Das Boot on UHD?

[Frank169]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Thankfully, you don't need additional spatial resolution to justify an UHD release; there are plenty of other benefits that could make Das Boot look spectacular in the format.

Would you care to elaborate?

As they didn't have LED bulbs aboard German submarines in WW II and since most of the exterior footage was shot under 'sunless' conditions, I don't believe HDR would add a lot here.

[Doctorossi]

Originally Posted by Frank169

Would you care to elaborate?

As they didn't have LED bulbs aboard German submarines in WW II and since most of the exterior footage was shot under 'sunless' conditions, I don't believe HDR would add a lot here.

I'm not sure what LED bulbs have to do with anything.

Just like you don't need lots of additional spatial resolution to get benefits from UHD, you don't need extreme highlight peaks to get benefits from HDR.

And you also have WCG and more efficient compression using higher bandwidth and greater storage capacity.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Frank169

Would you care to elaborate?

As they didn't have LED bulbs aboard German submarines in WW II and since most of the exterior footage was shot under 'sunless' conditions, I don't believe HDR would add a lot here.

Dynamic range isn't just about bright burning highlights, it really isn't. Negative film has a very wide dynamic range so even under the conditions for which Das Boot was shot I fully expect that an HDR pass could render out as yet unseen details.