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

[MisterXDTV]

Great Job by Sony, no doubt about it...

[42041]

Originally Posted by violator

[Show spoiler]

Wow, big improvement.

[violator]

TAXI DRIVER (MASTERED IN 4K):

[UNCMT9]

These are some ridiculous screen shots.

[Tech-UK]

Originally Posted by Skog

Correct this curious outsider if I'm wrong but aren't the screenshots for the 4k master pointless? considering you need certain hardware to see the expanded colour spectrum and what not...

It will show any difference in the actual transfer, due to them being struck from 4k masters, although some of these titles already have come from a 4k source and released on Blu-ray from that, for example; Taxi Driver, Amazing Spiderman, Total Recall, in which case only a difference due to a higher bitrate will be seen and any other sort of digital improvement done.

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by violator

GLORY (MASTERED IN 4K):

Thanks! Looks wonderfully film-like.

[wesslan]

Nice now we just need a good comparison on taxi and the rest of the titles

[tama]

Watched Glory 2 nights ago. I never watched the original release but can say the new release is an exceptional transfer. Very beautiful and film like. What I would expect from a top quality transfer released today from Sony.

[Spicoli]

Originally Posted by Drooch

This 4K business is excellent. I don't care that the advertising is confusing/misleading - what this essentially means is that some kind of quality control over blu ray picture quality now exists.

The amount of lazy, shitty transfers we've seen is a disgrace to the format. The whole point of blu ray is to offer the very best, but we've become accustomed to studios rolling out crusty old made-for-DVD or HDTV masters, and settled for 'the best it's ever looked on home video' reviews (no shit).

I've waited for something like this - a benchmark that celebrates quality and punishes crap - for a long time and almost gave up. Hopefully, other studios will now see that 4K mastering is worthwhile, if only from a marketing perspective. They get to sell a 'premium' product at a higher price, we finally get a decent transfer. Frankly, I'm happy to pay more for the very best.

This is where you are mistaken. The whole point of Blu-ray is to make money for the interested parties involved. Anyone of these entities can make a great product from the get go, but planned obsolescence won't allow. These are business models that ONLY CARE about separating you from your money. They laugh all the way every time you double and triple dip.

If a company made a great product that will last a long long time , will eventually go out of business.

But hey, if you have the money to keep throwing at this business go ahead. But do not think that the advent of blu-ray was for you. They saw a market and as it slowly grows they need more re-issues and what not to sustain this business.

[Bassaholic]

Is Glory missing any special features that are on the previous release like Ghostbusters?

[tama]

Originally Posted by Bassaholic

Is Glory missing any special features that are on the previous release like Ghostbusters?

Yes. It's a bare bones release

[Bassaholic]

Originally Posted by tama

Yes. It's a bare bones release

Ok, so I suppose that will be the case for all of these Mi4K releases. Guess I will keep this previous release too.

[Spicoli]

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-th...ray-this-year/


Sony, which is pushing 4K hard, has already begun producing “Mastered in 4K” Blu-ray discs that are not actually 4K. Instead, they’re regular 1080p discs made from digitally re-mastered movies that are apparently optimized for 4K Ultra HD TVs. Think up-converting with a 4K twist. The first batch of 15 is expected to come out in just two weeks.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Spicoli

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-th...ray-this-year/


The first batch of 15 is expected to come out in just two weeks.

What are the other 5 releases. I thought there were only 10.

[master gandhi]

Originally Posted by rickah88

What are the other 5 releases. I thought there were only 10.

I thought so too, but I also thought they had said in the press release that they were releasing over 10 titles, and then went on to listing exactly 10 only.

[MifuneFan]

When Sony announced the mastered in 4K wave, they did mention Funny Girl, and the Breaking Bad seasons too. I wonder if that's what they're counting to get 15?

[42041]

It's been confirmed that Groundhog Day got a new transfer, so I would imagine that blu-ray's in the works too.

[Spicoli]

Apparently it is scheduled in two waves.


I thought that this blurb of a HDD article is what I suspect is going on.

With all that said, at least one of the new “Mastered in 4k” discs is genuinely compelling. The original Blu-ray release of ‘Ghostbusters‘ was a total dog of a video transfer, with blown-out contrasts and crushed detail. For the new copy, it has been confirmed that Sony re-scanned the movie from the original film elements with proper colors and contrast. This disc should be a huge improvement. Of course, that has more to do with Sony simply correcting its past screw-up than anything specific to the “Mastered in 4k” program.

As far as I’m aware, none of the other titles in this wave were similarly re-scanned. I would expect only minimal improvements over the older Blu-rays for these movies. The other titles are: ‘Angels & Demons‘, ‘Battle: Los Angeles‘, ‘Glory‘, ‘The Other Guys‘, ‘Spider-Man‘, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man‘, ‘Taxi Driver‘, and the recent remakes of ‘The Karate Kid‘ and ‘Total Recall‘.






Until I get a 4K TV I doubt I will be getting any of these. I'd only be double dipping on two A&D and The Other Guys.


It really is Super-Bit Blu-ray

[marine92104]

Did anyone pick up Karate Kid?

There was a report that the English subtitles for the Chinese spoken parts in Chapter 7 was left out?

I was looking for confirmation before purchasing.

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by marine92104

Did anyone pick up Karate Kid?

There was a report that the English subtitles for the Chinese spoken parts in Chapter 7 was left out?

I was looking for confirmation before purchasing.

It was confirmed here and based on his update it appears the entire movie is affected.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...30#post7563430