You don’t need 4K Blu-Ray
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- Collecting 4K might seem daunting and it could be scaring new collectors off, here’s my take on 4K collecting
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I appreciate these videos man. I’m glad somebody is emphasizing how personal a collection is. A lot of collectors care about other people’s opinions. They like things based on what others tell them to like.
Blu Ray still looks great, 4k is the cherry on top.
nah if u want watch good movies go back to 1080p tv with 1080p blu-ray
@@Amazon-34079 "good movies" are available on all formats
I have a friend who is a snob for UHD 4K, and will tolerate Blu Ray. He has zero love for anything less. I, however, am easily satisfied. If the picture is clear and the sound is good, I am fine. I still have a 1080p TV, and honestly my dvds are just fine for me. I grew up with VHS, so I know what crap really looks like. 😆 I love collecting dvds and Blu Rays because they allow me to build an amazing collection for very little money. I walked out of my local pawn shop the other day with 11 dvds for $9 total. I own only one 4K UHD, Transformers the movie from 1986, only because that film is special to me, and I wanted the steelbook it came in. Collect what you love!
11 DVDs for $9 is an awesome deal
Came here to say the exact same thing, but you beat me to it.
My childhood was in the 80's and early 90's I stomached movies/TV recorded show's that needed tracking adjustments.... I watched stuff that was skewed at the top of the screen. DVD is fine for me, although I do have a few Blu Ray movies.
The reason I have Blu-ray's is I've effectively future proofed my favorite movies/shows it's also that I got them dirt cheap second hand.
I'm from the UK... Second hand DVD's can be found at 10 for a £1 and Blu Ray's can be found at 50p-£2 for 1 second hand.
Side note: Don't get me started on CD's.
Then there is so much your friend has volunteered to miss out on, most of the TV shows before the 2010s are only on DVD, a good bit of movies and documentaries and comedy shows never made it past DVD, even the ones that made it to Blu-ray, a great many never made it to 4K.
I have a 4K snob friend too. He is always getting on my butt about getting a 4K TV, like dude, just cause you're in love with 4K doesn't mean I have to be, lol. I am fine with Blu-Rays and DVDs as well.
I’m the opposite I love Blu-ray and dvd lol
The difference isn't enough for me to justify buying a 4k TV, player and discs. I got glasses a couple yrs ago and that made more a difference than picture resolution
Aside from a good player, most people need a bigger TV, at least 65", and need to sit closer. Most people over a certain age were brought up taught that you should sit a certain distance from the tube because supposedly it was bad for the eyes to sit close, but ideally you probably don't want to sit any further than about 6 feet from a 65" to 75" screen to get the most from the increased resolution. And of course some 4K releases are better than others. ;)
When you have 2020 vision it's easier to see the difference
I personally think that Blu-ray was a big upgrade from DVD, but going to 4k is quite often not much of a leap beyond that. With that said, there are some 4K discs with HDR that are truly jaw dropping, however there have been quite a few 4k releases of films that I have on Blu-ray that are really underwhelming and not worth the money. I really think it depends on the standard of transfer for each release and I’ve seen some blu rays that look better than some 4K discs. You are dead right that you should just collect what the hell you want to collect. That should be the only gold standard.
Blue ray is a blurry mess. Some people don't see a difference because they are watching upscaled 4k or fake 4k.
@@AngelValdez-mr3fqor 4K without HDR.
It's good to adjust you're perception of these formats. We should be happy with any formats there is available to us. 4k can be amazing, but also a well done bluray transfer can be satisfying. Not all movies needs a 4k treatment, but all of them deserve physical media treatment.
I dont own many 4k blu rays. Im happy with blu ray. I will buy blu ray and even dvd 99% of the time. I dont really like blind buying 4ks because of the price. If I really emjoy the film on blu ray I may double dip on 4k.
I do buy old classic movies on dvd. Im pretty happy with the quality overall. I dont need them on 4k.
Its all about the HDR and Dolby Atmos soundtrack. I didnt hear you mention them even once.
Those are the reasons to buy into 4k. Not the increase in resolution.
Many people, myself included, only have a 1080p TV and a DVD player, maybe a Blu-ray player. Even the cheap Walmart 4K TVs are a luxury that most of us just can't justify.
