“Mastered in 4K” Blu-ray releases will feature titles—such as The Amazing Spider-Man™, Total Recall, The Karate Kid, Battle: Los Angeles and The Other Guys—sourced from pristine 4K masters and presented at high-bitrate 1080p resolution, with expanded color showcasing more of the wide range of rich color contained in the original source. When upscaled via the Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs, these discs serve as an ideal way for consumers to experience near-4K picture quality. SPHE also plans to utilize available high quality 4K masters for select upcoming new release Blu-ray titles. “Mastered in 4K” Blu-ray Discs can be played on all existing Blu-ray Disc players.
4K Mastered Mastered in 4k Titles Announced
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If the resolution remains the same i.e. 1080p, then what exactly is the benefit of 4K over a standard blu-ray? I'm sorry if this question is stupid, but I really cant figure it out
These titles allow you to watch on your current tv. If you had a 4k tv then it'd be much better.
So, apologies for being stupid, but does this mean that the picture from these would look better when played through my current ps3 and being up scaled to 4k through my avr? Does that even make sense? Tech is too far out these days, time to bring out my bing again I guess! Lol
So the content on the BD is still 1080p? This just sounds like a way to confuse people buying 4k TVs that they are getting something to use with their new TV.
What were these films originally mastered from?
Are they saying that the expanded colour is only noticeable on a 4k TV?
Raises lots of questions for me...
Just seen this, has a photo of a prototype 4k player:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3848972/sony-planning-to-release-a-range-of-4k-blu-rays
Also, does anybody have one of these:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/846031-REG/Sony_BDPS790_BDP_S790_4K_and_3D.html
What the heck is 4k2k? From the description I infer that it can play (non-existent?) 4k content and then scale it down to play in Full HD i.e. 2k.
Sorry if I've gone off-topic there.
What were these films originally mastered from?
Are they saying that the expanded colour is only noticeable on a 4k TV?
Raises lots of questions for me...
Just seen this, has a photo of a prototype 4k player:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/7/3848972/sony-planning-to-release-a-range-of-4k-blu-rays
Also, does anybody have one of these:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/846031-REG/Sony_BDPS790_BDP_S790_4K_and_3D.html
What the heck is 4k2k? From the description I infer that it can play (non-existent?) 4k content and then scale it down to play in Full HD i.e. 2k.
Sorry if I've gone off-topic there.
The image on the 4K blu-ray will be more consistent to its film counterpart. Which could mean "correct colors, better detailing and sharper un-enhanced clarity". So It "should" look alot better but it will still be compressed from 4000 down to 1080 to fit current players and tvs. Alot of films are already 4K (or above) masters on blu-ray like Blade Runner, Jaws, Lawrence of Arabia, Baraka and Samsara which should give you and example of what 4K compressed down to 1080p blu-ray picture quality looks like.
For example:
The Dark Knight in 1080p...
The Dark Knight in 4K (or above)...
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The 1080p looks more detailed with a natural tone. The 4k looks like it has a blue tone, which one is suppose to be better?
The 1080p looks more detailed with a natural tone. The 4k looks like it has a blue tone, which one is suppose to be better?
Actually, great picture quality would be judged by how close the home transfer comes to the theater film. In "The Dark Knight" the color timing was changed to reflect a more vibrant look for blu-ray. The true Dark Knight, that viewers watched in the cinema looked liked the second picture above. If you look at the original trailer below, and compare it to the BD you can see what the blu-ray was supposed to look like if not for the color changes and enhancement...
This trailer can be viewed in 4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ5U8suTUw0
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I actually prefer the second picture..looks more realistic,without pumping up the color.
I wonder what special packaging these will come in. They're bound to make them look eye catching. I remember the US spider-man 2 superbit coming with a really nice slipcase.
The UK had very thick card with embossed superbit for their titles. Those later got dumped for plain grey coloured cover.
The UK had very thick card with embossed superbit for their titles. Those later got dumped for plain grey coloured cover.
This looks like it'll turn into a whole mess of trouble :eek:
Fanboys will be arguing about proper color timing from DVD to Bluray to 4k Discs:eek:
Fanboys will be arguing about proper color timing from DVD to Bluray to 4k Discs:eek:
Actually, great picture quality would be judged by how close the home transfer comes to the theater film. In "The Dark Knight" the color timing was changed to reflect a more vibrant look for blu-ray. The true Dark Knight, that viewers watched in the cinema looked liked the second picture above. If you look at the original trailer below, and compare it to the BD you can see what the blu-ray was supposed to look like if not for the color changes and enhancement...
This trailer can be viewed in 4k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ5U8suTUw0
Wow!!
Didn't think I'll say this, but that picture quality was out of this world. The closest I have to a 4k display is the retina display on my laptop and I can swear that if this was available today, I'd stop buying blu-rays!
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And we're already in a war now with 3d. "Oh 2.35:1 films should be zoomed out to 1.78:1 for 3d"
This won't last. Blu-ray is only pulling in about 20% of the market right now, and it's not increasing very much. I agree that it appears to be a superbit type thing. Sure the picture quality is great, but the cost of upgrading everything to get the full effect isn't worth it by far.
Finding new ways to sale old stuff is one of the secrets to success but when blu-ray isn't surpassing DVDs in sales it really seems like Sony is sabotaging itself. How do you make a superior & inferior version of the same product on the same format?!
hmmm...there still making billions of dollars still,from the movie theaters + Blu-ray + DVD releases,its not harming hollywood still.
I have CDs "mastered" at 20-bit, but who cares when the CD is only capable of 16-bit? You are not going to see more video resolution than the weakest link in your video chain allows. Deep color, superbitmapping, HD audio and unicorns. They'll probably try selling you displays that are 4K "capable" but only have inputs that accept 1080p and everything gets upscaled from there. They fed us the same trash with the first 1080p displays that did not have 1080p inputs.
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