The Fifth Element 4K UHD (1997) (20th Anniversary Edition)

[vincentric]

It's great you say that about the grain acting as a sort of natural anti-banding agent as I've seen it greatly reduce or completely eliminate banding in some anime as well, anyway, will check that weapons test scene for shimmering and edit this post.

[Geoff D]

Cheers bud.

[vincentric]

Checked it out and it looks pretty clean throughout the scene, especially in the corridor during the conversation with Tricky.

The shimmer/aliasing on the stripes of his suit here in the MI4KBD...

...is not present in the UHD, which looks rendered flawless by comparison.

[jh901]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

In any event, this is the recent Sony BD, just on UHD. The HDR is nice but subtly used, not a ton of pop. Everyone should know from that summary pretty much exactly what they're getting.

Frankly, I expect all but the total duds to look "night/day" better (less than SD to seeing HD first time on a small panel, but a high % of that awe) on my projection display once I make the leap to UHD. And I'll only be getting the partial experience with my RS600. Size matters.

Maybe I'll be disappointed overall, but I doubt it.

[TheBoss062]

I never owned the blu-ray prior to the Supreme Cinema release so I bought it day one, unaware of the eventual UHD release. Is it a worthy upgrade or is the mastered in 4K edition satisfactory?

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by TheBoss062

I never owned the blu-ray prior to the Supreme Cinema release so I bought it day one, unaware of the eventual UHD release. Is it a worthy upgrade or is the mastered in 4K edition satisfactory?

There's a valid answer to your question literally two posts above yours.

[AllOuttaBubbleGum]

Apart from effects elements, I think I can see hints of haloing in the Gaumount made conspicuous in the Mastered in 4K blu (look along the bun style 'do):

http://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?a=2&x=...2&l=1&i=8&go=1

Overall, the MI4K disc has always struck me as suffering from over-enhanced shadow depth. If that's what was applied, it does bring out the appearance of detail...at the cost of looking manipulated.

For those who've viewed the UHD (this has already been addressed, but I'm always interested in more takes): How much of an uptick in detail would you say the native 4K brings to the table...as it compares to the MI4K, 1080p Blu?


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[Speed3driver]

I was looking very forward to this release. That being said I purchased it at the midnight release. So I did watch the remastered blu ray unconverted by the Oppo uhd player just last week, and popped the uhd in to check it out. I will tell you that I didn't see or hear any shattering differences between the two formats. I would say save your money on this one, as much as that saddens me. I really think that they have made this movie already look and sound as good as it can get. Just my humble opinion as a huge Fifth Element fan.

[TheBoss062]

Originally Posted by Filmmaker

There's a valid answer to your question literally two posts above yours.

Everyone has their own reason for upgrading or not. So anybody who says they will or won't technically has a valid answer.

[StingingVelvet]

Just for the record, I want to reiterate that I thought the image quality here looked overall very nice. It just also looks sharpened, mildly but noticeably. I didn't compare it to the BD afterward so can't rate the improvement on a scale or whatever, but I just wanna make sure people know I thought it looked great. Just with a specific flaw.

Maybe I'll A/B it with the BD tomorrow for funsies.

[Stiler]

Bit late, but can someone link to the movie on amazon? or is it not on there? I can't find it for the life of me, typing fifth element 4k/ugh/20th doesn't bring up anything.

[Talal86]

Originally Posted by Stiler

Bit late, but can someone link to the movie on amazon? or is it not on there? I can't find it for the life of me, typing fifth element 4k/ugh/20th doesn't bring up anything.

https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Element...9922052&sr=8-1

'We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.'

[Shaggy1978]

Originally Posted by Joce

Everyone who are reviewing UHD BD should be able to judge only if owning 4k Oled Sony A1 65' or Pana EZ 65.

What a shockingly elitist statement! Even for OLED enthusiasts you've left out LG but there are plenty of LED televisions that also provide a great 4K/HDR experience. I've seen several reviews that state that the Samsung QLED Q9F flagship handles HDR better than any OLED.

Hopefully you meant that people should provide input on 4K/HDR releases only if they have equipment capable of taking advantage of them.

I have both a Samsung JS9500 and LG C6 and both make 4K UHD look amazing. Granted, each year the technology improves but that doesn't make my "old" models obsolete!

[Stiler]

Originally Posted by Talal86

https://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Element...9922052&sr=8-1

'We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.'

Thank you.

For me it says, " In stock on July 23, 2017. "

[zachbellitto22]

Anyone hear the Atmos mix yet? Curious how it performs overall.

[Filmmaker]

Originally Posted by TheBoss062

Everyone has their own reason for upgrading or not. So anybody who says they will or won't technically has a valid answer.

Let's not be overly poetic or obtuse here. You asked if the UHD is a worthy upgrade over the "Mastered in 4K" standard Blu-ray when two posts above yous states that there is aliasing on the BD that isn't present on the UHD. Therefore, your question was answered before you wrote it.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by zachbellitto22

Anyone hear the Atmos mix yet? Curious how it performs overall.

It's the same Atmos track as the last BD release. A pretty cool remix and one of Sony's best efforts so far to create a new immersive experience for a catalog title. Coppola's Dracula was not far behind. Universal could learn a few things.

[AllOuttaBubbleGum]

Found some comparisons between the MI4K blu and the UHD web download:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp...7203/picture:3



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[Cook]

What is MI4K?

[Talal86]

Originally Posted by Cook

What is MI4K?

Mastered in 4k blu ray