@@RandallStevenson in which case then it doesnt make sense.
But for those who have them, HDR is the reason. Some movies are absolutely transformed on a good HDR tv
Totally agree
if u want watch good movies go back to 1080p tv with 1080p blu-ray
I agree with the HDR thing but Warner bros, Universal, Paramount and even A24 movies that include a Dolby Atmos sound mix are all available on the standard blu-ray option of all recent releases
Blu Ray is perfectly fine for me.
You don’t need 4K gaming either. Hence why the frame rates are crappy on current gen consoles.
honestly bro. I wish everything was smoother.
The 30fps even 60fps just hurts my eyes sometimes. Even makes me tired and puts me to sleep. lol
@@victoralvarez9459 30FPS hurts my eyes to, not so much when I was younger but it hurts my eyes now.
Those CZcamsrs and their commenters pushing 4K so hard while disparaging DVD are just, unwittingly or not, trying to force the evolution of the physical medium.
Yeah and that’s what I don’t understand, that tribalism, I collect all formats and can appreciate all collections, I love physical media as a whole
Agreed, I'm not jumping on the 4K bandwagon I'm content with the other formats.
Because DVD looks like garbage upscaled on 4k TV.
It's not tribalism. Blue rays are a blurry mess. Gamers especially have trained eyes and can tell immediately when something is 4k and 1080p. It's the difference between a ps4 and a ps5.
@@tastymustard6234 yup, why would you ever watch a DVD, when 90% of the time you can find it on streaming in 1080p?
I was debating on getting Aliens 4K until a CZcamsr put it side-by-side with the previous Blu-ray. Turns out the newest release was just an AI upscale with DNR on the older Blu-ray master, which had already been sourced from a 4k scan.
that isn't a fair representation of the work done on the 4k version. The HDR color grade alone was more effort then you are giving them credit for, and the main reason to consider it over the bluray if you have a quality TV. Resolution isn't everything.
@@Antimonkat That’s fair.
My issue isn’t with HDR color-grading more-so than the elimination of natural grain that contributed to the atmospheric texture of the movie - I’m one of those suckers for that filmic look.
Blu-ray looks better
4k ok but love DVDs and Blu-rays
Preach! These are a lot of the reasons why I haven’t made the jump to 4K UHD. Blu ray is more than enough for me, coming from the world of VHS.
It’s videos like this that make you one of my favorite CZcamsrs.
Nah bro, the reason 4k is far superior now is the hdr, I rebought lord of the rings in 4k and the night time images are superior. Look if you cant afford it its fine but sont play this game of amsaying its the same.
@@jasonthomas9319 He didn't say they were "the same", he said BD was good enough for him.
@@19jez89 Thank you @19jez89.
All completely depends on your setups. Bigger TV's definitely benefit a lot more from higher resolution and refresh rate. Trying watching a 480 dvd on a 75"+ and it is pretty unacceptable lol
Blu ray is a great format still. Became cheaper thanks to 4k. I love 4k and all. If i see a super cheap blu ray set that costs as much as on 4k. I am grabbing the blu ray collection. Blu ray will still be the backbone to many collections.
Standard Blu Rays are good quality, but don't include HDR. However, all physical is good.
💯. How many times can you sell me Star Wars and LOTR? I've bought all my favorite films on VHS, DVD, and now Blu-ray. I'm done. I've spent thousands over the years. No more. Blu-ray is my final format.
Amazing subject and you are so right. People should collect what they love and can afford both monetary and space wise. Nobody should feel like they have to "keep up with the jones"
Excellent vid, you said it so well: it literally does not matter what other people feel about your format of choice, they are not going to be at your house watching it with you. So to hell with their opinion!
In the US, the marginal price difference between 4k format and Blu-ray is small.
in Canada it's huge, often twice the price or more
That’s a big lie
@@nightshademilkshake1Same in the UK.
Its often £25 4K / £15 Blu Ray for new release.
you can usually always find 4Ks for around £15 after a while or look on the second hand market, but its still considerably more expensive than standard Blu Ray.
Blu Ray is far more affordable here, and they still look fantastic.
