Sony "Mastered in 4K" Blu-ray Titles May 14 and July 16

[gabbott]

Originally Posted by nolfoc

these can be played on standard BD players, correct?

correct. They are standard Blurays.

[nolfoc]

Originally Posted by gabbott

correct. They are standard Blurays.

Thanks, that's what I thought just had to make sure

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

DVDEmpire has pictures of the back cover art for Ghostbusters and Spider-Man 1. They don't have Bonus Features, just like Sony's old SuperBit DVDs.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

DVDEmpire has pictures of the back cover art for Ghostbusters and Spider-Man 1. They don't have Bonus Features, just like Sony's old SuperBit DVDs.

Yep, keep your original BDs.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Yep, keep your original BDs.

They should fix current, existing mistakes instead of creating new ones.

Bram Stoker's Dracula -- too dark

Total Recall (2012) -- audio decoding hiccups

[JavaJulien]

Wow, seriously Sony?

I held on to my bonus dvds for Spider-man 1 and 2, so I may still buy these just the same.

[BozQ]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Received Ghostbusters and Spider-Man today.

Spider-Man has always looked a bit crap on home formats and when I popped this disc in, I have to be honest, it didn't blow my skirt up.

"Is that it?" I thought.

HOWEVER...

Comparing it with the most recent UK issuing, the one with the extras and the same transfer as the original barebones disc, the differences become very apparent.

Just in terms of sheer clarity, resolution and color, the 4K disc is definitely an improvement. That mushy grain, mixed with video noise from the older releases, is gone. A nice layer of proper fine grain. It also appears to be a shade brighter, but with still solid black levels. I always found that they tried to hide some of the more questionable CGI in this movie by darkening it, (as per the original DVD). There's some extremely minor haloing going on here and there, but nothing to shit the bed over.

So unlike me, don't be fooled by initial impressions, this is the best this film has looked on home video.

Thanks for the quick review! Good to know there are some noticeable improvements in these releases even with older movies.
I didn't actually think Sam Raimi's Spider-Man was that good. Now I'm really curious to have a look myself.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by tylergfoster

Don't forget, you'll have to hope that Coppola doesn't get to mess with it, since the changes came from him.

Well, there is some controversy about whether that is actually true, but that is another thread from a long time ago. lol

There's just too many things going on with that disc which just isn't optimal.

[DoubleGulpShrimp]

Does anyone have any screen caps on the new spiderman 2002 blu-ray?

[BluPat]

I wish SONY would release 'Single White Female' and 'When A Stranger Calls' (2006) on Blu-ray already. I hope they do NOT pawn those off to Twilight Time.

[grrrarg]

Originally Posted by BluPat

I wish SONY would release 'Single White Female' and 'When A Stranger Calls' (2006) on Blu-ray already. I hope they do NOT pawn those off to Twilight Time.

Twilight Time is incredibly unlikely for either of those titles. It is much more likely for Sony to license them to Mill Creek though.

[Indiana Jones]

Originally Posted by JavaJulien

So was Ghostbusters a noticeable improvement?

Check out the screen grabs I posted last Saturday in the Ghostbusters thread, it's definitely an improvement with no blownout contrast and finer grain.

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

DVDEmpire has pictures of the back cover art for Ghostbusters and Spider-Man 1. They don't have Bonus Features, just like Sony's old SuperBit DVDs.

I confirmed last Saturday that Ghostbusters was just the film?

[wesslan]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

They should fix current, existing mistakes instead of creating new ones.

Bram Stoker's Dracula -- too dark

Total Recall (2012) -- audio decoding hiccups

Yes haven't bought Total yet in hope this will be fixed on the new disc. Would love Dracula also For someone who never get time to watch any extras these discs are perfect, best sound and picture is all I care about. Although they are too expensive right now for "old" movies.

[blujacket]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

DVDEmpire has pictures of the back cover art for Ghostbusters and Spider-Man 1. They don't have Bonus Features, just like Sony's old SuperBit DVDs.



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I wish all releases were like these. I don't need extras, I want the best PQ & AQ

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by blujacket

I wish all releases were like these. I don't need extras, I want the best PQ & AQ

Or put the extras on another disc.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by blujacket

I wish all releases were like these. I don't need extras, I want the best PQ & AQ

This is just like the SuperBit DVD gimmick. Sony claims to be offering an enhanced experience by maxing out bitrates, but other studios do the same thing w/o charging higher prices.

[rickah88]

So this entire "Mastered in 4k" line is movie-only, no special features?

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by rickah88

So this entire "Mastered in 4k" line is movie-only, no special features?

Look at the pictures that I posted a couple of posts above yours.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

Look at the pictures that I posted a couple of posts above yours.

Yeah I saw them, but does that apply to every one of these that make up this line?

[retablo]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

DVDEmpire has pictures of the back cover art for Ghostbusters and Spider-Man 1. They don't have Bonus Features, just like Sony's old SuperBit DVDs.

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