List of UHDs that utilize 4K or Higher Masters

[Pieter V]

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

[Show spoiler]

Done.

[enzolt]

This should be added to the list right?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fanta...lu-ray/166347/

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by enzolt

This should be added to the list right?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Fanta...lu-ray/166347/

IMDb only lists this as a 4K DI. Haven't seen a proof yet.

[littleprince32]

Should these be added?

Warner's 2160p, HEVC/H.265-encoded UHD of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone derives from a new 4K scan of the film's original camera negative, followed by extensive color correction and HDR encoding.

Warner's 2160p, HEVC/H.265-encoded UHD of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is derived from a new 4K scan of the film's original camera negative, followed by extensive color correction and HDR encoding.

[Ray_Rogers]

Originally Posted by littleprince32

Should these be added?

Why didn't the rest receive new 4K scans? 2K DI bullshit then? Ok.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Ray_Rogers

Why didn't the rest receive new 4K scans? 2K DI bullshit then? Ok.

The newer titles had Cinema 2k DI's and normally a studio that has access to those files will not go back to the original elements and re-scan or re-comp at a higher resolution. They'll just do an HDR pass and upscale and call it a day. They're not as gung ho on 4k as Sony, though even that studio is not as 4k or bust as before due to financial problems and other reasons.

The first four didn't seem to have DI's or very early/poor ones and so were re-done.

[Geoff D]

To Sony's credit they do a neg cut for every movie of theirs that's shot on film but finished on a DI, so they've got a conformed version - albeit as the theatrical cut, for better or worse - which they can return to for a new 4K transfer. (I don't exactly know how they handle VFX shots within that framework because a film-out cut into the neg will lose a touch of quality vs the final 2K file upscaled into 4K, if I had to do it myself I'd choose the latter option.)

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Ray_Rogers

Why didn't the rest receive new 4K scans? 2K DI bullshit then? Ok.

I am betting because they are the two oldest films that they needed 4K scans. The newer films had more recent 2K DIs while the older two above probably had scans that looked rather rough at 4K so they re-scanned them.

[Geoff D]

Where was it said that 3 and 4 were also redone?

[AML]

Surely there’s enough interest in these to warrant 4k rescans? I will buy 1 and 2 but not the rest, if they don’t make 4k masters.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by AML

Surely there’s enough interest in these to warrant 4k rescans? I will buy 1 and 2 but not the rest, if they don’t make 4k masters.

You will be waiting til hell freezes over. If the studio doesn't see that the time and effort to rescan and re-comp will turn a profit, they won't do it. Period. End of story.

The DTS: X tracks are worth it alone, though I wish they had used Dolby Atmos.

[Johnny Chingas]

So... I been reading and almost studying this thread. Currently on page 30 and before I continue, is it safe to say... That having a true 4k Blu-ray library is just not a possibility at this point? Considering special effects and type of camera used, most will be at 2.8k. But these 4k blurays still have a major jump over the 1080p blurays because of things like HDR or Dolby Vision. Better yet, these movies with a 2.8k DI would normally be downgraded to 1080p bluray, which meant loss of colors and detail, whereas upconverting to 4k would have almost zero loss of information. Am I correct so far?

My question is... You have 4k discs that are upconverting a 2.8k DI. What problem can this create? The process of upconverting create visible artifacts?

Thanks.

[Pieter V]

[TheSweetieMan]

Originally Posted by pieter v

zoom zoom zoooooooom

[AML]

All Disney releases have so far been upscales.

[Geoff D]

yes

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

[Show spoiler]

Done.

[Ray_Rogers]

So, when will this next be updated with a movie I'd really rather own in my collection?

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Ray_Rogers

So, when will this next be updated with a movie I'd really rather own in my collection?

3:17 PM PST, next Monday.