UFO DVD's

>Not sure HDTV is going to take off - folks have just converted to DVD
>and will think of it as marketing ploy repurcahse the catalogue.

>The Lunadude.


HDTV and HD capable displays are already here and selling (Plasma and LCD)
It is well known that ordinary broadcasts look awful on Plasma and LCD.This is
simply because they are not meant or designed to show those kinds of images.
Hidef is what they are meant for.Watch an ordinary DVD on a Plasma screen properly
connected in progressive scan to see the transformation.The displays in shops are notoriously badly
done.Watch the UFO DVD's on your computer screen and see how much more alive (better textured)
the images become.HD-DVD will have 3-6 times more resolution,with still more to come.
People go to Cinema because the experience is that much better.This is surely connected to image quality.
When ordinary people see what they have been missing, HDTV HD-DVD will almost certainly become the norm.
Whats more ordinary DVD's will play in HD-DVD drives and players and the picture will look better.

Mark UK


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--- In [hidden email], "Mark Davies" <aonq79@d...> wrote:
> >Not sure HDTV is going to take off - folks have just converted to DVD
> >and will think of it as marketing ploy repurcahse the catalogue.
>
> >The Lunadude.
>
>
> HDTV and HD capable displays are already here and selling (Plasma
and LCD)
> It is well known that ordinary broadcasts look awful on Plasma and
LCD.This is
> simply because they are not meant or designed to show those kinds of
images.
> Hidef is what they are meant for.Watch an ordinary DVD on a Plasma
screen properly
> connected in progressive scan to see the transformation.The displays
in shops are notoriously badly
> done.Watch the UFO DVD's on your computer screen and see how much
more alive (better textured)
> the images become.HD-DVD will have 3-6 times more resolution,with
still more to come.
> People go to Cinema because the experience is that much better.This
is surely connected to image quality.
> When ordinary people see what they have been missing, HDTV HD-DVD
will almost certainly become the norm.
> Whats more ordinary DVD's will play in HD-DVD drives and players and
the picture will look better.
>
> Mark UK

Whilst they might be here and selling, there is a huge difference
between that and becoming the predominate format. In the vinyl era
open reel [reel-to-reel] players sonic quality was well in advance of
the that slab of black vinyl. Reel players had a small but veracious
market but the sales never matched that of the record and the
catalogue in comparison to what was available in vinyl was extremely
limited - the same will apply to HDTV.


There are two issues as I see it:

a) Whilst HDTV may be able to get a bit more out of the 35mm originals
- if we are being absolutely honest all it will really do [as the
DVD's did to some extent] is highlight and make more apparent the
limitations of the original production - as Marc pointed out in a
early post.

b) There is also the law of diminishing returns - whilst it may be
possible to improve on the DVD quality quite honestly your average
punter will probably not notice or more importantly not care.

If UFO has been licensed to Network it won't be seen for a while as
they will concentrate on getting out titles were percieved as not
being properly remasterd were noticable improvement can be made.

The Lunadude