I'm an American in Germany, where the difference is quite large. But I went over to Amazon to look at US price differences: Dune ($23.98 vs $9.96); Shutter Island ($17.99 vs $9.46); Ghostbusters Afterlife ($23.40 vs $15.00); Fargo ($29.59 vs $10.60).
Those are just what showed up when I searched "4k" under "Movies." There were a handful of exceptions: "Oppenheimer," with a $2 price difference, or "John Wick: Chapter 4." But also exceptions in the other direction -- "Interstellar" and the the Harry Potter Collection were both nearly three times as expensive on 4k.
In Germany, I would say that blu ray titles are comparably priced to US titles or actually cheaper, whereas 4k titles are somewhat more expensive -- that makes the price differences worse. But even in the US, I wouldn't call the difference marginal. It looks like on average, they are 50-90% more expensive.
@@joehavermann7729 For sure that's hardly a marginal difference, it's what pushed me to stop buying 4Ks at the rate I was buying them.
Intresting to see how other countries tally upto the US prices nonetheless.
I’ve upgraded some movies to 4k if the Blu-ray release was botched. A lot of my collection is still DVDs and Blu ray. I even still have some of my VHS movies.
whats with the red blue and yellow stickers on the sides of the cases in the back can someone explain?
I have become more selective when buying movies. When I first got into 4K, I thought I needed to have everything that way. But have learned that much of the newer releases there isn't much difference between BD and 4K. Also, Disney animated BDs look good enough and cannot justify double-dipping to replace them with 4K.
There is a difference, but you just can't see it.
@@slimdude2011 That's why I've become more selective when buying 4Ks. I ask myself "Do I need it?" In the beginning, I felt like I needed to upgrade everything. Last year when I watched some Pixar BDs like Toy Story and Wall-E, they looked phenomenal! Plus watched Lion King (1994) on 4K and compared it and saw only subtle differences. Not enough to go out and replace the rest of my Disney BDs. The only one I might consider is Snow White just due to the history of it being their first animated feature.
Bought a few 4K and they are fine but I prefer blu-ray for the price / quality. Happy with a DVD and even a VHS tape
Yes, me too. DVD will look quite nicely on a good Blu-ray player that upscales it'll be perfectly fine enough for most people including myself. I don't mind that so-called lower quality to me it only adds something. I grew up with dirt and specs on film anyway it's part of it, not this clinically presented spotless stuff. It's crazy, how some people suddenly can't watch a format we all used before with no complaints whatsoever. It is, like Jamie so correctly says, all about enjoying the movie itself and the cozy experience of favourite movies more so than having some latest format that the business vultures want you to buy. People need to think for themselves and their own preferences, listen less to 'experts'.
In Canada most 4K's I like are $50! You gotta be independently wealthy to collect! Kino, Shout, Vinegar ect are expensive! Conversion & shipping are crazy.
4k looks nicer and there is usually more content on the disc, but more often than not I buy DVD or the Blu-ray version, as they are cheaper and easier to find.
However I see more use with 4k video recording, as 4k video gives considerably more space to work with when editing.
Too much revisionism going on with 4K releases. Just look for how many have a new cold teal colour timing now.
The magic letters is HDR, and prefferebly Dolby Vision. The way the dynamic range is set anc (in Dolby Vision) can change throughout the film is what makes 4K good.
Great video! Love your outlook
In the end it all comes down to enjoying the movie.
I had an old SD resolution TV until a few years ago then jumped straight to 4k. The jump in quality was staggering.
After getting a number of 4k movies I got some blurays since they weren't available on 4k.
Whenever I watch any of my old DVDs I really notice the drop in quality, so I only get DVDs now if there's no other option.
A good bluray can still be highly enjoyable, I've noticed that newer bluray releases are usually better than older ones, regardless of the age of the actual movie.
I'm sure the same is true for 4k in general.
I do hope 4k does stick around, because older movies can look incredible in 4k.
But that doesn't mean we have to have all our movies in 4k or even bluray.
Everytime I see your collection I feel like mine is way too small🤣
Im quite an audiophile so I tend to get the 4K copies especially when they're upgraded to Dolby Atmos. You get great video and excellent audio.
