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High-motion rain, film grain (even when shot digitally, Deakins added texture), and vast areas of near-black require a codec that can preserve shadow detail without banding or blocking. A poorly encoded release will crush blacks into featureless voids or introduce ugly color contours. That’s precisely why a 10-bit x265 encode from a genuine Blu-Ray source becomes essential. Prisoners.2013.1080p.10bit.BluRay.6CH.x265.HEVC...