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Well, no HD will create a pimple that was not there in original film

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Victor Khomenko

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In Reply to: RE: Are some movies better in B&W and non HD? posted by RedGrant on May 05, 2011 at 10:31:37

You can't get any better than the original theater version, which is good.

A different question is - should the B&W movies be better viewed on a monochrome display - and the answer is of course Yes, but at this point it is academic.

But perhaps there IS a market... however small... for B&W flat panels? :)

P.S. Please... no mentions of Kuro and other stuff like that! They are all color displays.

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Ah, a preemptive strike! "Damnation" is unbelievably contrasted on my... you-know-what. nt - tinear 14:28:50 05/05/11 (6)
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- But that's exactly it... I don't recall the old B&W movies look contrasted - Victor Khomenko 16:11:35 05/05/11 (5)
  If anything, they were all about shades of gray, there was no piercing white, and no black black.
  - You are on to something here - Analog Scott 15:01:10 05/06/11 (0)
    It's not about the actual extremes in contrast as much as the gradations. HD does it in very ugly way which gives an illusion of better contrast. It isn't better, it's exaggerated in a most ugly way. It's is being worked on and it is getting better all the time. This is no secret inside the industry. We have long considered HD and ugly to be synonymous. Thank goodness the problem is being worked on as we move away from film to all digital formats.
  - RE: But that's exactly it... I don't recall the old B&W movies look contrasted - RedGrant 10:53:16 05/06/11 (1)
    "If anything, they were all about shades of gray, there was no piercing white, and no black black."
    
    You remember the chess scene in "Seventh Seal"?
    - Yes... but my memory IS fading... :-) nt - Victor Khomenko 11:48:39 05/06/11 (0)
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  - That's because your memory is fading................. nt - tinear 19:52:46 05/05/11 (1)
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    - What are you talking about? nt - Victor Khomenko 10:09:29 05/06/11 (0)
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RE: Well, no HD will create a pimple that was not there in original film - RedGrant 13:41:12 05/05/11 (0)
You know what, Loewe Aconda had that feature. One can actually switch it original NTSC B&W setting for B&W movies, and yes, it makes it look better, less washed out, more contrast, more shadows.

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