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  1. Kriztoffer Swank

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Ben-Hur -- in Blu-ray

    Blu-ray is close to 2K, yeah. 2K is defined as 2048 x 1556 (though this varies; the constant resolution is 2,048 pixels wide), whereas HDTVs are 1920 x 1080. I'd imagine there would be a perceptible difference seen on a Blu-ray taken from a higher resolution master, but then, I could be...
  2. Kriztoffer Swank

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Ben-Hur -- in Blu-ray

    Just means the film was scanned at 8K (8192x4320 resolution by definition—"8K" for roughly 8,000 horizontal pixels) but was cleaned up and restored in 6K. The theatrical showings are likely 4K. So the 4K showing and the Blu-ray would be sourced from the 6K master, with the 8K telecine existing...
  3. Kriztoffer Swank

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ Ben-Hur -- in Blu-ray

    Picked up the Walmart set also. I was not happy about this movie being a gift set only release, so I was pleasantly surprised to see a regular case two-disc edition with just the movie. Had the 1925 silent film been in HD, I would have gone for the gift set. Now if only Citizen Kane would get a...
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