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It basically amounts to putting SDR plus higher resolution, higher bit depth, bigger color space and better compression in that UHD / HDR container. And while it is possible to add a tiny little bit of HDR highlights one has to be careful not to overdo it.

No matter what we say, if it gets released it will be with HDR. If we're lucky it will be the kind of HDR that is so unobstrusive that it mostly looks like SDR with a bigger color space and higher bit depth and that will be fine with me. We have had a few recent examples of that and it looks as...

8k is useful for scanning 65mm negatives, 4k is indeed good enough for scanning 70mm prints. Not that scanning prints is the preferred way to go except for very special circumstances like The Alamo where the longer version is only available in the form of prints with one of them luckily being a...

Just about the same as in 4k, everything else being equal.

You got to wonder a bit about the National Film registry when it takes them that long to finally "discover" My Fair Lady...

The data from the previous 8k scan of Baraka apparently was discarded and going back and scanning it again for UHD is something that the owners may not want to risk as the financial rewards will probably be slim. I would expect that they release Samsara first and if the sales are good enough go...

Two worthy titles but to my knowledge both do not have 4k data in existence that would be suited to create a worthy UHD release.

I wonder when one of the 6 to 8k scan large format titles will show up that already have a 4k DCP. Currently waiting for, in alphabetical order: Ben-Hur Hello, Dolly! Lawrence of Arabia My Fair Lady Oklahoma! Samsara Spartacus The Hateful 8 The Sound of Music These are the ones that come to...