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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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Follow Ups
- Re: That may be true, but... - halfnote 20:13:00 02/28/06 (6)
- Thanks for missing the point entirely - Victor Khomenko 05:57:35 03/01/06 (1)
- Re: Thanks for missing the point entirely - patrickU 07:49:36 03/01/06 (0)
- Well said. (nt) - Jack G 05:15:33 03/01/06 (0)
- I agree... - SF tech 20:48:27 02/28/06 (2)
- When are you buying? - Victor Khomenko 06:18:19 03/01/06 (1)
- Already have my eye on the Pioneer Blu-Ray player... - SF tech 09:27:47 03/01/06 (0)
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