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Dec 1, 2021 3:20 PM
Gruv: 4K UHD Blu-ray Movies: Scarface Gold Edition, Carlito's Way, Jaws & More
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Then you have some brand new movies that look like trash, compared to the ones I just mentioned. Age doesn't matter one bit. It all comes down to what work they do on each movie. All 4K upgrades are not created equal. Your best bet, if you're not sure, is check sites like bluray.com. They review tons of 4K movies and tell you exactly what differences there are.
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From my (limited) viewing, the highly rated 4k discs of older films kinda get "closer to the cinema experience", quality-wise. Fidelity you couldn't get at home, both visual and audible (a solid Atmos remaster is a big seller for me, for example).
I tend to cross-check w/ reviews on blu-ray.com, which'll typically warn you away from 4k releases that are equal/inferior to the previous blu-ray ones (for example, "The Thing" was a highly rated release, which prompted me to pull the trigger). Hope this helps!
edit: Also, look for extras! That often justifies the additional cost, particularly when it's a deal on here ($10 for a nice copy of Jaws with a bunch of extras is a great deal, even with only slight improvements)
Then you have some brand new movies that look like trash, compared to the ones I just mentioned. Age doesn't matter one bit. It all comes down to what work they do on each movie. All 4K upgrades are not created equal. Your best bet, if you're not sure, is check sites like bluray.com. They review tons of 4K movies and tell you exactly what differences there are.
Then you have some brand new movies that look like trash, compared to the ones I just mentioned. Age doesn't matter one bit. It all comes down to what work they do on each movie. All 4K upgrades are not created equal. Your best bet, if you're not sure, is check sites like bluray.com. They review tons of 4K movies and tell you exactly what differences there are.
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The flip side of that would be some of the old cartoons that I purchased where they injected some "stereo" sounds and it sounds out of place. I think that's what happened in the Transformers cartoons and maybe Robotech cartoons that I have. They plugged in some "special effects" but left the remaining audio intact, which sounds really mismatched.
As far as the upgraded resolution of those old movies, regardless of if they're black & white or color, it's gonna look more crisp and clear than ever before, as long as whomever remastered it did a good job.
Some of the upgrades on the older movies aren't very impressive, but it's not because of the age. It's down to the company that remastered it. The Wizard of Oz in 4K, for example, looks great, and that's over 80 years old. I've had much more recent movies that got upgrades and still looked grainy, though.
Time to get Carlito.
And The Thing.
Price may eventually go down a buck or two, but why wait?
(And don't even tempt me on Animal House or Blues Bros. quotes.)
I forgot which region on the blu-ray (released in 2012-14? ) where they did a fantastic remaster of the original, nothing was added nor removed. Images were clean with very minimal grain/noise effects. Someone uploaded episodes 1-6 on Youtube. I think many fans will be happy if they remastered that onto 4K, but no, instead we got a lazy, flashy blu-ray attempt.
I don't know if you are aware but there are AI software out there that people are experimenting with upscaling HD videos/movie clips to 4k and some look outstanding.You look them up and watch on YouTube. They are not perfect today but in 3+ years, I think the software will be smart enough along with advance computers to handle the workload to upscale an entire HD movie to 4k in less than...24hrs.
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