The Revenant
Inspired by true events, The Revenant is an epic story of survival and transformation on the American frontier. While on an expedition into the uncharted wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally mauled by a bear, then abandoned by members of his own hunting team. Alone and near death, Glass refuses to succumb. Driven by sheer will and his love for his Native American wife and son, he undertakes a 200-mile odyssey through the vast and untamed West on the trail of the man who betrayed him: John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). What begins as a relentless quest for revenge becomes a heroic saga against all odds towards home and redemption. The Revenant is directed, produced and co-written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Kingsman: The Secret Service
A super-secret organisation recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a dire global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. A phenomenal cast, Including Academy Award Winners Colin Firth and Michael Caine and Oscar Nominee Samuel L. Jackson, leads this action-packed spy-thriller directed by Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass)
Life of Pi
Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscar Winner Ang Lee, based on the best-selling novel. After a cataclysmic shipwreck, an Indian boy named Pi finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger. Together, they face nature’s majestic grandeur and fury on an epic journey of discovery.
The Maze Runner
In this heart-pounding survival thriller based on the best-selling novel, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien of MTV’s Teen Wolf ) wakes up trapped in a massive, ever-changing maze with a group of boys who have no memory of the outside world. Facing dangerous obstacles at every turn — especially the deadly Grievers that roam the concrete corridors at night — Thomas and the others must race to piece together clues in order to discover their true purpose…and find a way out before it’s too late!
Independence Day
A disparate ensemble of heroes band together to defeat the alien invaders who are bent on exterminating mankind with formidable firepower. On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles, and Washington. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their independence day...
Exodus: Gods and Kings
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes Exodus: Gods and Kings, the epic tale of one man’s daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state-of-the-art visual effects, this spectacular adventure brings new life to the story of Moses(Christian Bale) as he defies the Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Top comments
ST3123 to bargainHook
30 Mar 175#3
No, only on 4K discs. A couple of very early 4k documentaries came on USB sticks but i think that was simply because no players were available back then.
This set does include regular blurays (and digital copies) though so you could still watch them now on regular bluray and have something to watch when you get a 4K player too.
My recommendation for a 4K player is an Xbox One S simply because it's 2 functions for the price of one (games console and 4K Bluray player) and has a extremely comprehensive set of apps too, which not all Bluray players have...
The Revenant
Although it does have a 4K master, the media was shot in less than 4K using a high quality camera. Even films shot with a 2.8K camera have more than twice the pixels as an ordinary 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 3.4K (some scenes 6.5K)
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 4K
Kingsman: The Secret Service
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 2.8K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Life of Pi
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 2.8K
VFX Rendered at 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
The Maze Runner
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 3.4K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Independence Day
This is the real deal. Everything was digitally shot in 4K or the original 35/70mm film negative was scanned in 4K and all the mastering/editing was done in 4K. Typically, if the film has VFX it was rendered in 2K. Depending on the caliber of CG, the final picture quality might be imperceptible to Real 4K.
Shot on 35mm
VFX Rendered in 2K (limited scenes)
Digital Intermediate at 4K
Exodus: Gods and Kings
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 5K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
powerbrick to peteski
30 Mar 173#16
What Hifi, worst source ever, shill of a company, same with Stuff magazine, same group, paid for reviews.
Latest comments (34)
ronmanager
3 Apr 17#34
HMV are doing it for this price too and unlike Amazon it is in stock
Awesome, had a 15 quid voucher to spend, so this is super hot for me. Seem to be selling for 60-70 quid on eBay. Thanks for posting.
Tyler.Halifax
31 Mar 17#28
Why bother with 4K movies when 8K is out soon! I don't understand the thinking of you, so called, movie geniuses...
P666DOM to Tyler.Halifax
31 Mar 17#32
Haha
sinxa
31 Mar 17#31
Any of these HDR or Dolby Vision?
dogsballs
31 Mar 17#30
The Revenant was good but the rest.
FunkiestMonkey
31 Mar 17#29
If only i did not already have Revenant and kingsman
Justsuperman
31 Mar 17#27
Voted hot as UHD blu rays are like £25 which is stupid btw no one will buy them at that price honestly but 6 for £40 is better especially if you like the movies in box
powerbrick
31 Mar 17#26
PE2 plays without any issues for me, mind you running on the latest insider update on my S.
24Hz/FPS was the chosen frame rate for this release.
ST3123
31 Mar 17#25
Hmm though it didn't spoil my enjoyment I noticed this too on Planet Earth II only on the zoomed out shots where the camera pans over than landscape, was fine everywhere else. I wonder if it is something to do with the frame rate as my TV shows 24hz when playing 4K Bluray but I would have thought Planet Earth being originally recorded for TV would be at 50 or 60hz...
grv999
31 Mar 17#24
I have some issues with playback on my Xbox One S. Planet Earth II in particular judders every so often but doesn't do it on standalone 4K blu ray player.
