Afraid so, and thanks. I wish it wasn't this way. The Abyss looks wonderful on my Apple TV and I'm anxious to get that disc. It's in Amazon limbo, but that's for another thread.
If you're asking for details, I don't have it. Here's what Bill Hunt says. I've bolded the relevant sections.
"For its release on Ultra HD, Lightstorm, working with Park Road Post, appears to have utilized the best-available scan of the original camera negative (possibly new and 4K, but it’s...
I can't answer that. I can only look at the final result which bears more than a passing resemblance to the prior Blu-ray, minus the grain overlay but with the addition of AI image processing.
This release may not be for me. I know UHD releases aren't strictly about resolution and some may argue one can't tell the difference between 2K and 4K on a 65" TV like mine from a normal viewing distance anyway. Fair enough. What one can tell though is usage of wide color gamut and HDR, neither...
I sent them the photo with the error code and suggested the engineering department knows what it means. They replied:
"Hi Neil,
Thank you for your feedback; we appreciate the opportunity to better meet your needs. I will forward your case to the appropriate department for further review. If...
Are you certain? Park Circus says "DCP" for "Aliens." Compare that to "Titanic" which says, "DCP, 4K DCP."
And be wary of theaters advertising "4K." I went to a screening of "RoboCop" once that was advertised as 4K. Instead, the Blu-ray from the 4K master was shown.
This is annoying. That was the best version for me. For some reason the theatrical cut of this movie on Apple and Movies Anywhere has a sync issue. On Vudu it was rock solid. And Vudu has the SE in DV and DA while Apple and MA don't. And while I can in theory watch this using the internal TV...
I'm now unable to access the "Special Edition" of Aliens on Vudu on my Apple TV. I've logged out of the app and logged back in. I've reinstalled the app as well. I've even disconnected and reconnected Movies Anywhere. None of this fixes the issue which must be on Vudu's end. This is a big deal...