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Originally Posted by Roy Batty
Of course, to translate the look and sound of cinema to our screens at home may require some tinkering, because we are talking about quite different technologies here, and that's ok. For example, keeping all the grain from the film print visible on the digital transfer may not be the best idea, because grain is way more apparent on CRT and LCD light-emitting screens than on a theatre's light-reflecting screen, and size and viewing distance are a factor, too. So some grain removal is ok to really offer a watching experience as close as possible to the best film presentation.
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Well then we agree 100% then - this is all I have been saying all along.
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Originally Posted by Roy Batty
But grain scrubbing to the extent shown on this release is way beyond that, transforming the movie image into something else entirely, a waxy, digitized, ugly travesty.
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Well, I just don't see it.
This week I watched the most incredibly beautiful version I have ever seen of one of my absolute favorite films of all time.
The picture from my Predator Blu-ray simply does not look like these screenshots being posted by the Anti-DNR extremists. They really look like the tint, color, sharpness, et all, was all tweaked with to get those horrible shots.
Maybe it is my tiny 37" screen
Maybe I have my HDTV 100% perfectly calibrated
or maybe it is just my untrained, ignorant eyes not knowing any better
if that is the case, then ignorance is indeed bliss.