The Revenant
Although it does have a 4K master, the media was shot in less than 4K using a high quality camera. Even films shot with a 2.8K camera have more than twice the pixels as an ordinary 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 3.4K (some scenes 6.5K)
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 4K
Kingsman: The Secret Service
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 2.8K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Life of Pi
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 2.8K
VFX Rendered at 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
The Maze Runner
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 3.4K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Independence Day
This is the real deal. Everything was digitally shot in 4K or the original 35/70mm film negative was scanned in 4K and all the mastering/editing was done in 4K. Typically, if the film has VFX it was rendered in 2K. Depending on the caliber of CG, the final picture quality might be imperceptible to Real 4K.
Shot on 35mm
VFX Rendered in 2K (limited scenes)
Digital Intermediate at 4K
Exodus: Gods and Kings
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 5K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
adam.mt
31 Mar 171#22
Just read the review, boy has What Hi-fi gone down in quality, shocking!
mark6226
31 Mar 17#21
It's not exactly a premier collection is it?
4K bluray will never catch on until decent movies come outrather than modern day B movies.
The UK is still primarily hooked on DVD. Bluray hasn't caught on with only a 20% market share.
You will never Convince people to pay over 20 times more for a 4K bluray than a DVD. Can you blame them?
The increase in 4K tv sales is meaningless as people have no choice.
Most cheap 4K TVs aren't up to the job anyway of accurately playing back 4K
But consumers really don't care. Let's face it, do they give a toss if they watch eastenders in sd or uhd? Of course not.
The current range of available 4K bluray movies is shocking. Just go to HMV and see what's available. It's just a sorry collection on second rate movies( on the whole) that can be bought for a quid on DVD elsewhere.
howerdackary
30 Mar 17#19
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gslgregory to howerdackary
30 Mar 17#20
I think your cat's just walked over your keyboard!
581d
30 Mar 17#18
If you've got a 4k TV then who cares, let the TV scale it. As long as one of them does it and the TV will have a better scaler anyway
TheEntertainmentKing
30 Mar 17#17
Thanks for posting. Ordered and heat added
peteski
30 Mar 17#11
Just to note the 4K playback didn't get good reviews on the Xbox One S, if you need something for both still a decent idea.
What Hifi, worst source ever, shill of a company, same with Stuff magazine, same group, paid for reviews.
dusktilldawn
30 Mar 17#15
Agree, no complaints with my xb1s
packard
30 Mar 17#14
The only comment / negative over the Xbox one s is that it does t upscale blu Ray discs..
dusktilldawn
30 Mar 17#13
Instore
RJ1
30 Mar 17#12
Kingsmen and Revenant look stunning in 4k. Other titles look better than blu ray except for Independence day which was actually a little disappointing in terms of '4k'.
peteski
30 Mar 17#10
Not poo-pooing, but the 4K playback didn't get good reviews on the Xbox One S, if you need something for both still a decent idea.
How do u get x2 for £25, I can only see two for £30
bargainHook
30 Mar 17#5
Good finding, voted hot and ordered. However I read in one of the comments the following potentially useful review: "Films are all remastered and not 'true 4k' but they are still miles better quality than normal HD bluray films -especially Life of Pi."
dusktilldawn to bargainHook
30 Mar 17#8
I watched Life of PI on normal bluray on a 4k TV. I have yet to test the 4k version.
ST3123
30 Mar 17#4
Also heat for the deal, great price for this. I wish they had done some other 4K movie box sets like this, there are a better range of titles available now they could choose from and even sequels to some of the titles in this set (e.g. Maze Runner Scorch Trials, Independence Day Resurgence etc) so it really wouldn't have been hard to put together a really good follow up. Guess they consider 4K mature enough they don't have to bother with any more box sets to push it, but i'd say it's still a very fledgling format that needs all the help it can get....
dusktilldawn to ST3123
30 Mar 17#7
At HMV they have started doing selected titles 2 for 25.
bargainHook
30 Mar 171#6
Thanks, very useful comment :man:
bargainHook
30 Mar 171#2
Do the movies come in a USB stick? I don't have a 4K DVD player ..
ST3123 to bargainHook
30 Mar 175#3
No, only on 4K discs. A couple of very early 4k documentaries came on USB sticks but i think that was simply because no players were available back then.
This set does include regular blurays (and digital copies) though so you could still watch them now on regular bluray and have something to watch when you get a 4K player too.
My recommendation for a 4K player is an Xbox One S simply because it's 2 functions for the price of one (games console and 4K Bluray player) and has a extremely comprehensive set of apps too, which not all Bluray players have...
dusktilldawn
30 Mar 171#1
Got this during Black Friday for this price. It was 70 quid yesterday. As I was looking at 4k. Wish they had other boxsets. Would not pay 20 quid for one movie.
