I thought it sounded differently

Double blind test with even sound levels is the only way to tell if you actually hear a difference. Audio is way too subjective and the ability of the human brain to remember audio is way too limited. Maybe one mix was just louder, that alone can confuse our perception of quality.

Sure True Hd is a 7'1 format as DTS HD

Proof positive this dude talks out of his ass.

John Smith Agreed, it’s awful.

I thought it looked sick but the original artwork was still pretty nice

Well in my opinion it is. The Dolby TrueHD track was better than this DTS-HD track. So that’s a downgrade. Your opinion may be different.

@@JeffRauseo Opinions mean nothing in this topic. The fact is both formats are just delivery systems for mixes that have nothing to do with each company. Do some simple volume adjustment and you'll see that they are identical.

Andersen Peters I thought so, but in my opinion I preferred the older track

Really no difference at all. Both uncompressed and master audios

BluRays are usually mastered in a way that the colors look unnatural, especially on newer HDR displays. So (for example) the 2K DI with 10bit or 12bit colors gets compressed down to 8bit colors. The problem for me is that the colors are often exaggerated and the contrast of the images is artificially stretched so that the image might reveal a lot of details and is bright but the feeling of the original lighting is completely lost. A very good example of this is the balcony scene in the 70s Superman when Louis meets Superman supposedly for the first time. On 4k it's a dark and romantic scene, on BluRay it's bright like a sitcom.

@@bened22 that's a great point. I haven't looked it up yet, but based on the fact that Superman was shot on film i can assume it's probably native 4k master which is well worth the purchase. But do you think HDR is enough of a selling point if there's really no improvement in image quality? 2k is technically glorified 1080p anyway right? I would argue a 2k Di just isn't worth the $30 price point when regular blu ray looks just as crisp.

@@THEBATMAN28AHH It really depends on your setup and viewing habit. I watch 4K disks close to the screen so it feels like I'm in the cinema. I can't do that with BluRays because the compression is too strong (artefacts, banding), the colors look too wrong (unnatural) and it's all very flat. In my opinion HDR is worth it everytime. But from a greater distance or with a worse TV the differences begin to even out. To me HDR is the actual selling point, not the resolution. And from up close I have never seen a BluRay that ACTUALLY looked as good as the 4k counterpart.

@@bened22 from the way i understand compression and all that - 2k Di's stand out from their 1080p counterpart becuase of HDR and low compression method leading to way cleaner images. The best example i can think of is "Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince" Blu-Ray. Watching this movie on my 4k has revealed SO many compression artefacts it's not even funny. With some research i found out that Warner Bros. Used a VC-1 compression container around 17mbps, and boy i didn't know Blu Rays could have diagonal lines flying across dark scenes as bad as any DVD. The 4k UHD version of "The Half Blood Prince" is only a 2k DI, which probably won't look any more crisp as far as detail, but the h.265 compression method might solve the artefact issues and include HDR. So then with all that in mind it might be a great buy. But if a blu ray has been mastered to look it's best, especially with animated or heavy CGI stuff, is the price worth it?

@@THEBATMAN28AHH I maintain that it would be hard to get a BluRay that looks as good as the related 4K UHD. The "mastered for 4K" BluRays by Sony are the closest thing image-quality-wise but some of the colors still look off to me (red and green too bright). In the end there is always a difference but how substantial one perceives it is up to the viewer. I don't want to go back but of course money can be the deciding factor. By the way: If you don't mind a bit of meddling and just want an image that looks "good", the over the top contrast and the exaggerated colors of typically mastered BluRays might even be a good thing. But I prefer something as close as possible to cinema.

Stuart Blackburn yes. Either a sound bar w Dolby atmos or a 5 speaker or greater receiver that says Dolby atmos. Obv in addition to the 4K blu Ray player that has the atmos feature

Brock T what is a middle ground if say someone can’t afford a sound bar or 5 Speaker or greater receiver?

I don't understand why dvd is still being made myself?HD DVD looked way better in my opinion so I'd go with using it instead of dvd.I know HD DVD is no longer being produced so Blu-ray and 4K is really all that we need.

CAPCOM784 I agree, but a lot of people still have DVD players and buy DVDs (as they don’t care enough about video/audio quality), so it makes sense to still sell them.

allsportnj yeah it’s all preference. I tend to like the Dolby mixes

Of course!

Monty Britton Warner Bros is a dumb company Batman $$$$$$ Cult films like Gremlins and The Shining $

Same I never owned it on DVD or bluray.

I think he did! :)

Your head is on the wrong way round if that bothers you.

Yeah, I’ll just stick to that one.

@@moviesbye9294 Trying to find one for a good price. I held of for the 4k but after seeing the reviews and extras it doesn't seem worth it. Picture quality does look great.

Definitely doesn't look like crap. Isn't a HUGE upgrade, but at the very least I'd say it's the best release yet.

Crank up the noise reduction on your TV, and voila! Enjoy! Grain is part of film, and removing the grain removes the detail. It makes no sense to remove detail for a 4K release. As I said, use the noise reduction tools on your TV if you fancy it, and enjoy your smeary, grain-free, detail-free image.

KZfaqr GATURKS has a terrible opinion lmao

@blue red all of it should have been the original artwork or at least the same as the bluray

That sounds like your problem

When did I say Gremlins was great? It has its merits but it’s still a poor disc. I’m not influenced by companies. Look at my videos. If you knew the channel you’d know that.

@@JeffRauseo you spoke highly of the quality in one video and shit on it a year later. It's in your videos. You literally said the quality fir Gremlins was good before it had been released, so you got it early to preview it. A year after that, you said it looked like shit. Your videos, your words. The proof is there. You said Gremlins quality was great. IT'S IN YOUR VIDEOS! I just started following you and this is my first impression of how you do reviews. Re-watch them. You know what you said, it's in your videos. Complete opposite from what you said.

Thanks for the advice!