4K Movies Releases

[Penton-Man]

On the other hand , free Spidey movie tickets for the PG13 crowd…. http://magnoliaav.com/the-amazing-spider-man-2

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

We’re blue chip types here (and big tippers too), whereas, I think some others are the pink sheet types.
a Not Safe for Work spoiler snippet from an Academy screener of zee Wolf of Wall Street -

Wolf of Wall Street - Hookers Scene - YouTube

I need to see that film. Hearing very good things about it.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I need to see that film. Hearing very good things about it.

Zee movie theater was dead silent during this scene ….https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...lf#post8558461

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by pentatonic

But I'm actually very surprised at how many players are entering this new market.

Or, just call it ‘The 4K Show’ …http://www.fierceonlinevideo.com/sto...not/2014-04-08

[pentatonic]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Or, just call it ‘The 4K Show’ …http://www.fierceonlinevideo.com/sto...not/2014-04-08

Yep, great name for it. However you look at it, these next few years will be quite exciting to live as an HT fan.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Zee movie theater was dead silent during this scene ….https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...lf#post8558461

saucy!

[tob]

Originally Posted by Steedeel

I need to see that film. Hearing very good things about it.

you did not see wolf of wall street yet steedeel you have to check it out.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by tob

you did not see wolf of wall street yet steedeel you have to check it out.

It's on Christmas bluray haul Tob.

[Penton-Man]

For https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...tv#post9037061 which represents a follow-up to the Initial UHDTV report issued last autumn,

go to…. https://www.smpte.org/standards/reports and scroll down a little for final SMPTE Study Group UHDTV considerations and recommendations for further work.

[Penton-Man]

Dem fans are already starting to form for the premiere of Transcendence in Westwood at the Regency Village Theater….https://www.facebook.com/TranscendenceMovie

Not elucidated yet on imdb Tech spec…http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/...ef_=tt_dt_spec but a 4K digital master was produced.

[Penton-Man]

Asian broadcasters, Middle Eastern, European, Globo in Brazil and perhaps some cinema exhibition ‘around the world’. Let’s have U.S. viewers get in on this stuff….http://advanced-television.com/2014/...-in-4k-and-8k/

[Penton-Man]

From 2/11/2014…https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ng#post8784822

In particular –

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Plus, I wouldn’t at all be surprised if Dolby introduces a plug-in for color grading software tools in the D.I. suite sometime in the near future as they’re firing on all cylinders.

NAB 2014 - Dolby Show HDR Post Workflow; New 32 inch HDR Monitor - YouTube

Also, note to Richard, as I think you were previously concerned about this – toward the end of the clip….’Dolby is developing an overall performance scale based upon peak luminance, contrast ratio and colorspace’…

[pentatonic]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

From 2/11/2014…https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ng#post8784822

In particular –


NAB 2014 - Dolby Show HDR Post Workflow; New 32 inch HDR Monitor - YouTube

Also, note to Richard, as I think you were previously concerned about this – toward the end of the clip….’Dolby is developing an overall performance scale based upon peak luminance, contrast ratio and colorspace’…

Nice, and end of 2014

[Kris Deering]

Interesting video, though I noticed that the Dolby way gives a lot of specular highlights and bright whites that make the image look clipped in the footage compared to the other. Sure it is brighter and looks like whites, but it also looked overblown. Be interesting to see side by side though.

Still no talk about how this will impact front projection, which to me is the ONLY true home theater experience. The white levels they are talking about would be near blinding in a proper home theater enviroment.

[pentatonic]

Originally Posted by Kris Deering

Interesting video, though I noticed that the Dolby way gives a lot of specular highlights and bright whites that make the image look clipped in the footage compared to the other. Sure it is brighter and looks like whites, but it also looked overblown. Be interesting to see side by side though.

Still no talk about how this will impact front projection, which to me is the ONLY true home theater experience. The white levels they are talking about would be near blinding in a proper home theater enviroment.

It does but I'm sure seen live the effect is different. Our eyes obviously don't react to light like a camera will and while I get what you mean for a pj setup, even at the theaters we do get very bright scenes that light up the whole place, not something I've ever experienced in the home. As long as the blacks are awesome with amazing contrast I don't see this as a problem, more of an adjustment period imo

[saprano]

I was going to say also the whites are clipped. The airplane scene when it's flying over the sea you can't see anything but white. The other display showed everything in the background, just duller.

Unless viewing it through another camera is causing the washout.

[pentatonic]

Well, I see it this way. On the right standard monitor your are aware of watching TV as on the Dolby it's a lot more like if you were there and the sun shone in your eyes, you would be blinded by it in nature. Just that it's not how we have learned to appreciate film on our TVs. But that normal look is so outdated really, the limits are low.

Plus having the standard for 5000 (hypothetical) nits doesn't mean they will use it all as I'm sure it won't be mastered the same for home viewing and theaters. Also, outside of getting used to much more real PQ, the cinematography dpt will also have to film considering this.

I like the fact that I'm blinded as if I was there myself, just that live your eyes would adapt to the high brightness like it does everyday to everything else.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Kris Deering

Still no talk about how this will impact front projection, which to me is the ONLY true home theater experience.

You elitist you! Us peons have been falsely watching cinema at home for years on our measly rear projection and flat panel TVs.

Kris. Where you been ? Have you been following the sonar related tech in trying to locate the black box(es) from the missing Malaysian flight? Fascinating stuff.

Anyway, HDR is just starting to get traction beyond the scientific literature where it has been for years, (e.g. SID 2003 - http://www.anyhere.com/gward/papers/sid03.pdf)
into the entertainment industry public consciousness for some sort of practical business model using panel technology (LCD, OLED).

Just at the last CinemaCon this past March (http://cinemacon.com/schedule/2014-events/) prior to NAB, although not mentioned on that website link, a D-Cinema think tank group was approached and asked to investigate the feasibility of implementing HDR into the theatrical setting, which would be an even higher hurdle to overcome because of things like safety lighting in theaters, lack of any active screen technology in the foreseeable future, etc. We’ll just have to wait and see what transpires with home theater front projection.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Kris Deering

Interesting video, though I noticed that the Dolby way gives a lot of specular highlights and bright whites that make the image look clipped in the footage compared to the other. Sure it is brighter and looks like whites, but it also looked overblown....

For one thing, that’s a function of the video camera used. For that matter, a lot of HDR demos that people have/will see over the internet portrayed on their displays at home will show the non-HDR imagery to actually appear superior to the HDR imagery because the later is difficult to accurately capture and emulate.

One great, although relatively unmentioned characteristic of HDR imagery which reporters don’t seem to emphasize is not the value of the overall brightness of the image but rather the value for viewing things like *the soccer ball in transitions*….https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ly#post8520754

In essence, the natural world presents our eyes with a wide range of colors and intensities from bright sunshine to moonlight. Humans can see detail in regions that vary significantly in luminance. Traditional imaging techniques have been incapable of accurately capturing or displaying such a range of lighting. Some areas appear underexposed and others overexposed with LDR (low dynamic range). High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging technologies bring more of what we are capable of seeing in everyday life to motion picture display viewing, of which we have been conditioned to accepting less or ‘good enough’.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

HDR

Reminds me, not really covered by any reporters I’m familiar with, but well worth mentioning as another ‘4K goody’ from NAB 2014.
One moment, must do a search and also take a quick look-see into what’s happening in the cancerous tumor analogy tech thread.