Oh yeah, this 4K UHD is a stunner. Outshines the blu-ray in every comparison frame (not that the blu-ray wasn't excellent but 4K is magnificent). Thanks for yet another terrific comparison video!
It may be a stunner compared to the bluray but not a stunner compared to other 1950s' 4k movies like 10 COMMANDMENTS, RIO BRAVO, THE SEACHERS which have no flaws.
As a first time watch of the film, the image on my 106" projector screen looked stunning. A very good restoration in deed. I watch the mono audio. I'll check the atmos out next time. I do wish people would stop asking for Atmos audio on everything. It drives the cost up for the studios and labels, which then get passed on to us. Most of the time, it barley make a difference anyway. Trevor
I'm sure the detail is much better. Would expect that in 4K. But to me the color looks more natural on the blu-ray. Like the 4K color/contrast is too high. But I'm sure on an actual TV it looks great.
It seems to me that this is more about how it was processed - either the bluray colour grading is wrong and the 4K correct, the 4K correct and the bluray wrong, or both are wrong. Or to put it another way, there is absolutely no reason why the bluray couldn't have looked almost as good as the 4K from the start if they came from the same scan. The bluray looks quite washed out by comparison however I actually wonder whether it might have reflected the reality in front of the cameras at the time a little better than the 4K does. The 4K looks overdone to me.
Will you be doing a video on To catch a thief, i was going to get the 4k as the bluray is very grainy, im in the UK and its on the HMV premium label I haven't seen a video yet on whether its worth buying.
I have the 4k disk, a great upgrade from the Blu-ray. As for the hum, I did not experience it, maybe you had a defective disc or Atmos calibration is bit off in your av system
It's not perfect and the scene I have a problem with is the crop duster scene where the road looks brown instead of what a road should look like. You can see on the bluray it looks dark gray but on 4k it looks too brown. Other 1950s' 4k look flawless like RIO BRAVO, THE SEARCHERS, 10 COMMANDMENTS.
The difference between DVD > Blu Ray is very significant in most cases, but I honestly think the difference between Blu Ray > 4K is quite minimal. Just my opinion. Recently bought Psycho on 4K and it looks maybe 5% better than the Blu Ray?
A lot of it depends on a) how well your TV handles HDR and b) how big the screen is. On a 55” TV that doesn’t really make the most of HDR, the 4K disc won’t make much of a difference. On a 77” OLED, the differences can be transformative.
4k TVs have built in "4k upscaler" processors which artificially enhance 1080 images into 4k images (by multiplying and interpolating pixels). While upscaled 1080 is not real 4k, it still looks really good. Some upscalers are better than others - obviously more expensive TVs have better upscaling processors. To truly compare 4k to 1080 you'd need to watch the film on both large screen 4k TV and large screen 1080 TV. You will see the difference in sharpness between the 4k TV and the 1080 TV. 4k blu rays are best appreciated on large top of line screens (OLED) with Dolbyvision and 7.1 surround audio system. Otherwise, yeah, upscaled 1080 blu rays are fine for most viewing conditions.
Based on your comparison screenshots, the Blu-ray looks far more natural to me. The UHD does look quite oversaturated to me. I'm watching your RUclips video on my LG OLED for reference.
Thank god Hitchcock filmed in VistaVision for this one. It looks stunning and probably better today than it did back then in the cinema. And it's such a great movie, a big inspiration for the James Bond movies that started just three years later. Hitchcock really was as his zenith back then, directing Vertigo the year previous and Psycho the year afterwards. Three very different movies, all masterpieces, all highly influential, all bona fide classics nowadays. And that's not even including Rear Window, The Birds, Rebecca, Foreign Correspondent, The Lady Vanishes, Rope, or Frenzy.
Watched this over the snowy weekend and i gotta say this movie looks absolutely fantastic! Technicolor in 4k🤤... with hdr and the sound was awesome. I'd give the picture a 10/10 Sound 8/10 Story 7/10
Oh yeah, this 4K UHD is a stunner. Outshines the blu-ray in every comparison frame (not that the blu-ray wasn't excellent but 4K is magnificent). Thanks for yet another terrific comparison video!
It may be a stunner compared to the bluray but not a stunner compared to other 1950s' 4k movies like 10 COMMANDMENTS, RIO BRAVO, THE SEACHERS which have no flaws.
@@ricogomez4020 Can't wait to watch my Searchers 4K. I'm not a fan of 10 Commandments, but have Rio Bravo on order.
