1917 4K UHD (2019)

[Nothing371]

Originally Posted by Waboman

Lol. Who's Shane?

[nick4Knight]

Originally Posted by Waboman

Lol. Who's Shane?

[NickFoley]

Is 1917 one of the few releases where the final box art was up the same day the movie came out in theaters?

[Waboman]

Lol. That's a lot of Shanes.

[JG-havkroll]

Originally Posted by NickFoley

Is 1917 one of the few releases where the final box art was up the same day the movie came out in theaters?

It wasn’t. The theatrical poster was used as a placeholder for this release on all formats (the one ultimately used for the Steelbook).

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by nick4Knight

Bowled, Warner!!!

[TitusTroy]

Originally Posted by nick4Knight

must be a European thing...I have no idea who that is...we don't play rugby here in the USA...sort of looks like OJ's assistant Kato Kaelin

[levcore]

Yeah because that is clearly a rugby ball.

[TitusTroy]

Originally Posted by levcore

Yeah because that is clearly a rugby ball.

yup my bad...we don't play polo here

[levcore]

https://www.uspolo.org/sport

[MuffinMcFluffin]

Originally Posted by nick4Knight

I find it hard to take it serious when someone waxes about a theatrical viewing then talks about the home not being able to compare; but their reference for that second viewing setting is meager SDR blu-ray display of a modern film released with a native 4K master! No less.

It boggled my mind you watched the film that many times, and on top of that clear passion for the title don't have the 4K as a mandatory attempt to match your theatrical experience...

I own the 4K and have seen that a couple of times, but my Samsung F8500 is still the motion king in my household. Plus, I was able to create a custom-crop BD. I can't do the same for the UHD. Yup, sacrifices.

My point is the IMAX experience can't be replaced at home. Heck, it can't even be replaced with LieMAX.

[Pieter V]

1917 Explained by Director Sam Mendes | “Just get up and keep running.� (CONTAINS SPOILERS) - YouTube

[kyloren]

Review copies are in. Mine came in as Blu-ray...

Should see reviews today / tomorrow.

[TitusTroy]

Originally Posted by kyloren

Review copies are in. Mine came in as Blu-ray...

Should see reviews today / tomorrow.

you don't get to choose between 1080p and 4K review copies?

[IXOYE1989]

Originally Posted by TitusTroy

you don't get to choose between 1080p and 4K review copies?

At least he gets free review copies.

[kyloren]

Originally Posted by TitusTroy

you don't get to choose between 1080p and 4K review copies?

I do get to request what I want, but it's not that simple. When I filled out the request I chose 4K, but I'm not guaranteed UHD from this studio. Every studio has their own process and people handling it.

For example, a handful of studios guarantee me UHD copies while others just guarantee a review copy, but not the format. Sometimes certain films get less UHD copies... I'm not sure how the whole thing works.

[Geoff D]

Yeah, you don't always get what you want and it's even worse in the UK, they stopped giving out retail copies years ago and Universal even started sending out watermarked transfers which was as much use as a concrete parachute if you want to, y'know, review the image quality. Fellow reviewers would say "how come you get to do so much good stuff?" but I bought all the gear I wanted to see anyway so I just reviewed them.

[nonametofame]

Originally Posted by TitusTroy

don't confuse quantity with quality...there are a bunch of members here who post 24/7...but just because they post 90 times a day and respond to every thread doesn't make them an expert...now there are some great, knowledgeable members with great insight and technical expertise but too often they get drowned out by the 'others'

I don't understand the people who constantly put down Shane or Brass Tax etc...they are just regular guys posting their impressions/reviews from the perspective of an everyday guy...they don't pretend to be Spielberg or Scorsese...I like that Shane is one of the few people who post reviews of digital 4K iTunes/Vudu copies...which is another problem here where too many people are physical disc snobs (yes everyone agrees physical is better but the landscape is changing so it's good to get a different perspective)

plus if the digital looks impressive then you know that the disc is going to look even more amazing...so if you're on the fence about buying a disc then a digital review is a good way to gauge the upcoming UHD release

I find their reviews solid and also entertaining

I don't get the hate either, other than that it's easier to target someone if they're more publically exposed. The more data points we have, the better. I like to have good information on deciding on future purchases.
And since we're dealing with a higher quality format, there is a prerequisite for equipment capable of resolving details and accuracy. I haven't seen many setups here that i feel are competent to duplicate the transparency of the source. Enough to provide an accurate assessment. I believe they do. They at the very least, list their equipment.

[nick4Knight]

Originally Posted by nonametofame

I don't get the hate either, other than that it's easier to target someone if they're more publicly exposed. The more data points we have, the better. I like to have good information on deciding on future purchases. And since we're dealing with a higher quality format, there is a prerequisite for equipment capable of resolving details and accuracy. I haven't seen many setups here that i feel are competent to duplicate the transparency of the source. Enough to provide an accurate assessment. I believe they do. They at the very least, list their equipment.

Blame the industry for the 'hate'. Those pesky cats at the UHD alliance wanting minimum accuracy and shit... When either of the Shane's referenced in this thread owns a projector that meets the premium spec? THEN I'll start to weight the opinions of (the Shane conglomerate) reviewing using one.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by nonametofame

I don't get the hate either, other than that it's easier to target someone if they're more publically exposed. The more data points we have, the better. I like to have good information on deciding on future purchases.
And since we're dealing with a higher quality format, there is a prerequisite for equipment capable of resolving details and accuracy. I haven't seen many setups here that i feel are competent to duplicate the transparency of the source. Enough to provide an accurate assessment. I believe they do. They at the very least, list their equipment.

Not necessarily talking about the Shanes specifically here (I can count the amount of spare change reviews I've seen on two fingers) but it's also easier to target someone when they don't know WTF they're talking about, so if people are speaking on a public platform it helps if they actually have a clue and don't think they're the font of all knowledge just because they can talk into a camera. More "data points" are fine in theory but if the data points are wrong then how does that help, is it a control sample for idiocy or something?

I'm sure there are some good people out there on YouTube and suchlike but, as with pretty much everything else on YT and the wider clickbait-laden blogosphere, the cult of personality clouds the dissemination of actual informed opinions. Movie reviews are one thing as they're pretty much entirely subjective but when it comes to home video then there IS an actual baseline that these can be calibrated to and I'd be amazed if most "professional" reviewers got anywhere near it. Subjective opinions as to how people then react to the colour, grain, sharpness etc will always come into play, of coursh, but if they don't even have the baseline in place then I can't take them seriously.

FWIW:

Sony 65ZD9, OPPO 203, Panasonic 820, TV objectively calibrated using colourimeter and HCFR software for both SDR and HDR to set correct white point, greyscale, colour saturation points, gamma/PQ EOTF tracking respectively etc etc. Colourimeter has also been profiled to this specific TV using a spectro.