Posted by Jer on 12/22/21 12:01

Alan F wrote:
> Jer wrote:
>> ChairmanOfTheBored wrote:
>>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:55:21 GMT, in Technicolor® <cinerama@verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I recently saw in HD Alfred Hitchcock's TROUBLE WITH HARRY which was
>>>> filmed in 8 perf VistaVision. It is just drop dead goregous and
>>>> could have been filmed yesterday.
>>>>
>>>> The 40's was the heyday of Black and White and material from that
>>>> area transfers nicely to HD as well.
>>>>
>>>> Morgan
>>>
>>> I don't see it available anywhere in HD.
>>>
>>> It is a favorite of mine, and Hitchcock's only comedy. I would want
>>> that in a HD format.
>>
>> Musta been viewed as upconverted, I don't see it in any HD library.
>
> The Trouble With Harry recently aired on the HDNet Movie channel as
> part of a Hitchcock movie theme month or months. HDNet Movies aired
> about 10 Hitchcock movies all in HD and in OAR. Rear Window showed some
> signs of age with some not quite pristine shots, but it was an early
> widescreen movie from 1954. But that is quibbling as it generally looked
> very good. Vertigo, Psycho and the Birds looked excellent in HD.
>
> Many more movies have been remastered in HD than have been released on
> Blu-ray or HD-DVD. And old TV shows for that matter. Catalog sales have
> been poor for the two formats, so the studios are obviously waiting for
> the total HD media market to grow before spending the money to package a
> lot of catalog titles. Meanwhile, a number of the older titles show up
> on HDNet Movies and other HD movie channels.
>
> Alan F
>
>

Okay, the studios have already done their 2K or 4K scans, and the only
thing left (for us) is a DVD release. In the meantime, they use the new
HD flavor for cable/sat distributions. Makes cents.

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jer
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