I would choose Lucy over any other disc. Every time I make any change to my setup, I end up watching Lucy all over again. At least 7 times now beginning to end. Never ceases to amaze me.
i double dipped on Pacific rim this weekend for 17.99 I could resist with all the glowing reviews!
I got that movie too, and The Great Gatsby, Lone Survivor, Jupiter Rising ( a guilty pleasure purchase - haven't seen it ), Everest ( love this movie ), all four Hunger Games ( like them a lot too ), Mad Max ( which I held off on, but I'm looking forward to comparing with the BR, and comparing watching the 4K disc on the JVC vs the BR on my Sony VW600 ), Oblivion ( like this film too ). And I need to sit down and watch " Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " on 4k too. I'm pretty much caught up - there are no more 4K movies that I want to buy, that are currently available. Waiting on " Arrival " and a few others to be released, and come down in price. 2017 looks to be a bigger 4K movie year, hopefully !
The wider color gamut seems to be the main improvement with UHD BD. According to people who've had their RS500/600 calibrated stripping out HDR and using SDR 2020 seem to think it's an improvement over regular BD in most cases.
this x100people who think 4k is just about resolution are ignorant (color me just that PRIOR to even seeing 4k in my room)4k UHD HDR is in 1 word...amazing when done right...and its done right most of the time
Have to disagree here, most its done wrong, almost nobody have equipment that will live up to the full specs of HDR WCG, and its then remapped and manipulated to get reproduced, Dont know about any projector capable of producing the needet light output for the current HDR format. Most dont even have a clue how to calibrate this stuff.We just recently seen projectors capable of tracking a decent Rec 709, and light output to do well with SDR while holding a decent contrast. Liking it is a matter of taste/ preference.. Objectively pretty much nobody is there yet.
I dont really see much movies on UHD that has the quality to justify re buy them on UHD. Most of them dont take full advantage of HD blu ray resolution, like The Great Gatsby.. It would not really matter if the source is 720 1080 or UHD.Mad Max, Pacifik Rim is other what ill call medium resolution movie.A good way to tell is to shoot some screenshots, without using all kinds of enhancements, a SONY projector wont do, but a JVC should be ok for it. And you will notice that its kind of hard to find frames where its going to show sharp high res content.Another point is that i think most people look at UHD for sharpness, as they write on some of the movies.. 4 times sharper, i would think it should be more refined, softer more natural details.. But guess that dont sounds as impressive, and there seems to be a general consensus that sharper is what everybody want, i just gets a bit tired of all the woooowww sharpness and enhanced effects, and would really enjoy some true high res material where the goal is reproduction, or generate a trusthworthy image that puts you right where the action is.Take a look on this UHD promotion for the UHD disc of the Martian.. They were not able to find a frame in the movie to use, so they manipulated the image on the cover.. Makes me sad.
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