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Darbee 4K - PXLVision Coming Soon — Darbee 4K – PXLVision Coming Soon Introduction I was so skeptical when several years ago one of my readers sent me a message saying that; “his new Darbee Darblet provided a significant visual improvement to his HD image with little or no artifacts”. This I had to see to believe, […]

Darbee 4K – PXLVision Coming Soon

August 16, 2020 in Equipment / News tagged 4K / Darbee / Darblet / DVP5000S / DVPTM / Pixelgen Design / PXLVision by fromvinyltoplastic

Physical Media Takes Another Hit! — Physical Media Takes Another Hit! The Rumor Mill It is strongly rumored by Bill Hunt, the Editor in Chief of The Digital Bits that Disney is going to be restricting the release of their existing live action catalog and that of the recently purchased 20th Century Fox Film company, to 4K only […]

Physical Media Takes Another Hit!

August 12, 2020 in News / Plastic tagged 4K / Death of Physical Media / Disney+ / Physical Media / Streaming / Ultra HD / Walt Disney / Warner Media by fromvinyltoplastic

UPscaled Is Not 4K — UPscaled Is Not 4K My 2 Cents Many of us have spent large amounts of money on upgrading our systems to watch 4K, wide color gamut, high dynamic range movies. AND of course those illusive 4K TV/cable and Over The Air (OTA) channels. It has come to my notice, and maybe […]

UPscaled Is Not 4K

July 4, 2020 in Personal Views & Comments / Video tagged 4K / 8K / Compression / HD / Movie / Plastic / SD / UHD / Upscaled / WCG by fromvinyltoplastic

HDMI Data Rate Calculator — HDMI Data Rate Calculator It has come to my attention that many readers would like to know how to simply calculate their HDMI data rates for all the different configurations that are now possible with 4K and HD. I have presented several tables to show these rates but they are […]

HDMI Data Rate Calculator

April 22, 2020 in General Posts / Video tagged 4K / 8K / Data Rates / Extron / HDMI / HDMI Data Link Budget by fromvinyltoplastic

The Rise Of Skywalker – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/Buena Vista 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 21 min | Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Native 4K | […]

The Rise Of Skywalker – Blu-ray 4K Review

April 18, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Plastic / review / Star Wars / The Rise Of Skywalker / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Bohemian Rhapsody - 4K Blu-ray Review — Bohemian Rhapsody – 4K Blu-ray Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. 20th Century Fox | 2018 PG13 | 2hrs 14 mins | Music | Biography | Drama HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 […]

Bohemian Rhapsody – 4K Blu-ray Review

April 4, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Blu-Ray / Bohemian Rhapsody / Freddie Mercury / Plastic / Queen / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Maleficent:Mistress Of Evil – Blu-ray 4K Review — Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/ Buena Vista | 2019 PG | 1hrs 59 min | Adventure | Family | Fantasy HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P […]

Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil – Blu-ray 4K Review

March 20, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Maleficent / Mistress Of Evil / Plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Gemini Man - Blu-ray 4K Review — Gemini Man – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Paramount Pictures | 2019 PG13 | 1hrs 57 mins | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Native 4K | 2160P60 | HDR10 | Dolby […]

Gemini Man – Blu-ray 4K Review

February 29, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / 4KP60 / Gemini Man / Plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Terminator: Dark Fate - Blu-ray 4K Review — Terminator: Dark Fate – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Paramount Pictures | 2019 R | 2hrs 8 mins | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 […]

Terminator: Dark Fate – Blu-ray 4K Review

February 22, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Dark Fate / Plastic / Terminator / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Star Wars Saga In 4K — Star Wars Saga In 4K This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. All ‘Star Wars’ feature films will be available on 4K Blu-ray during March By March 31st all eleven Star Wars movies should be available digitally and in 4K UHD with Dolby Atmos sound. No mention […]

Star Wars Saga In 4K

February 22, 2020 in News / Plastic tagged 4K / Dolby Atmos / Star Wars / The Skywalker Saga / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Venom - Blu-ray 4K Review — Venom – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Sony Pictures 2018 PG13 | 1hrs 52 mins Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Comic Book HD | 1080P | DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision | […]

Venom – Blu-ray 4K Review

February 8, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Plastic / UHD / Venom by fromvinyltoplastic

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - Blu-ray 4K Review — How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Universal Studios 2019 PG | 1hrs 44 mins Fantasy | Action | Adventure | Animation HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD […]

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Blu-ray 4K Review

January 4, 2020 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World / Plastic / The Hidden World / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Avengers Endgame – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Disney/Buena Vista 2019 PG13 | 3hrs 1 min | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi HD | 1080P | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | HDR10 | Dolby Atmos | Dolby […]

Avengers Endgame – Blu-ray 4K Review

December 22, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Avengers Endgame / Plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

Hobbs & Shaw Blu-ray 4K Review — Hobbs & Shaw – Blu-ray 4K Review This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Universal Studios 2019 PG13 | 2hrs 16 min | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P | Dolby Vision+ | […]

Hobbs & Shaw – Blu-ray 4K Review

December 14, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / Fast & Furious / Fast & Furious presents Hobbs & Shaw / Hobbs & Shaw / Plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - Blu-ray 4K Review — This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Blu-ray 4K Review Lionsgate Films | 2019 R | 2hrs 11 mins | Action | Adventure HD | 1080P | Dolby Atmos | Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Upscaled 4K | 2160P […]

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Blu-ray 4K Review

October 12, 2019 in Plastic - Movies / Reviews tagged 4K / 4K Review / John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum / Plastic / UHD by fromvinyltoplastic