To take one example: In the shot where the Coast Guard vesselīearing Clark Kent/Superman first sights an oil drilling platform burning in the distance, the Produce minor enhancements, but they're almost impossible to spot unless you switch back andįorth between the two images (a tricky feat, given the HDMI handshake issues that continue to Warner has continued its customary restraint in the application of HDRĮncoding, leaving the film's palette largely unchanged. The Blu-ray looked great, and so does the UHD. Like the Blu-ray before it, Man of Steel's HEVC /H.265/2160p UHD was derived from a 2Kĭigital intermediate. Watch for 4K screenshots at a later date.įor a discussion of Man of Steel, please see the Blu-ray reviews by my colleagues, Jeffrey Kauffman and Kenneth Brown, who rated the feature identically and whose joint score I have retained.
Screenshots are sourced from a 1080p Blu-ray disc. Purchasers who care about extras should be forewarned. Relegated to the Ultraviolet digital copy. The UHD package omits the Blu-ray's second disc of special features, which have been So often with UHD, however, this sonic upgrade comes at a price. These equipped to decode it, improves on the Blu-ray's already stellar DTS-HD MA 7.1 mix. The real headline here is the new Dolby Atmos soundtrack, which, for Unlike BvS, however, Man of Steel in 4K doesn't offerĮnough of a noteworthy improvement in visual clarity or resolution over its Blu-ray counterpart Steel, to its gradually expanding UHD roster.
In concert with the multi-format release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (in standardīlu-ray, 3D and 4K versions), Warner Brothers isĪlso adding the film's predecessor, Man of Reviewed by Michael Reuben, July 27, 2016