Opening post
Films include:
The Revenant
Inspired by true events, The Revenant is an epic story of survival and transformation on the American frontier. While on an expedition into the uncharted wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally mauled by a bear, then abandoned by members of his own hunting team. Alone and near death, Glass refuses to succumb. Driven by sheer will and his love for his Native American wife and son, he undertakes a 200-mile odyssey through the vast and untamed West on the trail of the man who betrayed him: John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). What begins as a relentless quest for revenge becomes a heroic saga against all odds towards home and redemption. The Revenant is directed, produced and co-written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Kingsman: The Secret Service
A super-secret organisation recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a dire global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius. A phenomenal cast, Including Academy Award Winners Colin Firth and Michael Caine and Oscar Nominee Samuel L. Jackson, leads this action-packed spy-thriller directed by Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass)
Life of Pi
Embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this visual masterpiece from Oscar Winner Ang Lee, based on the best-selling novel. After a cataclysmic shipwreck, an Indian boy named Pi finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger. Together, they face nature’s majestic grandeur and fury on an epic journey of discovery.
The Maze Runner
In this heart-pounding survival thriller based on the best-selling novel, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien of MTV’s Teen Wolf ) wakes up trapped in a massive, ever-changing maze with a group of boys who have no memory of the outside world. Facing dangerous obstacles at every turn — especially the deadly Grievers that roam the concrete corridors at night — Thomas and the others must race to piece together clues in order to discover their true purpose…and find a way out before it’s too late!
Independence Day
A disparate ensemble of heroes band together to defeat the alien invaders who are bent on exterminating mankind with formidable firepower. On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles, and Washington. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their independence day...
Exodus: Gods and Kings
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes Exodus: Gods and Kings, the epic tale of one man’s daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state-of-the-art visual effects, this spectacular adventure brings new life to the story of Moses(Christian Bale) as he defies the Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
Top comments
This set does include regular blurays (and digital copies) though so you could still watch them now on regular bluray and have something to watch when you get a 4K player too.
My recommendation for a 4K player is an Xbox One S simply because it's 2 functions for the price of one (games console and 4K Bluray player) and has a extremely comprehensive set of apps too, which not all Bluray players have...
The Revenant
Although it does have a 4K master, the media was shot in less than 4K using a high quality camera. Even films shot with a 2.8K camera have more than twice the pixels as an ordinary 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 3.4K (some scenes 6.5K)
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 4K
Kingsman: The Secret Service
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 2.8K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Life of Pi
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 2.8K
VFX Rendered at 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
The Maze Runner
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 3.4K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Independence Day
This is the real deal. Everything was digitally shot in 4K or the original 35/70mm film negative was scanned in 4K and all the mastering/editing was done in 4K. Typically, if the film has VFX it was rendered in 2K. Depending on the caliber of CG, the final picture quality might be imperceptible to Real 4K.
Shot on 35mm
VFX Rendered in 2K (limited scenes)
Digital Intermediate at 4K
Exodus: Gods and Kings
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 5K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Latest comments (34)
HMV 4K Premier Collection
24Hz/FPS was the chosen frame rate for this release.
The Revenant
Although it does have a 4K master, the media was shot in less than 4K using a high quality camera. Even films shot with a 2.8K camera have more than twice the pixels as an ordinary 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 3.4K (some scenes 6.5K)
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 4K
Kingsman: The Secret Service
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 2.8K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Life of Pi
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 2.8K
VFX Rendered at 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
The Maze Runner
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 3.4K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
Independence Day
This is the real deal. Everything was digitally shot in 4K or the original 35/70mm film negative was scanned in 4K and all the mastering/editing was done in 4K. Typically, if the film has VFX it was rendered in 2K. Depending on the caliber of CG, the final picture quality might be imperceptible to Real 4K.
Shot on 35mm
VFX Rendered in 2K (limited scenes)
Digital Intermediate at 4K
Exodus: Gods and Kings
It is not real 4K in any material way due to having a final master at 2K. Studios have upscaled the 2K image to 4K and retouched the content for your 4K UHD TV. You should see some visual improvement over a standard 1080p Blu-ray.
Shot in 5K
VFX Rendered in 2K
Digital Intermediate at 2K
4K bluray will never catch on until decent movies come outrather than modern day B movies.
The UK is still primarily hooked on DVD. Bluray hasn't caught on with only a 20% market share.
You will never Convince people to pay over 20 times more for a 4K bluray than a DVD. Can you blame them?
The increase in 4K tv sales is meaningless as people have no choice.
Most cheap 4K TVs aren't up to the job anyway of accurately playing back 4K
But consumers really don't care. Let's face it, do they give a toss if they watch eastenders in sd or uhd? Of course not.
The current range of available 4K bluray movies is shocking. Just go to HMV and see what's available. It's just a sorry collection on second rate movies( on the whole) that can be bought for a quid on DVD elsewhere.
nmmm
WhatHiFi Xbox One S 4K Review
WhatHiFi Xbox One S 4K Review
This set does include regular blurays (and digital copies) though so you could still watch them now on regular bluray and have something to watch when you get a 4K player too.
My recommendation for a 4K player is an Xbox One S simply because it's 2 functions for the price of one (games console and 4K Bluray player) and has a extremely comprehensive set of apps too, which not all Bluray players have...