UHD New Releases, Reissues and Upgrades

[tenia]

Lucky Luciano (Indicator) - caps

Sadly still fairly Ritrovata'd.

[nicolas]

Wild at Heart (Criterion) - caps. Ravishing upgrade and an excellent encode.

[perkizitore]

Isn't the BFI Aguirre a DNR disaster? Also, is the Criterion SDR Wages of Fear better than the BFI 4K?

[Finch]

Thank you for reminding me to take the BFI Aguirre out of the OP!

I personally think the Criterion SDR Wages of Fear looks nicer than the BFI's Dolby Vision grade (ditto Elephant Man SDR vs Studio Canal's DV presentation or CC Eyes Without A Face SDR vs BFI DV).

[perkizitore]

Some black and white films probably would look better in SDR, like Rocco and His brothers, but personally I prefer HDR when it is done properly. I usually buy the UK releases over Criterion because they are cheaper for me, unless there is something bad, for example The Trial SC disc.

[nitin]

what's wrong with the SC Trial disc?

[nicolas]

Accident (StudioCanal) - caps and comparison
La marge (Radiance) - caps
Planet of the Vampires (Radiance) - comparison
Survive Style 5+ (Third Window) - caps

The Odyssey (Universal) - comparison

[Finch]

Fargo (Arrow/Shout tie) caps

[rrenault]

Isn't the BFI Aguirre a DNR disaster? Also, is the Criterion SDR Wages of Fear better than the BFI 4K?

It would be interesting to see how Potemkine’s UHD release in France turns out, since they tend to be very much YMMV from release to release. Their Lost Highway UHD is great while their Kieslowski UHDs are dogs**t.

[The Curious Sofa]

Planet of the Vampires (Radiance) - comparison

There was talk on the Planet of the Vampires thread that Plaion didn't have access to a 4K file and their release was therefore inferior, but it looks identical to the Radiance release here.

[nitin]

realise it's a newer film and this isnt strictly the thread for it, but does anyone know how the French 4k of The Ice Tower (which apparenrly has English subs) compares with the BD in the Severin set?

[tenia]

Isn't the BFI Aguirre a DNR disaster? Also, is the Criterion SDR Wages of Fear better than the BFI 4K?

It would be interesting to see how Potemkine’s UHD release in France turns out, since they tend to be very much YMMV from release to release. Their Lost Highway UHD is great while their Kieslowski UHDs are dogs**t.

From what I saw so far, Nosferatu (which has both versions) isn't very good looking because the restoration is obviously flawed (even if Potemkine licenced the better master), while Aguirre is from the Shout master, looks OK from a compression stand point, but I'm not too sure either about possible filtering, as grain look way too fine and light. The BD looks however like the SDR downconversion isn't perfect.

[kekid]

Any report on the BFI's Salò 4K?
Any room for Criterion to do better?

[denti alligator]

What's the verdict on Aguirre? Is it worth the upgrade from the BFI Blu?

[hearthesilence]

I was under the impression it wasn't, which is why I stuck with the BFI Blu-ray.

[Finch]

Any report on the BFI's Salò 4K?
Any room for Criterion to do better?

BFI video and audio dentical to the Wicked Vision German disc meaning both are great. I think Nicholas has the WV release, he might be able to tell you if there's any room for improvement for Criterion.

[nicolas]

Any report on the BFI's Salò 4K?
Any room for Criterion to do better?

Just like Finch said, the BFI is the same encode as Wicked Visions but the special features are different. I think it looks quite good and if Criterion licenses Wicked’s master, the improvements would probably be minor.

[Peacock]

The BFI misses some of the extras of the Wicked.

[andyli]

For what it's worth, I heard the accompanying blu-ray was the same old BFI disc of Salò.

[nicolas]

Four Rooms (Kino) - caps
Queen Budapest (Sony Music) - caps
The Right Stuff (Criterion) - caps

[Drucker]

Four Rooms (Kino) - caps
Queen Budapest (Sony Music) - caps
The Right Stuff (Criterion) - caps

For Right Stuff you attached a link to waveforms.

[Finch]

The Right Stuff caps

[nicolas]

For Right Stuff you attached a link to waveforms.

No, the caps are linked in the text and the graph underneath is the Dolby Vision brightness plot. Haven’t seen any audio comparisons yet.