The Worst 4K Blu-ray Discs of 2022!
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In this video I go over the worst 4K discs of 2022.
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Good topic.
The studios need to be held accountable when they put out garbage
So now word is out if it's a Paramount release on 4k wait for reviews.
I wish that all studios, who are going to put a movie onto the 4K market & have a poor original source. Make the hard decision and not release the film. I was looking forward to Planes & Platoon this year but after reviews decided not to invest in these classics. Great video Adam. New collectors into the 4K format should always do there research
I enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.
Thank you for mentioning the lack of audio upgrades in these catalog titles. I completely stopped buying 4K catalog titles if there isn’t a audio upgrade.
I share the same desire for upgraded audio- but you're missing out on some gems. Lots of 4k titles where audio upgrade wouldn't have done much anyway and the visual upgrade is amazing. Your $ though, so keep doing you 🙂
Almost picked up Platoon. So glad I never did after hearing so many people talk about the quality. I did buy The Craft, and to be honest, I didn’t think it looked too bad.
I wasn't ever a big fan of the film, so i didn't even consider buying- BUT i remember seeing people argue over quality intensely at time of release. Made me wonder if certain copies were messed up or if whatever was wrong may have shown more on certain setups (an artifiact that shows up more on oled and not so much on led- something like that?).
Platoon looks awful. The Blu-ray from 2011 is the only way to watch it. The Shout! Factory releases are terrible.
I totally agree that all 4k's should have Dolby Atmos or DTS:X. It gives me the feeling that they're gonna put out ANOTHER release in the future with the updated audio so they can make MORE money.
As an Elvis-fan, I am very happy Paramount did a very good job with the 4K transfer of Blue Hawaii; so they know how to do a good transfer. Here's hopin' for more Elvis-films on 4K!
Thanks for the list Adam. This helps tremendously in not waisting money and time. Platoon and Saturday Night Fever are big disappointments for me as I would have picked those up. Giant too.
I bought way too many of these. Thankfully you were able to warn me away from Platoon and Fatal Attraction :)
Luckily I don't have any of these titles thanks to some of your reviews.
Hey Adam! When it comes to Paramount 4K catalog titles I buy them from iTunes Movies when they are less than 10 bucks. Watching Curse of the Black Pearl was like watching it wearing sunglasses. Happy Holidays to You My Man!
Bravo Paramount with the most entry, they really like their DNR I guess. I hope james cameron catalog like the abyss are not waxy and DNR ' ed like T2. I got POTC 4k and half way I noticed something wrong glad they include the original blu-ray which is the best version
The Poltergeist audio *was* an upgrade from the previous release.
I just bought the Bluray copy of Platoon. I never bothered buying any of those movies in 4k that are on your list because they are not interesting movies to me. I am very selective. The movies that I have bought in 4K are quite good and I had no issues with them.
the craft on blu ray from shout factory is good
A great list mate. I’m especially disappointed to hear about platoon and Saturday night fever, two titles I was looking forward to on 4K, I’ll certainly pass on them now. Thanks for sharing buddy, take care 🙌💿💿💿
Happiest of holidays and thanks for the videos and honest reviews. I was not happy that the colorized version of Its A Wonderful Life was not done on the 4K disc, Just the original black and white was done in 4K. The delay/glitch in the Blu-Ray from Disney/Apple for the Peter Jackson “Get Back” was handled very poorly! Also where is the 4K version of this???? Also A Christmas Story and Christmas Vacation 4K pictures are great,, but what does it take to finally get an audio upgrade for both???!
Man, your list was so right on! SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is my #1 worst 4k of the year. No excuse for the quality.
Nah the movie was good 😭 the quality wasn't that bad
@@buzzyboy7599 When the bluray that comes with the 4k sounds better than the 4k how can you say that? Disco music is supposed to thump the subwoofer and this 4k didn't.
Thanks for the list! Most of these I haven't seen in 4k, so thanks for your opinion. The one I've seen, Fatal Attraction, I couldn't agree more.
My worst 4k movie has to go to Terminator 2 Jugment Day 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎We has movie collectors deserve a lot better for an epic Syfy action Masterpiece 👊👊📽
Heat was a controversial release on 4k this year, I didn't think it was too bad persinally, but I can get some comments saying its overly dark, dosent really pop and the HDR makes day time scenes look dusk, I personally felt a little underwhelmed with it despite the overall extra resolution and clarity, I felt this should of been a winner to compliment the 1080p definitive edition disc, the HDR didn't really improve things vastly from the blu ray that I could see, it appeared more grey and a little flat in alot of scenes, the same sound mix was imported over too but no issue there really as its a solid audio but could of benefited more from Dolby Vision and an Atmos track!
