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No. Both are 4K. But the Itunes/Amazon 4K's have raised highlights and especially TB has a more natural look than the UHD ones. That inflatable was surely yellow, not orange, and the sky is blue not blue-green as seen on the UHD.
@Zekidk can you tell us where you got these samples?
I made them all myself. MadVR tonemapping/MPC video decoder give the same results. Would you suggest another method?
Here’s a video sample.
UHD (my HTPC doing the tonemapping):
SDR - Itunes:
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sean-Connery-007-James-Bond-Collection-4K-Blu-ray/385022/#Review
Just using your own preference:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steelbooks/comments/1l7djdq/the_007_sean_connery_steelbook_showcase_arrived_a/
I'll admit that I perhaps don't know the most about 4Ks but is it not looking like there is a strong teal color grade to the original image? That actually has me worried because despite it's flaws, I think Thunderball is one of the best looking Bonds for it's rich blues.
Is there a source on that? Would love to see the Brosnan films in 4K.
At this point I don't know which is the good version.
:))
I think it varies scene to scene. For example the scene with Domino and Bond on the beach looks a lot bluer in the SDR version to me.
These HDRs seem much more sympathetic to the original presentation to me; they're not as sharpened as the old ones and even the aspect ratio seems to be in a more period accurate 1.75:1 for the earlier films.
That's a good point. Perhaps this is just a case of me being so used to the Lowry transfers that the original theatrical presentation seems odd.
There is a good Digital Bits review of DN through GF that seems to be very glowing so that is putting some fear to rest. I'm very glad to hear that there is deferral to the original presentation and not AI upscaled like a lot of recent 4K releases.
It's interesting that, for me, the HDR makes much more of a difference on TB than it does the first three films: there's a much deeper range of colours and tones revealed. Something to do with the film stock I guess; I'm looking forward to the comparisons for the last two films.
The Lowry remasters on blu-ray had a weird magenta push that was pervasive throughout the films. When I was comparing the iTunes 4Ks with the blu-rays I saw that the magenta was all over, and the 4K got rid of that. You can see it on the image comparisons I made awhile ago on this blog. It’s most notable on skin tones which look more reddish on the Lowry transfers vs the 4Ks.
https://007homemedia.blogspot.com/2019/12/thunderball-1965.html?m=1
Have been waiting for this moment for at least 5 years. I'm glad they went the tasteful route and maintained a natural, filmic grain look without overly boosting color saturations or artificial sharpening.
Hmm what to watch first?
I wish I had the same luck from Amazon Canada.
I pre-ordered basically the moment the link was available, but got the email today that it would be delayed. Debating on jumping on the next pre-order from the 007 Store, but the exchange rate is certainly not in my favour.