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

[kurtis21]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Answered -
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...rd#post7613552

Yes I saw that Penton-Man...I guess I was just looking for a clearer answer. I was hoping maybe someone had both discs and was able to tell me that there was no difference. I'm gonna pick this up this weekend and just wanted to make sure I was getting the right one being that they are both the same price. Thanks again!!

[wesslan]

This is interesting, amazing spider-man comparison. Seems there are less fine layers of grain on 4k but it still looks sharper on the "person". Hope they haven't just pumped up the sharpening tools.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/25472

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

That's why I use caps-a-holic or make my own using screenshot comparison. Here are two I made recently from Zulu to prove that the U.K. disc is superior to the U.S. disc:

http://www.screenshotcomparison.com/...n.php?id=10782
http://www.screenshotcomparison.com/...n.php?id=10783

With that much DNR does anyone care?

[42041]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Hope they haven't just pumped up the sharpening tools.

That's what it looks like to me from the shots I've seen, or maybe a scaling algorithm that produces more sharpness. Of course, without knowing the source of these comparison shots and if they're correct, who knows if what they show has any relationship to reality.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

With that much DNR does anyone care?

Well, it is the only way to see Zulu in HD.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Well, it is the only way to see Zulu in HD.

Just like Star Trek, I can wait personally. There is no way i will support what Sky and Paramount did to that and the Italian Job

[wesslan]

Ouch the sharpness overload....

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/25455

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/25453

Seems the main object in the center of the image always get a sharpness boost which makes me think this is a wrong kind of upgrade. Also all fine grain is gone so looks like some sort of DNR.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by wesslan

Ouch the sharpness overload....

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/25455

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/25453

Seems the main object in the center of the image always get a sharpness boost which makes me think this is a wrong kind of upgrade. Also all fine grain is gone so looks like some sort of DNR.

I am not seeing what you are seeing there, sharpness overload? really?

[rickah88]

Ah screencRaps, they are a win/win:

Those that want to see the bad, will see it!
Those that want to see the good, will see it!

[wesslan]

A new batch of 4k movies is on the way on 5 sep in Germany. This is only the new ones:

Pineapple Express (4K Remastered Edition)
The art of winning - Moneyball (4K Remastered Edition)
Godzilla (4K Remastered Edition)
Illuminati (4K Remastered Edition)
Men in Black (4K Remastered Edition)
Spider-Man 2 (4K Remastered Edition)

Godzilla should be fun

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by wesslan

a new batch of 4k movies is on the way on 5 sep in germany. This is only the new ones:

Pineapple express (4k remastered edition)
the art of winning - moneyball (4k remastered edition)
godzilla (4k remastered edition)
illuminati (4k remastered edition)
men in black (4k remastered edition)
spider-man 2 (4k remastered edition)

godzilla should be fun

**swoon**

[dvdmike]

Evil Dead 2013 is listed on some sites also

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by wesslan

A new batch of 4k movies is on the way on 5 sep in Germany. This is only the new ones:

Pineapple Express (4K Remastered Edition)
The art of winning - Moneyball (4K Remastered Edition)
Godzilla (4K Remastered Edition)
Illuminati (4K Remastered Edition)
Men in Black (4K Remastered Edition)
Spider-Man 2 (4K Remastered Edition)

Godzilla should be fun

I'd be in for Men in Black and Spider-man 2 assuming they are region free.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

**swoon**

seconded

[HeavyHitter]

Men in Black definitely needs it (resolution not great and too much edge enhancement).

[GenPion]

Just a heads up: Amazon.com has had several copies of the "Mastered in 4K" Series on their Amazon wherehouse deals for the past week. I ordered a copy of Spider-Man and Ghostbusters this way, but I just got them today and the discs inside of the cases were the original discs, not the new 4K discs.

I'm not sure if this will be the case for all of the copies being sold on their Wherehouse deals, but I thought I should pass this along in case anyone was considering ordering them that way to save a couple bucks.

[Jason One]

Originally Posted by wesslan

A new batch of 4k movies is on the way on 5 sep in Germany. This is only the new ones:

Pineapple Express (4K Remastered Edition)
The art of winning - Moneyball (4K Remastered Edition)
Godzilla (4K Remastered Edition)
Illuminati (4K Remastered Edition)
Men in Black (4K Remastered Edition)
Spider-Man 2 (4K Remastered Edition)

Godzilla should be fun

I wonder if Spider-Man 2 will only include the theatrical cut, like with Total Recall.

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Men in Black definitely needs it (resolution not great and too much edge enhancement).

I agree. (Men in Black II could also use an upgrade.)

[Steve Lilley]

Originally Posted by GenPion

Just a heads up: Amazon.com has had several copies of the "Mastered in 4K" Series on their Amazon wherehouse deals for the past week. I ordered a copy of Spider-Man and Ghostbusters this way, but I just got them today and the discs inside of the cases were the original discs, not the new 4K discs.

Are you sure? I can't speak for SPIDER-MAN, but the GHOSTBUSTERS 4K disc art is identical to the old release. So if you didn't know that, I can see you thinking that it was the old disc.

[HDTV1080P]

Spider-Man (Mastered in 4K on a 1080P Blu-ray disc):Sound and Vision magazine review

The following are select word for word quotes from the Sound and Vision magazine review:

“Other Blu-rays have been sourced from a 4K master, so what’s the big deal with these? A few things. First, the video bitrate has been upped considerably to ensure a solid, artifact-free picture: The new, Mastered in 4K Spider-Man maintains a steady 35 Mbps, as compared with the high-20 Mbps bitrate typical with other discs, including the 2012 Spider-Man Blu-ray. (Unfortunately, the increased video data rate means there’s no space for extra stuff like features and commentary tracks.) Second, Mastered in 4K discs incorporate something Sony calls Expanded Color, which otherwise goes by the name x.v.Color or xvYCC. To briefly sum up, discs with x.v.Color incorporate data describing colors outside the standard Rec.709 HDTV color space. When a Mastered in 4K disc is played on an x.v.Color-compatible BD player (according to Sony, only its own player line plus the PlayStation 3 can reliably be called compatible) and displayed on a TV capable of x.v.Color reproduction — Sony’s new W900A series HDTVs (look for my review in the June/July/August issue of Sound&Vision) and XBR-X900A Series4K Ultra HD TVs, for example — you get the option to view this expanded range. And displaying it shouldn't involve any shift in the TV’s color points — the disc simply instructs the TV to “retrieve” those extra colors without distorting the set’s overall color balance.”

“To judge from this new Sony Pictures Mastered in 4K Spider-Man Blu-ray, a beefed-up bitrate plus expanded color can yield improvements. The downside here is that you can only reap the full benefits of the new discs by viewing them with a Sony player and an x.v.Color-capable, 4K-rez display like the Sony TV I used for my test. Still, after watching this initial release, I'm convinced that “Mastered in 4K” adds up to more than just a Blu-ray-era rehash of the company's Superbit DVDs. (Remember those?)”

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/blogs/wide-angle

[DoubleGulpShrimp]

Why is there not a review up on the site of Spiderman MI4K yet?