The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 4K UHD

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by 42041

You can scan it at 16k if you want, that doesn't mean 1970s 16mm Ektachrome can actually resolve anything close to it. I doubt there will be any meaningful resolution advantage vs 1080p here.

And yet the new 4k master resolves more detail

[42041]

Originally Posted by dvdmike

And yet the new 4k master resolves more detail

Sure, but the modern scan from first-generation materials has more to do with that than the master being 4K. This will be a tale of sharply diminishing returns.

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by 42041

Sure, but the modern scan from first-generation materials has more to do with that than the master being 4K. This will be a tale of sharply diminishing returns.

The previous scan was modern

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by 42041

Sure, but the modern scan from first-generation materials has more to do with that than the master being 4K. This will be a tale of sharply diminishing returns.

How quickly we forget the other visual benefits of UHD Blu-ray.

[42041]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

How quickly we forget the other visual benefits of UHD Blu-ray.

Well, I can live without an HDR revision of TCM (plus, color reversal film stock has very limited dynamic range to begin with), it's not exactly pushing the rec709 color gamut, and since 16mm grain is a pretty serious dither, 10 bit color doesn't give you much, so what else? Maybe better compression? I don't really see the case for this in UHD being a high priority upgrade, but that's just me.