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Look, resolution is not *everything* as others have already mentioned. But in a properly set up home theater with a 45* FOV on a good display (OLED, JVC projector, etc.), a properly transferred UHD disc that originates from properly scanned 35mm film, will unequivocally look better than the Blu-Ray.
Pay attention to SupermanRob or listen to AVRant if you want to actually learn a thing or two.
What/how a movie was shot in isn't the biggest deciding factor in PQ, how well the movie is transferred does.
In fact, the moves delivered to the good digital cinemas come on encrypted hard drives with a collection of files called a Digital Cinema Package, usually on a Linux filesystem. I've never seen the contents of a DCP composition, but my understanding is that even compressed, these are closer to 500GB - 1TB per move. It makes me excited for the day that a Kaleidescape-type service is affordable enough to be available to the masses. I'll miss the physical nature of the discs somewhat, but it won't be long before we have 100TB drives capable of storing even higher-quality movies. Ultimately, I'd rather have the quality over the physical media, as long as it can't be easily revoked (i.e. everything you "own" on Vudu / MA).
The real question is whether or not the studios will permit it to happen in a consumer friendly way. I'm sure if they had their druthers, we'd own nothing and stream everything forever. Kaleidescape's paving the way gives me hope.
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All true but the color space and brightness (the range from pure black to peak white) should not be dismissed.
I bought 2 films, and like 30 minutes later i got the confirmation from Amex saying that I was eligible to that offer.
Shitty? Yea you have no idea what you're talking about. Definitely an upgrade over the blu ray worth buying just not reference quality hardly shitty at all. I have a hard time believing you even watched the movie and based your opinion on the fact its a 4k upscale
I agree it being 2K upscaled doesn't really tell you how the PQ looks.
I do agree with him though, that transfer was not very good, especially considering it has no AQ upgrade.
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