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"I can hardly believe were somehow caught on the 1939 original film"

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In Reply to: RE: Wizard of Oz HD posted by DavidLD on September 28, 2009 at 04:30:40

I can barely remember how this looked when it first came out in 1939.

OK, I wasn't born then, but I did see this in a movie theater a few years ago. I've seen many old movies in movie theaters, although now that home video has killed most of the art houses, I rarely get that opportunity.

I still think film is better than digital. And I like blu-ray a lot. There are theoretical arguments that 35 mm film has higher resolution than the current blu-ray format. Well, blu-ray comes a lot closer than DVD ever did. And you can't beat seeing movies when you want at home.

But I still don't quite see as much as I do on a big screen in a theater.

A very important BR release to me was The Seventh Seal. I've seen this at least once in a theater and several times on DVD. (The Criterion DVD has an excellent commentary track as well.) It greatly benefits from its new high resolution release. I'm sure I'll never play the DVD again.

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"35mm better than digital" not recently - grinagog 19:14:43 10/03/09 (2)
I've attended a couple of photo exhibitions recently where digital cameras were used + I've developed the conclusion that digital camera definition has become so good that only medium format (film) cameras have an edge over digital; and maybe not for much longer
As for digital transfers from film to hard drive, there are so many software tools available for sound + vision that almost anything can be done post-production
Blu Ray looks like it is fulfilling its promise as a DVD replacement format
GW

Edits: 10/05/09
- I can believe what you say however - tunenut 11:33:18 10/05/09 (0)
  I'm sure that the resolution of the digital cameras used in the photos in an exhibition are higher than the blu-ray resolution. That is why I restricted by statement to the blu-ray format. And in terms of post-production, that's all well and good, but it doesn't restore resolution.
- RE: "35mm better than digital" not recently - Wendell Narrod 08:41:07 10/05/09 (0)
  BluRay is excellent but, to my eyes, it still doesn't compare to a quality 35mm print when it comes to the theater experience. Digital still photography has made amazing advances.
  
  -Wendell

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