A Few Words About A few words about...™ Jack Ryan: 5-Film Collection -- in 4k UHD Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Worth]

Thanks Neil. I had a feeling that was the case. I wonder if the iTunes HD versions are improved transfers or simply from the same masters used on the old blu rays?

I think if there's a 4K master, iTunes uses that across the board, for 4K, HD and SD.

 

[Nelson Au]

I do have a 4K player, that’s true Mr. Harris. That’s an option.

Thanks Nick. Hope that’s true about iTunes!

 

[TonyD]

I watch 4K discs all the time with a regular old tv.
Works very well for most discs but I found that I need to turn off the hdr on my player or it looks over saturated.

 

[JoeBond]

I think if there's a 4K master, iTunes uses that across the board, for 4K, HD and SD.

Not quite. The master for The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games on iTunes are the old versions on the 1080p stream. The other 3 versions are the same across the board. Seems Paramount did this with the Mission: Impossible movies too. The 1080p streams on iTunes are the old versions despite them being available in 4k. It would make common sense for the same master no matter what the resolution but it seems it depends on the studio.

 

[Mark-P]

Not quite. The master for The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games on iTunes are the old versions on the 1080p stream. The other 3 versions are the same across the board. Seems Paramount did this with the Mission: Impossible movies too. The 1080p streams on iTunes are the old versions despite them being available in 4k. It would make common sense for the same master no matter what the resolution but it seems it depends on the studio.

Are you sure you’re not talking about Vudu there, Joe? I’ve never known iTunes to have anything but a single stream scaled to whatever resolution you have access to.

 

[JoeBond]

Are you sure you’re not talking about Vudu there, Joe? I’ve never known iTunes to have anything but a single stream scaled to whatever resolution you have access to.

Unfortunately this is the case with iTunes. I was excited when they added the Mission Impossible and Jack Ryan films to 4k on iTunes. I have a 3rd generation Apple TV so I'm limited to the 1080p stream but my brother has a 4k Apple TV and 4k TV. I doubled checked with him and once you change settings from SDR to HDR. The transfer goes from the old Bluray master to the new UHD master for the titles I mentioned. I would say 80-85% of the time it's the same no matter the resolution but not every title will do this. It seems WB, Disney, and Sony are pretty consistent. Paramount is 50/50 whether the lower resolutions match the master used for the 4K.

 

[Johnny Angell]

Watching the first one now.

It is super dark.
Bumped up backlight and contrast and now I can seem it.

Got the set for a smidge under $40 from Amazon on Black Friday.

I got this one recently: See on Amazon

It is super dark and lots of the dark blooms blue. I don’t like to adjust my TV for just one movie, so I’m probably going to return it. The blu ray looks better.