I’ve been a pro photographer/producer for 31 years so I’ve shot in HDR and I’m familiar with how HDR looks/presents. It’s cool tech but I don’t personally think it’s a vast improvement in a competently shot movie.
You should know that I have a 160 inch projection setup so the translucent OLED experience is missing from my cinema room. To my eye, a lot of the preferred settings people employ on their TV’s look more and more like weird CG animation. (This can be toned down a lot, but I see maxed out saturation and HDR more often than not).
I also think standard 1080p blue ray films look completely stunning. I don’t personally think 4K is that big an improvement. I can detect a difference for sure, just not enough to make any real difference for my viewing enjoyment.
I pulled out the original Avatar 1080p and demonstrated the 3D glory on my projection setup to friends and family over the holidays and it was completely immersive for young and old.
Perhaps I’m discounting something amazing- but none of these small improvements have given me any incentive to swap over to 4K or HDR for my home setup.
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Reply to Is 4k blu ray worth it? by G00bre
Unpopular opinion: HDR isn’t that great.
I’ve been a pro photographer/producer for 31 years so I’ve shot in HDR and I’m familiar with how HDR looks/presents. It’s cool tech but I don’t personally think it’s a vast improvement in a competently shot movie.
You should know that I have a 160 inch projection setup so the translucent OLED experience is missing from my cinema room. To my eye, a lot of the preferred settings people employ on their TV’s look more and more like weird CG animation. (This can be toned down a lot, but I see maxed out saturation and HDR more often than not).
I also think standard 1080p blue ray films look completely stunning. I don’t personally think 4K is that big an improvement. I can detect a difference for sure, just not enough to make any real difference for my viewing enjoyment.
I pulled out the original Avatar 1080p and demonstrated the 3D glory on my projection setup to friends and family over the holidays and it was completely immersive for young and old.
Perhaps I’m discounting something amazing- but none of these small improvements have given me any incentive to swap over to 4K or HDR for my home setup.