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+The ratings and comments are about the picture quality, not about the content. As of 2025-01-16 (and likely years in the future), the setup is an LG 77" G3 4K OLED evo (2023), Apple TV 4K (3rd Gen), and a Plex server with Blu-ray and UHD remuxes.
+===== TV Shows =====
+^ Title           ^ Format            ^ Score  ^ Comment            ^
+^ The Boys S01    | Blu-ray (1080p)   |        | This is an excellent looking Blu-ray. The image is sharp and I could've mistaken it for UHD. Dark scenes (night / evening / indoor) look good and show little to no noise. The image through the season has quite high contrast which might be disliked by some, but I think it gives a pop to the image which suits this show. |
+===== Movies =====
+^ Title           ^ Format            ^ Score  ^ Comment            ^
+^ Blade Runner 2049 | UHD Blu-Ray (4k) |    | A very good looking UHD Blu-Ray. Initially I wasn't too impressed because of the dark and bleak looking dystopian future, but as the film progressed and I saw the beautiful dance of the light reflecting in the water at Wallace Corp., I was completely sold. The colours are beautiful and the movie looks as sharp as can be, and even though I am not supposed to mention cinematography here, as this "review" is about the image quality, the cinematography just blew me away... Bravo! |
+^Blade Runner | UHD Blu-Ray (4k) | | Overall, a very good looking UHD Blu-Ray. The picture quality with its film grain looks super sharp and is straight-up eye candy. The CGI however, like when a flying car (or whatever the proper name is) passes over head looks a bit compressed. Understandably, GCI from "back in the days" like 1982 can look pretty wonky at times, but what I'm talking about here looks like compression artifacts. Not so satisfied about that, but everything else looks sharp as a knife's edge. |
+^ The Chronicles of Riddick | UHD Blu-Ray (4k) | | Did not expect this one to look as good as it did. I do have to say that the movie's 2004 animations, which look sub-par to begin with, look even more outdated on the 4k Blu-Ray, but the rest of the movie looks very sharp and the film grain is beautiful. It does vary a bit from scene to scene (maybe they are using different cameras sometimes? I'm not sure.) but overall the 4k looks good! |
+^ Dawn of the Dead (2004) | UHD Blu-Ray (4k) |  | Excellent! The film-grain are beautiful, the picture is sharp as can be, and the colours are bright but not overly done. There are no like, breathtaking shots or anything like that, but the picture quality is absolutely top-notch. |
+^ 12 Angry Men (1957) | UHD Blu-Ray (4k) | | Black-and-white movie which looks superb. There's a lot of film-grain which looks really beautiful in this movie. The image quality takes a dip at the end of the movie, maybe due to change of lighting, but for the absolute majority, the movie looks crisp and sharp. Its always a joy to watch an old movie which just looks absolutely stunning! Of course, being filmed on analog film, many old movies look really good and this one is no exception. |
+===== TODO =====
+  * Kill Bill vol. 1
+  * Kill Bill vol. 2
+  * Snowpiercer
+  * Friends Blu-Ray and UHD