If it was filmed/mastered in 2k, I refuse to watch it in UHD

[TheHutt]

Hello,

This is a counter-thread to the existing "crappy BluRay" one. Fact is, many of the blockbusters from recent years announced now for release in 4K were either shot in 2K, or the Digital Intermediate/post-production pipeline was done in 2K. So in fact, for those titles, 4K offers no higher resolution than the standard BluRay.

Of course, some will reason about how UHD is more than just 4K because of HFR™, HDR™ etc. However, these are but negligible gimmicks. HDR cannot be just retro-fitted on older titles, and HFR is, well, rather controversial. So the baseline of this thread is: If a title is marketed as being in 4K, it should offer native 4K. Period.

Interestingly, older titles shot on film seem to be actually better off, as they can be just scanned in 4K resolution.