 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
In Reply to: "...sworn off going to the theaters." posted by clarkjohnsen on October 17, 2001 at 12:37:00:
I only have a Sony TV, so maybe the HDTV crowd will disagree- but there is a huge qualitative difference between the resolution of movie film and any video source I've ever seen. This is not at all subtle or arguable. There are a multitude of visual details on a movie screen that are gone on the video screen. I consider video to be an impoverished experience compared to film, one where most of the information is gone.
Follow Ups:
I only go to theaters for movies that have a visual emphasis like sci-fi, action, horror etc... like Star Wars, Private Ryan, Aliens, etc..Some verbaly oriented films can be seen on home theatre without much loss of impact like Panic, Nurse Betty, Death of a Salesman, Remains of the Day, many others etc...
No doubt about that.HDTV is better, but the pros in the industry say they can always tell the difference between something (like a TV show episode) that's been shot on film vs. been shot on even the best commercial grade video.
And you have raised a good point about the theater vs. HT debate. The sound may be better at home; but the picture definitely isn't -- even if you have a $10,000 projector system.
There is no hard and fast number for pixel resolution of film. For 35 mm film, I have read effective pixel resolution is as high as 5000 by 3760, although I have also read that a projector may put out around 3500 by 2000. Roughly, then the range is about 7 million to 19 million pixels required to capture a 35 mm image.Now HDTV has around 2000 by 1000 pixels. And NTSC video is 720 by 480 pixels. In NTSC, a big chunk of the image is chopped off due to the different aspect angle, but in any case, optimistically, you are left with somewhere under 5% of the information. And HDTV, while quite a bit better, is still missing 3/4 of the visual resolution.
Not to mention that you can see hundreds of movies, maybe thousands, for the price of an HDTV.
Thanks for the info.The difference is bigger than I thought. BTW, when I wrote "HDTV is better" I meant that it was better than NTSC, not better than film. When I re-read the post, I could see how it might be interpreted as saying that HDTV is better than film. Not what I meant to say.
For all the reasons you mention, my "home theater" is a 12 year old 27" NEC TV set (pretty good, actually) and a VCR of approximately the same vintage.
When the TV dies (which will be a while since it doesn't get that much use) I'll have to figure out what to replace it with. Same with the VCR -- or if video rentals move to DVD.
Oh definitely, it is a huge difference. Video and film is too different experiences and to me projected film has far better resolution than any video source.Doug Schneider
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2025, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
