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Derb · 03-07-2016, 04:12 AM

Now up to top 10.

"Sicario" latest viewing.

1) Exodus: Gods & Kings
2) The Peanuts Movie
3) The Martian
4) Ender's Game
5) Sicario
6) Fantasic 4
7) Hitman: Agent 47
8) The Kingsman
9) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
10) Chappie
11) The Amazing Spider-Man
12) The Last Witch Hunter
13) The Maze Runner
14) X-Men: Days of Futures Past
15) Salt
16) Hancock
17) Pineapple Express

CaptainSmirnov · 03-07-2016, 02:34 PM

Any more impressions on xmen? Is it close to scorch trails? I thought that movie was nice and vivid and fairly clean image quality.

Agent_DVD · 03-07-2016, 02:49 PM

I went back and edited my OP with changes to reflect The Peanuts movie.

We should keep this up and make a running total on average Top 5

Georgiaboy04 · 03-07-2016, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Agent_DVD

I went back and edited my OP with changes to reflect The Peanuts movie.

We should keep this up and make a running total on average Top 5

That's my plan. I'm thinking about taking back The Lego Movie and San Andreas due to reviews not being great and it being a double dip for me. I'm picking up Peanuts this week!!!

Georgiaboy04 · 03-12-2016, 04:15 AM

Picked up Peanuts will be checking it out tomorrow.

bbwiscfan · 03-12-2016, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainSmirnov

Any more impressions on xmen? Is it close to scorch trails? I thought that movie was nice and vivid and fairly clean image quality.

I watched XMen tonight and I thought it was a very nice step up from BD. I watched the BD for some scenes to compare and the 4K is just better at detail, color and contrast. Blacks were darker and honestly, the blu Ray just looked faded by comparison. Colors were more robust and vivid, the scene between the two Xaviers speaking to each other has much more realism to it, depth is also more apparent as well. It beat Scorch Trials for me, and this transfer gets a 5/5 as I could not find anything wrong with it. Highly recommended!

Derb · 03-14-2016, 12:29 AM

Top 20 now.

Latest viewing - "Life of Pi"

1) Smurfs 2
2) Exodus: Gods & Kings
3) The Peanuts Movie
4) The Martian
5) Life of Pi
6) Ender's Game
7) Sicario
8) Fantasic 4
9) Hitman: Agent 47
10) The Kingsman
11) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
12) Chappie
13) Mad Max: Fury Road
14) Wild
15) The Amazing Spider-Man
16) Expendables 3
17) The Last Witch Hunter
18) The Maze Runner
19) X-Men: Days of Futures Past
20) San Andreas
21) Pan
22) The Lego Movie
23) Salt
24) Hancock
25) Pineapple Express

Georgiaboy04 · 03-15-2016, 11:56 PM

Peanuts is great with color so much better then the blu-ray!!

CaptainSmirnov · 03-16-2016, 12:45 AM

Suppose I can give my overall impressions on what I have seen so far. I tend to favour detail and clarity over hdr and colour etc. but those usually follow a clean transfer.

1) The Martian (the clarity on those 5k shots is impressive, wish there wasnt as much grain on inside shots though...)
2) Chappie (while not as sharp as expected for a 4k finish it looks pretty damn good at times, has some nice bright colours too)
2) Scorch Trials (despite people not liking the quality I think it looks really good overall. Sure its not as crisp as some parts of martian or Chappie but its has a lot of detail and really great colours. It probably has the least amount of noise/ grain on this list. Tied for 2)
3) San Andreas (mixed about this, it has some nice looking quality a bit into the movie but some shots aren't as detailed as Id expect. Inconsistent but quite nice at times)
4) Mad Max (It looks pretty good overall but its at #5 because it isn't that much of a step up in resolution, probably because, even if its just 2k, the source was just 2.8k. I may watch again and re-grade. Also the controversy about the colours not being "accurate"

5) Salt ( I bought this weeks ago thinking it would be super sharp and full of detail as its on film and finished in 4k. I was disappointed. Yes it looks better than the blu ray, but most of the time not by much. To me it seems like a rush job, but Im no expert

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I bought enders game and sicario today ( just came out in Canada) and if going by other impressions one of them might take 1 or 2. List will be updated to top 7

ncraft · 03-16-2016, 01:49 AM

Of the 8 I own:

1. Sicario
2. The Martian
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. The Peanuts Movie
5. X-Men: Days of Future Past
6. Kingsman The Secret Service
7. Salt
8. San Andreas

Grim Reaper · 03-16-2016, 03:52 AM

I'll post mine once I get mine Thursday.

Derb · 03-16-2016, 04:53 AM

Latest watching.. Wild

Seen before on BD & yes there are many notable improvements even in SDR.

