UltraHD Blurays and players will start coming by Christmas 2015. Still buying blurays

[master gandhi]

Originally Posted by 42041

For 35mm movies, I think 4K will yield no revelations. It will undoubtedly look better, but not like some store demo shot on high-end digital cameras. Film just doesn't have much sharpness beyond 2K.

Originally Posted by 42041

4K is pretty much the tippy top of 35mm's capabilities, but the sharpness starts dropping off considerably before that. There's a reason 16mm films tend to be far softer than 35mm ones of the same vintage (though admittedly they hold up on the big screen just fine) though you're essentially looking at 2K's worth of a 4K scan (of footage that is, pound-for-pound, sharper than that shot on 35mm).

Thanks, I didn't look at it that way before, but it does make sense. 4K will probably impress more when it comes to films that were shot in IMAX and/or high-end digital cameras (like the ones being used on Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War) than traditionally shot films.

You convinced me not to wait for the UHD Blu-ray version, so I picked up the current Blu-ray. I doubt it'll disappoint from a technical standpoint.