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

[Kylo8791]

So don't judge me but I just bought this film today and watched it from start to finish for the first time ever...I had only ever seen the opera scene and a chris tucker meme lol...but I loved this movie....I'm not 4K capable yet with my setup but even the blu ray looking as good as it does now for such a old film...I definitely look forward to the 4K version come later this holiday season when I upgrade my set up

[Daytrader]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Welcome to the A/B club! The doorman will take your coat, head to the bar and get yourself a drink on the house. Nothing too expensive, mind you.

Gonna watch this tonite...can't wait

Can i ask what this A/B thing i see people talking about, cheers

[Vangeli]

Originally Posted by Kylo8791

So don't judge me but I just bought this film today and watched it from start to finish for the first time ever...I had only ever seen the opera scene and a chris tucker meme lol...but I loved this movie....I'm not 4K capable yet with my setup but even the blu ray looking as good as it does now for such a old film...I definitely look forward to the 4K version come later this holiday season when I upgrade my set up

How green is it?

Originally Posted by Daytrader

Can i ask what this A/B thing i see people talking about, cheers

When you play both the standard Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray and switch between the two on the same display to compare the quality differences, A/B testing style.

[Daytrader]

Originally Posted by Vangeli

How green is it?





When you play both the standard Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray and switch between the two on the same display to compare the quality differences, A/B testing style.

Ah i see, cheers

[GasmaskAvenger]

Just watched my 4K steelbook.

Great transfer of a really delightful sci-fi romp that I hadn't seen in a really, really long time.

I'm all ready to see "Valerian" tonight now.

[Khronikos]

Got my steelbook from best buy online. They don't even sell them in MN. Looks awesome. Hope more UHDs get the special treatment.

[LettuceJUMP]

After watching 90-100 different 4K UHD's over the last year, very few have impressed like this one. Catalogue releases can look just as good with proper treatment. Me my wife and a couple watched this last night and everyone said they thought the movie never looked this good, and gave new life to a 20 year old film. If you can pick this up, go for it. Top 10 disc for me...

[rroeder]

Watched it last night as well and really enjoyed it, more detail more grain did not have as soft of a look as what I remember with the bluray. The Atmos track had plenty of punch too!

[Tony208]

This and Leon $18 at BB.

[Zero_Cool]

Originally Posted by Tony208

This and Leon $18 at BB.

If only my BB would get stock in. Still need the steelbook of 5th element.

[Schecter123]

Never got my five dollar certificate with this. I'm not happy about it. I guess preordering online doesn't qualify. Won't do that again.

[Fakejb]

Watching my steelbook copy now. 45 minutes in and this film looks amazing on UHD.

[Member-38928]

I started watching this last night on my new 4K setup, Philips BDP7501 on a Hisense 55" (55DU6070) 4K TV and right away I noticed the black bars on the top and bottom of the picture had way too much light in them and really the picture did not really "pop", the 4K was nice but the blacks were terrible and the colors and overall PQ just seemed too mellow looking. I then thru in the 1st remaster in my BDP-S3200 that is also on the Hisense TV and the blacks were way better, no not near as good as the blacks are on my Pioneer Elite plasma but much better than they were on the 4K disc, I alos got my "popping PQ". I tried tweaking the PQ settings on my TV and Philips BDP and nothing helped so I threw the remastered disc in my Philips BDP and I got my "popping PQ" and much better blacks. Yeah the Hisense will never have my Pioneer Elite plasma blacks but still I cannot figure out why the 4K disc has these issues when the regular 1080p disc was fine. Planet Earth II is the only other 4K Blu-ray I have seen and again not plasma blacks but the overall PQ is awesome on PE2. Help me out here guys!

[Geoff D]

You haven't set any of the HDMI options on the player or TV to 'Full', have you?

[Member-38928]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

You haven't set any of the HDMI options on the player or TV to 'Full', have you?

I don't think so, here is a BDP7501 manual, I hope I have something setup wrong.

[Geoff D]

It's just that we've literally had the same complaint from another newcomer to 4K, that everything looked too bright and washed out before he changed to the correct HDMI setting, and given that this disc has nothing wrong with its brightness at all then it's got to be your setup.

[Daytrader]

Would we not want the hdmi set to full anyway when playing a bluray on a 4k screen ? if not full, what should it be set to then.

[Geoff D]

'Full' is a misnomer in one crucial sense when it comes to HDMI input settings because it usually refers to PC levels which are expanded beyond the 'legal' Limited range that home video content is mastered at. So when Limited content is played back on a TV which has been set to PC/Full levels, the black level of the content is now far too bright for what the TV is expecting and everything looks badly washed out.

This is a good little primer on the subject: http://referencehometheater.com/2014...ll-vs-limited/ and even though it references 8-bit HD levels e.g. 0-255 Full or 16-235 Limited this also works exactly the same way with 10-bit 4K HDR, with 0-1023 being the Full/PC range and 64-940 being the Limited range. The latter is what's being mastered to disc, Lionsgate's early screw-ups aside.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by bentvalve

I don't think so, here is a BDP7501 manual, I hope I have something setup wrong.

Might be worth popping into your TV's System Menu and checking the HDMI 2.0 Format.

With the player press HOME>SETUP>HDMI and check the following:

Resolution Auto / 480p / 1080i / 1080p / 4K
4k/60p Output 4K/60p(4:4:4) / 4K/60p(4:2:0) / Off
24p Output Auto / Off

Advanced Settings
Deep Color Output Auto / Off
High Dynamic Range Output Auto / Off

[ramzy1]

Watch out for that pounding bass in the opening of the movie. It's long and deep enough that you time to walk around and possibly discover new rattles in your space.