4K Ultra HD releases not offering the quality of what the format is capable of

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Hopefully studios well start to improve on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases, since many have 2K digital intermediates that have no better picture quality when compared to the standard Blu-ray disc (A select few 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray titles have a much better picture quality when compared to the standard Blu-ray disc). Some 11.1 Dolby ATMOS and 11.1 DTS X soundtracks have poor mastering quality for the height channels. Some studios do a proper job when mastering the height channels for Dolby ATMOS and DTS X.

The following are select word for word quotes from page 8 of the June 2018 Widescreen Review magazine

“And Dolby Atmos so far seems to be leading the pack of low-quality immersive Sound soundtracks,”



“As a result, the height channels are horrible, literally, on 90 percent or more of the UHD movies released with impressive Sound soundtracks so far. DTS X sounds a little better, but they have the same issue. Studios just won’t spend money on UHD disc soundtracks to make the soundtrack right,”


“But there’s no indication that more movie studios are moving to 4K digital intermediates anytime soon. That means 100 percent of the movies from Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros, and other related studios are not really UHD resolution AND they rarely have soundtracks worthy of the technology capabilities of any immersive Sound format.”


“Sony and associated studios did switch to 4K digital intermediates some time back, and Lionsgate seems to release about half of their movies with 4K digital intermediates, but those and IMAX are about the only titles you’ll get that do the format justice-“