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SvennoJ on 23 August 2012
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brendude13 said:
NiKKoM said:
So what content is 4k? even in the movie industry 4k camera aren't used widely.. there are like 5 hollywood movies shot in 4k.. can't see television stations switching to 4k soon.. heck they just spended a lot of money just to get everyting in 1080p..

Almost every movie ever made has been shot on film excluding a few movies from the past decade. The films aren't digital and don't have pixels, but they have quality comparable to at least digital 4k resolution, even movies from the 60's, hence the reason why you see older films being remastered on blu-ray.

http://dialectmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/large-dr-no-blu-ray8.jpg

Dr. No on blu-ray.

Exactly. The standard 2K digital cinemas that you have everywhere actually show a down converted version of the movie. A pristine 35mm copy looked better. Too bad the sound of old movies never quite matches up with the picture quality they can get from 35mm film.
No wonder since before DTS came around with external CDs carrying the sound you only had the analog soundtrack printed on the film itself.