madmijack
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Why can't I find Moonwalker in iTunes? Why aren't they releasing it there? What is the reason? It was remastered and released few years ago in HD, so I'm kinda disappointed it's not in iTunes.
It is there, and in HD, just not in your country. It shows up on my countries iTunes Store - I just looked.
Moonwalker has never been released on DVD or Bluray in North America. It has only been released on VHS. I don't know how this hasn't been released on a modern format.
In which country's iTunes do you see it? As long as it's not in US iTunes, it's the major digital market for Apple, isn't it?
Also found this at Wikipedia:
Because of specific music and film licensing, Moonwalker has never been officially released by Warner Bros, or any other studio, in North America on DVD or Blu-ray.
I hope one day MJ Estate and Warner Bros. shake hands and solve this issue.
No more holes to put it Just iTunes LOL )Just buy it in Blu-ray, it's region free.
The blu-ray is definitely worth it, seeing MJ at his peak in that quality is amazing.
Just so you guys know, Moonwalker Bluray is "only" a 2K scan from a 35mm copy (not the master) which looks amazing btw
I heard Moonwalker is on schedule for Bluray release in the US, i hope finally we get a 4K Remastered edition
Just so you guys know, Moonwalker Bluray is "only" a 2K scan from a 35mm copy (not the master) which looks amazing btw
I heard Moonwalker is on schedule for Bluray release in the US, i hope finally we get a 4K Remastered edition
Where did you hear?
I have never heard about the 2K scan before. - I have the Blu-Ray and it looks great. 1080p - is that not only 1K? - so will it matter on a Blu-Ray release if it is a 2K scan or a 4K scan? - Will it not only be on a 4K Blu-Ray you will be able to see the difference?? - I am not so much into all this technical details.
1080p is just shy of 2K. Let me explain in short:
1080p essentially means 1920x1080 pixels. The '1080' in '1080p' comes from the height of 1080 pixels. So 720p means its 720 pixels tall, 480p is 480 pixels tall and so forth.
When you see a "K" afterwards, that means it's giving you the rough width instead of height. So 2K is actually officially defined as 2048x1080 pixels, the '2K' comes from the fact the width is roughly 2000 pixels wide. 4K is often 4096 x2160 pixels and so forth.
Going back to your question, 1080p is 1920x1080 pixels. So we have 1920 pixels width, that's coming close to 2000 pixels width so it's considered just shy of 2K.
So yeah. In short, if you see a p, it's defined by the pixels height exactly. K? It's the pixels width approximately.
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Generally a restoration is done at extremely high resolutions to future proof. If they restore it at 4K as opposed to 2K, it provides them more detail from the original print to draw on when going through their restoration process. Depending on the method they use when they downscale, it can also result in sharper textures/detail and even less noise. It will vary project by project, how great condition the original print is in, how much work the restorers do (or can do), etc etc.
I heard Moonwalker is on schedule for Bluray release in the US, i hope finally we get a 4K Remastered edition
"P" in "1080p" mean "progressive frame", the other option is "interlaced". "K" means "a thousand"