wOw, great to hear you guys sharing 4K experience here... for me, although i owned two 4K titles on physical blu-ray (Batman v Superman and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), i don't have a 4K-capable gadget (player, tv, cable, avr...) to play it on... 1080 for now is good enough i guess....

please share / review / comment more older titles that have been out on 4K here, meaning not the ones shot on UHD/HD camera in the first place (because newer flicks sure great PQ & AQ... no doubt ) would love to hear your thoughts because my eyes still can't differentiate much between 4K and 1080 on older movies... maybe i'm old

yup agreed.

most CGI-heavy movies don't utilise full 4K because otherwise the working files will be darn heavy to work on the effects throughout the movies.

the nolan dark knight trilogy obviously will use the fullest 4K especially with its IMAX scenes, if not it'll be a waste of the large format film

i guess you are right. you need capable and proper gears to fully experience to its fullest potential disney's marvel MCU titles i can understand... they dont need to use to its full resolution; when there are tons of visual effects / CGIs

This post has been edited by fadthil: Oct 9 2019, 11:24 PM

this is a good reference... but only for reference. i think each individual will experience differently based on each movie titles to their own interpretation.

fake 4K doesn't mean bad, not all filmmakers chose to scan their negatives to 4K back then (before movies were shot digitally) so i guess 2K is good enough, then to upscale to 4K for the 4K blu-ray release is satisfactory. we have to look at the studio's budget too. if a studio willing to spend on a mega title... say the godfather where they know people will rush-out to buy its new 4K blu-ray, then they can re-scan whole movie to 4K or higher.

i noticed most commercial/popcorn flicks don't need 4K for their titles. but most epic/award movies will.... and those are choices the filmmakers (studios) made for each of their movies, just like choices of cameras, aspect ratio, or lenses etc...

and another thing, fake 4K could also meant a downsampled from a higher 6K or 8K, who knows right...

agree and disagree


for me even with a good and award-winning movie, if we chose to watch a not so good or underpar PQ and AQ presentation will also deter the full movie experience and satisfaction of viewing... well i'm not saying watching a 1080p instead of 4K la, because difference is so minimal... maybe between 1080p BluRay and 720p DVD for instance... or even worse a VCD copy? imagine watching alita battle angel on VCD, i dont want to watch that today! although movie is so-so (that's subjective by the way)... but when the visceral and sheer quality of its PQ and AQ is superb or mind-blowing, will definitely evoke a good movie experience! having said that, who's still watching VCDs nowadays? no one... silly me

This post has been edited by fadthil: Oct 11 2019, 06:44 PM

so many different versions and entities, so difficult to make a choice. long2 time ago you have VHS & Betamax, one prevails... then when HD came, there's Blu-ray & HD-DVD... luckily that war ended early now with the introduction of 4K Ultra HD, you have two entities of HDR, namely HDR10/HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. when will this end.... i understand, technology will keeps on evolving and increase demands, but surely not our pocket...

having said all that, can't wait to survey a good and affordable 4k Ultra HD tv...