The Martian 4K UHD (2015)

[Dragun]

IMDB says this was finished at 2K. So there are three possibilities I can think of:

1) IMDB is wrong and this was finished at 4K (for the 2D version, at least)

2) This was finished at 2K and the UHD will be presented at 2K, but with better color and compression than the Blu-Ray

3) The 2K master was upscaled to 4K for the UHD.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Dragun

IMDB says this was finished at 2K. So there are three possibilities I can think of:

IMDB is very often wrong.


There apparently was a 4K Dolby Vision HDR pass done.

[Opips3]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

IMDB is very often wrong.


There apparently was a 4K Dolby Vision HDR pass done.

I knew it that was a 4K. IMDB said Its 2K finished.

[ray0414]

We've got quite a few Samsung owners downloading this from mgo as we speak. I'll probably download it tonight. I'll post mine and others feedback when I get it.

[JayEmm]

I am not aware of any 4k screenings of the film. I if it was finished in 4k I SHOULD have known about it.

Oblivion was definitely 2k, pretty sure Prometheus was too. Not sure about the Counselor. It's easier to do a 4k finish when the film isn't full of CGI and VFX.

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by JayEmm

I am not aware of any 4k screenings of the film. I if it was finished in 4k I SHOULD have known about it.

Oblivion was definitely 2k, pretty sure Prometheus was too. Not sure about the Counselor. It's easier to do a 4k finish when the film isn't full of CGI and VFX.

Prometheus 2K.

https://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/J...heus/page1.php

Wolski decided to shoot Prometheus with the Red Epic, which had just been released. He chose the Epic for its small size — “it’s a little bigger than a Hasselblad” — and 5K capability. Although he shot Prometheus in 5K at 5:1 compression (occasionally switching to 3:1 compression for scenes with very fine detail, like water or foliage), he notes that the original photography had to be converted to 2K in post to match the resolution of the visual-effects work. “On a movie with this many visual effects, going to 4K would have quadrupled the visual-effects budget,” notes Wolski.

The Martian: 2K Master

DOP Dariusz Wolski filmed The Martian on RED DRAGONs in 5K, shot in native stereo on 3Ality rigs (the film finished effectively in 2K).

https://www.fxguide.com/featured/lif...f-the-martian/

[dvdmike]

The Martian bluray/UHD comparison will be very interesting, Fox may be playing naughty games here.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Dragun

IMDB says this was finished at 2K. So there are three possibilities I can think of:

1) IMDB is wrong and this was finished at 4K (for the 2D version, at least)

2) This was finished at 2K and the UHD will be presented at 2K, but with better color and compression than the Blu-Ray

3) The 2K master was upscaled to 4K for the UHD.

There was word of a 4k finished HDR master.

Edit, what he said ^