As a first time watch of the film, the image on my 106" projector screen looked stunning. A very good restoration in deed.
I watch the mono audio. I'll check the atmos out next time.
I do wish people would stop asking for Atmos audio on everything. It drives the cost up for the studios and labels, which then get passed on to us.
Most of the time, it barley make a difference anyway.
Trevor
Its a stunner of a disc. One of the best out there.
I'm sure the detail is much better. Would expect that in 4K. But to me the color looks more natural on the blu-ray. Like the 4K color/contrast is too high. But I'm sure on an actual TV it looks great.
So the main difference is a bit more saturation? 4K isn't as big an upgrade from Blu-ray as Blu-ray was from DVD
Did you watch the video. I explained the differences. It much more then better Saturation
Totally agree with you. Glad somebody else can see/say it.
Very much not the case.
Great review. The disc is almost worth buying exclusively for the audio track. Hermann's score sounds incredible.
Excited to pick this one up, thank you for the review as always!
I have this and yeah. A COMPLETE 5/5 for this Super High Definition version.
I own both. The 4K transfer is certainly the weakest of the two.
All the writing on the screen like signs and license plates looks sharper on then UHD.
It seems to me that this is more about how it was processed - either the bluray colour grading is wrong and the 4K correct, the 4K correct and the bluray wrong, or both are wrong. Or to put it another way, there is absolutely no reason why the bluray couldn't have looked almost as good as the 4K from the start if they came from the same scan. The bluray looks quite washed out by comparison however I actually wonder whether it might have reflected the reality in front of the cameras at the time a little better than the 4K does. The 4K looks overdone to me.
Will you be doing a video on To catch a thief, i was going to get the 4k as the bluray is very grainy, im in the UK and its on the HMV premium label I haven't seen a video yet on whether its worth buying.
I have the 4k disk, a great upgrade from the Blu-ray. As for the hum, I did not experience it, maybe you had a defective disc or Atmos calibration is bit off in your av system
Gotta watch it this weekend. Got my 4K release last week.
My favourite Hitchcock film,,,,
It's not perfect and the scene I have a problem with is the crop duster scene where the road looks brown instead of what a road should look like. You can see on the bluray it looks dark gray but on 4k it looks too brown. Other 1950s' 4k look flawless like RIO BRAVO, THE SEARCHERS, 10 COMMANDMENTS.
The difference between DVD > Blu Ray is very significant in most cases, but I honestly think the difference between Blu Ray > 4K is quite minimal. Just my opinion. Recently bought Psycho on 4K and it looks maybe 5% better than the Blu Ray?
A lot of it depends on a) how well your TV handles HDR and b) how big the screen is. On a 55” TV that doesn’t really make the most of HDR, the 4K disc won’t make much of a difference. On a 77” OLED, the differences can be transformative.
Psycho looks better on BluRay. It looks brighter 😁
4k TVs have built in "4k upscaler" processors which artificially enhance 1080 images into 4k images (by multiplying and interpolating pixels). While upscaled 1080 is not real 4k, it still looks really good. Some upscalers are better than others - obviously more expensive TVs have better upscaling processors. To truly compare 4k to 1080 you'd need to watch the film on both large screen 4k TV and large screen 1080 TV. You will see the difference in sharpness between the 4k TV and the 1080 TV.
4k blu rays are best appreciated on large top of line screens (OLED) with Dolbyvision and 7.1 surround audio system. Otherwise, yeah, upscaled 1080 blu rays are fine for most viewing conditions.
Based on your comparison screenshots, the Blu-ray looks far more natural to me. The UHD does look quite oversaturated to me. I'm watching your RUclips video on my LG OLED for reference.
Warner Bros adds sound effects??? Ugh
Where do they get off making content changes to a Hitchcock film?
Its WB. They do it constantly with their remixed Atmos tracks
Thank god Hitchcock filmed in VistaVision for this one. It looks stunning and probably better today than it did back then in the cinema. And it's such a great movie, a big inspiration for the James Bond movies that started just three years later. Hitchcock really was as his zenith back then, directing Vertigo the year previous and Psycho the year afterwards. Three very different movies, all masterpieces, all highly influential, all bona fide classics nowadays. And that's not even including Rear Window, The Birds, Rebecca, Foreign Correspondent, The Lady Vanishes, Rope, or Frenzy.
Watched this over the snowy weekend and i gotta say this movie looks absolutely fantastic! Technicolor in 4k🤤... with hdr and the sound was awesome.
I'd give the picture a 10/10
Sound 8/10
Story 7/10