Sony "Mastered in 4K" Blu-ray Titles May 14 and July 16 - Page 77 - Blu-ray Forum

Blu-21 · 06-28-2013, 06:50 AM

Amazing how Battle: Los Angeles actuelly looks legitimately WORSE. So not only do you get the extras dropped and the worse PQ, but its likely more expensive then the first release as well. By far the worst of the 'Mastered in 4K' line up. Its a lose-lose situation which ever way you look at it.

Screenshot - http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich

blu-ray_girl_fan · 06-28-2013, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Blu-21

It's the age old question! haha, I'm not going to even guess how many times she has had to anwser it (I know this having asked her myself recently).

One time, someone wrote something along the lines of, "You don't know anything because you only have 8 movies in your collection!"

TheHighRoller · 06-28-2013, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by starman15317

I plan on getting Ghostbusters at some point, but that'll probably be it. I just bought Spider-Man (non 4K, the version with the ugly blue cover) so I wonder how much of an upgrade the 4K disc is. I really want the special features so I probably won't give the Spider-Man 4K disc a second thought.

Yeah, I definitely want to get Ghostbusters if it ever drops to a decent price like $9.99 during an U&S sale. The only other title I want is Taxi Driver but only if it drops to the same price. I already bought the Digipack for $4.99, and having the 4K master for the same price would be great.

Blu-21 · 06-28-2013, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

One time, someone wrote something along the lines of, "You don't know anything because you only have 8 movies in your collection!"

Haha, I bet they were super proud of their comments too.

Cabby · 06-28-2013, 01:25 PM

I'm new to this. Do you need a 4K blu-ray player and TV for these to look any different? If so how much would that cost?

HD Goofnut · 06-28-2013, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Cabby

I'm new to this. Do you need a 4K blu-ray player and TV for these to look any different? If so how much would that cost?

No, these are simply 1080p BDs (2K) taken from 4K digital intermediaries. Keep in mind that 4K is about the same resolution as 35mm film.

tylergfoster · 06-28-2013, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

No, these are simply 1080p BDs (2K) taken from 4K digital intermediaries. Keep in mind that 4K is about the same resolution as 35mm film.

Also, that only SOME of these films were not taken from 4K DIs on their original Blu-Rays. The ones that were previously released on Blu-Ray from older masters (Spider-Man, Ghostbusters, Glory) will show more improvement than ones that were already mastered in 4K (the 2010-2012 titles, plus Taxi Driver).

Pabgon · 06-28-2013, 08:32 PM

Sorry if this has been asked before but for those of you who own Spiderman 4K, it is worth getting it?...I just own the DVD Superbit version...thanks!

starman15317 · 06-28-2013, 08:58 PM

Has anyone found these in stores?

Cabby · 06-28-2013, 08:58 PM

Okay, so if I buy some 4K titles they will play in my standard blu-ray player on my plasma screen TV at it's fullest resolution?

blu-ray_girl_fan · 06-28-2013, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by starman15317

Has anyone found these in stores?

Only Fry's seems to be carrying them in stores.

reanimator · 06-28-2013, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cabby

Okay, so if I buy some 4K titles they will play in my standard blu-ray player on my plasma screen TV at it's fullest resolution?

Yes. Keep in mind "fullest resolution" is still 1080p, just like almost every other bluray disc.

HeavyHitter · 06-28-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Cabby

Okay, so if I buy some 4K titles they will play in my standard blu-ray player on my plasma screen TV at it's fullest resolution?

4K refers the mastering process; this means the actual films were scanned in to at least at 4K resolution - but they are ALWAYS scaled down for 1080p for Blu-ray. As mentioned, nothing exceeds 1080p for Blu-ray.

HeavyHitter · 06-28-2013, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

Yeah, I definitely want to get Ghostbusters if it ever drops to a decent price like $9.99 during an U&S sale. The only other title I want is Taxi Driver but only if it drops to the same price. I already bought the Digipack for $4.99, and having the 4K master for the same price would be great.

My guess is later in the year we'll see $9.99 or maybe even a couple of bucks less on the current 4k titles from places such as Amazon.

HeavyHitter · 06-28-2013, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pabgon

Sorry if this has been asked before but for those of you who own Spiderman 4K, it is worth getting it?...I just own the DVD Superbit version...thanks!

It will be a huge improvement over the DVD.

jonmoz · 06-28-2013, 11:12 PM

This is just what Blu-ray needed,more confusion for the niche market format that nobody outside of the more tech savvy seems to know about.

