The Evil Dead 4K UHD (1981)

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by ROSS.T.G.

Nice, I can’t wait to watch it. Sadly I still haven’t received mine.

Makes two of us.

[4kUltraBD]

Holy smokes!

Nice review Geoff, and thanks for the pics. The shots you show really do highlight the differences.

Honestly, I think the BD looks great, but when compared to the UHD, I sincerely feel (based on your screenshots) that the HDR pass was used to GREAT effect here.

Nothing looked blown out, and that seemed to add to the level of visible detail in a way that I found quite pleasing (and shocking in a good way). In fact, I was really "wow'd" by it, as I didn't expect such a nice upgrade. It's beautiful man.

In regards to the small bit of re-framing...eh, this movie's been re-framed more times than my elementary school pictures. Pretty much any framing would have to be considered perfectly fine on this disc.

I am curious to hear more about the audio track speed however, if you (or anybody) would like to expand on that, I would be all ears.

[Agent Kay]

Disc Size: 55,112,913,363 bytes
Protection: AACS2
BD-Java: Yes
Extras: Ultra HD
BDInfo: 0.5.8.7 (compatible layout created by DVDFab 10.2.1.7)

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00802.MPLS
Length: 1:25:44.764 (h:m:s.ms)
Size: 54,576,494,592 bytes
Total Bitrate: 84.87 Mbps

(*) Indicates included stream hidden by this playlist.

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-H HEVC Video 68272 kbps 2160p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / Main 10 Profile 5.1 High / 4:2:0 / 10 bits / HDR / BT.2020 /
* MPEG-H HEVC Video 7487 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / Main 10 Profile 5.1 High / 4:2:0 / 10 bits / Dolby Vision / BT.2020 /

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 3896 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3896 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps

SUBTITLES:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
Presentation Graphics English 11.473 kbps
Presentation Graphics English 15.86 kbps
Presentation Graphics Spanish 11.071 kbps

tiny disx

[grodd]

The audio sounds a bit larger and deeper. I thought it was an improvement.

Not a giant uptick in video but I could notice the improvements quickly.
The HDR is used very well, the contrast levels give everything a bit more pop.

I noticed a few moments of odd grain when its on a white background (kind of like the reviewer pointed out). But it really wasn't often enough to bother me much.

I was on the fence for getting this, but overall it's worth the upgrade and a bigger improvement than expected in detail, color & contrast. Not to mention audio.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

tiny disx

short movie

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

short movie

Nice bitrate too. Not having 100 different language/subtitle streams doesn't hurt either.

[DJR662]

Finally!

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Alister_M

Nice bitrate too. Not having 100 different language/subtitle streams doesn't hurt either.

Yes indeedy. Very short movie, only two main audio tracks + commentary, no other video-based extras, and the movie itself is in 1.33 so those black borders either side are helping with the bitrate too (less image to encode). It doesn't fill the 66GB disc but with an average bitrate of 68 Mb/s that spikes way above that and what - to my eyes, anyway - looks like a terrific encode it didn't need more than this.

[ROSS.T.G.]

I’m so jelly of you all right now

[Pieter V]

https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=3935

[DJR662]

Originally Posted by ROSS.T.G.

I’m so jelly of you all right now

I'm about to watch it right now. I'll be thinking of you, Ross.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=3935

IMO, the UHD SDR converted caps look different, but I would not necessarily say definitively better, than the BD caps.

[Geoff D]

You would say that.

And yes, I would say that ^.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

https://caps-a-holic.com/c_list.php?c=3935

Good stuff. The conversion is doing few favours to the dynamic range, natch, but y'all can see what I mean about the colour being a bit more restrained in places (dining table shot), as well as the blacks being lighter in certain shots but darker in others. Detail too, it really is a wash apart from those wider shots like the very last one of Ash outside the cabin, and even then a lot of the detail on the branches against the sky is revealed because of the range, not the resolution.

Not a revolution then, but a definite refinement (caps don't show just how much more luscious the grain looks in motion from one to the other) and it's a disc all Deadheads should try and see for themselves.

[Alan_Grant]

Originally Posted by Alister_M

The continuity between the three is completely out of whack. It's the same with EDII going into AOD, at the end of EDII he's being hailed as a savior and at the start of AOD he's been taken prisoner. The flashbacks at the start of AOD don't match up either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSP06F6VmOo

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Another shot of the increased range, FYI the UHD isn't that dark in the shadows at all, concentrate on the highlights on the door, door frame, the wall to the left.

[Show spoiler]
BD




UHD

This stuff is neat, and that white wall paneling really does show off a lot more detail in the bright whites on the UHD. However I really think it's something subtle enough that it's hard to notice without direct comparison like you do. That's why I veer much more toward contrast and depth being the main HDR improvements, rather than added highlights. They add a more consistent and casually noticeable upgrade IMO. I know you love 'dem highlights though.

[Geoff D]

But they're also what helps to create the depth, where do you think it comes from when watching HDR? It's not like "depth" is there on the spec sheet.

[TM2-Megatron]

Finally got my hands on this today. Took a trip down across the US border, and had a pretty great day finding 4K titles. Evil Dead, Step Brothers, Hook, American Psycho, the two Punisher flicks... basically all the Lionsgate/Sony titles that can sometimes be problematic finding in Canada.

Hook was the biggest surprise, as the none of the stores I tend to visit in the Niagara Falls area (Walmart, Target, Best Buy) listed it as being available, but fortunately Walmart came through. Guess I won't have to order it online or wait for Bay Street Video to get it, after all.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

But they're also what helps to create the depth, where do you think it comes from when watching HDR? It's not like "depth" is there on the spec sheet.

When I say "depth" I mean stuff like the darker/light play in the jungles of Predator making the jungle look more textured and real. I guess "depth" is a shitty catch-all word (and I've seen 3D fans mock our use of that term for HDR), but it's decent shorthand. You're right of course that the added highlights are part of that same contrast and texture improvement. I'm just saying which part of it I prioritize I guess.

It's cool when you point out the added highlight detail though, since it's something I don't consciously notice.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

When I say "depth" I mean stuff like the darker/light play in the jungles of Predator making the jungle look more textured and real. I guess "depth" is a shitty catch-all word (and I've seen 3D fans mock our use of that term for HDR), but it's decent shorthand. You're right of course that the added highlights are part of that same contrast and texture improvement. I'm just saying which part of it I prioritize I guess.

It's cool when you point out the added highlight detail though, since it's something I don't consciously notice.

It's all the same market, Velvs. I post those images because highlight range is part of the UHD package whether you appreciate it or not, and because it's one of the few things I can capture at a reasonable enough level of transparency to actually SHOW what HDR is doing. Black levels are tricky in photos, colour can also be tricky, but highlights are easy enough to show off in a quick pic. They're not my be-all and end-all, hence my lengthy comments usually encompassing all such aspects of a UHD transfer. Some movies don't extend the highlights much, if at all, and yet I think they look great all the same.