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

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by rickah88

As always, great stuff Penton!

...So a quick timeline VHS(1978)---->DVD(1995)---->blu-ray(2006)---->4k(2013).

You missed a couple…

The Junk Closet -- Blu-ray Hi Def - YouTube

But innovative minds don’t throw all that old stuff into a closet for storage, they find practical uses for such things…

The Coaster -- Blu-ray Hi Def - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by GP Legend

...I personally think upconverting sucks. Blowing up an image past it's native resolution won't make it look better.

Up-conversion has been, and is, being successfully used for better PQ in the post production world for things such as feature films characterized by a hybrid acquisition (for instance HD digital and 35mm film footage capture for the same motion picture) in order to provide a more seamless look (rather than rudimentary solutions like developing a series of custom gamma curves and scene files for the video operator-- which has been the more typical past post production process).

Also, up-conversion has occurred with VFX elements originally done at 2K resolution, in order to seamlessly merge with the live action 4K native content during exhibition - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...on#post4522936

A little detail on how it works from back in 2011 - https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...on#post4528837

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Up-conversion has been, and is, being successfully used for better PQ in the post production world for things such as feature films characterized by

ARRIRAW (2.8K) acquisition source -> 4K D.I. -> 4K DCP, such as

Skyfall
4K DCP
Scope
214GB
5.1 Audio
Credit offset: 02:17:59
Run time: 02:22:58

[Tech-UK]

All technicalities aside, hopefully this will encourage Sony to release titles that are long overdue, hint, hint, Bad Boys 2.

[Sky_Captain]

Yeah, they've even managed to finally release Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Bad Boys II is like the last man standing, lol

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Yeah, they've even managed to finally release Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Bad Boys II is like the last man standing, lol

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is only available to import. It is not available for sale in the US.

[mzupeman]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is only available to import. It is not available for sale in the US.

That yellow text is nearly impossible to read.

[rickah88]

Not sure if this really matters to anyone, but I did notice that the interior sleeve artwork is improved vs. the original for both Spiderman and Ghostbusters, and to a lesser extent: Angels & Demons.
I get that in the grand scheme of things this falls somewhere between "who cares" and "hmmm", but figured I'd mention since everything else about these releases is being picked apart.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Yeah, they've even managed to finally release Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Bad Boys II is like the last man standing, lol

And yet Charlies Angels 2 was the first BD ever mass authored

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is only available to import. It is not available for sale in the US.

So what? It's still been released by Sony. The US is not the entire world, as least not the last time I checked.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

And yet Charlies Angels 2 was the first BD ever mass authored

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

So what? It's still been released by Sony. The US is not the entire world, as least not the last time I checked.

That's fine. Since this is a North America forum, my post was just an FYI, not a contradictory post....

[Webmaster1990]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

So what? It's still been released by Sony. The US is not the entire world, as least not the last time I checked.

It is a U.S FILM so IF ANYTHING we should get it 1ST!!! Just saying my friend. BTW Nice avatar...long live the empire.

[airborn007]

Either I have really bad luck with my disc or the reviewer 21st of May just did a quick scan through the moive but no mentioned of no subtitles being translated when the chinese were speaking to each other. Sony still hasn't gotten back since I reported the problem that I was having when tested on 2 different players.....one of them was a Sony too.

[Sherlock_Jr]

Originally Posted by Webmaster1990

It is a U.S FILM so IF ANYTHING we should get it 1ST!!! Just saying my friend.

Kind of like how Iron Man 3 and Star Trek and Fast & Furious 6 etc are all US films yet open overseas first? Absolutely no logic in your comment. Overseas makes more money than the US, period. It's business. No law says that a film made in the US should have a US release first.

[DavePS3]

I haven't seen any of these releases in retailers here in Toronto yet...

[WhySoCereal]

Originally Posted by DavePS3

I haven't seen any of these releases in retailers here in Toronto yet...

I live in Calgary, Alberta and haven't seen these either. They're also not on Amazon.ca which is bizzare. Kind of odd since I wanted to pick up Ghostbusters and maybe Spider-Man.

[DavePS3]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

ARRIRAW (2.8K) acquisition source -> 4K D.I. -> 4K DCP, such as

Skyfall
4K DCP
Scope
214GB
5.1 Audio
Credit offset: 02:17:59
Run time: 02:22:58

Penton, as an indusrtry insider... what's the general feeling of frame rates? For that matter, even 240hz LED with motion smoothing? Personally I love the smoother movement. I see more detail. 24fps kinda bugs me a bit but I do understand that generally, people do not shoot on higher frame rate video because you get what you shoot. With film you have so many more creative choices to work with. Now, since Peter Jackson and James Cameron are working with higher frame rate digital cameras, is there a general feeling about it in the industry or is it heavilly devided?

[RocShemp]

I was able to watch my new copy of Ghostbusters yesterday. The new transfer is great. The movie itself activates a hidden x.v.Color setting on my Sharp LC-60LE847U. I had to fiddle with the settings a bit to get it as close to how my movie setting looks for regular BD's (mainly I had to lower the contrast from 33 to 27 since anything higher clips when receiving the x.v.Color signal). I feel Sony dropped the ball with not having the hidden test patterns encoded in x.v.Color to get the most out of these new discs.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by JavaJulien

So I can buy Ghostbusters, Glory, and Spider-Man, and ignore all the others. That's good to know.

Yeah, those are the only ones that have had new improved transfers.