Wow, thank you! I really appreciate that, man. Nice of you to say.

thanks for the add!

Ha! That will definitely never get past the dream stage. ;)

Haha me too, she is lovely.

I guess I saw the heroics and redemption in the movie as more of a begrudging shrug. Batman's arc for me was less about stopping being a bitter, pessimistic, militaristic, fire-brand (literally) monster and more "fuck it, if you can't beat 'em join 'em." I think the very monotonous and dour tone was a big flaw for that reason with me. There's never any sense of hope, joy or liberation. It's two mountains being forced to punch each other for vague undefined reasons. I never thought before I'd not care about Batman too, I've been a fan as long as I can remember.

HOLY SHIT I HAVE TO SEE THIS

Oh man, welcome! I am obsessed with 4K.

Planet Earth II is a must-buy, for sure.

There are lots of things to learn about with this format. High Dynamic Range, Wide Color Gamut, whether movies were finished with a true 4K digital intermediate or just upscaled from a 2K digital intermediate (which happens unfortunately often right now). I won't get too in depth here (unless you want me to, haha), but basically the format is more than just a resolution upgrade. I don't know what kind of a set-up you have (TV, player, cables, etc.), but I'll assume you're capable of displaying all the good stuff.

If you appreciate thing accurately resolved film grain and want to see what the format can do for older films, I HIGHLY recommend checking out Ghostbusters II and Labyrinth, which I think are STUNNING.

In terms of newer films, obviously, you have a lot of choices. Here are some I'd recommend starting with:

-Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: This is a milestone home video release; the first and only true High Frame Rate release in history. It takes a little while to get used to, but there is nothing else like it. The detail and the clarity are unmatched, and the HFR completely eliminates motion blur/judder without having to accomplish it artificially. It's an incredible disc (and I happen to adore the movie).

-Lucy: Incredible depth, clarity, and detail, and super vibrant colors. Definitely one of the best discs on the market so far.

-Passengers: Same goes for this one.

-Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: This one is an absolute show-stopper in 4K. Even people who don't care about this kind of stuff have watched it on my set-up and commented about how incredible it looked. The colors and clarity are just astonishing.

-Batman v Superman: So this one is a bit of a mixed bag in some respects. Only certain (relatively limited) parts of the movie were finished at a true 4K resolution, and the movie is very grainy, so if that bothers you, this isn't the one to start with. But if you want to see what HDR can do in terms of bright highlights? Good lord, this disc is mindblowing. I haven't seen any other even come close. The final fight in the rain? I literally have to squint when the lightning flashes.

Hopefully this helps as a starting point. There are lots of great discs out there, but these are just some of my favorites for various reasons (and, again, I happen to like all these movies).

Trust me, there are few things I love talking about more than home theater tech, so I'm happy to answer anything I can!

Yeah, the 2K upscaling is unfortunate, but honestly I wouldn't get too hung up on it, because even 2K upscales usually present substantial upgrades over their 1080p BD counterparts. Even if the detail may not be as incredible as it could be with a true 4K source, you still have HDR and WCG in play. There are some truly great 2K upconverts out there (Concussion and Pacific Rim to name a couple).

Ha, one of the first discs I threw in when I got my 4K setup was Lawrence of Arabia on BD. It truly is stunning. I cannot wait for that to get a 4K release.

Okay, yeah. That's called motion interpolation. Motion interpolation is bad. It creates synthetic frames between actual, existing frames to artificially make a 24fps movie appear to be HFR. This has lots of nasty side effects, such as creating ugly video artifacts, and, as you mentioned, altering the intended look and feel of the film. A lot of people call this the "Soap Opera Effect." The simple truth is that movies filmed in 24fps are not intended to move in the manner motion interpolation creates. Now, the trade-off here is that 24fps, by its nature, is going to have a certain amount of judder/blur during things like pans. It's inherent to the shooting format, and using a post-processing effect to smear it away is not something I would recommend. Above all else, the most important thing to me in home theater tech is allowing the most accurate presentation of the source material possible. That means the native framerate, that means intact film grain, etc.

This is why Billy Lynn is such a great disc - the HFR is native. The movie was shot that way. No artificial effects are needed to achieve that liquid smooth motion. I hope more movies begin to take advantage of the technology.

Refresh rate, motion interpolation, and frames-per-second are all different things.

-Motion interpolation is just a setting, a post-processing effect that can be turned on or off (ideally off, haha).

-Frames-per-second is what a film was shot in, or is being presented in. Pretty much everything available right now is 24fps, except Billy Lynn, which is 60fps. There are also some beautiful native-HFR 4K demos on YouTube.

-A refresh rate is actually built into the TV. It's part of the performance a TV is capable of delivering. A low refresh rate can create worse-than-necessary judder, and make motion look jagged and ugly. If it were me, I wouldn't buy a TV with anything less than 120Hz (I think my current one has 240Hz). But it really shouldn't be a big concern; most (all?) 4K TVs should be able to handle at least 24fps just fine.