will at least need to do an HDR pass. And Dolby Vision would require scene by scene work to be done properly. If they don't correct the color grade, maybe at least the overexposure issues will be fixed.

You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but if we are getting 9 year old masters, including a messed up color grade on Raiders, I don't see much value. The fact that the new Raiders blu-ray is the exact same 2012 disc, even with all of the complaints about the color grade, is a bad sign...

I think you are illustrating more how much the studios thought films were worth back in those days as opposed to the actual worth or quality of the item. Once they realized home video was profitable they priced them to sell in high numbers. Laserdiscs never got as cheap as VHS for that reason...

Below are shots from the blu-ray trailer, the original 4K restoration (which seems to have been intended for the release) and the revised color grade released on the blu-ray. View full size and note how dramatically the color has been altered in the skin tones, the statues and the ark itself...

The 2012 press release says something similar (and, unfortunately, untrue). Complicating matters is that the original 4K restoration done by LaserPacific WAS very faithful and shots from that restoration were actually used in the trailers for the blu-ray set. That version was shown in 2011 for...

All of this seems to be pointing to the 4K release NOT being a new transfer. They have had 4K masters from OCN of all 3 original films since the 2012 blu-ray release. The masters were completed around 2011 and then Raiders was (unfortunately) given an orange/teal color grade and audio remix for...

Just a blu-ray and no 4K? That gives me hope that it is indeed a new restoration. I suppose it could just be a repackaging of the 2012 blu-ray. I love the use of the original title and poster.