I'll be interested to know what you make of it. For me, True Lies on 4k was an easy choice given that it never got a blu ray release, but my Aliens blu ray is perfectly fine so the talk of the 4k release being a less than ideal transfer gives me pause.Hatredsheart wrote: βThu Apr 04, 2024 9:01 amI've seen on-screen comparisons of Aliens bluray to 4k, and whilst it does appear to have been a bit more digitally "scrubbed" it seems to be mainly noticeable on the occasional facial shot, not as bad as True Lies and nowhere near the execrable Terminator 2 4k. I'll find out end of the month when it arrives.
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This video lowered my concerns. A bit.
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Good video, shame about the crap AI voice over.
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Indeed, spoiled it for me too. The same channel did one of these for the abyss too.
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Just picked up the complete X-Files boxset on blu-ray (seasons 1-11), as I'm long overdue a rewatch from the beginning. I'm stunned as to how good the restoration is - considering it's over 30 years old now, it looks like it was filmed yesterday. I can highly recommend it to anyone hankering to relive the Mulder and Scully glory days of 90s TV.
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Given its age, it was probably shot on real film which could be scanned in for the Blu-Ray transfer. Slightly more-modern shows would have used digital cameras of the day so would need some kind of upscaling to look even passable at higher resolutions.
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Yeah, film's resolution potential is over 8k if given a proper transfer, but it's the quality of the restoration they've done across the entire run of the show that's really impressed me. The addition of HDR is nice too. I have some of the old DVD seasons and it's one of the best improvements I can recall.