[Elvira]

I saw an advert on Sky Movies today saying that for the first time ever movies such as The Italian Job are going to be shown in High Definition. I always thought that with HD being a fairly new thing that films were actually filmed in it. So I was just interested to know how they actually change an old film into a HD film.

[Antonio_M_S]

Originally Posted by Elvira

I saw an advert on Sky Movies today saying that for the first time ever movies such as The Italian Job are going to be shown in High Definition. I always thought that with HD being a fairly new thing that films were actually filmed in it. So I was just interested to know how they actually change an old film into a HD film.

Basically, any film in the world can be shown via a Hi-Def media. It doesn't mean that they were shot that way though. Doesn't necessarily mean that they have been upgraded to a Hi-Def print neither.

The easiest way to understand it all is to watch a DVD of your fave film projected on to a big screen and then compare it with a Hi-Def release. As soon as you blow up the DVD you notice so many flaws. Digital flaws. Hi-Def apparently still have digital flaws (although I have never noticed any) but you can't really see them. Hi-Def media looks almost like film.

With the set up I have, I showed a friend who is a Film Director, Superman Returns. He compared it to watching a 70mm print.

So Hi-Def media displays things almost as they should be. If someone actually shoots a film on Hi-Def and then it gets released on Blu-Ray or what not... there isn't much to convert so you aren't losing much of the signal in the transfer so Hi-Def films will always make the better Hi-Def releases.

Man I can be convoluted. I hope you kind of understand what I mean as I don't ;)