That's not all......

Posted by Michaelson from em12-686.utsi.edu on April 23, 1999 at 09:56:49:

In Reply to: Re: DVD vs conventional video. posted by Abner on April 23, 1999 at 09:43:23:

: Yes, the picture quality is much better than tape even on a regular TV! DVDs are recorded in progressive scan so when you get the right newfangled digital TV and DVD player (or in this case your computer monitor already is progressive scan) in the future you will be able to watch progressive scan home video, which is much more film-like. I have seen DVDs playing through a line-doubler and an HDTV front projector which looked just stunning. It really was almost impossible to tell it wasn't film 10 feet back from the screen. And of course having the widescreen version of a movie is always preferred to crappy Pan&Scan.

: Looking forward to the Indy DVDs,
: Abner

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: : We just got a brand spanking new computer and it has a DVD player in it. I am amazed by the sound and picture quality as opposed to video. I have recently found out something else interesting between the two: in widescreen videos, not ALL of the picture is seen; whereas DVD shows (evidently) the entire picture.

: : Two examples from Armageddon (for those who are willing to either find out or take my word for it): when the oil drillers and the NASA pilots meet, and the shot of the pilots after Truman says "I just thought you guys should meet", Tucker is visible/cut off in DVD/ws video. And when the pictures of the dead drillers are shown at the funeral, Noonan's picture is/is not completely shown on DVD/ws video.

: : Just a little bit of trivia I discovered. Yes, I'm weird.

: : Check six.

: : -Mithrandir-

Just received a "Communications" magazine, April 1999 issue, and it states that there will be several theaters in the US showing the new Star Wars movie in a new digital cinema projection format in a couple of months. George Lucas announced in March at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas that the newest SW movie will take place on 4 screens beginning on June 18th in this new format. It's the start of the CineComm's uplink/downlink encripted motion picture system that will allow theaters to just receive a downlink signal from satellites for worldwide coverage, and then projecting the image through the Hughes-JVC Technology (HJT) digital projector. Digital electronic cinema is just over the horizon. The article goes on to project (pardon the pun) that there could be hundreds, perhaps thousands of these new projectors through the cinema management system within three to five years. This is believed to be the response to the challenge for today's movie theater owners by making the movie going experience a memorable one again, especially in the face of the increased competition from digital and HDTV production. We ain't seen nothing yet! Regards. Michaelson

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: : Yes, the picture quality is much better than tape even on a regular TV!  DVDs are recorded in progressive scan so when you get the right newfangled digital TV and DVD player (or in this case your computer monitor already is progressive scan) in the future you will be able to watch progressive scan home video, which is much more film-like.  I have seen DVDs playing through a line-doubler and an HDTV front projector which looked just stunning.  It really was almost impossible to tell it wasn't film 10 feet back from the screen.  And of course having the widescreen version of a movie is always preferred to crappy Pan&Scan.

: : Looking forward to the Indy DVDs,
: : Abner

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: : : We just got a brand spanking new computer and it has a DVD player in it.  I am amazed by the sound and picture quality as opposed to video.  I have recently found out something else interesting between the two: in widescreen videos, not ALL of the picture is seen; whereas DVD shows (evidently) the entire picture.

: : : Two examples from Armageddon (for those who are willing to either find out or take my word for it): when the oil drillers and the NASA pilots meet, and the shot of the pilots after Truman says "I just thought you guys should meet", Tucker is visible/cut off in DVD/ws video.  And when the pictures of the dead drillers are shown at the funeral, Noonan's picture is/is not completely shown on DVD/ws video.

: : : Just a little bit of trivia I discovered.  Yes, I'm weird.

: : : Check six.

: : : -Mithrandir-

: Just received a "Communications" magazine, April 1999 issue, and it states that there will be several theaters in the US showing the new Star Wars movie in a new digital cinema projection format in a couple of months. George Lucas announced in March at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas that the newest SW movie will take place on 4 screens beginning on June 18th in this new format. It's the start of the CineComm's uplink/downlink encripted motion picture system that will allow theaters to just receive a downlink signal from satellites for worldwide coverage, and then projecting the image through the Hughes-JVC Technology (HJT) digital projector. Digital electronic cinema is just over the horizon. The article goes on to project (pardon the pun) that there could be hundreds, perhaps thousands of these new projectors through the cinema management system within three to five years. This is believed to be the response to the challenge for today's movie theater owners by making the movie going experience a memorable one again, especially in the face of the increased competition from digital and HDTV production.  We ain't seen nothing yet! Regards. Michaelson

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