Sony "Mastered in 4K" Blu-ray Titles May 14 and July 16

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

That is cool ~ I like that

[Ben_R]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Edit: Well I see punishment was swift and just!

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Is there a full moon out tonight?

Must be Rick ~ If you only knew

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Must be Rick ~ If you only knew

ACCKK!! I had just deleted that post, because I see you removed the post to which I was referring. Now I look like that crazy person!

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by rickah88

ACCKK!! I had just deleted that post, because I see you removed the post to which I was referring. Now I look like that crazy person!

No worries ~ Just a spammer & Sock account. I was adding titles to the data base & then all Hell broke loose

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Tech-UK

Any other release of Spider-man 1 and 2 that isn't 'Mastered in 4K' all share the same PQ, just different packaging.

A member did mention the other day that the last trilogy set had a different transfer than the original release but I can't find anywhere to confirm that.

I only have the 2nd release so have no way to compare it.

[StatenMan18]

Originally Posted by chip75

A member did mention the other day that the last trilogy set had a different transfer than the original release but I can't find anywhere to confirm that.

I only have the 2nd release so have no way to compare it.

That may have been me but idk.. I was told that these re releases have better PQ (at least for spiderman 1 and 2, 3 already had good PQ) and still most of the special features from the DVDs. When you look on the back side of each one, it also will read the special features they offer. I'm just on the fence as I want the best PQ and special features, but not both discs. If the PQ on the 2nd release isn't too much behind the 4k release, I may stick with the second release.

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[Donat96]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I have nearly perfect vision and I had to strain to see the difference. Is that worth paying $15? Absolutely not. http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich The upgrade is clear with Ghostbusters, Glory, Men in Black, Spider-man, and Spider-man 2. The rest are either negligible (like Taxi Driver and Battle: Los Angeles) or indistinguishable (like Total Recall and The Other Guys).

See what I mean?

http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...less=1#auswahl
http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...less=1#auswahl

I definitely see a difference with The Other Guys in those caps. The ugly sharpening on the original release is gone.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by StatenMan18

If the PQ on the 2nd release isn't too much behind the 4k release, I may stick with the second release.

Thanks. The only problems we have in the UK with the 2nd release is SONY UK managed to put a cut version of the 2nd film on Blu-ray and we lose the bonus features disc of Spider-Man 3 (which isn't too hard to pick up).

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

That is cool ~ I like that

Throw it on your hard drive. We can use it as a way to let newer folks about trolls.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Donat96

I definitely see a difference with The Other Guys in those caps. The ugly sharpening on the original release is gone.

Right, but try and see those minute differences at normal viewing distances.

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by StatenMan18

That may have been me but idk.. I was told that these re releases have better PQ (at least for spiderman 1 and 2, 3 already had good PQ) and still most of the special features from the DVDs. When you look on the back side of each one, it also will read the special features they offer. I'm just on the fence as I want the best PQ and special features, but not both discs. If the PQ on the 2nd release isn't too much behind the 4k release, I may stick with the second release.

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I can't give you a official anwser on how those 2nd releases compare to the 1st releases, but I can say that the 2nd releases are NOT mastered from 4K. They used the same 2K master downconverted to 1080p that the 1st releases did. So any improvement from the 1st releases to the 2nd releases will come down to better mastering, bit rate etc, but they will still NOT look as good as the Mastered in 4K versions.

[jordanwalkert]

I wonder why they stopped rolling these out after 2 waves. Were they not selling or are they trying to catch up with movies that were actually mastered in 4k? They have a ton more classic titles that could benefit from this!

[HeavyHitter]

Agreed, would love to see others done and these were 'quality' 4K remasters. Unfortunately, I cannot help but think they were just not selling. It seems they are putting the label on some newer released movies but not marketing it as hard.

[tylergfoster]

Was really anticipating Groundhog Day.

[reanimator]

I'm still convinced that the primary purpose behind these releases was merely to put the concept of "4K" into consumers heads -- and secondarily to offer buyers of the new (at the time) Sony 4K TVs some kind of stop-gap content until true 4K/UHD material was available.

The Sony 4K server currently has plenty of catalog titles that haven't made it into this line-up. JERRY MAGUIRE and the theatrical cuts of DAVINCI CODE and TALLADEGA NIGHTS are all high on my wish list.

Maybe they're holding them back until 4KBD is rolled out?

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by jordanwalkert

I wonder why they stopped rolling these out after 2 waves. Were they not selling or are they trying to catch up with movies that were actually mastered in 4k? They have a ton more classic titles that could benefit from this!

Technically they didn't as both Elysium and Captain Phillips, both, say Mi4k. I'm not sure if there have been any other new releases to receive this treatment. So while not a "catalog wave", a trickle nonetheless.

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Technically they didn't as both Elysium and Captain Phillips, both, say Mi4k. I'm not sure if there have been any other new releases to receive this treatment. So while not a "catalog wave", a trickle nonetheless.

Yeah and Laurence of Arabia got a true mastered in 4K release in Japan at least. Hoping more will follow but it might be that they didn't sell well enough. What a surprise when some wasn't even a upgrade and others got inferior shorter versions. How is Sonys 4K streaming doing? That can be a clue of what to come.

[Blu-21]

I don't think the marketing for these helped either. I bet a lot of potential customers were lost due to confession and uncertainty.

[Villiam Hayes]

Originally Posted by Blu-21

I don't think the marketing for these helped either. I bet a lot of potential customers were lost due to confession.

And even more to confusion. the churches must have been full,poor priests heads must have been away.