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I seem to recall the UHD BD spec required 4K SDR to be rec 709 and HDR to be BT2020. Maybe I mistaken though.

One may not get full 4k, but especially with spherical optics, 3+ is possible. Please remember that the scanned element is the original...

Lets not ignore one big fact here: At the end of the day, you will not get anything resembling 4k from these UHDs or those of any film...

After a number of one-shot TV appearances in the late 1950s and early '60s - Highway Patrol, Death Valley Days, Maverick, Alfred...

There is NO fine detail, but it’s pretty and film-like.

I can't wait for some reviewers to discuss the beautiful "organic grain..."

Why would anyone remove grain, then add fake grain on top? The grain haters are still going to hate it, and the film enthusiasts - at...

John Ford's 1962 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is one of the great films. Beautifully photographed in startling black & white by...

Completely agree. It does take time and resources to create new 1080p discs. I think most of the studios are pouring their money in...

I don't think it's laziness at all. I think it's a conscious effort to force people to upgrade to 4K disc. It's a similar strategy...

In time, this thread, like all others, will sleep with the fishes.

I was fortunate enough to see this projected on a big screen at the Star Trek Mission Chicago convention last Friday, with David Fein...

It's perhaps unfair on my part, but it looks to me as if they are working out of a house. Do they have all of the reference tools and...

I have a very hard time believing the new look was due to some miscommunication during COVID - but that's just me. I mean people can...

It's so strange, this divide the industry has fallen into. On the one hand, you've got a group of filmmakers and content producers who...