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In Reply to: ...and all that totally irrelevant HD jazz... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 28, 2006 at 13:31:48:
If you're happy the the visual equivalent of a happy meal to watch your movies, more power to you.I agree that hi-def programming is wanting, but every now and then, it comes though -- Scarface, Dr. Strangelove, The Matrix, Blood Simple, Fargo, and Spiderman are just a few that I've caught on my local cable hi-def tier. I've got a native 1080p monitor, and most of the films come though in 1080i, which looks GREAT.
Of course, the problem is going to be migrating the software over to the newer broadcast format. Expect a lot of Fifth Element-, Terminator-type fodder at first. But, noteworthy films will follow, though probably not in numbers that are likely to satisfy most on this forum.
It may never amount to a feast fit for a king, but any break from the pictorially compressed, truncated visual grunge we are forced to to consume in order to sate of cinematic appetites would be welcome ...
"The following film has been edited. It has been formatted to fit your screen."
The cables companies don't want to surrender bandwidth when they can slice and dice their broadcast spectrum up into 500 pay-per-view channels and digital phone services -- just my theory. So expect more foot-dragging before the hi-def train really gets rolling. Also, the format wars regarding HD-DVD and BLUE RAY are gumming things up in the near-term was well.
Follow Ups:
***If you're happy the the visual equivalent of a happy meal to watch your movies, more power to you.Thank you! I was getting concerned!
But you are as clueless as one can be. When I watch a Bicycle Thief, with all its imperfections, I somehow never feel I am consuming a happy meal.
But then, of course, perhaps I am just not aware... so thank you once again!
I'm not saying that a high-definition picture is the most important aspect of cinema, or even ONE of the most important. Of course, sceenplay, dialogue, direction, and so many other things, would have to be deemed more important. But to insist that picture quality is irrelevant to the cinematic experience is just plain silly.Visual realism, the verisimilitude of the cinema to real experience, to absolutely essential to its power. Anything that advances this cause HAS to be worthwhile.
By the way, do you wear glasses? I would think not -- even if you needed them.
***But to insist that picture quality is irrelevant to the cinematic experience is just plain silly.I, of course, said nothing of a sort. What I said was that I would not lament one bit the fact that the already great picture we get today will not make another small leap.
As far as my glasses... hell if I know why it is mentioned here, but of course you are wrong - I wear them when I need it, reading and working on computer.
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