That is exactly how I feel about 4K. Different strokes for different folks.
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Many Warner Bros Movies Have Reverted to HD Instead of 4K on iTunes and in User Movie Libraries [Update]
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This is Apple, when have they done any web services correctly. Amazon, Google, etc would have probably done it the way you mentioned, Apple on the other hand well, Thank Different (aka, we are stilling figuring out how to do web services right).
What?
The home screen is just a simple, no BS, home screen. I just have the streaming services I subscribe to and nothing else. Unlike all the other streaming devices I've tried which clutter up the home screen with a bunch of ads for services I don't want or features I don't need. Most of which are non-removable. The worst being Amazon's Firestick then the Apple TV. Then ROKU putting ads as permanent buttons on the remote.
Here you go. You can still buy older models.
https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-to-stop-making-4k-blu-ray-players-report-says/
Exactly. Unless you can hold it in your hand, you are just leasing it with a one-time fee.
It was all explained during the keynote and supplemental interviews with press and media.
Maybe I am dumb, but I genuinely can't tell the difference between 1080 and 4K. I have a 4K TV, but apparently there are different versions of 4K.
As much as I love Apple, I despise the iTunes digital movies and music term and agreements. The term and agreement of digital purchases do not protect customers from the content providers taking away customer purchases. Apple puts the burden of purchase protection to customers by having their customers backing up to he purchases themselves to the customer devices. Apple digital customers are vulnerable of losing their digital purchases anytime the content providers deciding no longer allowing Apple digital buyers have their purchased contents and Apple does not protects their digital media customers by letting this happen.
In my opinion, Apple could do better jobs on protecting their customer purchases by backing up all customer digital purchases in their servers since they are the seller so the customers are protected from losing their purchases and are still able to access their purchases even after the content providers remove their items and if they truly care about their customers.
In my opinion, Apple could do better jobs on protecting their customer purchases by backing up all customer digital purchases in their servers since they are the seller so the customers are protected from losing their purchases and are still able to access their purchases even after the content providers remove their items and if they truly care about their customers.
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The purchases are already on Apple servers.
Calling it a backup wouldn't magically mean Apple had the relevant copyright permissions to do this. DRMed files from non-Apple sources wouldn't play anyway if the key servers are withdrawn by the seller.
From work in this network world, it could very well be somebody at Warner goofed, or they changed their delivery procedures and somebody remade all of those movies as 1024. It would take about a half-hour, with that big server iron.
Or, more likely, they want their own servers to have the 4K version. And if you want it on Apple or anywhere else, you pay for the "upgrade". Production is coming to the front to control their stream all the way. Cable should be relegated to a $10 a month gigabit connection. Wireless is coming. The problem soon will be trying to get unconnected.
Or, more likely, they want their own servers to have the 4K version. And if you want it on Apple or anywhere else, you pay for the "upgrade". Production is coming to the front to control their stream all the way. Cable should be relegated to a $10 a month gigabit connection. Wireless is coming. The problem soon will be trying to get unconnected.
Over the course of the last week or so, multiple Warner Bros movies that were previously available in 4K have reverted to HD, a change that applies to new purchases from iTunes as well as previously purchased movies.
There are complaints about the change both on Twitter and on the Blu-ray forums, as highlighted by 9to5Mac this afternoon. There are quite a few titles that have reverted from 4K to HD, including all of the Harry Potter movies.
A Blu-ray forums user compiled a list of the known titles that have recently been downgraded from 4K to HD.
[*]22 Jump Street (2014)
[*]About Last Night
[*]Aloha (2015)
[*]American Sniper
[*]Annie (2014)
[*]Batman vs. Superman
[*]The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
[*]The Equalizer (2014)
[*]Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
[*]Ghostbusters II (1989)
[*]Goosebumps (2015)
[*]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011)
[*]Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
[*]Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010)
[*]Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
[*]Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
[*]Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
[*]Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
[*]Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
[*]Hercules (2014)
[*]Hitch (2005)
[*]Hotel Deluxe (2013)
[*]Matrix Reloaded
[*]The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
[*]Risen (2016)
[*]Spaceballs (1987)
[*]Taxi Driver (1976)
[*]Unforgiven (1993)
[*]The Walk (2015)
[*]X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
It's not clear why these movies are no longer available in 4K, but there have been instances where movies are downgraded to HD and then are later made available again in 4K, so we'll need to wait to see if that's the case here.
One Apple support representative said that the downgrade was due to changes implemented by Warner Bros, which could potentially be accurate as that's often a reason why 4K availability shifts, but Apple support representatives don't always have the most up to date information.
Apple has been offering 4K movie titles from a range of different movie studios since the launch of the Apple TV 4K.
