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  1. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    Robert - you’re always a gentleman!
  2. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    Courtesy of Mr. Hunt and Digital Bits: “True Lies, Titanic, and The Abyss were all mastered from 4K scans. Aliens was mastered from the 2K scan used for the previous Blu-ray release. Titanic was scanned in 2012. True Lies and The Abyss were done more recently. That's all per Geoff Burdick at...
  3. Robert Harris

    Surprise upgrade…

    Arrived. Thus far, quite impressed. Great monitor. After downloading new software for Promise RAIDS, all seems well. The Scandisk worked perfectly out of the box. Now waiting for upgraded Caldigit and a few new Thunderbolt 4 cables. It’s always ongoing.
  4. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    Since he spoke with someone on the team, I've reached out to Bill Hunt for clarity.
  5. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    I worked with Ryan while he was there. I would dispute the term restoration for any of those projects. This also doesn't answer the question. What were the base files?
  6. Robert Harris

    A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about...™ Lawrence of Arabia -- in 4k/UHD Blu-ray

    Agree 100%. Those who store family photos and videos on their phones, old video tape or old drives may be in for a rude awakening. While we can access negatives from the mid-19th century, and scan or make prints, I'd bet that 90% of home imagery from the 1980 and '90s is already gone.
  7. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Train to Busan -- in 4k UHD

    Only titles lacking are for main and ends.
  8. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    I'm unaware of any serious studio / post house that was using 2k for anything other than IPs or dupes for video purposes. We were using 4k back in January of 2007.
  9. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Manchurian Candidate (2004) -- in 4k UHD

    Wins. Nominations. It’s all the same except dusting the artifact. Patty’s award hardly counts as her performance was black & white. It’s performances captured on color stock that matters. Ask Mr. Peck.
  10. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Manchurian Candidate (2004) -- in 4k UHD

    As we near another American election, and truth sometimes hides in the shadows, a big question returns to who is actually controlling government, if not the citizenry? In the original 1962 version, the insidious plot involved foreign entities. In Jonathan Demme's 2004 version, which is not...
  11. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Train to Busan -- in 4k UHD

    Train to Busan is a Korean zombie flick, and a decent one. Pretty much throughout, it had a name coming to mind. That of silent film curator and performer Ben Model. Admittedly, It's an odd connection, but it comes down to the term "Undercrank," which is the name of his company, and a term...
  12. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Paint Your Wagon -- in 4k UHD

    Paint Your Wagon, a 1969 motion picture based upon the 1951 Broadway musical by Lerner and Lowe has been derided since it appeared on movie screens. As directed by Joshua Logan, it can be beautiful at times, work at times, but ultimately never makes it. Mr. Logan also directed Camelot for Jack...
  13. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    HDR and DV are packages that don’t always relate well to older films. But the marketing makes it seem as though it’s a necessity and part of 4k. It isn’t. It’s also become a necessary part of streaming sales to have it included. That noted, there’s nothing wrong with treating a film much like...
  14. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Abyss -- in 4k UHD

    Normally mentioned in reviews, or called out if problematic. I'd like to avoid more line items in the reviews, as eventually it becomes akin to ordering a Porsche.
  15. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    To be clear, that's incorrect, as THESE THREE FILMS along with Titanic should be considered apart from all other reviews. Honestly, how many situations have you seen occur, via which the original filmmaker reorients the look, resolution, grain structure et al of his or her film to purposely...
  16. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    Not vision alone, but vision linked to the final presentation. The three films in discussion have been de-grained, digitally adapted and then given a light wash of digital noise to imitate grain.
  17. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - True Lies -- in 4k UHD

    You’re referencing apples, oranges and pomegranates. Very different types of films, by very different filmmakers, via different taking technologies, film stocks — and most important — the original desires of the director, producer and cinematographer. Most important, you’re equating a film...
  18. Robert Harris

    Surprise upgrade…

    I was initially concerned about this, but researched and found that the SanDisk Professional line is a totally different entity.
  19. Robert Harris

    Surprise upgrade…

    Zero problems with the SSDs. Modularity working beautifully, as I’m able to segregate each project on its own blade, or put several on a blade that can co-exist, as each only has a single set of elements. A film like Beau Geste is being restored from four different elements. The Affairs of...
  20. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    The best example of the tech that I’ve seen was demoed for me by John Lowry. It worked. Grain gone as part of the process. It all depends upon the final result desired. I feel this worked, delivering a superior final product. The camera negs, masters et al are all in the vaults. This is...
  21. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    Probably not in need of restoration
  22. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    For a restoration reference is an answer print or closest possible. For re-imagining, the filmmaker(s), post house. The world is theirs.
  23. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    Making you my new head of security
  24. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    The films have not been restored. They have been re-imagined.
  25. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    A question. I’d like to know how those who have had a chance to view (or sample) these films would feel about the look if they were viewing for the first time - with no prior history?
  26. Robert Harris

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Aliens -- in 4k UHD

    I might point out that the term relating to “reduced” grain is a misnomer. Grain is not reduced. It is removed and replaced by a noise pattern that appears grain-like.
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