I will buy the 4k UHD if it's available but there are so many movies that aren't so I will buy the Blu-ray. I can still easily go back to 1080p blu ray, it still looks great! We've hit a peak now in quality, you really can't get current or older films to look any better than they do! Going back to DVD for me is a struggle but the difference between 4k and blu ray is negligible unless you're spending the whole movie scanning around the screen.... It seems that only the absolute classics and some boutique labels are getting the 4k treatment anyway. Everything else is only on Blu-ray.
I have a decent home theatre set up. 4k picture and audio is next level especially with atmos.
My dvd of Dune 1984 was poor quality so this year I replaced it with the Arrow 4k release, great quality. Yet watching 80’s and 90’s TV series on dvd (Millennium and Granada Sherlock Holmes series) on a 65 inch Samsung TV upscaled via pananasonic ub820 4k player; picture quality is excellent. What’s the priority the film or the fancy packaging of the latest new format release. Most collectors at least those on CZcams seem to have lost focus; film first not packaging. Buy what you like not what you are told to buy. Great video!
Amen, it’s the experience of watching films, not what format it’s on
Back when DVD came out they, just about everyone of them had extra features including alternate endings and cut scenes. What happened to that, I really miss that side of it.
4K is not interesting to me for movies. I was quite enthusiastic about BluRay back in 2007 and got an early PS3 (40GB) in 2008, because I could experience a significant progress in picture quality relative to the DVD, especially on a bigger screen than 32" for example. But 4K does not deliver a similar benefit compared to 1080p. Not even on my 75" screen.
It is similar to the recent PC hardware overkill: Why should I buy an RTX 4090 for a lot of money? I'm fine with 1080p gaming and therefore my GTX 1080ti is fast enough even in 2024. Even Alan Wake 2 is perfectly playable after the latest patch.
One of the few voices of reason on the subject. Absolutely right!
Depends on your TV. If you have a normal HD TV it’s fine. But if you have a good massive 4K TV, 1080p doesn’t cut it anymore, then you can see the difference with 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray.
I get the appeal of 4K, but I am more than happy with my dvd and blu ray collection. Either way, it's just great that people still enjoy buying all forms of physical media.
Thanks Bro for those words 👍
Buy what you love no matter what those Hardcore Collectors try to tell you because in my Opinion 4K is not the only thing of the World to Collect a normal DVD or BLURAY are just as valuable like other things 📀💿 🤗
And let's don't forget not every Movie Collector has his own Movie Theater Setup at Home and this comes from a guy who grew up with VHS Tapes 📼
I personally prefer 4K because I like the HDR and the additional sharpness.
I don't own any 4k equipment yet and frankly up until a couple of weeks ago I didn't even really consider 4k as an option for myself. I am just now starting to upgrade some of my collection to Bluray and I think for the foreseeable future it'll be the main format I collect. However since most 4k discs come with a bluray I wanna start getting some of my all time favorite films in 4k, as a special something for my collection
Eventually I hope to own a good 4k TV and player, but right now I am in uni and I don't need to have this right here right now. There are decades of potential collecting in front of me and your channel is reminding me to be intentional with the things I am buying right now.
4K is great but also expensive. I can get 1 movie in 4K, or 2 or 3 in regular Bluray
You are right
What else annoys me that the mentality of CZcamsrs telling you that Slipcovers are a must. Like, some movies I don't even care to own the Slipcover versions. I usually will pick it up if I can find it but eh, unless its a movie/movie series that I love, then I will get the Slipcovers. Also, I don't have a 4K TV but I pick up 4K versions is if it comes with the Blu-Ray. If it does not, I get the Blu-Ray version instead. DVDs are also fine if I can't find it on Blu-Ray or its stuck on DVD.
I recently had gotten Snow White on 4K from Best Buy for $25, then I found the Disney Movie Club Blu-Ray version at my Walmart for $10. I wasn't too sure to have it but I returned the 4K version to save money and used it on another movie. So it was a win-win for me. That Disney Boxset is sick, but we never got that in the US.
P.S. K-Mart in the US only exists in two states with two stores: New York and Florida. I miss K-Mart, can we trade your K-Mart for our Target, please?
I think 1080P wil be the "the standard" - it's good, and only fails with a mega large telly!
