Collateral DVD on a HDTV

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Funny you mention this now... I just happened to watch Collateral on TMN
(The Movie Network) HD two days ago, and I was amazed at the quality of the
picture... Usually, feature movies have to be converted to HD from film and
that introduces a certain amount of "graininess" that can be noticed by the
keen eye... Very little of that, if any at all, in the Collateral
presentation I'm talking about.

So here's your answer I guess... HD networks can broadcast the movie as it
was originally filmed.


"Spungo" <spungo@spungo.com> wrote in message
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> This movie was filmed 90% in High Def. What exactly was the point?
> Theaters can't take advantage of High Definition, can they? Was it done
> for DVD rentals/sales?
>
> Michael Mann talks a lot about it on the special features section of the
> DVD. Am I correct In assuming that if you play the DVD and have a HDTV,
> the picture will be high definition? Then again, wouldn't you need an
> HD-DVD or Blue Ray DVD? I'm confused.
>

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Yes I liked it... I also own the DVD and it was much better on TMN-HD than
on DVD... although the DVD itself is very well put together.

For HD-DVD we will have to buy new players... can't tell you much about the
release date for HD-DVD products and all that, as I'm no expert. There must
be information on the Internet about it though.


"Spungo" <spungo@spungo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "ZVR" <nospamever@me.net> wrote in message
> news:EZidnZXlktQIMHPfRVn-iQ@rogers.com...
>> Funny you mention this now... I just happened to watch Collateral on TMN
>> (The Movie Network) HD two days ago, and I was amazed at the quality of
>> the picture... Usually, feature movies have to be converted to HD from
>> film and that introduces a certain amount of "graininess" that can be
>> noticed by the keen eye... Very little of that, if any at all, in the
>> Collateral presentation I'm talking about.
>>
>> So here's your answer I guess... HD networks can broadcast the movie as
>> it was originally filmed.
>
> I would love to see that movie in HD. Did you like it? And do you know
> when HD-DVD's will come out? Are people going to have to buy news players?
>

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The deal is that the transfer was done in HiDef and then converted 480i
(your player converts it to 480p, but all DVDs are 480i) for the DVD. many
Theaters do now have digital projectors which have noticeable improvements
in picture quality over "analog" projectors. The HiDef will be used
specifically for HDTV and a further release on HiDef DVD. Movies shot
digitally typically look better, check out 28 Days later and Star Wars:
Episode 3, both of which were shot with 1080p digital cameras.


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"Spungo" <spungo@spungo.com> wrote in message
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> This movie was filmed 90% in High Def. What exactly was the point?
Theaters
> can't take advantage of High Definition, can they? Was it done for DVD
> rentals/sales?
>
> Michael Mann talks a lot about it on the special features section of the
> DVD. Am I correct In assuming that if you play the DVD and have a HDTV,
the
> picture will be high definition? Then again, wouldn't you need an HD-DVD
or
> Blue Ray DVD? I'm confused.
>
>

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"Spungo" <spungo@spungo.com> wrote in message
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> This movie was filmed 90% in High Def. What exactly was the point?
> Theaters can't take advantage of High Definition, can they? Was it done
> for DVD rentals/sales?

What did you think you were seeing in the theaters when you go to a movie???
Standard Definition?? Film is High Definition.

Steve