The 4k release of Blade Runner--is anyone as disappointed as I am??


Being a huge fan, I decided to buy the 4k version of Blade Runner, making it only the second disc I own in the format.
Boy, am I disappointed.

First, the colors are extremely muted, NOT more saturated as I’ve read on some impressions online. (Yes, I know about the somewhat noisy picture as well) The colors are so bad in fact, it makes the movie less involving, drab, and depressing. It looks more like the DVD version! Flesh tones are muted. I noticed it right away, but I made sure by A/B-ing with my Bluray version, which looks beautiful, and color saturated.

Second, the sound is more aggressive, bright, and MUCH MUCH louder in the surrounds....to the point where dialog in the center channel greatly suffers. Its terrible. For whatever reason, some dialog is also audible in the surrounds..what a disgrace. The sense of space and echo is much more pronounced in some scenes, which might be a matter of taste, but for me it was distracting. In the scene at the club where Deckard approaches the thug about the origin of the snake scale, I can barely hear what he says because the surrounds are so loud and echoey. Again, on the Bluray it sounds correct. Is this a new mix??

So, my question is, does everyone notice the change, approve of it, and find it better than the bluray?? I for one, do not. This is NOT an improvement.

Impressions anyone? Thanks in advance.
jonasandezekiel

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Dweller,
Thanks, I will most definitely check that out. I thought I went over all the settings, but I could have missed that.
Mzkmxcv,
I understand that 4k is the gold standard right now, but something is just not right. I agree it must be on my end...but what?? Unfortunately, I really have no other disc to compare it to. The only other disc I have is Schindler's list, which is obviously in black and white, so no good there.
I thought the same thing: possibly that the problem was on my end. But, I have an LG OLED, and a my disc player is a Sony ES1000. Where can I improve? Not being sarcastic, it's an honest question. I can't sugarcoat it...it looks and sounds like crap.
Hey nonoise...
I checked all my settings and they were proper. I'm scratching my head, as i have very little hair to pull out.
Not sure of that, but possibly! I have high quality hdmi, but I'll check the boxes that I saved. Thanks. Otherwise, it's not the processor, because I'm using two hdmi cables, as my marantz processor doesn't do 4k. Thanks again.
Just thinking of HDR10 and Dolby vision, neither my tv (LG OLED) nor my player has either, but that doesn’t preclude me from experiencing SOME version of high-dynamic-something-or-another, RIGHT??? I mean, for goodness sake, this picture looks like poop on a bagel.....not HDR or 4k in any shape or form! I paid pretty good money to enjoy a little guilty pleasure once in a while, and i get this???

I’m venting, but this is truly unacceptable. It CAN’T be what 4k looks like!