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You're missing a critical point: it isn't just picture quality & format capacity, it's also about content!

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In Reply to: RE: Agreed. A waste. posted by Kal Rubinson on August 10, 2008 at 09:56:42

Sorry Kal, but you and I apparently have widely differing perspectives on this.
For some folks seeing musicians in their prime performing when they were at their creative peak is more important than seeing all the wrinkles, elaborate sets and colored lights, while the once great performers, now on their last legs or virtual walkers, go through the motions. I, for one, could care less about seeing the current Rolling Stones, but I would pay handsomely for an Official Blu-ray release of Ladies and Gentlemen, ...The Rolling Stones, the '72 tour film originally filmed in WS and recorded for quadraphonic theatrical release!
I suppose as we all get older nostalgia becomes preferable to those unpleasant reminders that we aren't kids anymore. IOW, it's more fun reliving the history than watching older folks rock out. Sometimes those older performances, warts and all, have far more visceral appeal (visually & aurally) than all the whiz-bang photographic tricks, razor sharp image and tweaked-out 5.1, 7.1, or 20.1 surround effects.
Does this mean that folks shouldn't have an interest in seeing older footage presented in an HD format simply because it wasn't originally filmed in high-definition or widescreen? I certainly don't think so, as long as some improvement can be derived over standard DVD. Of course, YMMV.
AuPh

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