The shame about PLANES, TRAINS is that Hughes' visual style really expanded with this movie; along with SHE'S HAVING A BABY, it's the most stylish of his films.
A pretty good selection. I've seen a lot of the ones you mentioned and agree that they are problematic or downright poor. I'd add anything colour graded by VDM Labs in France, particularly StudioCanal titles. I'm particularly talking about Red Sonja and Raw Deal. The scans are fine but the colour gradings are totally sh1thouse. Silver Salt Restoration in the UK also do work for StudioCanal and do amazing work and don't screw up the colour grading. For example their work on Don't Look Now, The Servant and The Ladykillers was exceptional. So maybe StudioCanal need to send some UK colour graders over to France to show them how to do it properly and to respect the original intent of the cinematographer. Red Sonja and Raw Deal on 4k now look like digitally rendered video game cut scenes. Just totally awful and very disappointing. I don't know why they even bothered, they may as well have just stuck to blu ray because those older scans in 2k look far superior to these new 4k efforts (or lack thereof).
Will you do reviews on:
- 48hrs 1&2
- ripd
- shrek 2
- starship troopers (2022)
Thanks and happy holidays 🎅🏼
Thanks.. almost bought the Starship Troopers steelcrapbook version.. glad i decided to wait for the whole 3 movie set .. hopefully they will fix the issues for that one!!
Are the Disney 4k streaming versions of Pirates really different than the disc version? I see on Vudu they have 4k versions for all films. You think the 4k editions for Pirates 2 and 3 are the same ones on Disney+? Or did someone else do them?
Poltergeist should not be on this list. It was a fabulous 4K. I disagree with you whole heartedly on upgrading audio. With films that are 30+ years old, they need to stay 2.0 or even mono tracks, because those are the authentic ways in which those films were heard. When you make new mixes of mono tracks or even 2.0 stereo tracks, you always lose something.
I think upgraded audio is a good thing as long as the original audio is included, everyone wins. BTW, Poltergeist wasn’t on the actual list.
Yeah, Paramount 4Ks aren't safe to buy. I wait for reviews on those (I usually do that anyway). Sony/Columbia on the other hand put out one banging 4K restoration after another.
WB as well
I didn't know the Pirates 4k came out this year, I thought it was like 3-4 years ago with how sloppy it was
Dont forget about cover art! As a collector, some of the art on disc packages is horrendous! They should just use original poster art.
Thankfully I was able to avoid all these thanks to reviews. I got the platoon 4K digital about a year ago and I thought it looked pretty bad, was wondering if it was the stream. Sounds like the disk was just as bad
Thank you Adam.
Kindly make video on top 5/10 directors who supervise their blu ray transfers like Wes Anderson, Nolan
Thank you for the suggestion! I did Nolan one a while ago…
Disney Plus version of pirates is basically just as bad. It's a transfer issue not a disc thing
I picked up Casablanca in 4k, for me the movie audio was really low, I had to crank my volume way up to hear it, yet the main menu music was fine.
I didn’t upgrade Giant Blu ray. If there’s a James Dean 4k Boxset with his other films, I’ll pick it up. The worse thing about picking up a bad 4k disc is paying full price for it. Bad 4k’s are best at pick up on a sale. ..like a real sale $5.99 sale lol
The 4K disc that I am most disappointed with this year was the classic Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. I strained to see any difference between that and the Blu-ray and I really could not which is just sad because this is one of my favorite holiday movies. I love this more than I even love white Christmas.
I'm genuinely surprised Planes, Trains, & Automobiles is on this list. I bought the 4K and it looks fantastic. It's so beautiful that I was overjoyed with how great it looked.
I don't like any of the other films you mentioned. So I can't comment on those.
I know It was not released this year but I'm still disappointed with the Lord of the Rings on 4k. I can't get over it lol
Sadly i have like 3 or 4 of these in my collection haha
A bad Blu ray or 4K transfer is companies shooting themselves in the foot. The whole idea of a higher res format means superior to DVD. And 4K is supposed to be superior to blu ray. No exceptions. Selling me anything less than that is consumer fraud and a rip off. Imagine getting repeatedly burned on "wax fests" when you are promised ultra high def. "We know the specs say that your pickup truck has a 335 horsepower v8 for towing 7000lbs, but it's actually a 2.6 liter 4 cylinder with 160 hp for towing 3,000lbs" Wait...what?
thanks for putting this out there. not that i like hating on things, it's just good to know what releases to skip for such a niche format.
