Dave James Posted December 1, 2008 Report Posted December 1, 2008 I noticed that a couple of my all time favorite movies, Casablanca and The Day The Earth Stood Still, will be released in Blu-Ray this week. Does anyone understand how a black and white movie is enhanced by this technology? Up over and out. Quote
Van Basten II Posted December 1, 2008 Report Posted December 1, 2008 http://frankfamilyfacts.blogspot.com/2008/...e-all-over.html Quote
BruceH Posted December 1, 2008 Report Posted December 1, 2008 I noticed that a couple of my all time favorite movies, Casablanca and The Day The Earth Stood Still, will be released in Blu-Ray this week. Does anyone understand how a black and white movie is enhanced by this technology? Up over and out. Not sure, but the movie companies' profit margins are enhanced. Quote
king ubu Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 ah well, I thought this was another thread about the kind of blue anniversary edition... will blu-ray be a thing we'll have to deal with at all? some of the large stores seem to carry them by now, but no one I know ever even mentioned that format with regard to watching films at home... Quote
Dave James Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Posted December 2, 2008 Blu-Ray is the creme de la creme of DVD reproduction, at least for the time being. I just bought a Sony Playstation because of its reputation as the best Blu-Ray player available. With regard to my original question, maybe the answer is buy one in B&W and see for yourself. Up over and out. Quote
BERIGAN Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 I noticed that a couple of my all time favorite movies, Casablanca and The Day The Earth Stood Still, will be released in Blu-Ray this week. Does anyone understand how a black and white movie is enhanced by this technology? Up over and out. Not sure, but the movie companies' profit margins are enhanced. I am in the camp of who cares, at least right now....it just means companies can re-release the same old titles again and again...but, from what I am reading, it really makes a big difference with older films B&W and otherwise... http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/bar...index.html#high Quote
BERIGAN Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 A threadon the Turner classic movie forum on the subject....(Still looking for a thread there that showed a site comparing An American in Paris Blu Ray vs. Standard, and it was quite striking) http://forums.tcm.com/jive/tcm/thread.jspa...81&tstart=0 Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 Anything released on Blu-Ray is going to look better than it's DVD counterpart since the resolution is so much greater. It's like listening to an mp3 vs. listening to the original 2" master tapes. Quote
AllenLowe Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 actually, once it's remastered, it's considered to be black and blue - Quote
RDK Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 Anything released on Blu-Ray is going to look better than it's DVD counterpart since the resolution is so much greater. It's like listening to an mp3 vs. listening to the original 2" master tapes. Yes indeed. And the difference is all the more apparent on the bigger plasma/LCD/DLP HD sets. I wouldn't bother with Blu-Ray yet unless I had an HDTV. Or put another way, it's like going from VHS to DVD - I think most of us would agree that it's a better picture whether the source is B&W or color. Quote
jazzbo Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 Anything released on Blu-Ray is going to look better than it's DVD counterpart since the resolution is so much greater. It's like listening to an mp3 vs. listening to the original 2" master tapes. Yes indeed. And the difference is all the more apparent on the bigger plasma/LCD/DLP HD sets. I wouldn't bother with Blu-Ray yet unless I had an HDTV. Or put another way, it's like going from VHS to DVD - I think most of us would agree that it's a better picture whether the source is B&W or color. What they said. Blu-Ray is here to stay I believe and it's quite a stunning format. I have the former flagship Sony machine in my living-room and a cheaper player in my bedroom. There are some truly stunning transfers to watch. . . The Shining is exceptional on Blu-Ray for example. I'm looking forward to black and white releases, looking forward to Sin City for example. Whenever I've been able to compare a dvd to a Blu-Ray of the same material, the Blu-Ray clearly is an improvement. Quote
BruceH Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 One good thing I just heard: you will be able to play regular old DVD's on your Blu-Ray player. (Though of course not Blu-Rays on your old DVD-player.) The Blu-Ray players are "down-tech" compatible, IOW. That's nice, since there's no damn way I'm ever upgrading all my old DVD's. Not in THIS lifetime. Quote
ejp626 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Posted December 2, 2008 One good thing I just heard: you will be able to play regular old DVD's on your Blu-Ray player. (Though of course not Blu-Rays on your old DVD-player.) The Blu-Ray players are "down-tech" compatible, IOW. That's nice, since there's no damn way I'm ever upgrading all my old DVD's. Not in THIS lifetime. I imagine they'll be a lot more locked down in terms of regional coding. While I don't have a lot, I probably have 20 or so DVDs that are region 2 or 3. So I'll be hanging onto my DVD player for the immediate future. Fortunately, it is an external model that should fit into most systems. I don't have any burning desire to get a Blu-Ray (nor do I have a TV that would justify Blu-Ray), but maybe someday down the line I'll do it (maybe if Playtime was remastered into something closer to 70 mm). Quote
BruceH Posted December 3, 2008 Report Posted December 3, 2008 One good thing I just heard: you will be able to play regular old DVD's on your Blu-Ray player. (Though of course not Blu-Rays on your old DVD-player.) The Blu-Ray players are "down-tech" compatible, IOW. That's nice, since there's no damn way I'm ever upgrading all my old DVD's. Not in THIS lifetime. I imagine they'll be a lot more locked down in terms of regional coding. While I don't have a lot, I probably have 20 or so DVDs that are region 2 or 3. So I'll be hanging onto my DVD player for the immediate future. Fortunately, it is an external model that should fit into most systems. I don't have any burning desire to get a Blu-Ray (nor do I have a TV that would justify Blu-Ray), but maybe someday down the line I'll do it (maybe if Playtime was remastered into something closer to 70 mm). Same here. I don't have a TV that would justify Blu-Ray either. But as you say, if they remastered Playtime into something approaching 70mm, indeed, that would be a big incentive! I like the way you think! Quote
jazzbo Posted December 3, 2008 Report Posted December 3, 2008 Blu-Ray players play dvds beautifully. My ES Series Sony machine makes them look better than ever, and plays every disc my dvd players do/did. Quote
king ubu Posted December 3, 2008 Report Posted December 3, 2008 Well, as long as there's theaters... I guess even the most hyper-realistic display quality - it can get too much for my opinion, but that's a topic that's never discussed, it seems... all those high quality big productions, sometimes for my eyes, the resolution or whatever it is just gets too much on the big screen, and it gets cold/dead on the TV - I don't have a flat screen btw ---- anyway, even the most fancy display quality won't beat seing a film on the big screen for me, even if I have to sit through a less than perfect copy. The whole event of taking in a film is just so different. Quote
BruceH Posted December 3, 2008 Report Posted December 3, 2008 ---- anyway, even the most fancy display quality won't beat seing a film on the big screen for me, I'm with you 100% on that. Quote
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