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

[Todd Smith]

Originally Posted by GOMEZFAN69

A peek at Spider-Man
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/23788
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/23793
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/23792

Not a major difference, but detail is definitely a bit better. I would agree with marginal, but an improvement all the same. Obviously how much improvement will vary by title going off the Ghostbusters caps which are an even bigger improvement over these SM ones. The bigger the screen and closer the seating distance, the more impact these will have it seems. I would say it is definitely worth it for FP owners in particular. Now if they would just release some films I am interested in, or at least include the extended edition of the ones I am interested in (is there some reason they could not do seamless branching for Total Recall?).

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Those Spidey caps are right on the money. The new release has oodles more detail (look at the tiles on the church, or MJ's eyes) and the colour saturation is a bit more even-handed. Altogether they make for a beautifully filmic upgrade.

Let me say it one more time: marginal my ass.

Agreed! Nice improvement all of the way around.

[reanimator]

Originally Posted by Inspector Toschi

Marginal my a$$. That looks tremendously better. I don't care what these releases are called. 4K or Superbit 2.0 for all I care. Spider-man & Ghostbusters were in need of remasters, and this got them done. And to think some are whining over this...

Yup. All one has to do is look at the bricks in the church in the background to see how much detail has been gained in this remaster.

I never purchased SPIDERMAN previously, glad I waited!

[xxBachelor1981xx]

I just got Ghostbusters and Glory today. Watching Ghostbusters now and it looks great

[themoviefanatic]

They still can't make Spider-Man 3 a good movie, i know we "ALL" can agree on that one.

[Trekkie313]

Originally Posted by xxBachelor1981xx

I just got Ghostbusters and Glory today. Watching Ghostbusters now and it looks great

Come with slips?

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

That ended up biting them in the butt when people realized that a lot of SuperBit DVDs had transfers that didn't come anywhere near the max bitrates that the format can handle.

Maybe, but I thought the Superbit version of "The Fifth Element" looked absolutely superb for a DVD. I still have it. Strangely, it goes for less on Amazon than the regular DVD edition.

[jamesdevil]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Come with slips?

They do.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Maybe, but I thought the Superbit version of "The Fifth Element" looked absolutely superb for a DVD. I still have it. Strangely, it goes for less on Amazon than the regular DVD edition.

Other studios maxed out bitrates w/o dumping extras or charging a premium.

[42041]

Originally Posted by GOMEZFAN69

A peek at Spider-Man
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/23788
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/23793
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/23792

An appreciable upgrade, though oddly it does not look as crisp as the Ghostbusters transfer to my eyes. Perhaps it was made from the IP rather than the camera negative (or, of course, maybe the screenshots are screwy).

[xxBachelor1981xx]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Come with slips?

Got them from amazon and both had slips

[Sherlock_Jr]

Originally Posted by jamesdevil

Nice ad hominem. I'm not backing Sony (you're the only one that keeps bringing that up), I'm just taking exception to those that are talking without having anything to back it up. It's completely worthless and speculative. I'm going to start writing movie reviews for films I've never seen and then refuting those who disagree with me and/or have actually seen the film.

Things you've said in this thread:

• There isn't much difference in the releases
• Those that bought these were too impatient to wait for reviews
• Sony intentionally withheld these reviews from websites
• This is all just a simple cash grab by Sony

[BrandonJF]

Has anyone with capable players/displays noticed any difference via xvycc color? I'm sure not seeing any difference when I turn it on/off on my display. I'm playing Ghostbusters on a PS3 which supposedly supports it when the "super white" option is enabled. Although, now I'm wondering if it only supports it with AVCHD files....

[Iamspartacus]

Are the new 4K blus available in store in Best Buy or Walmart or Target?

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Iamspartacus

Are the new 4K blus available in store in Best Buy or Walmart or Target?

No, online only.

[jamesdevil]

Originally Posted by BrandonJF

Has anyone with capable players/displays noticed any difference via xvycc color? I'm sure not seeing any difference when I turn it on/off on my display. I'm playing Ghostbuster on a PS3 which supposedly supports it when the "super white" option is enabled. Although, now I'm wondering if it only supports it with AVCHD files....

If I can change that on the fly with my player I'll test it out after this baseball game.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by 42041

An appreciable upgrade, though oddly it does not look as crisp as the Ghostbusters transfer to my eyes. Perhaps it was made from the IP rather than the camera negative (or, of course, maybe the screenshots are screwy).

It seems Spider-Man is an inherently soft movie.

[img eL]

Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

Other studios maxed out bitrates w/o dumping extras or charging a premium.

I hear what your saying, studios when releasing blu ray's should go for the best quality possible @ that point in time. Even then studios should put out new transfers for each re-release reason being that the AVC codec has come along way since the first versions, the AVC codec is @ Version 17 now

[BozQ]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

It seems Spider-Man is an inherently soft movie.

Many movies before 2002 were soft. Nobody had HDTVs back then and High Definition was an unknown word until George Lucas started pushing for digital production technology with Star Wars Episode II.

[blu-ray_girl_fan]

Originally Posted by BozQ

Many movies before 2002 were soft. Nobody had HDTVs back then and High Definition was an unknown word until George Lucas started pushing for digital production technology with Star Wars Episode II.

http://www.lucasfilm.com/divisions/singapore/

You work there, don't you?