Ugh Platoon was a massive let down, it's quite possibly my favorite war film and was dying for a 4K release and holy cow, I was stunned at how waxy and almost rubbery it looks. What a let down.
Same goes for that Platoon steelbook, it's the DNR wax transfer as well. His advice about sticking to the Pre-steelbook BR and the 4K is correct, that release is a beautiful transfer that works just fine.
Regarding Planes, Trains and Automobiles I will say that while the UHD-BD is disappointing, it's easy to forget just how awful the regular Blu-Ray was. In that sense it's still a big upgrade and much more pleasing way to enjoy the film, but of course far from as good what I'd like it to be.
I have 4 Blu ray players on my new collection. They all last about 6 to 9 months before they start breaking down. Yes 4k, Blu ray are best experience but does no good to buy the better disc if the players are a piece of crap. Maybe I should do a video, I sure this is a world wide issue. What they don't really make money off the disc, buy it once lasts a lifetime. They make money selling crappy players you have to buy over and over again
While the DNR was a disappointment on the Pirates of the Caribbean transfer, I still appreciated the look of it otherwise. The image overall has a more dramatic, theatrical look to it vs the standard blu-ray, which has more of a stage-play look to it because of the way lighting is presented. While far from what it could have been, I still prefer the 4K disc over the standard blu-ray despite its drawbacks.
But it's so damn dark.
@@speedwaynutt I didn't find it too dark, at all. I preferred the look from the brightness perspective, actually.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles was mine, despite the extras.
Such a shame about Planes, Trains & Automobiles, I was looking forward to that for ages.
So sad to see the subpar 4K version of Pirates of The Caribbean by Disney. One of my favorite movies. Deserved better.
Re Pirates of the Caribbean: doesn't matter how good the picture and sound may be, the film is still a turkey.
Platoon was an absolute disaster! Don’t know Stone was thinking about.
He was Stoned.😂
Can't wait to see the best of 2022!!!!!
If you like the movie The Lost Boys, I recommend that one. It's probably the most surprising upgrade of 2022 for me out of the 30 or so movies I've purchased in 4k this year.
I have 2 videos coming up with the best of 2022: catalog and new releases.
@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 that's cool. Thank you!
Good list. I actually think Pirates is a worst 4k than T2. Yeah T2 they ruined the color timing with a red tint. But fundamentally speaking pirates is a worse 4k.
*Saturday Night Fever* seems to be the one that everyone universally is like "Heh... ?" same with *Planes, Trains & Automobiles.*
Oddly enough, I don't have any of these LOL! *The Color of Money* needs to be done in 4K so badly, as that BD is absolutely atrocious and a shame. Since it would be Disney, though, don't get hopes up for any DV encoding in physical media. It would still be nice to have something replace that terrible BD.
Hopefully Disney licenses it out to Criterion and does away with their bluray & 4k department.
Hello-
its interesting he mentioned Giant first. when it was released this past April i was totally unimpressed with it as a 4K disc.
Usually with top ten list if I don't have all the movies on the list I'll try to get them. I was glad to find I only own one of the movies on this list (Platoon)!
"The Driver" had this weird brightness shift after edits on most scenes with Dolby Vision...
I thought The Polar Express was poor. They used a very stair-steppy upscaling algorithm.
Thanks for this list…I just bought Giant but haven’t watched it. I love the movie so I’m ok with it not being 💯 but still disappointing to hear this. I’ve been wanting Fatal Attraction but not now after hearing this…I’ll buy the blu ray instead. Thanks again very informative.
I’ll be honest I have no idea what you’re talking about when it comes to the Craft it looks outstanding picture quality sound was on point at least from my experience it worked great.
Great list Adam. Thankfully only two on here I’d buy and I’ve only bought POTC. so most bullets dodged. 😂👍🏻
one to add is Double Indemnity. The 4k is not as good as the blu-ray. Not sure about the source material, but it was horrible and a wasted purchase. I will watch the blu-ray going forward.
