I completely agree, far too many variables. I have no idea how the picture I am seeing is supposed to look so I am erring on the conservative side of not watching any more of this new stuff until we are making progress with proper calibratio and setup. It doesn't help of course that we have...
I can confirm I have seen this for Kingsman. I am not sure how much more detail we would see without the noise reduction but imo it should be rejected on principle - it is ridiculous to apply any kind of filter to an ultra high rez release. The noise on the Blu-ray was completely unobtrusive...
If that was your impression of Blu-ray already then you definitely should stick with it as your premium format for now.
If you also watch new releases then HDR gives things a different look and something that resolution cannot do, You may want to check it out again in maybe a year from now.
This is the best one I know for film based 4k on BD:
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=218262&highlight=4k
There should also be a link in there to 4k(+) movies shot digitally but as it pertains to classic film based titles that is a very good thread and possibly the most comprehensive...
I can only suggest to everybody to check out the new technology from time to time.
Currently one may not find 4k UHD impressive but we still are lacking standards and the only currently available player does a funny thing or two when connected to some HDR capable displays and projectors. Things...