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Best Blu-ray ever?

The best Blu-ray by far is Baraka. In addition to being a quite spectacular film, it is 65mm brilliance scanned at 8K.
 
Subhadip Sen said:
The best Blu-ray by far is Baraka. In addition to being a quite spectacular film, it is 65mm brilliance scanned at 8K.
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I don't think so. It was one of the first 8K to 1080p jobs and they had issues with the downfiltering. It looks good but there are unnecessary sharpening halos which should not be there. The same goes for the IMAX shots of "Dark Knight". Oversharpened on Blu Ray (same as the 35mm parts). And yes "Bigger Than Life" is excellent 4K to 1080p job.
 
Gladiator 10th Anniversary Remastered bluray out in holland..
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GRAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!! I love this so much
 
Nice! Glad they remastered Gladiator. What a relief...

Yeah..Baraka looked incredibly disappointing for an 8k master. Talk about NR and Sharpening. Yuck. The amount of REAL detail in How The West Was Won sets the bar I think. Clean organic images without a hint of artificial processing.

The IMAX stuff from The Dark Knight didn't look bad...it was the 35mm stuff that looked bad.
 
Craig Ryan said:
Nice! Glad they remastered Gladiator. What a relief...

Yeah..Baraka looked incredibly disappointing for an 8k master. Talk about NR and Sharpening. Yuck. The amount of REAL detail in How The West Was Won sets the bar I think. Clean organic images without a hint of artificial processing.

The IMAX stuff from The Dark Knight didn't look bad...it was the 35mm stuff that looked bad.
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Not bad, but not as good as it should either.
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Craig Ryan said:
Nice! Glad they remastered Gladiator. What a relief...

Yeah..Baraka looked incredibly disappointing for an 8k master. Talk about NR and Sharpening. Yuck. The amount of REAL detail in How The West Was Won sets the bar I think. Clean organic images without a hint of artificial processing.

The IMAX stuff from The Dark Knight didn't look bad...it was the 35mm stuff that looked bad.
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I still can't believe that original Gladiator Blu-ray release. Parts of the film looked like uprezzed DVD.
 
That Gladiator screengrab looks sick.

I agree that the Baraka Bluray is not that stellar. I would expect more from 65mm 5-perf to 8K to 1080p.

I am convinced that material acquired digitally just looks superior to film when it comes to Bluray. WALL-E is cleanest and best-looking Bluray in existence, I think. The images and details are off the charts with WALL-E.
 
For those who bought the mediocre original US bluray release of Gladiator, good news!

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa182.html

Paramount Home Entertainment is about to initiate an exchange program for anyone who would like to swap their previous Gladiator Blu-ray for an otherwise identical disc with the new transfer. Here's their official statement:

"We are implementing a limited exchange program. This program is only for those consumers that may have preferential issues with some of the technical DVNR (digital video noise reduction) and EE (edge enhancement) choices made in the original source transfer, and so would prefer to exchange it for one that addresses those preferences in a different manner.

While the version that we originally distributed was of the highest quality, some enthusiasts may prefer to view it without the Edge Enhancement and DVNR implemented as standard process in bringing the film to hi-def. This new master resolves those issues."

[Editor's Note: You can call Paramount Home Entertainment's REVISED customer service hotline number (323-956-3010 - give them a couple days to get things together) to arrange the swap. Replacement discs will be available soon. For those in the U.S. and Canada who don't yet own the disc, a running production change has been initiated, so future copies shipped to retailers will include the new transfer. Rest assured, we'll post details as to exactly how you'll be able to identify the new discs (likely via some kind of packaging marking) when they start becoming available in stores in the coming weeks. And for those of you in other countries around the world, the new disc is being gradually rolled out in each region, so contact your local distributor for the details.​
 
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