Posted by Alan F on 12/22/42 12:01

ChairmanOfTheBored wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:06:24 GMT, Alan F <afiggatt1@xverizonxx.net>
> wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>
> 720... maybe Won't be any better than that from a pipe.
> Many more movies have been remastered in HD than have been released on
>> Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
>
> Yes, and they are only worth putting onto one of those formats. Being
> sent over satellite after who know how much retarded compression and
> degradation of sound quality mean it will be at who know what true
> resolution?

No, HDNet Movies is a full bandwidth 1080i channel. With Verizon
FiosTV, I get the channel as HDNet sends it out. The average data rate
has been measured as 17 to 18 Mb/sec with a peak of 19 Mb/sec. Nothing
"720" about it. Yes, DirecTV down-rezzes and over-compresses HDNet
Movies, but that is because it is on their very compressed MPEG-2
satellite feed. DirecTV will probably move it to or simulcast it on
their new HD satellite when they launch it in the next few months
(assuming it makes it to orbit). But I don't get DirecTV.

>> 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.
>
> I love it when these bent perception dopes come in talking about what
> the studios want or are doing. What you say here is pure speculation.

"bent perception dopes"? Not that much speculation, it is well known
that the studios have been busy remastering many older movies and TV
shows in HD. Doesn't take a genius to figure they eventually plan to
release many of them on disk, although they may go for a pay cable and
paid download run first to maximize their return.

>> Meanwhile, a number of the older titles show up
>> on HDNet Movies and other HD movie channels.
>
> And are not HD after they get through degrading it before it gets sent
> to you.

I'm curious, do you even get HDNet Movies? Yes, the movies will look
better on Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, especially on a quality large 1080p
screen, but 1080i HDNet Movies is HD. Do you even understand the
difference between 1080/60i for a 24 fps film source with 3:2 pulldown
and 1080/24p?

Alan F

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