It truly feels like seeing these films for the first time. HDR greatly expands the colour palette and black levels, which were often murky on earlier releases.
While the original Blu-ray Lord of the Rings set was marred with excessive digital noise removal and a strange green tint, this new set boasts a remarkable clarity that blows every previous home video version out of the water. Jackson and his production crew have produced stunning new transfers of these films in 4K, and Middle-earth has never looked better. While the original extended edition home video releases featured a wealth of bonus material including behind-the-scenes documentaries and multiple commentary tracks, these 4K releases have omitted all of that material in order to maximize image quality (the original extras are available with the included digital codes for each set). The Lord of the Rings collection comes in at a whopping 9 discs (one for each theatrical cut and two for each extended), while The Hobbit collection features 6 discs (one for each cut of the film). So are these new sets worth the upgrade from the previous Blu-ray releases or those ubiquitous Extended Edition DVD book collections? Absolutely.Įach collection features the original theatrical cut of each film, along with the extended editions that Jackson put together especially for home video upon each film’s original release. One of the last great 4K holdouts (the Indiana Jones series being the other), Jackson’s entire 6-film adaptation has finally been released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and digitally, just in time for the holiday season. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings is the most beloved fantasy saga of all time, a claim that was further cemented into popular culture with the arrival of Peter Jackson’s original trilogy and his subsequent Hobbit prequels. Apple’s streaming quality is really by far the best of all the competition out there.With all due respect to the denizens of Westeros, J.R.R. Watching over 2 hours of FOTR and I’ve not come across any compression artifacts even during the dark scenes. Even though I’m streaming the movie, the quality is ridiculously good. The biggest difference I noticed is that colours no longer looks dull and washed out. Audio has definitely been remixed and refined. But the picture quality is really really good. That is still in standard HD for me.Īlso I just want to add that I’m actually running Apple TV from my PS4 slim on a standard 1080p SHARP TV. Can confirm that it’s a free 4k upgrade for those who bought the HD version.
I bought the original extended trilogy a couple of years back. Was searching for a review for the 4k versions and came across this thread.
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