When will DVD production stop?

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Originally Posted by tducken

Interesting topic. I can't speak for everyone but there are only certain movies I care about having HD or better quality. Movies like Robocop, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Jurassic Park deserve to be watched in the highest resolution possible. However, a movie like Dumb and Dumber or Office Space doesn't really need to look stunning. As long as those kinds of films don't look like total garbage on my tv I'll buy whatever format is the cheapest.

On some movies, I actually kind of like it when they're not completely scrubbed of print damage. As someone who grew up basically in a movie theater and really does miss the days of film projection, I get nostalgic when there's some dust or slight (non-annoying) scratches on the source of a Blu-ray. I noticed this a bit recently with Kino Lorber's "Cabin Boy" re-issue. I like it when we can still see the organic nature of film. That's why I was particularly pleased to hear that the new 4K of the Little Mermaid has a slight grain field as opposed to all those tightly scrubbed and polished Disney animation releases that show no grain whatsoever (especially the modern post-CAPS era stuff). I've never seen it, but I hear the new Double Dragon Blu-ray even has some cue marks in it, and I'm the kind of guy who would buy it just for that!

I do appreciate a really good restoration and a sharp 4K on really big movies though. I had never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey before I picked up the 4K and I have to say I'm quite impressed.