B&W Blurays on Oled TV

[RockyIII]

Can you post titles of re-mastered B&W movies that would look great on Oled TV?
So far I have only found It Came From Outer Space 3D/Bluray and it was great.
I love B&W classics but the issue is usually poor mastering so the blacks are weak and the whites are muddy.
B&W titles are mostly on 480p DVD format, unfortunately

[Member-167298]

I have a 55" LG 4K OLED. Pretty much any black and white movie from Criterion looks incredible. Most recently I checked out Cat People.

[DVDNGG]

Spider Baby from Arrow should look great on your TV!

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by DVDNGG

Spider Baby from Arrow should look great on your TV!

Found this review...seems accurate?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Spide...lu-ray/125387/

[joenostalgia23]

Lots of great b/w films from Criterion and Warner Archive as others have mentioned. Can't go wrong with any of the noir classics. To add onto the other films mentioned, I'd go with The Night if the Hunter, some of my favorite black and white photography ever.

If you want a b/w film to really show off the OLED's contrast abilities, I would go with newer films like 2005's Sin City though. It's shot digitally and technically has color, but it looks amazing on the OLED. Lots of infinite black.

Also Mad Max Fury Road Black and Chrome Edition.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by joenostalgia23

Lots of great b/w films from Criterion and Warner Archive as others have mentioned. Can't go wrong with any of the noir classics. To add onto the other films mentioned, I'd go with The Night if the Hunter, some of my favorite black and white photography ever.

If you want a b/w film to really show off the OLED's contrast abilities, I would go with newer films like 2005's Sin City though. It's shot digitally and technically has color, but it looks amazing on the OLED. Lots of infinite black.

Also Mad Max Fury Road Black and Chrome Edition.

I was referring to B&W Classics more than just ANY B&W titles. Films that were originally shot in B&W and possibly re-mastered in bluray so that the full potential of my Oled TV can be put to work

[lilboyblu]

These are just a few that I can think of off the top of my head...

[DVDNGG]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Found this review...seems accurate?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Spide...lu-ray/125387/

You won't be disappointed with the Video Quality.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by DVDNGG

You won't be disappointed with the Video Quality.

Is this like an older version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre? The steel frames themselves look outstanding

[javi92]

Looks outstanding.

[HD Goofnut]

[Arch Stanton]

There are a ton of great looking B&W titles.

Off the top of my head: The Innocents, Yojimbo, Sweet Smell of Success, La dolce vita, 8 1/2, The Apartment, The Third Man

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Arch Stanton

There are a ton of great looking B&W titles.

Off the top of my head: The Innocents, Yojimbo, Sweet Smell of Success, La dolce vita, 8 1/2, The Apartment, The Third Man

I have a 2016 LG Oled C6 and most B&W seems to still be avaialble mostly on DVD, which does not let me use this TV to its full capacity of perfect blacks and infinite contrast.
I only own It Came from Outer Space in 3D/Bluray and it looks fantastic!

[78deluxe]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

I have a 2016 LG Oled C6 and most B&W seems to still be avaialble mostly on DVD, which does not let me use this TV to its full capacity of perfect blacks and infinite contrast.
I only own It Came from Outer Space in 3D/Bluray and it looks fantastic!

You can use the advanced search functions on this site to look for movies from the 1930-1960s

While many more DVD releases exist, hundreds of B&W movies do exist in bluray.

I excluded the 1920s, since only a few of those releases would meet your expectation (the Kid, for example).

You can see my colleciton has a lot from this time frame. Searching that way is one of the easier ways to find what has actually been released, since B&W isn't a filter field (though it should be!!)

[78deluxe]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Can you post titles of re-mastered B&W movies that would look great on Oled TV?
So far I have only found It Came From Outer Space 3D/Bluray and it was great.
I love B&W classics but the issue is usually poor mastering so the blacks are weak and the whites are muddy.
B&W titles are mostly on 480p DVD format, unfortunately

Lots of them.

Check out Criterion + Warner Archive, was well as catalog titles from Warner, 20th Century Fox Classics, MGM, Twilight Time, etc. (and Universal with Hitchcock releases)

Basically find the movie you want and buy it. If it is on Bluray from one of the above, you can expect it to be pretty good.

Releases from Kino and Olive are a little more hit or miss since they don't do as much clean up. Some are really good though.

[RockyIII]

Is Motion Interpolation going to affect black, white, colours, or brightness? When was the last time a pro calibrator had to turn MI off to correct the greyscale?
Thank you.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Is Motion Interpolation going to affect black, white, colours, or brightness? When was the last time a pro calibrator had to turn MI off to correct the greyscale?
Thank you.

It zaps the grain on titles shot on film. I'd call that ruined PQ.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

It zaps the grain on titles shot on film. I'd call that ruined PQ.

Never been a big fan of heavy film grain...Thank God for Noise Reduction button

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Never been a big fan of heavy film grain...Thank God for Noise Reduction button

[RockyIII]

Screenshot taken on my Oled TV...