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Re: Dr. Stranglove out on 4K
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 20 June 2020, 16:59:54 »
explain to me the point of watching a film in 4k that was not filmed or made to be displayed in 4k

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Re: Dr. Stranglove out on 4K
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 20 June 2020, 17:30:23 »
explain to me the point of watching a film in 4k that was not filmed or made to be displayed in 4k

Dr. Strangelove is shot on 35mm film which has a digital equivalent of ~6000 pixels across. 4K(UHD) is only 3840x2160

1920x1080 is thoroughly inadequate.

Then there is the Dynamic range to recorded film, which is MUCH HIGHER than projection technology.  As in, when we had film, we captured a much wider range of dark and light vs what we can playback using the same film. So the FULL potential of what was captured was NEVER SEEN,   UNTIL NOW that playback technology has advanced enough to do a faithful rendering.

TODAY,  TV greatly exceeds the performance of projection.

You can't think of what the film is made FOR, it's made for the best technology at the time it was released.

When they release it TODAY, everything is re-scanned, and the image Re-Graded to take advantage of the advances we have.

The newest version is ~almost always the best version. It's not the ORIGINAL version, original is just a time stamp,   BEST represents a progressive advancement that is a combination of New technological and Cultural revolutions.