Blu-ray transfer of old movies

[WickyWoo]

There are different views on this, however, I feel that the transfer process mostly contributes to the variable quality of blu-ray movies.

And you would be wrong. The telecines used are state of the art with highly skilled techs

It's either the source material or overcompression 95%+ (closer to 99% after the initial batch of discs) of the time.

Old movies are simply not going to look shiny, nor did their makers ever expect them to be seen this way