Posted by gaffo on 10/25/05 03:35

Jordan wrote:
> I sat down this week-end and watched Batman Begins and was struck,
> immediately, at how much clearer it looks on DVD at home than it did in
> the theater. I don't have a AAA home theater set-up, but I have a nice
> 51" rear projection 16:9 set and Dolby Digital/DTS 6.1 surround.
>
> I remember thinking when I saw it in the theater that it was a little
> blurry, a little grainy, kind of hard to follow the action. I said to
> myself back then "I wonder what it's going to look like on DVD?"
>
> Turns out it kicks ass on DVD. Has anyone else had this experence? I
> first noticed it back when the Brendan Frasier version of the Mummy
> came out. I used to blame it on the projectionist (or lack of a trained
> one), but now I'm not so sure.
>
> - Jordan
>


I think some of the reels we get have a few weeks of use on them when I
go see the movie. also the equipment used in the strip-mall theaters is
probably inferior to the older higher class bigger theaters of old.

most film is shown from 35 millimeter stock, though I used to see a few
in 72 millimeter in Austin (where they had a good quality theater in the
nothern part of town in the early-90's).

both 35 and 72 "should" look better than any DVD (which is equivalent to
8-millimeter film), but in the real world with scratched/old film non
old projectors, the DVD may indeed look better.


the new DLP-based digital theaters are also lower in rez then their film
equivalents, but they will show a clean picture free of scratches,
unlike film.


I suspect it is the "clean-ness" of the picture and not the detail (or
lack of) that you noticed when you determined that your DVD looked better.




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"I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and
well-placed and so many professional athletes (who were
probably healthier than any of us) managed to wangle
slots in Reserve and National Guard units. Of the many
tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes
me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans
are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country."
--Colin Powell -his autobiography

"I was not prepared to shoot my eardrum out with a shotgun in
order to get a deferment. Nor was I willing to go to Canada".

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