Update: This issue may be resolved as it appears many of the movies that were downgraded to HD are once again available in 4K.
Article Link: Many Warner Bros Movies Have Reverted to HD Instead of 4K on iTunes and in User Movie Libraries [Update]
Half of those titles don't benefit from 4K because the master copy even from the 35mm print is too soft to benefit.
4K is doomed because: The man in the street doesn't want 4K because he can't see the difference, doesn't want to pay the extra and simply can't understand the fuss. TV companies don't broadcast in 4k. Their attitude also did for 3D.
Only those who want to examine the tiny difference perhaps "visible" to close inspection on overpriced kit will miss 4K. My 27" monitor is 2.5k and more than enough.
Only those who want to examine the tiny difference perhaps "visible" to close inspection on overpriced kit will miss 4K. My 27" monitor is 2.5k and more than enough.
I’m warning you, WB....I’m American....You touch my Harry Potter or X-Men
lol... sure ya will..
But seriously, this is not just convenient.. This is *in*convenient.... I'd be ****** as well if i found all my HD movies were downgraded to SD.
Not at all.
When Apple announced the Apple TV 4K and the ability to rent and purchase 4K movies, they noted that "iTunes users will get automatic upgrades of HD titles in their existing iTunes library to 4K HDR versions when they become available".
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017/09/apple-tv-4k-brings-home-the-magic-of-cinema-with-4k-and-hdr/
Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions make no mention (that I can find via a search) of you being guaranteed any specific resolution for the content you purchase or rent:
https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/us/terms.html
I don't think a press event qualifies as a disclaimer.
I don't think not saying something is the same as saying it.
I do think when I read "iTunes users will get automatic upgrades of HD titles in their existing iTunes library to 4K HDR versions when they become available" that means you now have a 4K copy - permanently. Nothing about that makes me think you lose it.
Sony produced and released Spider-man Homecoming along with Venom and these along with the previous Spider-man films are available in 4K. Disney have not released any of their films in 4K (on iTunes). It was rumoured that Thor Ragnarock would be the first title but this never happened. Likely due to Disney moving forward with their streaming service where they will be making the Marvel titles available in 4K.
I get what you're saying, but my small sampling have shown me the following:
4K UltraHD Blu-ray beats 4K streaming and 1080p Blu-ray.
4K streaming the majority of time beats 1080p Blu-ray, and always beats 1080p streaming.
1080p Blu-ray beats 1080p streaming, though some titles are more negligible than others.
Audio on disc beats out audio streaming essentially every time, though some mixes may be negligible.
Bit-starvation can cause issues, but I have compared newer films with new 1080p Blu-ray releases, and the picture quality is still superior, but it's important to note that 4K streaming brings other things to the table than just resolution, like HDR.
In the case of older Blu-rays, some 4K films available via streaming have newer masters, using more high tech encoding and more experienced people doing the encoding, so the quality can be far superior than the 1080p Blu-rays.
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It was actually days, not hours, but again, it's not unusual for Apple to temporarily downgrade titles to HD. It's just fairly unusual for them to do so many at a time.
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This is Apple, when have they done any web services correctly. Amazon, Google, etc would have probably done it the way you mentioned, Apple on the other hand well, Thank Different (aka, we are stilling figuring out how to do web services right).
I cannot speak for Google, but Amazon does occasionally remove UHD titles for periods of time, and usually removes them for longer periods of time than Apple. I've had multiple titles switch from UHD to HD on Amazon, sometimes for months at a time.
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There's a lot more to 4K than just the resolution.
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I'm happy you're happy, but there's a lot more difference than a "tiny" bit even without close inspection, and you can buy some budget 4K TVs with HDR for a few hundred bucks, so the TVs are not really overpriced, especially considering how much I purchased my first HDTV for back over 10 years ago.
has anyone seen any more updates on this? I still have a few that are showing as HD and not 4k when they were 4K last week: Hunger Games being one, as well as Fast and Furious. Most of the ones named in the original list are all showing as 4K again...
The first "Hunger Games" movie was downgraded like a month or so ago, and is unrelated to this past weekend's mass downgrades. It'll upgrade again. Just give it time.
Are you talking about "Fast And Furious", the fourth movie or "The Fast & Furious", the first movie? The first is showing 4K here for me, but the fourth one hasn't been upgraded to 4K yet. It's supposed to be released on 4K UltraHD Blu-ray next month though, so expect it to be upgraded on iTunes around the 11th of June.
That's obvious. But "Ghostbusters" won't benefit from a 4K remaster or a HDR re-edit. In some cases doing that to an older movie makes it visually worse.
"Ghostsbusters" looks AMAZING on 4K UltraHD Blu-ray. 1,000 times better than the old 1080p Blu-rays.
