4K Movies Releases

[Penton-Man]

To Jono, from bottom of last (234) page - Hopefully, you’ll be able to view your first Ultra HD Blu-ray movie in time for Christmas.

[bailey1987]

Originally Posted by jono3000

So CES in January bought the first prototype UHDBD player, official name and specifications. When would it be reasonable to expect further announcements from manufacturers on release dates and prices for players, and for distributors to announce the first retail discs?

March for the DTS X announcement, then it's anyone guess as to when we will hear anything else the BDA says licensing will begin mid year, so June time, June will probably be the full announcement.

Will Blu-ray.com be replaced by Ultra HD Blu-ray.com?

[kristoffer]

Originally Posted by bailey1987

March for the DTS X announcement, then it's anyone guess as to when we will hear anything else the BDA says licensing will begin mid year, so June time, June will probably be the full announcement.



Will Blu-ray.com be replaced by Ultra HD Blu-ray.com?

Or UHDBlu-Ray.com ?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by bailey1987

Will Blu-ray.com be replaced by Ultra HD Blu-ray.com?

Originally Posted by kristoffer

Or UHDBlu-Ray.com ?

I fear that would lead to a major psychotic breakdown within this - https://forum.blu-ray.com/forumdisplay.php?f=31 and other subforums.

So, no.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Steven is back!, wearing various filmmaking motion picture hats...since his speech on the State of Cinema ….http://blog.sffs.org/home/2013/4/ste...transcripthtml <- Steed, you may enjoy the story at the very beginning about the ‘white guy in his mid-30’s’ presumably prepared to watch 5½ hr. of “mayhem porn” on his iPad.

Anyway, he’s back with some 4K finishing on Magic Mike XXL, despite not (as of this posting) yet being enumerated as such on imdb…http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2268016/...ef_=tt_dt_spec

P.S.
For those bidness boys and girls reading out there...

Since this is Oscar weekend, a follow-up bit on Steven’s comments about piracy, here be a quick read for those who especially enjoy numbers - http://irdeto.com/documents/pr_quick...BI_feb2015.pdf

And even quicker, for those who hesitate clicking on any pdf of any nature -

Penton Cliff Notes –
Screeners (for the 13 listed Oscar nominated motion pictures) sent to Academy and guild members led to 31% of the illegal downloads which the company tracked.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I hope American Sniper does well at the upcoming Academy Awards, for the sake of the man, his family and all vets.

For volunteer a little at your local VA hospital and you’ll see what I mean.

[Penton-Man]

Not a 4K movie out of Hollywood, but pertaining to the value of 4K to surgeons in the OR….http://www.barco.com/en/News/Post/20...ection-in-semi in terms of better outcomes for patient health....rather than entertainment. Hey, we do have a cancerous tumor thread here in the Tech forum.

b.t.w., for those having trouble with the words 'prone' and 'supine' in the 2nd paragraph of the linked article, well, prone be belly down whereas supine be lying on your back. Next pop quiz will be to name all the segments of the liver.

Just kidding.

[Penton-Man]

A carbon fiber little fella (real little ) joins the ranks of 4K acquisition…..http://www.arri.com/alexamini/

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

A carbon fiber little fella (real little ) joins the ranks of 4K acquisition…..http://www.arri.com/alexamini/

Let's make it out of super strong material, then stick a silly flimsy aerial on it...

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Let's make it out of super strong material, then stick a silly flimsy aerial on it...

Watch out for those kangaroos….

Drone vs Kangaroo - YouTube

[Penton-Man]

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...r#post10366783

follow-up to ^
4K DCP (interop as usual)

Image Format: 4096x1716 (scope)
Audio Format: 5.1
Feature run time: 2hr. and 11sec.
File Size: 135 GB

Go Chappie!

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...r#post10366783

follow-up to ^
4K DCP (interop as usual)

Image Format: 4096x1716 (scope)
Audio Format: 5.1
Feature run time: 2hr. and 11sec.
File Size: 135 GB

Go Chappie!

5.1?!?! Oh Neil oh dear.
Still the pioneer of our ultra hd future

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

5.1?!?! Oh Neil oh dear.
Still the pioneer of our ultra hd future

He is a talent. Hopefully, we'll see more of his work in the future.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

our ultra hd future

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...p#post10480414

Follow-up to the above ^ .
Elaborating a bit more upon the learning curve for DPs and Directors interested in HDR, months before the CineAlta magazine piece (Sony assets pdf) was published.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...p#post10480414

Follow-up to the above ^ .
Elaborating a bit more upon the learning curve for DPs and Directors interested in HDR, months before the CineAlta magazine piece (Sony assets pdf) was published.

Nothing will sell me on Hdr

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

Nothing will sell me on Hdr

I’m not a salesman, but I do enjoy a challenge (e.g. PeterTHX with soccer). We’ll see how you feel about it 4 or 5 years from now.

Tell me something I don’t know. Why do you Brits say “Darby” for the word “Derby”. I have two Brits in my office (one an Aston Villa supporter) but I’m a little embarrassed to ask them for fear of expressing my ignorance to the culture speak.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I’m not a salesman, but I do enjoy a challenge (e.g. PeterTHX with soccer). We’ll see how you feel about it 4 or 5 years from now.

Tell me something I don’t know. Why do you Brits say “Darby” for the word “Derby”. I have two Brits in my office (one an Aston Villa supporter) but I’m a little embarrassed to ask them for fear of expressing my ignorance to the culture speak.

Darby indeed.

I have used HDR but there are no films out with it at all and if you are thinking there will be a killer app for it I don't see it happening personally.
I just don't like the way it looks as a filmed look

[bailey1987]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

I’m not a salesman, but I do enjoy a challenge (e.g. PeterTHX with soccer). We’ll see how you feel about it 4 or 5 years from now.

Tell me something I don’t know. Why do you Brits say “Darby” for the word “Derby”. I have two Brits in my office (one an Aston Villa supporter) but I’m a little embarrassed to ask them for fear of expressing my ignorance to the culture speak.

Darby indeed but I have no idea why

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by bailey1987

Darby indeed but I have no idea why

The internet says…“The pronunciation came about because of the famous British inland pirate. When asked what he's looking for inland, he said "Dar be treasure" (http://english.stackexchange.com/que...d-derby-evolve)

Thing is, now I don’t know who that famous British inland pirate was? And what the hell is an “inland” pirate in the first place?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

...I have used HDR but there are no films out with it at all and if you are thinking there will be a killer app for it I don't see it happening personally.

A note from last December….

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Thinking further on down the evolution imaging road, in regards to a proposed HDR part of the UHD equation, The Equalizer screams for an HDR pass, like in the opening scene in “Bob”s apartment looking out at the bright daylight through his apartment rooms (and, for that matter, other scenes in the flick, e.g. prior to the ‘Pip’ dance segment at his workplace where he’s looking outside from his workplace, etc.) would demonstrate the broad value of HDR, in that it is not only about brightness but rather high contrast, i.e. improved shadow detail on up to unclipped bright highlights.

It’s really no coincidence that the next generation ‘StEM’ reference material for filmmakers to be offered from the Academy, primarily concentrating on HDR, HFR, different spatial resolution (2K vs 4K) and shutter angle, includes a comprehensive shoot involving dollying back-and-forth across an interior sometimes while peering out of windows into bright daylight stressing the value of dynamic range in cinematography.

Contact AMPAS (although not officially listed as one of these projects - http://www.oscars.org/science-technology/projects ) and if you’re nice they’ll send you samples of the test(s).

P.S.
Not a “killer app” but a very helpful ingredient to the total recipe for UHD.