FOX is just nailing it with their UHD releases.. I'm very impressed with the quality of their catalog so far.

benhoppel · 03-16-2016, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Derb

Latest watching.. Wild
Seen before on BD & yes there are many notable improvements even in SDR.
FOX is just nailing it with their UHD releases.. I'm very impressed with the quality of their catalog so far.

Well, not concerning sound. No Atmos, no DTS:X.

Derb · 03-16-2016, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by benhoppel

Well, not concerning sound. No Atmos, no DTS:X.

Lossless is Lossless.

Kris Deering · 03-16-2016, 08:57 PM

Lossless is lossless, but it isn't immersive. Immersive > 7.1.

vincentric · 03-17-2016, 12:19 AM

Made a few changes to my OP.

Life of Pi and Exodus, for upscales, look absolutely stunning. Can see more detail in brighter and darker parts of the image without any clipping, and colors are improved without being oversaturated, as well. To me the UHD looks better than both standard BD and 3D (Life of Pi in particular) and they also look better than the HDR demo trailers.

The HDR trailers for Pi and Exodus looked a bit too bright for me, the UHDs aren't and look flawless, imo.

Derb · 03-18-2016, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by vincentric

Made a few changes to my OP.

Life of Pi and Exodus, for upscales, look absolutely stunning. Can see more detail in brighter and darker parts of the image without any clipping, and colors are improved without being oversaturated, as well. To me the UHD looks better than both standard BD and 3D (Life of Pi in particular) and they also look better than the HDR demo trailers.

The HDR trailers for Pi and Exodus looked a bit too bright for me, the UHDs aren't and look flawless, imo.

Good to hear about Life of Pi, thanks!

I only have 1 unwatched now being Lego & I have yet to receive Life of Pi.

Expendables 3 looked a lot better then I expected even though it doesn't quite show on my

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waff · 03-18-2016, 11:29 AM

Folks, thanks for these rankings. It seems like your experiences have been very good and your opinions of the films are more positive than the reviews being done by the site. Can't wait to add my two cents once I complete my investment.

Thanks again.

ncraft · 03-27-2016, 07:25 PM

I just bought The Life of Pi which brings my 4K Blu-ray total to nine :

Of the 9 I own:

1. Sicario
2. The Martian
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Life of Pi
5. The Peanuts Movie
6. X-Men: Days of Future Past
7. Kingsman The Secret Service
8. Salt
9. San Andreas

I own Life of Pi on Blu-ray as well. Even without the benefit of an HDR equipped TV, the video quality on the UHD disc is much better than the already stellar blu-ray.

dvdmike · 03-27-2016, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris Deering

Lossless is lossless, but it isn't immersive. Immersive > 7.1.

Original mix > upmix

7.1 is worse than mono for immersion amiright

03-07-2016, 04:12 AM	#21
Derb Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Vancouver, B.C. Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:3278 DVD collection:4 MA collection:3 Digital collection:7 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:51	Now up to top 10. "Sicario" latest viewing. 1) Exodus: Gods & Kings 2) The Peanuts Movie 3) The Martian 4) Ender's Game 5) Sicario 6) Fantasic 4 7) Hitman: Agent 47 8) The Kingsman 9) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 10) Chappie 11) The Amazing Spider-Man 12) The Last Witch Hunter 13) The Maze Runner 14) X-Men: Days of Futures Past 15) Salt 16) Hancock 17) Pineapple Express Last edited by Derb; 03-11-2016 at 07:03 AM.

03-14-2016, 12:29 AM	#27
Derb Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Vancouver, B.C. Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:3278 DVD collection:4 MA collection:3 Digital collection:7 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:51	Top 20 now. Latest viewing - "Life of Pi" 1) Smurfs 2 2) Exodus: Gods & Kings 3) The Peanuts Movie 4) The Martian 5) Life of Pi 6) Ender's Game 7) Sicario 8) Fantasic 4 9) Hitman: Agent 47 10) The Kingsman 11) Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 12) Chappie 13) Mad Max: Fury Road 14) Wild 15) The Amazing Spider-Man 16) Expendables 3 17) The Last Witch Hunter 18) The Maze Runner 19) X-Men: Days of Futures Past 20) San Andreas 21) Pan 22) The Lego Movie 23) Salt 24) Hancock 25) Pineapple Express Last edited by Derb; 03-28-2016 at 04:48 AM.

03-07-2016, 02:34 PM	#22
CaptainSmirnov Junior Member Member since:Feb 2016 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:68	Any more impressions on xmen? Is it close to scorch trails? I thought that movie was nice and vivid and fairly clean image quality.

03-07-2016, 02:49 PM	#23
Agent_DVD Senior Member Member since:Dec 2014 Location:San Jose, CA 4K collection:1033 Blu-ray collection:5365 DVD collection:1654 Digital collection:2253 Trading Score:1	I went back and edited my OP with changes to reflect The Peanuts movie. We should keep this up and make a running total on average Top 5

03-12-2016, 04:15 AM	#25
Georgiaboy04 Active Member Member since:Oct 2011 Location:Warner Robins,Ga Blu-ray collection:111	Picked up Peanuts will be checking it out tomorrow.

