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#961 |
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The Fifth Element UHD is in my top 5 transfers out of the 40 4k discs i have. I don't think it's as sharpened as Saving Private Ryan , Apollo 13 or E.T. which i also love. I just think it received just a touch to much of contrast enhancement if anything.
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#962 |
Blu-ray King
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What exactly is contrast enhancement? Do you mean edge enhancement?
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#965 |
Blu-ray Ninja
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The source Sony has for TFE has some sharpening baked into it much like many movies of the time and there's nothing they can really do about it.
Apparently Gaumont has a better source but I doubt we'll ever see it at this point and the UHD looks pretty dang good. |
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#967 |
Banned
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As Geoff said the German one is the same master, so I am guessing this is all we get
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Thanks given by: | Sky_Captain (09-13-2018) |
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#968 |
Banned
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If the source is film, how can it have baked in sharpness?
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#969 |
Blu-ray Guru
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If they have a better source they certainly didn't do it any justice 'cause it looks godawful in those BD caps from the last page or so. That last thing I want is a blurry, yellow UHD with less detail and fewer colors.
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#970 |
Banned
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As I said previously, an HDR pass could reign in some of that and all the gaumont Besson masters looked the same, so it may have been by design.
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#971 | |
Blu-ray Baron
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The Gaumont BD wasn't perfect, but looks far more analog indeed. |
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#972 |
Blu-ray Emperor
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I really liked the Gaumount BD because it wasn't sharpened to death. It had other issues like the blown-out contrast but the softer look was much more pleasing to my eyes.
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#973 | |
Banned
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I would live them to give it another go in 4k, does Pathe still own it now? |
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#974 | |
Blu-ray Grand Duke
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If you really can't stand even mild sharpening, like I know JohnCarpenterFan can't, then I get avoiding the Sony releases though. |
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#975 | |
Banned
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Blu-ray Emperor
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#977 |
Blu-ray Ninja
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Look at the first two Harry Potter releases; especially in the second movie, many shots appear to be digitally sharpened then transferred back to film like the digital effects shots. Ironically, these shots have softer detail because of it.
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#979 | |
Blu-ray Emperor
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I can see the haloing in the Diva Plavalaguna shot. Which then gets turned up to 11 for the Sony transfer. |
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