4K Movies Releases

[Opips3]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith

Huh

Do you read that comic book Batman vs Superman?
never mind.


Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice will have a 400 million dollar budget??

WOW!! Do you think the movie theatre bad??

let's see Man of Steel movie theatre
budget
$225 million[3]

box office
$668 million[3]

it's good!!

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith

If its true that Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice will have a 400 million dollar budget it damn well better have a 4k DI. It would be truly maddening if 400 million dollars is not enough money for a 4k DI

3 dizzle

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by raygendreau

Yes, some errors in the article (http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...mc-prime/28452 ), for example:

"With room for 932 people, the TCL IMAX Chinese Theatre is largest IMAX theater in the world in terms of seating capacity. As for the screen itself, it’s the third largest commercial IMAX screen in North America measuring 90 feet by 46 feet." (This is the accurate info)

On balance, in terms of error rate, I view thee author on HDD as no worse than any other writer/editor assigned to regularly contribute to the typical AV consumer website/forums in order to generate discussion. I just finished reading an article posted on another thread from a *challenged* writer for PCMag having difficulty “dealing” with HDR.

What’s a little perplexing to me though is that in reviewing Michael’s bio…..http://www.highdefdigest.com/author/...-s-palmer.html , granted although not being on quite the same level as working in the prestigious Capra Building, he doesn’t at least mention the time during his formative years in which he spent on the Sony Pictures lot, specifically.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Capra Building....

Phrase clarification of the above ^ for those not following, watch the video here…https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...y#post11675006

I’ve blackened out the name on some out going mail to protect the innocent….

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I don't begrudge them for releasing any guff Penton, they might as well strike while the iron's hot so they can justify dat paycheck.

[edit] I'm just glad to be avoiding the "MUST BUY ANY OLD COBBLERS BECAUSE IT'S ON [insert new format here]" syndrome this time around. It's a weight off my mind, and my wallet.

Not to worry , at any age, I’ve always admired intelligence, maturity and work ethic far over that of the ability to repeatedly spend money for one’s self-gratification….which, when you really think about it, by itself, is not much of an accomplishment anyway.

I think I have what is a respectable collection of Blu-rays along with different displays to play them on, bicycles from different eras, and more recently, motorcycles and paintings (modest value), but I don't brag about them or even much list them, except perhaps in a passing comment….they’re just *things* that professional success, the grace of God, the patience of my wife and a little luck has enabled me to aggregate.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

The Hateful Eight. 4K

Not just “bloody violence” (http://abc7.com/entertainment/the-ha...ntino/1134616/) but Bloody Mary’s (actually brings back fond memories of the establishment of the same name on Bora Bora, for those world travelers amongst our membership) and other alcohol served on set to the talent during the course of shooting this motion picture in order to celebrate certain milestones in the production which, despite the title of the flick, brought about a happy camaraderie during those cold shoots in Colorado.

[Penton-Man]

^ Plus, cell phones were not allowed.

[Richard Paul]

The UHD Alliance has posted their requirements for certification. The color gamut has to be over 90% of DCI P3 and have a peak brightness of 1000 nits for LCD displays or 540 nits for OLED displays.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Richard Paul

The UHD Alliance has posted their requirements for certification. The color gamut has to be over 90% of DCI P3 and have a peak brightness of 1000 nits for LCD displays or 540 nits for OLED displays.

All good and well (except perhaps for independent calibrators who need more detail) with the presentation itemizing to the press the specs in order to achieve the Premium logo; however, I think getting an unequivocal, definitive answer to one simple question asked to Hanno (who being well versed in the mandatory open HDR standard for Ultra HD Blu-ray) and Mahesh Balakrishnan, of Dolby (although he was not on the panel, he was well seen in attendance during the discussion) would have been of equal or more practical value to users.

Simply, what most consumers might really appreciate in knowing for certain, rather than speculating about it is whether a Dolby Vision movie can play back HDR10 on a non-Dolby Vision TV (having only HDR10 as solution). I’ve read many posts on this forum where the presumption by members is that they will not.

So anyway, now that the Premium specs milestone has been achieved, one might ask, what’s up next on the Standards front? but now working in a comparatively more complex scenario, how to go from the camera all the way thru to the consumer TV?

Well, current work be centered on investigating and achieving a consistent HDR image on a monitor by using an OOTF framework for incorporating the PQ transfer function and the hybrid log gamma solution for the EIDR (aka HDR] standard for broadcast (given its live nature) this year with hopefully some documented progress made next month.

P.S.
Vizio plug -
As to those perhaps now melancholy Vizio fans who’d been planning a Vizio Reference RS65, please don’t fret a tear because though those TVs be down a little on the nits in order to qualify for the Premium logo, the fact that they have Dolby Vision (dynamic metadata) should definitely help compensate for the lack (~200 nits) of peak brightness for the final image of Dolby movies played back on your TVs.

[Penton-Man]

LG plug (or, that Penton kid has still got it )

Purposeful visual hint from last November in the New Display Technology forum
Christmas card heads-up reminder in words

Finally….
Official announcement

[Geoff D]

I thought the UHD Blu iteration of Dolby Vision uses an HDR10 base layer anyway? Or do you mean the Dolby Vision rollout across all delivery formats (which may use different layer options or may even be the single layer solution)?

[Penton-Man]

SONY plug -

CES 2016: Sony’s New 4K HDR TV – X930D (FIRST LOOK) - YouTube

(Note: I like Phil’s description of color as a volume, as it reminds me of past illustrations when few realized the concept

[Geoff D]

That's odd, the spec for Force Awakens has been changed back to 4K at IMDB. Wishful thinking by an editor, or do they know something we don't? Perhaps mike might've been right after all...

[eriaur]

did they mention if it was 4K or not, in the Bad Robot post production webinar?

http://connect.avid.com/Star-Wars-We...NnRhflDg%3D%3D

[2themax]

Originally Posted by eriaur

did they mention if it was 4K or not, in the Bad Robot post production webinar?

http://connect.avid.com/Star-Wars-We...NnRhflDg%3D%3D

No. It was asked but never addressed.

[Dubstar]

where are the 'Life of Pi' - Best Buy / FoxConnect preorder links??

[jono3000]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

where are the 'Life of Pi' - Best Buy / FoxConnect preorder links??

Have you checked their websites?

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by jono3000

Have you checked their websites?

ah - there's FoxConnect's - wasn't there earlier this morning - they must be just adding them now.

I wish Fox would be more specific on the inclusion of the Dolby Atmos mixes on these discs.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

That's odd, the spec for Force Awakens has been changed back to 4K at IMDB. Wishful thinking by an editor, or do they know something we don't? Perhaps mike might've been right after all...

Shhhh

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

That's odd, the spec for Force Awakens has been changed back to 4K at IMDB. Wishful thinking by an editor, or do they know something we don't? Perhaps mike might've been right after all...

Star Wars does fall into the 4K category:

http://www.myvue.com/upgrades-extras/sony-4k

More info on Sony 4K cinema:

http://www.showcasecinemas.co.uk/loc...ital-cinema-4k

Too bad there isn't still a DCP .pdf file.