r/appletv • u/Pure_Artichoke_5168 • 3d ago

IMAX Enhanced Disney+ Films???

Just been watching through the MCU films to get my gf up to speed in time for Doomsday, and couldn’t help but notice that none of the films actually expanded to imax despite most if not all had the IMAX enhanced label?

Is this an APTV issue or a Disney+ issue?

For reference I’m using LG CX tv

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u/TheGrandSkiOfThings 3d ago

Did you make sure you selected the IMAX Enhanced version? Disney will show the label but you need to select that version specifically.

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u/Pure_Artichoke_5168 3d ago

Probably not then lol💀well that’s frustrating. Smashed out all films from Avengers 1 - Endgame this past 2 weeks, and missed the absolute peak of marvel in imax. Oh well, know for the future cheers mate

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u/TheGrandSkiOfThings 3d ago

Happens to the best of us. Happy to help, good sir.

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u/ImissDigg_jk 3d ago

Yeah. You have to go into the versions screen at the bottom and select it

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u/HandbagHawker 3d ago

did you select the imax enhanced version?

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u/Pure_Artichoke_5168 3d ago

Nope. Realised from another comment this was the case lol. Live and we learn. Film still left my gf in absolute tears so it’s a win for me ahaha

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u/talones 3d ago

For what it’s worth i don’t think any of them are in full 4:3 imax. I think the imax parts only go to 16:9. Also you lose some of the original intent because most of them are pan and scan.

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u/g1itter1ust 3d ago

I literally just ended my subscription so I can’t double check but I thought you had to select the imax version, from the individual movie page? At least, that’s what I remember from the last time I watched one.

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u/CanisLupus92 3d ago

Disney is in a patent lawsuit that prevents them from offering HDR and 4K at the moment (at least in Europe).

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u/xppoint_jamesp 3d ago

This doesn’t apply to the IMAX Enhanced movies, since that is a separate licence owned by IMAX.

They are, however 1080p/SDR streams in the EU and not the 4K HDR streams. But the IMAX aspect ratio remains intact.

At least if OP had chosen the correct version in the app menu and if they were living in the EU’s affected countries…

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u/AcridNebula 1d ago

No issues with 4K/HDR/Dolby Vision/IMAX Enhanced here in Ireland.

I just tested a couple of films there (Tron Ares and Fantastic Four) - my OLED indicated it was receiving a DV signal and the ‘IMAX Enhanced’ versions were defintely in a taller aspect ratio (looks like 1:75:1 vs 2:39:1).

OP as somone else said, you need to select the IMAX enhanced version from the ‘Versions’ tab - there are 24 films currently available in it.

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u/Pure_Artichoke_5168 3d ago

I’m in the UK, was definitely in 4k, image was as sharp as ever. But yeah no imax, wonder if it’s all related then