I returned Platoon after watching how bad it was
Great review, thanks! *** Yes, it's amazing how often 4K is very disappointing! It's almost like blackmail "under the slogan of progress"... By the way, in certain cases, the movie on DVD disc looks better than on Blu-Ray or 4K... It's crazy but it's true. Certainly on DVD the colors are much nicer/warmer than on Blu-Ray which often looks very cold and unpleasant! *** So, do I really have to spend the money all the time? Keep buying and buying new versions??????????
What is a stairway cord?
Is the Fatal Attraction that Studio Canal in UK put out any better? I bought the box set they put out. Honestly bought for the box set and not 4K.
As far my worst, I don't buy 4K unless I got the release for other reasons like packaging. Not a fan of 4K.
All the other Pirates of the Caribbean movies are on 4k in different parts of the world. People say the other 4 movies looks miles better than the first move.
HEAT was a bad transfer. Miles too dark.
I wonder if DNR is a cost saving measure. Compression probably hates grain so they DNR it, it takes up less space, smaller disc, less data that has to be streamed?
I saw the stream of giant and I thought it was good considering the source age.
Yeah was burned on Fatal Attraction and Platoon. Luckily cancelled Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
Agree with you on the majority of these title. Planes, Trains....Fatal...Platoon and SNF very disappointing and Paramount the worse big studio (along with Disney)
I really wanted Giant too. Great movie
It's not that bad.
Heat 4K was it for me. It looks better on digital than it did on 4K. Normally I get rid of my Blu-ray disc when I buy the 4k version but in this case I kept it.
Heat and Star Trek disappointed me this year
The only film I can think of that I've got in my collection that I feel is a real letdown, is Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country. Next time I watch it, I'll watch the blu ray version instead. It was like watching a bad dvd
Yeah, but those boutique labels need to improve their QC
I'm glad I don't have any of those.
Even with POTC: COTBP being in the list, have you seen the other movies on 4K? I know that there's a 4K collection where it's got POTC 1-4
I haven’t, they are available internationally but I’ve heard the transfers were better after the first.
I was disappointed by many of these, but probably most so for Pirates of the Caribbean. I've loved that movie ever since I first saw it in the theater, and it COULD have looked FANTASTIC on 4K (which was my hope, of course). I pre-ordered it, but since I didn't trust Disney, I kept it sealed. Sure enough, when the screenshots and reviews came out, I saw that the 4K was so badly handled that it actually looks significantly WORSE than the Blu Ray! I was heartbroken and incredibly disappointed and returned the 4K :(
I know a lot of people who wont pay the extra money on 4k discs and its no wonder when studios put out poor quality crap like these 😡
Thanks 4 the Info
You have included dome poor quality discs. Regarding Pirates - get the five disc set from Australia - first one is still bad but the other films were good.
So the 4k version of all the other films are good? It's just the first one that is bad?
Platoon and PTA are both terrible 4ks. However, I am even more upset with Platoon.
Is the bluray steelbook better then the 4k?
Did Disney fix the Pirates 4k? I saw now where they are releasing the whole series on 4k and remembered how Curse was rated, soo wondering if they fixed it or just made more of the same crap?
HEAT comes to mind for its picture quality.
Its too dark.
I don't got that one :(
Recently i was disappointed by Esther 2. I don't know if it's Paramount or not, i just know i should have bought the bluray edition.
My disappointment was Bram Stokers Dracula Steelbook, it says double vision but I think it could have looked a whole lot better, it was very disappointing
I've never owned The Changeling, do you recommend the 4k for a first time buy or is there an older release that's better?
The 4K is the “best” version to get on home media. No version on any home format is ideal due to the source, but the 4K is arguably the version to get.
I recommend it also, just be ready to adjust the hue. Overly red skin tones are a problem.
Thanks
Agree with your selections. Paramount in particular are hopeless. Some of their 4k masters may be OK for streaming - but they aren't acceptable for physical media. We pay the premium for 4k disc quality. Paramount aren't delivering. They need to sort themselves out or get out of the 4k physical media business and license out.
Odd that Fatal Attraction looked egregiously DNR'd, when the PP blu ray that derived from the 4k mastered OCN is nice and grainy.
And Disney has become a physical media bulldozer... they just destroy every movie they put out. With weak audio, and questionable video mastering. Sad that they used to be a physical media dynamo back in the DVD and blu ray days.
