Recent content by Dave MJ

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.