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I would love to have seen a prototype of the player's front and rear panels.


Anyway, thanks, Ron, for the link. Finally we have some concrete news.
 

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Of all the titles mentioned in the article, only one - The Maze Runner - was actually finished at 4K and has a 4K DI. All of the others are locked to 2K. And even Maze Runner was largely shot with 2.8K cameras.
 

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I'd be curious to see if these releases replace blu-ray on the shelves, since they include the blu anyway. I can't imagine a store carrying 3 sku's of every title, especially since space for physical titles is so limited nowadays.

Also curious to see if the Digital HD code will put a 4K version in your UV locker, because if it doesn't a consumer would basically be forced to choose between buying the physical or digital 4K versions of a title, because one purchase wouldn't give both, as it does now...
 

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Fox has the largest library of large format titles, with at least some, like Oklahoma! ready to go.

As 4k is apt to be a niche market, I'd like to see them put there best foot forward.

Likewise, Sony's inaugural titles should include Aurens, Strangelove and other titles that would appeal to the early adopter / cinephile. I fear we'll be seeing Godzilla once again.
 

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Robert Harris said:
Fox has the largest library of large format titles, with at least some, like Oklahoma! ready to go.

As 4k is apt to be a niche market, I'd like to see them put there best foot forward.

Likewise, Sony's inaugural titles should include Aurens, Strangelove and other titles that would appeal to the early adopter / cinephile. I fear we'll be seeing Godzilla once again.
You mean Raymond Burr lives again.;) Just kidding about which film version.
 
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I'll be the first to complain about a combo pack- "What do I need a Blu-ray for when I've got a 4K Ultra HD player?!" :)
I want combo packs personally. To get 4K I need a new TV, a new receiver with 4K pass thru, and a UHD player. Realistically it will take me a few years to get all that, so to get the best bang for my buck when purchasing new titles I want it to have a blu for now and a 4K for later. Any way to give the format the best chance of succeeding...
 

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I've been wondering that for years while collecting a large collection of useless DVD's that come with the Blu-Ray; many of which I already had on DVD before upgrading. Its just a convenient way to increase the list price.

TravisR said:
I'll be the first to complain about a combo pack- "What do I need a Blu-ray for when I've got a 4K Ultra HD player?!" :)
 

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Randy Korstick said:
I've been wondering that for years while collecting a large collection of useless DVD's that come with the Blu-Ray; many of which I already had on DVD before upgrading. Its just a convenient way to increase the list price.

Because some of us have kids that still rock a DVD player in their room.


Blu-ray in the den where we can all watch. DVD in the kids room for when they watch on a much smaller TV.


Eventually, we'll have all Blu-rays in the house, but we ain't there yet.


UHD? I'm counting on another 5 years before I can move up to that (or the prices come down to me).
 

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Worth said:
Of all the titles mentioned in the article, only one - The Maze Runner - was actually finished at 4K and has a 4K DI. All of the others are locked to 2K. And even Maze Runner was largely shot with 2.8K cameras.

I don't think any of them had been mastered in HDR either, so that the players and televisions are capable of displaying HDR doesn't really matter.


I think that's going to be a potential area of trouble for this new format - so many of the new movies that people would naturally assume would be perfect for 4K were never actually made or finished in 4K, so even if studios put them out in that format, I don't see how the quality jump is going to be big enough to justify the purchase. And they might not be all that impressively different in a side-by-side demonstration either. All of the Marvel movies are 2K, Gravity is 2K, Skyfall was mastered in 4K but only shot 2.8K, etc. For any movie that was originally shot and finished on film, it's a relatively straightforward process to rescan the negative at 4K, but for the overwhelming majority of films finished as DIs since the 1990s, they'll be locked in at 2K forever. I don't know that I'd purchase a disc that's just an upscale.


On the other hand, I do like the idea of a combo pack with a regular Blu-ray disc too as a way of future-proofing. I'm much more likely to start purchasing UHD discs that way. I'm not planning on replacing my regular Blu-ray player or HDTV anytime soon, but if I can buy a Blu-ray that comes with the UHD disc for about the same price, I'd be happy to start future-proofing my collection now. (I did that when 3D Blu-rays started coming out.)
 

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Joel Fontenot said:
Because some of us have kids that still rock a DVD player in their room.
I have been 100% Blu-ray for years including my PC's. DVD is a legacy format, like VHS and 8mm film.


I will be all over UHD Blu-ray and will give it my full attention. Cautiously optimistic that it will find a niche, no hope of world domination.
 

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