I agree, it's very personal, some 4k transfers have too much DNR, are too dark and sometimes differ very little from the blu-ray quality, some are really good transfers but you have to do your research before spending for nothing or worse, as far as DVD's or VHS are concerned, unless some one still have a CRT I think the quality will suffer too much.
Remastered blurays are just as good as 4k blurays
Except the Blu Rays dont have HDR or Dolby Vision.
If you have a TV thats good with HDR, you want the 4k version. Or oftentimes, only the 4k version has the Atmos or DTS:X soundtrack. If you have a full theater system, you want the Atmos track.
If you have a good 4k tv, you want the 4k for the HDR.
If you use a projector or cheaper tv and dont have an Atmos system, then you should stick with the blu ray.
@@FURognarall very expensive luxuries that the average person just can't justify
I notice a difference in side-by-side comparisons but often not a large enough difference to justify the price. If you were to show me a newly remastered blu ray and then asked me a week later what we watched, I wouldn't be able to tell you.
@@RandallStevenson if you buy used speakers and subs it actually doesnt cost that much. You can get a decent receiver for $300. You can get a 55" or 65" tv for $300. Then the rest just pick up here and there from the used market. Thats what I did when I started out and it sounded amazing. Better than any soundbar.
I Personally Buy And Prefer DVDs
Woah you have the Dragon Box, I love that set, it’s my favourite piece of my collection. I bought all mines when they were being released at 34.99 a piece. do you have the rest of the Dragon ball series on disc? Also I would love to see you make a video on your wrestling DVD collection, I know alot of that is available on streaming but I still want to own physical copies.
You're right im going to stick with Bluray for now... i just have a few 4k Blu-rays because i have a PS5 and it plays 4k Bluray .. bluray are still good... i did buy back to the future trilogy 4k because thats one of my favorite movies of all times
I'm learning a lot by watching your videos. Awesome!
I am happy with my DVDs as my DVD player does a really great job at upscaling everything to 1080p.
I tried to catch up with Blu-Rays, but failed when I realized how bad it works on PC for no reason. I don't own a TV and never will. Still watching DvDs.
I buy used Blu-ray’s at Pawn Max for 2.00 each and this includes collections and 4k discs and some are brand new.
Buffy and Angel are some of my favorite shows, what are your thoughts on the angel show?
Wasn’t the biggest fan of Angel, but I also haven’t seen the show in its entirety so I should probably go back and watch the whole thing at some point 😅
Mate most of the 4k dvds included the blue ray. You literally don't have to choose.
Hi Jamie. Love your content.
Only thing is it is very hard to hear you, unless I turn my speakers way up.
4K packaging is usually better than Blu Ray packaging. Whether to upgrade or not depends on how much you care about the film. I upgraded to 4K to get the digital code sometimes. Blu Rays seem a bit out of date now, but it's still a very nice format.
my dad has a 4k 75 inch tv. Blue rays still look very good. 4ks clearly look better, but the blue rays certainly dont look bad at all. Dvds are pretty rough though 👀
Not gonna bother watching, hdr is a massive improvement when you get a bright tv.
regions also play a huge role. iam in indonesia, and all studios no longer distribute physical media since 2018, so its practically dead here, no exaggeration.
to get a new DVD, we got to import, and the shipping cost is insane. now imagine that for a bluray or 4K. i ended up paying nearly 40$ for a US titanic 4K (it was listed on amazon for $26), and it doesnt even have the slipcover, it got damaged during shipment or something.
also living in indonesia, i own a lot of VCDs (roughly VHS quality, but digital), but the amout of hate for the format is quite insane, usually from the people who got no experience with the format the way we asians do... 😢
i do hope collectors realize that we are all in this together, be it VHS, DVD, or anything... it should give a peace of mind knowing that DVD is still thriving, that there are people still buying and collect VHS and VCDs... but thats just my opinion😊
Bravo! Can't agree more! I have setups for each format in my home and enjoy them all. If I come across a 4K copy on the cheap then great. But I don't upgrade unless it's within my budget. But I been loving the hunt for movies on DVD, Blu Ray and VHS.
I think the older harry potter films look better on dvd than the bluray
To the new collector's -- if you have a good TV, 4k is a VERY noticeable upgrade over bluray. It's objectively better. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do. You don't have to buy everything. But 4k picture quality is a lot better than bluray.
