What's also noteworthy about IMAX Enhanced is that this disc is the first available using the dynamic metadata HDR10+ HDR standard. Other audio brands onboard the IMAX Enhanced train are Denon and Marantz, with supported models including the Denon AVR-X4500H, Denon AVR-X6500H and Marantz AV8805.
Journey to The South Pacific is a documentary film that has only ever been shown in the largest IMAX theatres, and promises to be a tour de force of image quality.
IMAX and DTS, which have co-launched the format, say the aim is to 'introduce IMAX digitally re-mastered content for the home environment to provide the sharpest 4K HDR images and powerful, immersive sound as the filmmaker intended.'Īrmed with an Arcam AV860 processor, which has recently been firmware updated to support IMAX Enhanced, I sampled one of the first disc releases (a second, A Beautiful Planet, launched on the same day in the US).
IMAX Enhanced is a set of features that go from content to screen, starting with a specially encoded Ultra HD Blu-ray disc, to a TV or projector with an IMAX Enhanced mode, as well as an audio processor with an IMAX audio mode. But it will still get some die-hard AV enthusiasts excited, and has certainly impressed me.
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