Casino Royale and Quantum were finished at 2K and up-scaled to 4k for this UHD release. With regards to the 4K releases of the Craig films as per a previous post, Skyfall and Spectre look the best because their digital intermediate was finished at 4K. MGM's being bought by Amazon should not impede any 4K Blu Ray releases as Amazon is the biggest seller of Blu Rays, 4K and otherwise in the world. Given the significantly higher resolution of 35mm film over digital, if done properly, remastered 4K Blu Rays of the classic, shot on film, Bonds could look incredible.Īll the Bond films have been remastered in 4K, so it's really just a matter of EON cutting a deal with whatever company will do the 4K Blu Ray disc releases. Universal has done some great great stuff with 4K releases (most recently the classic Hitchcock films) they would probably do justice to the inevitable 4K Blu Ray releases of the classic Bond films. I don't think it has been announced yet who MGM/EON will now partner with for home video releases but IMO, Universal would not be a bad choice. It's really unfortunate that those many, many classic Fox films won't see the light of day on 4K Blu Ray any time soon. I wonder if Fox being taken over by Disney had more than a little to do with that decision? There has been a lot of chatter since Disneyīought Fox (it will no longer be called Fox) that Disney will be putting any future 4K releases of classic Fox films on ice for the foreseeable future and just focus on home video/4K releases of new films.

It's interesting that MGM (and EON) have ditched 20th Century Fox as their home video distributors as of 6/30/20. With regards to 4K HDR, apparently the added pixels of 4K really only makes a difference with monitors 60' on up (I have a 55') the real difference maker with sets of any size is the HDR which really improves contrast ratio, widens/expands the color pallet and improves depth of field. Looking forward to checking out Skyfall and SPECTRE as their their digital intermediates was finished at 4K. The contrast ratios are superior and black looks much more 'black' rather than the grey that passes for black in lesser formats and the picture appears brighter and has a bit more definition and detail. I only had a chance to watch the TB PTS and have to say that it is superior to the Blu Ray in overall picture quality. Fortunately, I have been upgraded to a 4K HDR cable box so along w/ my 4K HDR TV I can take advantage of the 4K.

I have a new subscription service with my new cable TV plan called EPIX which is owned by MGM and they are featuring many of the Bond films on demand in 4K HDR.

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