Truth, thanks man.
Hi mate. In the usa a new blue ray cost 20 dollars and a 4k WITH the blue ray included cost 25. The way America prices it, you would think a 4k dvd by itself only cost 5 dollars lol.
I only get 4k of select movies, or if the price is low enough, others. Otherwise I usually go for the Blu-ray, unless I find a dvd for a buck at my second hand store. I started off collecting dvds and digital media, and then moved to Blu-ray and then to 4k, but I’m much more selective when it comes to 4k because of the price. I don’t really buy digital either at this point, because of the uncertainty surrounding it.
Great advise , price wise at the moment I am only buying 4k from US that are on sale . If they are full price I go for the Blu Ray.
I keep it simple. Only buy the movies I LOVE on 4K. Other than that, I go Blu-ray, or even DVD if I'm being a completest. I never buy random in 4K, and I won't pay for collector's sets, when they mostly only contain paper, like booklets, cards, tiny posters etc. Not paying the premium for that.
I still buy Blu Ray over 4k if Blu Ray is cheaper.
Purely because blu Ray look just as good on my home cinema.
Not all 4k films are the same quality. Some Dvd films actually look better than alot of dodgy bluray and 4k releases... lazy transfers.... Dvd format was a creative experience... not any more
Same thing happened when Blu-ray first came out. I just watched one of those early silver case 1080/Beyond HD releases, and the visuals and sound were awful.
The original snap front case DVD's sold in the very late 90s to early 00s were the best. There was no forced advertising or promotion and it went STRAIGHT to the DVD menu on boot up. They not only extended endless creative freedom to the artists, they ENCOURAGED it! Of course, that didn't last long. IMO, these original DVD's are the ones to collect. 4k is meaningless to me.
Now tell me which DVDs have better quality than bluray buddy
@@initialise21
There are lazy DVD upscaled ports to Bluray....but they are rare.
There are DVDs with VHS ports too.
There’s no way you think a dvd will look better than a 4k😭 it’s obviously a setup issue that you have
hevc at 128mbps sounds awesome but idk if films are meant to be that sharp. i notice that film grain, although helpful in preventing color banding, is still such that 4k probably won't look better.
color banding is caused by your TV, or compression.
I am a physical media collector, but I won't bother with 4K, my dad had everything 4K and I tried watching it and all it did was make me dizzy, way too fluid movement, looked like pan and scan to me which did the same thing. but it is true, just collect what you like.
Regarding the "fluid" movement, I suspect that is less to do with 4K the format and more to do with his actual TV settings.
I was gifted a new 4K TV recently (nothing top of the line) and the default settings in "film mode" had the exact effect you are describing.
I was watching a Blu Ray (not 4K, 99% of my collections is Blu Ray) and the way people moved on screen was just uncanny and definitely had a sickening quality! I went in to my settings and turned all the advanced stuff to OFF and it fixed it completely. After a bit of reading up online I think it was the "motion processing" setting being ON that caused the overly fluid quality. Further reading revealed that most people in the physical media realm advise that you turn most of these advanced TV settings off. I was even reading the tech-specs at the back of a Blu Ray essay booklet recently and it advised the same thing.
Might be worth having a fiddle with the settings on your old mans TV.
In the states it’s $24.99-27 for a blu ray and 4k is $27.99-29 normally for a new movie. I get the 4k for the extra few bucks so I can get both 4k and blu ray physical discs. So I have two great copies of the same movie. Paying 25 bucks just for a blu ray and dvd is still nice but the margin isn’t drastic. I see it’s crazy in other regions. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with blu ray. It’s amazing and has a natural quality with a good grain to it. I won’t knock someone who does dvd only. They are still supporting a better medium than streaming. Ownership of any format is important.
I've collected hundreds of DVDs over 20 years. I'm now getting into blu ray and 4K. My cheat with retaining the dvd resolution is that I have a 42 inch 720p plasma I watch them on. All the rest I watch on my 65 inch 4k. Some dvds look great on 4k tv, if they don't, I watch them on the 720p plasma instead
People are loyal to UHD as a brand, and the films get sidelined. The Cameron 4K films had some very obvious flaws, and a lot of film collectors told us to just shut up and buy it. In a world where every 4K release was perfect and didn’t drop any features, it’d be easier to promote the format as a whole. But if you’re getting a DNR mess with incorrect color timing, or missing soundtracks, are you that much worse off with a $5 DVD?
