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It says a lot about the enduring legacy of director Steven Spielberg that two of the most hotly anticipated Ultra HD Blu-ray releases so far are for two of his movies. The good news is that 1977's Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 1982's E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, both reviewed this issue, look resplendent in 4K HDR. Most importantly, they look like films. I've nothing against modern-day digital features that are shiny and slick, and if I was demo'ing 4K to someone I'd start with something like Transformers: The Last Knight (p94) rather than E.T. But the tech tools now available to movie studios are dangerous things, capable of making vintage flicks resemble newer creations. Go too far with grain reduction and digital filters, and you can rob a classic…
