Misconception? 4k TVs cost too much?

[bonzobanana]

SvennoJ said:

bonzobanana said:

Old 35mm film is about 4k in effective resolution so a good print and decent transfer to digital actually can be pretty good plus modern digital processes can clean up the images very nicely. Often better quality now than they have ever been. 

It's very dependent on what kind of film stock was used and how well it has aged. Besides that, 35mm film was anamorphic or compressed width wise. A 2.35:1 movie compressed to 1.33:1 already results in close to half the detail width wise. In practice I have watched many older 35mm movies on blu-ray that already show the limitations at 1080p. Sure, less compression artifacts and improved color reproduction will make a difference, but it won't be even remotely close to the difference between dvd and blu-ray. Certainly not worth double dipping again imo.

I wouldn't mind watching movies shot on 70mm again on 4K blu-ray, but that can wait.

I stand by my comments that some old movies look great fully restored at 4k but there are grain issues and other factors with some old movies. Yes aspect issues may mean you may get vertical borders but they don't bother me too much.