I still watch my DVDs , I have upgraded true lies from dvd to 4k like you showed.
I’ll still keep my dvd copy too as true lies is a fantastic arnie movie
Taking a look at Shout! Factory's first CE of Cat People, comparing it to the 4K UHD, you can actually see more detail in the picture on the 4K UHD. One spot I noticed is that the lead actress has a scare on her face. It was very fuzzy in the Blu-ray they put out years and years ago.
i collect normal dvd and some blu ray if i can pickup cheap,cost is the number one factor for me.
I stick to regular Blu-ray. It’s perfect to me.
I have been sticking to standard dvd and havent had any issues.
Yes, DVD is definitely still very much a good viewing experience - on the right equipment, that is. Ironically, not on a standard DVD player but an upscaling Blu-ray player.
Some people are just not videophiles. They'll still watch VHS movies on a VCR in pan scan.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 It's ok to have low standards...
@@GamezGuru1 Yes, 4K...
I've watched almost all Bond movies on DVD on a 65" 4K OLED TV with a Sony 6700 Bluray player that got 4K upscale, and all movies look GREAT at normal viewing distance! It's like "why do you even need Bluray 1080p discs?"
The movies will not be better in Bluray or 4K. Just slightly better picture quality.
The price gap between DVDs and Blurays are in many cases now zero or a few percent but Bluray 4K movies costs often maybe 3X as much as Bluray 1080p. Now lately I've seen a very few 4K titles at a much lower cost but still a bit more than normal Bluray discs.
Bluray 1080p looks GREAT on a 65" 4K TV with that good Bluray player (Sony 6700: not a 4K player but got a 4K upscaler chip which is great for DVD movies). I'm surprised that DVDs will look THAT good on 65" that you don't really need to replace your DVDs with the same movie on Bluray. Bluray 1080p looks great, so I agree with you: the best buy is Bluray 1080p movies when DVDs and Bluray 1080p cost kind of the same and Bluray 4K cost 2X or 3X (very often) or 4X compared to 1080p.
But I have to add that if you got a 98" 8K TV or 80" or something really really big, then you might wanna go for Bluray 4K. TVs up to 65": we really don't need Bluray 4K.
Also have to add this that I catched from a video 2-3 years ago. Most movies with a lot of special effects got that in 1080p. So 4K movies got most of these special effects upscaled from 1080p to 4K. Most effects are rendered in 1080p. But of course, with more powerful computers/chips the movie industry are rendering special effects more and more in 4K. It takes so much time for these clusters to render in 4K. 1080p is much faster. It will always come a time when computers are THAT POWERFUL so they don't wanna render in 1080p because it's fast enough with 4K.
Steve Jobs told about rendering for Pixar's movies. The computing power increased by 1000X or more over a few years but the rendering was not even faster: because the movie creators wanna have more details in the animations. So the rendering will take as much time as many years ago but with more details and higher resolution. Steve Jobs was the CEO for Pixar.
So many of the 4K movies with a lot of special effects got that in 1080p but upscaled to 4K. It's worth to know! But I don't know exactly which movies that got 1080p renderings and 4K renderings or worse than 1080p. Would have been so cool if they could remake Terminator 2 with the computing power of 2024! Terminator 2 was the coolest movie ever when it came out because of the amazing special effects. The golden standard at that time.
Anyways I really appreciate your videos! Great topics and so much common sense! You deserve way more views!
So true, thank goodness for Blu-ray players that upscale DVD to 'HD'...it's a match made in heaven. :-] Seriously, this is how I prefer watching a DVD it looks so much better than on a standard DVD player, I feel like I really don't need to do any so-called 'upgrading' of anything to either Blu-ray or even 4K. Mind you, I have a ton of Blu-rays too yet overall, I don't really care which format I watch a movie on DVD is perfectly fine for me too on my trusted Panasonic Blu-ray players.
he one thing which sucks on DVD is telecin , so instead of 23.97 FPS they duplicated each 4th frame to make it 29.97 FPS and this causes a motion jitter
I prefer blu ray and dvd
I picked up some cheap DVD's from a charity shop yesterday 6x £1 (£0.16p each), i watched one of them on my computers 4K 27" screen and it looked really good still (Due to high PPI small display, assume some upscaling). However had i watched the same film on a 55" TV i appreciate it wouldnt have been as good.