03-15-2016, 11:56 PM	#28
Georgiaboy04 Active Member Member since:Oct 2011 Location:Warner Robins,Ga Blu-ray collection:111	Peanuts is great with color so much better then the blu-ray!!

03-16-2016, 12:45 AM	#29
CaptainSmirnov Junior Member Member since:Feb 2016 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:68	Suppose I can give my overall impressions on what I have seen so far. I tend to favour detail and clarity over hdr and colour etc. but those usually follow a clean transfer. 1) The Martian (the clarity on those 5k shots is impressive, wish there wasnt as much grain on inside shots though...) 2) Chappie (while not as sharp as expected for a 4k finish it looks pretty damn good at times, has some nice bright colours too) 2) Scorch Trials (despite people not liking the quality I think it looks really good overall. Sure its not as crisp as some parts of martian or Chappie but its has a lot of detail and really great colours. It probably has the least amount of noise/ grain on this list. Tied for 2) 3) San Andreas (mixed about this, it has some nice looking quality a bit into the movie but some shots aren't as detailed as Id expect. Inconsistent but quite nice at times) 4) Mad Max (It looks pretty good overall but its at #5 because it isn't that much of a step up in resolution, probably because, even if its just 2k, the source was just 2.8k. I may watch again and re-grade. Also the controversy about the colours not being "accurate" 5) Salt ( I bought this weeks ago thinking it would be super sharp and full of detail as its on film and finished in 4k. I was disappointed. Yes it looks better than the blu ray, but most of the time not by much. To me it seems like a rush job, but Im no expert ) I bought enders game and sicario today ( just came out in Canada) and if going by other impressions one of them might take 1 or 2. List will be updated to top 7

03-16-2016, 01:49 AM	#30
ncraft Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 Location:USA 4K collection:1212 Blu-ray collection:1545 DVD collection:172 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:328	Of the 8 I own: 1. Sicario 2. The Martian 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. The Peanuts Movie 5. X-Men: Days of Future Past 6. Kingsman The Secret Service 7. Salt 8. San Andreas

03-16-2016, 03:52 AM	#31
Grim Reaper Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2006 Location:Let Me In! 4K collection:499 Blu-ray collection:2022 DVD collection:25 Trading Score:13	I'll post mine once I get mine Thursday.

03-16-2016, 04:53 AM	#32
Derb Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Vancouver, B.C. Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:3278 DVD collection:4 MA collection:3 Digital collection:7 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:51	Latest watching.. Wild Seen before on BD & yes there are many notable improvements even in SDR. FOX is just nailing it with their UHD releases.. I'm very impressed with the quality of their catalog so far.

03-16-2016, 08:57 PM	#35
Kris Deering Power Member Member since:Nov 2006 Location:Pacific Northwest Blu-ray collection:400 Trading Score:131	Lossless is lossless, but it isn't immersive. Immersive > 7.1.

03-17-2016, 12:19 AM	#36
vincentric Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Bay Area, CA 4K collection:321 Blu-ray collection:1003 Trading Score:266	Made a few changes to my OP. Life of Pi and Exodus, for upscales, look absolutely stunning. Can see more detail in brighter and darker parts of the image without any clipping, and colors are improved without being oversaturated, as well. To me the UHD looks better than both standard BD and 3D (Life of Pi in particular) and they also look better than the HDR demo trailers. The HDR trailers for Pi and Exodus looked a bit too bright for me, the UHDs aren't and look flawless, imo.

03-18-2016, 11:29 AM	#38
waff Expert Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2012 Location:Pittsburgh, PA 4K collection:318 Blu-ray collection:2041 DVD collection:245 Digital collection:3525 iTunes collection:4 Prime collection:374 Blu-ray reviews: 22 Trading Score:522	Folks, thanks for these rankings. It seems like your experiences have been very good and your opinions of the films are more positive than the reviews being done by the site. Can't wait to add my two cents once I complete my investment. Thanks again.

03-27-2016, 07:25 PM	#39
ncraft Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 Location:USA 4K collection:1212 Blu-ray collection:1545 DVD collection:172 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:328	I just bought The Life of Pi which brings my 4K Blu-ray total to nine : Of the 9 I own: 1. Sicario 2. The Martian 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. Life of Pi 5. The Peanuts Movie 6. X-Men: Days of Future Past 7. Kingsman The Secret Service 8. Salt 9. San Andreas I own Life of Pi on Blu-ray as well. Even without the benefit of an HDR equipped TV, the video quality on the UHD disc is much better than the already stellar blu-ray.

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