Hi, what is your opinion about your 65” OLED TV in contrast with Panasonic Plasmas if you have used any in the past? OLED delivers that organic picture after dimming the room? Don’t you think 100” 4k projector will churn more juice from 35/70 mm transfers like movies till Shawshank Redemption or Fight Club? We need panel brightness since The Matrix effects era I think
Ive only seen plasmas in stores, the 1rst one I ever saw was 10$k in sears 20 years ago. My C9 oled is magnificent in every respect. But it only shows as good as its content. If you have a shitty, grainy dvd pixel, its not going to make it better. But if you have a film like the revenant, in 4k its cystal clear, the stream looks like your actually walking in it in the opening scene. And the fires and embers, are so realistic its like theres a fireplace in your tv. Iove my C9 but at 2099$ it wasnt cheap. I paired mine with a nakamichi shockwafe sb. Sony ES 1100 4k player. I stopped going to theatres, I have equally if not better in my br.
@@parrisprice5892 thanks for giving such detailed info with 4K content example. I have full array Sony 4K LED which give good contrast with Dolby Vision but lacks true black levels in 1080p which I used to get from my last Panny plasma. I am sure OLED is the cinematic future for aficionados like us. Now brighter QD OLEDs are gaining popularity but very expensive
@@k-boxmotionpictures1337 I have a 55 Qled vizio m series I bought in walmart. 396$ last year. No where near as nice as the LG , but a 1/4 of the price too. It has Atmos n dolby vision, and for no more than it cost is really a pretty nice TV. Vizio 5.1 sb for 180$ delivers good sound too. Sony 700 4k player.175$. I didnt want to spend a whole bunch like I did the C9. Tho with the way prices have been dropping for oleds, I might have sprung for a OLED TV under a grand. I collect and watch a ton of movies, so picture and sound quality are important to me. Thanks for the info, and have yourself a safe and merry xmas bro.
@@parrisprice5892 when ton is the number then price no bar for great panel & sound as I believe to stick for 5-7 years after one time purchase. LG OLEDs are great, Merry Xmas brother.
My 65" OLED TV's image just hovers in the room once i turn off the lights. I have black curtains around my room to add to the effect. OLED has true blacks, can't see any bars before or above image when there is letterbox. OLED will give better performance for dark scenes and black levels but it's extremely expensive the larger you go. 65" is the limit of affordability for me. Would love a 83" OLED or larger but too expensive. If you have the room for large projector/screen then may be worth going that route. In my normal sized room (18ft x 10ft x 9 ft), 65 inch OLED properly positioned is spectacular in a darkened room.
You're one of the best out there.
I wonder why you video guys need to all make the same videos. I wish I was 30 yrs old again.
Black Christmas had a horrible transfer.
When are you going to do a review of the film Sound of Metal on 4K, Thanks?
When I put together 4Ks to review, I do have to gauge interest if it’s worth the time to do one. Not including watching the movie, it takes several hours to put a video together. If I don’t see interest online for a title then in most cases that means people won’t tune in to the review when I post it. Sound of Metal unfortunately is one of those.
@@MovieGuy365 that's sad. The movie and actors were nominated at all the film awards shows. You being such a movie enthusiasts should watch this movie. You won't be disappointed. From one movie lover to another.
@@5000gmoney I’ve seen it, it’s fantastic. I do think more people should see it.
@@MovieGuy365 just wondering if I should buy it in Blu-ray or 4K. Unfortunately there no reviews on social media 😕
Get the 4K. Picture is very clear and a solid color grading over the blu.
Agree on many, and saved me some bank...LOL
For me it was Event Horizon. I started watching it and got up and said "my bad I put the Blu ray in by mistake". I popped out the disc and realized it was the 4k.
Which version? There have been a couple recently
@@wking8 assuming the 2008 BD
@@dark_oz1974 4k wasn't available then. There have been a couple 4k releases recently if I'm remembering
Terminator 2 and Saturday Night Fever were disappointing
How do you check the bitrate on a 4k? When I hit display on my remote, it shows input and output, so to speak. I see around 4 Mbps in the input but nothing showing in the output end. I'm wondering is there something wrong?
Not all players will show the video bitrate. 4 Mbps is your audio output. A 4k disc shouldn't go under 65 Mbps but it all depends on how good the compression was optimized you can have lower bitrates but still have less compression artifacts than a higher bitrate encode.
@@alexfernandez8083 thank you for the reply.
If you have sony player, click display button, top audio bitrate, bottom video bitrate
The Heat 4k was bad...looks like they just put a filter over it to make it moodier. Blu-ray looks so much better!