Posted by Allan on 10/15/05 05:18

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:18:06 -0400, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:

>AZ Nomad (aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:12:26 -0400, Jeff Rife <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >AZ Nomad (aznomad@PmunOgeBOX.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> >> However, IMNSHO HDTV is too little an improvement to dump DVDs or even
>> >> laserdiscs.
>>
>> >Then, you obviously haven't seen any HDTV. I can agree that "dumping" the
>>
>> Or you've never seen a movie.
>
>Well, of course I have. But I don't think either one of us have seen a
>movie in our house that is projected from 35mm film. So, it's a moot
>point.
>
>> On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being a quality film and 1 being NTSC, HDTV is
>> at best a 3. HDTV is great only when compared to NTSC.
>
>Uh, huh. Right. At 1920x1080, it is not that far from the actual visible
>resolution of the film in most movie theaters, and 1920x1080 is a pipe
>dream in a lot of them. Then, too, there are movies that have only about
>2000x1300 resolution in the first place, because that's the resolution
>at which the special effects were done. For movies that get scanned in
>after the final cut for digital color correction, you end up with even
>lower resolution.

Jeff... don't even waste your time with this technical wizard...


"That's the most idiotic statement I've read on usenet this year.

I never would have believed that anybody could be moronic enough to
think that video on demand could exist without a high speed internet
connection, or that anybody would think waiting a full month for to
download a two hour movie would be preferable to a trip to the video
store, or the 3 day wait for netflix."

Nuff said...







"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

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