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In Reply to: Re: That may be true, but... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 28, 2006 at 18:13:20:
As to your point that HD is attempting to create a replica of a replica ...I think this is spurious. If you were viewing a Rembrandt with standard television, as opposed to HD, would you say the same thing? The HD image gives you more information, a closer encounter with the original, a more satisfying and convincing experience.
I have a reasonably expensive audio set-up. But I don't find it necessary to my highuse -end playback system to watch a movie. I am much more satisfied by the extra visual information I get from an HD monitor, which at times seems to be a window frame around a real picture. I don't see how you can possibliy argue against that from a cinematic perspective. (This is not to say that the sound isn't ALSO important, but, to digress, I find the way sound is used in modern movie houses to be highly artificial and objectionable, drawing attention to itself rather than working in concert with the visuals to create a coherent theatrical experience.)
Though cinema is essentially a "replica" as you put it (how could it be otherwise?) it's aim is to create the illusion of reality, a belief that what you see before you is what's really happening. When you are looking a John Wayne, your apperception is NOT that you are looking at a replica of John Wayne, but that you are, in fact, looking at the actual John Wayne. The ability of a film to make you FORGET that you are encountering a mere replica is the very essence of the cinematic experience. And high-def enhances this ability considerably.
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But that's OK, we are just discussing.Say... in literature... how important is the paper it is printed on?
I mean... do you get more "information" when War and Peace is printed on a fine stock?
Where does one stop? I really dunno...
No more information, but more pleasure....
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And I would add that the "home theater" experience is not necessarily an approximation of the real "movie theater" experience at all. It can be technically superior. I'm sure most of us have have attended theatrical screenings that have been less than satisfying... a movie that you love presented poorly. Bad projection, spotty print, crappy sound. Having the ability to "screen" films in your own "theater" lets you become the projectionist, sound engineer, etc. You can take it as far as you want to go. THAT's the difference... and what makes BluHD-super-ray-DVD so enticing!Cheers
This is a serious question. With the players expected to sell in the $500-$800 range, at which point are you buying it? When the number of titles gets to 10? 100? 1000?I know in audiophile terms $800 is a pocket change, but still...
But I will wait until some of this format-battle nonsense is over. My money's on Blu-Ray, but I'm not going "all in" just yet. When DVD arrived, I waited until the second generation players hit the shelves. I suspect I'll do the same with the new format. I speculate that by this time next year, one of the formats will dominate, and there will be plenty of titles available (some of which I might want to actually own!). I now own around 100 DVDs, and there's at least a couple hundred more that I'd like to own... I won't be "repurchasing" any of the titles that I currently have, but if they get a good rollout going with the new format, I'm in!Cheers
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