Blu-ray transfer of old movies

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Originally Posted by aramis109

It's been discussed in great detail here and elsewhere, but I'll sum it up as briefly as possible:

Film is capable of much higher resolution than 1920 x 1080. There have been 4k and (I believe) even 8k resolution. That's well above the capabilities of Blu-Ray currently.

Make no mistake- if handled properly and some time and effort are put into it, older movies can look FANTASTIC. I know Rob Tomlin has been waiting forever, but Lawrence of Arabia should be amazing thanks to the filmstock used. For currently-released movies, check out Blade Runner or 2001: A Space Odyssey for a couple of the best-looking bd's available.

I can't wait for Armageddon to come out on Blu-ray. The original film burned up at Universal Studios in a fire, but Criterion had released a two-disc oldray DVD version of the movie more than a decade ago. I hope Criterion still has their copy of the Armageddon master so they can put it out on Blu-ray. I do not know if Michael Bay has a copy of the film master in his personal movie vault in his mansion. He probably has it but it might need to be THXed.