Older titles will be compatible with the new HD units. But do films have to be shot in HD to be released on HD DVD? Someone told me this and I just don't think it's true.

Thank's!

-Tom

Not true, it doesn't matter what the film was shot on. HD-DVDs are just another format.

The resolution of film is *higher* than the resolution of HD. So everything from The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind to the latest Adam Sandler epic will benefit from HD and be able to be presented on HD-DVD.

Just a thought but I wonder sometimes if too much resolution is a good thing? On older titles special effects sometimes were inferior and these would show up. Films were really never intended to be studied like we do with these video formats. We used to see them at the movie theatre in 35mm or on television in 16mm but had no way to study them. High resolution may make some of these older films look pretty creaky. Can too much resolution be a problem? True, no video format can surpass the information on a single frame of motion picture film. But with video they sure can be studied now without the use of an expensive flatbed editor!!!

As someone else mentioned, the resolution of film is higher than HD. Those special effects look just as obviously bad on a film screen. The only difference is you can't pause it, but that won't stop you from seeing matte lines or anything like that.

It's just another option brought about by new technology. Some people find value in looking closely and repetitively at parts of movies, and some don't. Do what you want.

That's true that the imperfections were always there on film prints to begin with. We just did not have the ability to analyze it. It is indeed a remarkable technology. It must make some filmmakers cringe though when they know that their special effects were not up to par and can be picked apart. More continuity errors as well.

People were picking apart continuity errors and technical slips long before DVD.

Yes, there have always been obsessives to nitpick but now with new technology the numbers have increased and it's easier for the masses.