Looking for list of 4K films versus 2K conversions (1 Viewer)

[Robert Crawford]

Has anybody compiled such a 4K/UHD listing on the net, as to which titles are true 4K releases and those that are 2K converted to 4K?

 

[Robert Crawford]

Anybody?

 

[Robert Crawford]

I inadvertently locked this thread.

 

[dpippel]

It's working now! Here are a couple of good resources Robert:

http://referencehometheater.com/ultr...ay-title-info/

http://realorfake4k.com/

 

[Peter Neski]

well most all are fake Planet earth 2 is real but ot much else

 

[gadgtfreek]

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=270798

I use this one to track real 4K.

 

[revgen]

I use IMDB. I look at the technical specs and check "Digital Intermediate". If it says 2k, then the UHD is fake 4k. There are some exceptions to the rule. The Martian UHD didn't use the 2k DCP. The filmmakers went back to the original 5k camera files and used those for shots that didn't have special effects, and combined those shots with visual effects footage from the original 2k theatrical DCP. So it's a bit of a hybrid.

 

[DavidMiller]

I use IMDB. I look at the technical specs and check "Digital Intermediate". If it says 2k, then the UHD is fake 4k. There are some exceptions to the rule. The Martian UHD didn't use the 2k DCP. The filmmakers went back to the original 5k camera files and used those for shots that didn't have special effects, and combined those shots with visual effects footage from the original 2k theatrical DCP. So it's a bit of a hybrid.

Just becuase it is a 4K DI doesn't mean that it wasn't filmed with a 2K camera and scaled before the DI. This is the stupid point of this whole 2K/4K DI argument. There is almost always going to be some 2K elements unless it was all filmed using 35mm/70mm film then had a 4K DI. Plus there are several 2K DI examples that are better UHD disks then the 4K versions. The next comment I'll make is that with the exception of a few releases the studios never say how the disc was made so there could be several more that are made from 4K DIs then IMDB can tell you. By the way that is not to mention all the additional things that need to be done to make a UHD disk like 10bit color and HDR.

The realorfake4k.com site is the one that I have heard most people use.

 

[dpippel]

And, one of the issues with 4K UHD releases today is that most (if not all) of the effects-laden titles than have been rolled out during the initial months all have effects that are only rendered in 2K, even if the rest of the film's workflow was 4K. Not that some of them don't look phenomenally good. Even X-Men: Apocalypse, which was shot in 4K and is one of the best UHD releases so far where PQ is concerned, only has 2K-rendered effects.

 

[gadgtfreek]

I look at the list for fun, but 2K movies like Turtles 2 looked GREAT, so all that sweating 4K or 2K means absolutely nothing for my purchase.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I look at the list for fun, but 2K movies like Turtles 2 looked GREAT, so all that sweating 4K or 2K means absolutely nothing for my purchase.

From what I gather several of the 2K movies look great with HDR applied.

 

[gadgtfreek]

They have.

 

[Lord Dalek]

In all likely hood if the film was 3D in theaters it was probably 2k on the DI.

 

[Tino]

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=270798

I use this one to track real 4K.

Thanks fir that link. I can use it now