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kitch9 · 4 Aug 2016 at 13:13

Cosimo said:
Am I going nuts, there is a Ultra HD entry in the Sports menu but none in Sky Cinema?

Sky Cinema will be download only, not live broadcast.

Cosimo · 4 Aug 2016 at 13:51

kitch9 said:
Sky Cinema will be download only, not live broadcast.

Doesn't matter as you still have to find which ones are in UHD so there should be an entry.

Scubbie · 4 Aug 2016 at 15:09

A limited amount of UHD content will be made available from around midday tomorrow.

Cosimo · 4 Aug 2016 at 16:08

Scubbie said:
A limited amount of UHD content will be made available from around midday tomorrow.

I know, just wondering where it will appear on the menus.

MarkeR · 4 Aug 2016 at 16:22

Under each section.

For example. Main vertical section. Sports then UHD

Cosimo · 4 Aug 2016 at 17:02

MarkeR said:
Under each section.

For example. Main vertical section. Sports then UHD

So tomorrow there will be UHD entry under Cinema just as we have one now under Sports? I thought all the menu placements came as part of the firmware drop and not some on the fly?

MarkeR · 4 Aug 2016 at 17:13

Placements can be done on the fly.

I presume anyone who doesn't have it already should have it tomorrow.

BMox81 · 5 Aug 2016 at 10:18

UHD is now listed in Cinema and Pixels and Forrest Gump are available to download.

Cosimo · 5 Aug 2016 at 10:36

Sugnid said:
UHD is now listed in Cinema and Pixels and Forrest Gump are available to download.

18.2GB for the Forest Gump download!

Cosimo · 5 Aug 2016 at 10:50

UHD is also now listed under Box Sets where you can find Big Cats.

Vertigo · 5 Aug 2016 at 12:46

Cosimo said:
18.2GB for the Forest Gump download!

Still only 17.5mbps. I'll reserve judgement 'til I've seen it but, on the upside, I feared they'd compress it even more than that.

Scubbie · 5 Aug 2016 at 13:00

Forest Gump was released in 1994. This was before films were recorded in 4K.

Therefore sadly the quality of Forest Gump is not as good as say a more recent film, such as Pixels, which was recorded in 4K.

Torch [P4] · 5 Aug 2016 at 13:36

http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/article/digital-cinema-4k-restoration-breathes-new-life

worth a read

lude1962 · 5 Aug 2016 at 15:54

Scubbie said:
Forest Gump was released in 1994. This was before films were recorded in 4K.

Therefore sadly the quality of Forest Gump is not as good as say a more recent film, such as Pixels, which was recorded in 4K.

recorded on 35mm film, unless they've remastered/rescanned at 4k its likely to be an upscaled br

edit looks like the br came out in 2013 they may have done a 4k then or a 2k intermediate scan

BMox81 · 5 Aug 2016 at 21:21

The PQ for Pixels was amazing!

Looking forward to seeing the football tomorrow now.

kitch9 · 5 Aug 2016 at 21:37

Sugnid said:
The PQ for Pixels was amazing!

Looking forward to seeing the football tomorrow now.

Just looks like a decent blu ray to me.

BMox81 · 5 Aug 2016 at 22:07

kitch9 said:
Just looks like a decent blu ray to me.

Can't agree with you there-some of the scenes were top notch. Even the wife noticed the difference and that's something she hardly pays attention to.

Cosimo · 6 Aug 2016 at 06:52

The PQ for Forest Gump was good and in places excellent but Big Cats is superb. It looks stunning on our TV. Looking forward to seeing how the footy comes out.

MarkeR · 6 Aug 2016 at 08:36

Cosimo said:
The PQ for Forest Gump was good and in places excellent but Big Cats is superb. It looks stunning on our TV. Looking forward to seeing how the footy comes out.

Big cats is excellent. Hammonds trip to photograph the Amazon is on par with it.

Some of the previous movies that were available (and coming back) were trememendous.

Robert · 6 Aug 2016 at 13:22

What's the difference between sky q silver and normal q?

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