So now are we buying Blu-ray or super Blu-ray?,and if people are a little confused on this forum imagine what the masses will make of it.

Geoff D · 06-29-2013, 08:44 AM

Heh. The placeholders for the UK M4K discs at amazon have them listed simply as 'Blu-ray 4K', and the point-of-sale stuff for the X9's free discs offer also says '4K Blu-rays' or something to that effect. I think Sony know how utterly fearful we Britishers are of new technology and they're trying to keep it simple, but that's a bit too ****ing simple.

JavaJulien · 06-29-2013, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by jonmoz

This is just what Blu-ray needed,more confusion for the niche market format that nobody outside of the more tech savvy seems to know about.

So now are we buying Blu-ray or super Blu-ray?,and if people are a little confused on this forum imagine what the masses will make of it.

It's a normal Blu-Ray. Sony is intentionally using buzzwords to get people to double dip.

Cabby · 06-29-2013, 12:24 PM

I'm still confused, haha. So if I bought the 4K version of Taxi Driver and put it on side-by-side next to the one I already own. Would it look exactly the same? What's the real difference? It's sounding like these aren't even worth picking up.

Mansinthe · 06-29-2013, 12:28 PM

depends on the size of the screen you are watching on. but you should notice a little difference at around ~80 inch. but thats not much.
biggest difference on these new releases is they changed some of the contrast settings..

and you are missing most of all bonus concent / ext. cuts

its not worth it for most releases that have already a 4k master...

06-28-2013, 06:50 AM	#1521
Blu-21 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2012 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:67 Blu-ray reviews:1	Amazing how Battle: Los Angeles actuelly looks legitimately WORSE. So not only do you get the extras dropped and the worse PQ, but its likely more expensive then the first release as well. By far the worst of the 'Mastered in 4K' line up. Its a lose-lose situation which ever way you look at it. Screenshot - http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleich...ss=1#vergleich

06-28-2013, 01:25 PM	#1525
Cabby Special Member Member since:Oct 2012 Location:California Blu-ray collection:264 Trading Score:17	I'm new to this. Do you need a 4K blu-ray player and TV for these to look any different? If so how much would that cost?

06-28-2013, 08:32 PM	#1528
Pabgon Junior Member Member since:Jul 2007	Sorry if this has been asked before but for those of you who own Spiderman 4K, it is worth getting it?...I just own the DVD Superbit version...thanks!

06-28-2013, 08:58 PM	#1529
starman15317 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2012 4K collection:570 Blu-ray collection:2112 DVD collection:314 iTunes collection:963 Trading Score:61	Has anyone found these in stores?

06-28-2013, 08:58 PM	#1530
Cabby Special Member Member since:Oct 2012 Location:California Blu-ray collection:264 Trading Score:17	Okay, so if I buy some 4K titles they will play in my standard blu-ray player on my plasma screen TV at it's fullest resolution?

06-28-2013, 11:12 PM	#1536
jonmoz Blu-ray Guru Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Bury U.K Home Theater Gallery:34 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:525 Blu-ray reviews:3	This is just what Blu-ray needed,more confusion for the niche market format that nobody outside of the more tech savvy seems to know about. So now are we buying Blu-ray or super Blu-ray?,and if people are a little confused on this forum imagine what the masses will make of it.

06-29-2013, 08:44 AM	#1537
Geoff D Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Swanage, Engerland 4K collection:1347 Blu-ray collection:2524 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:33	Heh. The placeholders for the UK M4K discs at amazon have them listed simply as 'Blu-ray 4K', and the point-of-sale stuff for the X9's free discs offer also says '4K Blu-rays' or something to that effect. I think Sony know how utterly fearful we Britishers are of new technology and they're trying to keep it simple, but that's a bit too ****ing simple.

06-29-2013, 12:24 PM	#1539
Cabby Special Member Member since:Oct 2012 Location:California Blu-ray collection:264 Trading Score:17	I'm still confused, haha. So if I bought the 4K version of Taxi Driver and put it on side-by-side next to the one I already own. Would it look exactly the same? What's the real difference? It's sounding like these aren't even worth picking up.

06-29-2013, 12:28 PM	#1540
Mansinthe Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Feb 2013 Location:Germany Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:1197 DVD collection:43 Blu-ray reviews: 37 Trading Score:14	depends on the size of the screen you are watching on. but you should notice a little difference at around ~80 inch. but thats not much. biggest difference on these new releases is they changed some of the contrast settings.. and you are missing most of all bonus concent / ext. cuts its not worth it for most releases that have already a 4k master...

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