Fw: [SHADO] Sylvia Anderson not in HD

Excuse my ignorance but where did you see UFO in HD? Surely the Carlton boxed sets aren't HD are they?

All the best,

BRIAN



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First time ever that I have seen UFO in HD.

Well if the Blu-rays look anything like that,and they should look even better one presumes..count me in.

With the forthcoming UFO movie I would have thought a Blu-ray release was inevitable.

Mark UK

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> Excuse my ignorance but where did you see UFO in HD? Surely the Carlton
> boxed sets aren't HD are they?

The clip from MINDBENDER I linked to the other day was in high-def
(720p). It was taken from an American high-def broadcast of all
26 UFO episodes.

The quality isn't consistent in these HD transfers... the DVDs were
more consistent. Also, I originally encoded that clip as an example
of how the extreme close-up scenes look when cropped. The clip,
for those of you who missed it the first time, can be downloaded
from here (requires Windows Media Player or something that can
play .WMV files):

http://ufoseries.com/hdtv/sheep.wmv

Marc

My DVD player upscales DVDs to 1080p, so does this mean the resolutionis HD when shown on a compatible TV? Technology confuses me!!!

All The Best,

BRIAN



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From: Marc Martin <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Mon, 29 March, 2010 15:59:26
Subject: Re: Fw: [SHADO] Sylvia Anderson not in HD

 
> Excuse my ignorance but where did you see UFO in HD? Surely the Carlton
> boxed sets aren't HD are they?

The clip from MINDBENDER I linked to the other day was in high-def
(720p). It was taken from an American high-def broadcast of all
26 UFO episodes.

The quality isn't consistent in these HD transfers... the DVDs were
more consistent. Also, I originally encoded that clip as an example
of how the extreme close-up scenes look when cropped. The clip,
for those of you who missed it the first time, can be downloaded
from here (requires Windows Media Player or something that can
play .WMV files):

http://ufoseries. com/hdtv/ sheep.wmv

Marc

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> My DVD player upscales DVDs to 1080p, so does this mean the resolution is
> HD when shown on a compatible TV? Technology confuses me!!!

Well, to truly be "high definition", the resolution needs to be high-def
to start with. Upscaling DVD resolution to HDTV resolution doesn't
make it HDTV. HDTV typically means a resolution of 720 x 1280
or 1080 x 1980 pixels. DVD is only 576 x 720 (PAL) or 480 x 720 (NTSC).

One can view an HDTV (720x1280) version of the UFO opening sequence on
this page (again, this requires software that can play a .WMV file):

http://ufoseries.com/hdtv/

Marc

On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:06:42 +0000 (GMT)
Brian Serridge <[hidden email]> wrote:

> My DVD player upscales DVDs to 1080p, so does this mean the
> resolution is HD when shown on a compatible TV? Technology
> confuses me!!!

No. The upscaler will only smooth it out a bit. I find that my own
upscaling DVD hardly makes a difference.

I find that using a HDMI cable between my DVD player and TV switched to 1080p improves the sound and picture quality considerably compared to SCART. Ihardly ever use SCART these days - there's just no comparison with HDMI.

All The Best,

BRIAN



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Sent: Tue, 30 March, 2010 12:42:05
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:06:42 +0000 (GMT)
Brian Serridge <brianserridge@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote:

> My DVD player upscales DVDs to 1080p, so does this mean the
> resolution is HD when shown on a compatible TV? Technology
> confuses me!!!

No. The upscaler will only smooth it out a bit. I find that my own
upscaling DVD hardly makes a difference.





     

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