When did you EVER buy a 4K Blu-ray Film?

[Soundwave]

torok said:

Soundwave said:

Again this old wive's tale. 35mm film resolves at HIGHER than 4K actually. That means even "old" movies shot in the 50s/60s/70s are "higher resolution" than even 4K. That's never been the issue. 

We lost quality when transitioning to digital. IMAX is a big example, they replaced the high quality 70mm films with digital copies and smaller venues, the actual single reason why we have IMAX theaters everywhere now.

Modern films are mostly 2K or, even when filmed in higher resolutions they use 2K DIs in the majority of cases: http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/ultra-hd-not-always-4k/. That's currently the biggest issue.

That doesn't change the source material. A 35mm print is more than what 4K can handle, and even modern digital films ... more than a few are shot at 4K digital. 

I'd say actually 2K native films are the minority of any studio's film catalog. By far.