Will old TV shows eventually make it to HD?
11-12-07, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ScissorPuppy
Another question, Isn't NSTC 525 lines of resoultion?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC#Li...d_refresh_rate
NTSC DVD provides exactly 480 lines of actual picture:
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#3.4.1
11-12-07, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by CaptainRon
Seinfeld won't be on HD any time soon. Believe me.
Originally Posted by CaptainRon
Ok I'll bite, even if it does it won't be for a really really really long time. However, I will say that i THINK Sopranos will be be in a complete series HD around the same time that the complete series comes out on SD.
Doesn't anyone appreciate the fact that the way a show was filmed originally allows it to keep some of it's character?
Doesn't anyone appreciate the fact that the way a show was filmed originally allows it to keep some of it's character?
As far as the Complete Sopranos goes, it wouldn't surprise me if they waited to release the individual seasons first, considering how high the price tag for a Complete Series release on HD-DVD or Blu-Ray would be.
11-12-07, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468
As far as the Complete Sopranos goes, it wouldn't surprise me if they waited to release the individual seasons first, considering how high the price tag for a Complete Series release on HD-DVD or Blu-Ray would be.
11-12-07, 11:15 PM
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Would be cool to get the complete series in HD and also get one or two discs with the complete series in SD. So for $ridiculous you get the HD and also the ease of having 100 episodes (or whatever) on one disc.
11-13-07, 08:10 AM
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Yeah, i like the idea of having less discs... it would be cool if the complete series is on few discs instead of like 20-40 
Well, for one thing, less space and the other is, you don't have to get up and change disc often (well, if you have those 5-disc player thing, i guess it's okay).
Well, for one thing, less space and the other is, you don't have to get up and change disc often (well, if you have those 5-disc player thing, i guess it's okay).
11-13-07, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ScissorPuppy
I am aware of the original resolution being what it is and unchangable. I was thinking along the lines of what superbit claimed to be. I just figured with alot more space, a better almost "master" transfer could be given to older shows.
here could theoretically be less compression, but we have seen that is is the quality of the compression codec used coupled with the skill of the person managing the compression that results in a good looking transfer.
Superbit, in theory, is just a less compressed transfer. But we have seen that that does not always translate into a better image, even in the case of Superbit releases.
11-13-07, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
Yeah, i like the idea of having less discs... Well, for one thing, less space and the other is, you don't have to get up and change disc often.
11-14-07, 01:12 PM
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you're right and wrong Jay G... it's not about being lazy for some... for me, packing all episodes on few discs means easiness of searching for a particular episode or a particular scene. If you got one those photographic memory brain, then i don't think it's a problem for you. However, i don't remember all of the episode titles and having one season on fewer discs, it really helps...
11-14-07, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Ocelot
you're right and wrong Jay G... it's not about being lazy for some... for me, packing all episodes on few discs means easiness of searching for a particular episode or a particular scene.
Last edited by Jay G.; 11-14-07 at 09:05 PM.
11-15-07, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by CaptainRon
Ummmm yes he was...
Secondly, find me any [i]non[i/]-fictional character that says that they prefer LPs because of the pops, scratches and hisses.
Finally, as I mentioned in the first post, the pops and hisses are side-effects of the medium, not features. They don't appear in the original masters for the work replicated on vinyl, and in most cases every attempt is made to reduce the introduction and audio reproduction of these audio artifacts. It's just like with film: every attempt is made to keep dirt and scratches off of the film in the first place, and extensive restoration projects are undertaken to remove what scratches and dirt do inevitably end up on the film.
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramoph...d#LP_versus_CD
vinyl records were still prized by audiophiles because of better reproduction of analog recordings; however, the drawback was greater sensitivity to scratches and dust....
