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Post #1211102

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SilverWook
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New 4K releases - but are they any good?
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Date created
26-May-2018, 1:48 PM

moviefreakedmind said:

LexX said:

Many BD releases have gotten good video/audio reviews, like Jurassic Park, 007 films, Back to the Future etc. but on this forum people have had a different opinion as they have older releases and possibly even original audio tracks or film reels to make their point.

I’m just going to be completely honest with you, and some people here may get pissed off at me, but most people on here just generally aren’t the experts that they think they are, and that’s putting it extremely politely. Just because someone on this forum thinks that old laserdiscs or DVDs look better than a perfectly fine blu ray doesn’t mean that you should listen to them. The 007 films look great on blu ray, except for Goldeneye which wasn’t restored. But even Goldeneye still looks better than it did on DVD and VHS. I’m going to go out on a limb and wager that over 99% of blu ray releases are better than any previous home video presentation of the film in question. I think the OUT and the “accurate” (however the hell that’s even judged) Star Wars color obsession has gotten many people on this site to think that all modern home video is questionable and all old home video is inherently accurate when that’s not true at all.

Really? On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is the worst of the bunch. Whoever did color correction on that needs glasses. And some people around here have access to original prints of certain films so the original color timings are known.

And the inclusion of lossless original audio mixes is important to some people. Not everything has to be remixed in atmos, which most people aren’t even going to able to install the extra speakers needed in their ceilings.