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Old 01-22-2020, 10:09 PM   #2012
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Originally Posted by motorheadache95 View Post


That was my point, they're not definitive at all. Disney just took the masters that had already been done for I-VI and added an HDR coat of paint. The OT remasters are superior to the old Blu-Ray transfers, but not quite up to the level you'd want for Star Wars. I'm assuming of course that the UHD set is the same masters, but I think that's a pretty safe guess.
HDR is not like a coat of paint and Disney didn't add anything that wasn't already in the negatives. They just included more of what is already there, essentially restoring the dynamic range that was subtracted from the SDR Blu-ray transfers.
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