People automatically think a movie on 4K s better which is not always the case
I haven't bought a 4K in a long time as the Blu ray version is good enough for me but if the film is a favourite of mine of which there is a big uptake in video and audio quality then I;ll upgrade example I have ordered a copy of the movie Fargo on 4K from Amazon US via Amazon AU here in Australia
Queen of the damned soundtrack was badass, I have it on vinyl. I saw Jonathan Davis at ozzfest and he played all of Lestat's songs plus korns song from the spawn soundtrack
I agree that blu ray is still good (although I would still generally go for the 4K). But DVD looks terrible on a big screen! They were fine for when it was common to have a small TV, but these days where a 65" is becoming the standard TV soze it just doesn't work.
Saying that, though, there are a lot of people, like my parents, for instance, that dont really care about the quality of the picture and can't really tell the difference.
Quality is in the eye on the beholder, not what some industry 'expert' wants us to believe and buy. When set to 576p/480p on a good Blu-ray player, DVD will give most folks a pretty good picture to enjoy...
The most important thing is we can all watch great movies irrespective of the format. And the difference between especially modern blu rays to 4k the difference isn’t that great. Older films usually have a bigger difference.
Collect because you love it. Right-on ✊🏾
Thats a good way to put it. "its mine and i own it"
I prefer 4k cause in most cases they just look better.
I can't believe the prices some of those Horror movie VHS copy's are going for
I have a Sony region free Bluray player that plays DVD's and Bluray disc, plugged into a 4K TV. Yet 4K players are something Im not interested in at the moment. Yes I have the Bluray+4K movie releases so if I ever get a 4k player I have some disc to use them on. But hell Bluray still looks damn great!! I even own DVD movies that are dual layer format and they still look good.
I'm new to the collecting game but I always find weird when people try to collect one specific format. Like not all movies are worth the same, are they ? Do I want to spend as much on my copy of Interstellar as on my copy of Ice Age 3 ?
I range from DVDs to 4k, and which format I buy is on a pure case by case basis. How good is the movie to me ? What's the quality of the transfers ? What are the prices of the different options ?
Sometimes, 4k is a no brainer ; i haven't even have yet a 4k player but when the 4k bluray of Interstellar is 15 bucks and regular bluray is 12... for one of my favorite movies ever... I obviously pick 4k.
Yet the majority of my collection is DVD, simply because the majority if my collection is movies that are nothing more than "neat" to me. I'm gonna watch these movies maybe once or twice then I'm done with them. No way I'm spending more than 1 buck for that kind of movie.
I'm very capable of seeing the difference between the formats and even regular bluray I find quite blurry. But for most movies I don't care that much. I don't care if I don't have the optimal viewing experience when watching Cars 2. Ultimately the quality of the movie itself is what matters most, and if the movie isn't bad, even with a crappy dvd you're still gonna have a good time.
I collect because it looks cool and try to keep up with other CZcamsrs, people like slipcovers so now I like slipcovers. Though it’s hard
All the 4ks ive got were like 2 dollars more than the standard bluray, soo two copies of one movie for 25 bucks instead of one for 23? Why not, but yeah it all comes down to setup i collect vhs and i wouldnt recommend it to anyone that isnt willing to keep a crt around. 4ks only really beneficial if you've got like a whole movie theater setup. As for what i buy: online ive got burned with dvd discs being loose in the case and getting destroyed, blu survives the mail. I think people put too much attention on bad transfer, usually just go for the cheapest option unless its a movie i absolutely love. Also as for vhs collecting: i have absolutely upgraded to newer editions because anything that was filmed anamorphically looks like shit when pan and scanned, if 47% of the image is gone it does the film a disservice, likewise for horror collecting a lot of those tapes are censored and are missing what made them infamous.