WORST 4K TRANSFERS OF ALL TIME | 4K Kings Talk Unanimously Bad Titles & Favorites That Came Up Short

Hearing the host on the left say he doesn't care what the Movie looks/sounds like as long as it comes in a fancy box is so much of what's wrong with hobbies like this

Accepting a lousy transfer because it comes in a cool box blows my mind. Like, really?

I'm actually surprised people don't like the Lord of the Rings 4K. They're the 4Ks that got me into Collecting 4K physical media.

The Batman Begins, Jurassic Park and 3-10 To Yuma transfers were actually really good compared to a lot of awful 4K transfers I've seen. I'd definitely take those over the awful Pirates 1 and Terminator 2 transfers

I used to work as a dvd / early blue ray encoder for a media company in London. And some of the naughty short cuts I saw the BBC doing for their older Standard Def period drama movies, they would send a digibeta standard Def 720x576 resolution Master tape and ask us to upscale to HD as they wanted to make a quick buck instead of re scanning from the original rolls of film. The upscale would be done via rack mounted hardware so all processing would be done in real time, but the give away would be the Loss of detail in the distance, and on trees, and fences and hair. I couldn't believe it, as I'm a true believer of moves as a hard copy. So some of your examples of 4k discs being softer than the 1080pHD disc makes me think that the softer 4k discs are probably an upscale from a 1080p crispy film scan, the detail in the HD file is already there so an upscale to 4k would not be too difficult, they've probably added a shit load of sharpening then slapped a broadcast quality denoiser and adjusted that from scene to scene...i too personally hate noise reduction, I wood prefure to see the original film grain on a transfer (if it was originally shot on film). I also refused to buy 28 days later on Bluray as the movie was shot digital in standard definition 720x576 so the blueray again is either an upscale or a re film scan, you should be able to tell from the end scene in the movie, the 'SOS' jet scene was shot on film... So if you can see lots of detail in the distant mountains it's a re scan, if it's just mushy or soft then it's an upscale 🙄😳😇

Disney’s recent 4K UHD Cinderella (1950) is simply an amazing transfer that fixes all the issues that even the Blu Ray had. Hopefully it is a new step forward in all future classic animated titles.

What I wish is that they would use the original movie poster art for the cover.

Disney is the worst. To have full right to Star Wars and to not release the original trilogy with a new 4K scan with the original artwork slipcovers is a sin.

For me it’s when the 4K version looks worse then the Blu Ray version then you gone and botched the transfer.

I really want them to do a 4k transfer of Dances with wolves but I am afraid it will be done on the cheap and they do a bad job. Its one of my favorite films of all time.

Did any of your least favorites make the list? Are We Wrong? Let Us Know Below! 00:00 Intro/What Makes a Release Bad? 02:20 Top 5 Transfers that are not bad, but should have been better 06:19 Top 5 Transfers that are unanimously bad 11:07 Worst Physical Media Studios 13:11 PSA: Get Your Eyes Checked Once A Year

Insane take from the guy on the left 😂

I remember when I didn't even know what DNR was and I got the Terminator 2 and Platoon 4k, I didn't know what was happening, people's faces were melting and no one looked quite right in most scenes. Then of course I learned what DNR was and can now detect (and despise) it in less obvious uses. But really, it says a lot about DNR that I had no clue what it was or had any reason to suspect the movies would look off, yet I could easily detect something was wrong. Thanks uncanny valley!

Recent titles from Paramount that I own and have heard people complain about the transfers on are Friday the 13th and Saturday Night Fever. I think Disney intentionally puts out bad discs because they want to steer you to their streaming service.

Paramount blurays and 4Ks don't pick up where they left off. If you pause the movie and go into the kitchen, you had better get back fast or you'll have to start the movie over again from the beginning, FBI warnings and all.

9:31 - That's the best joke right there. lol

WB removing special features from discs is a big disappointment (Vacation, Enter the Dragon, Exorcist, etc). T2 is probably the worst transfer I’ve seen with the weird teal hue that permeates the whole film. Packaging can also be a significant issue (Indy Jones box set).

I’m confused what the host on left is contributing to this video, dude on the right is on point with technical commenting which is what we’re watching this video for. More that please

Nicely put together video guys. I've seen some of the 4K's on the "bad" list. For the most part, Pirates Of The Caribbean was fine. I think it's the most natural colour pallette over the DVD and BD which were both created from the same master. But they seriously messed up the compression on the 4K causing details to dissappear. I don't think it's anything to do with DNR. I've done a video on my channel called "Is Blu-ray Lying To Us?" talking about how the Blu-ray image has lied to us for 15 years. Showing how colours were boosted to help exaggerate fine detail and now the colours have been corrected again the detail levels are back to normal. I think this is also why people claim excessive DNR or scrubbing. I did 3 image poles on my community page for Curse Of The Black Pearl, asking "which image was most Filmic? The 4K image won. For Heat I asked "Which do you prefer?" They chose the DVD Image. And for Saving Private Ryan I asked "Which image looked worse?" They voted the DVD with the 4K being best. 4K images will always look darker with there being billions more colours available for the image compared to how many are available for BD I've also got a video called Don't Compere Blu-ray and 4K Unless... This is also where so many people mess up. Also TV/Projector picture settings will massively affect any image if not set correctly. Take it easy Trevor

Right on with the eye exam! I'm mid 30s now and didn't realize how much I wasn't seeing until I got some lenses prescribed.