Titanic 4k Ultra Hd

[Tarja Rabito]

hiall i checked out 4k uhd blu-ray of titanic with the family on our jvc 4k projector and OMG is instant reaction. holy cr@p how good is this restoration ! this movie is from 1997 folks and looks absolutely stunning on disc with its new restored re release. Few screen shots below so can see as a taster what looks like and the photos do not do justice, this has come up amazingly well in its restoration. Stunning movie. excellent audio too thats used sparingly but to good effect ...cant believe this movie was released 1997 ! it is so well made and shot. It's no surprise this movie won 11 academy awards with its nomination of 14 !

It took me a couple of goes to end up with the titanic on disc.. first time auspost loosing it i can heartedly suggest if theres one disc you buy this year make it the titanic on 4k uhd blu-ray. What a knock out.

In my experience with 4k HDR it has been a hit and miss, sometimes half decent as I find that the colours suffer (at least with projectors) and movies look very artificial or just plain wrong. Dolby Vision does help with this and makes faces on MI Rogue Nation look a bit less orange, but with this Titanic 4k it is really, really good.

pity having this RCA, our jvc n7 has been pretty good across the board, but it does come with the scene by scene on the fly analysis and optimisation it does. good to hear that titanic 4k was spot on. its a marvellously well made movie and so well shot !

Yes BB, my experience with 4k HDR and reproduction of it on projectors has not really been what I was expecting unless movie by movie adjustments are done manually. And even then, not all 4k HDR movies in my opinion are made the same, therefore, giving a different result movie to movie. I can see why this technology was developed for Televisions, really bright TV's seem to have it all sorted out.

I find that 4k HDR for most movies (at least on projectors JVC x9900 and Epson TW9400) is a compromise. Either light is too low on the entire picture (Eg: Heat 4k HDR) in order to have those brighter spots. But by doing this the entire image suffers, blacks suffer too. For instance Skyfall 4k HDR has more detail but blacks less punch and overall less contrast, in this case the standard Blu Ray looks just really good and it wins because of the colours and contrast but either version is not far from the other one.

Then on the MI Rogue Nation example, the scene after Ethan comes out of the water tank and the chase begins. Obviously there is a colour filter applied to the original movie, but the 4k version does look dramatically more orange, their faces, the white house walls look yellow and as they ride down the stairs next to the castle, it looks so unnaturally orange is hard to watch.

Dolby vision then comes and tries to balance it, just slightly better, but not that much more. The only way then is to adjust the HDR on the projector by dialing up or down. By making the entire image brighter, then colours become more natural. The faces look less orange and the castle looks more yellow as it should etc. But the HDR brightness is not there any more because now the entire image is brighter.

Yet this Titanic 4k version is so well done it maintains the integrity of the original, but now bringing more resolution and beauty to it! Nothing to adjust here, no need for Dolby Vision or fiddling with HDR settings on the projector. Just a great classic to enjoy once again but better than ever!

Finally the very nice Theater Optimizer, with this slider you give the N5 the elements of your screen such as size and gain, and adjusts tone mapping accordingly calculating the brightness that should reach the eyes of the viewer, and most importantly, it works!

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