"Club Penton" - Ask questions to Hollywood insider "Penton-Man"

[Penton-Man]

Now, onto cleaning up my PM box………………………..

[Penton-Man]

Peter THX/Rob Tomlin………………
To put it in terms of pixels (which everyone here except for Deci appears more familiar with) rather than line pair per mm -

Cinematographers believe that excellent 35mm anamorphic capture is sort of analogous to 4K resolution whereas excellent Super-35/1.85 is similar to about 3k. I don’t care what film compositors think, as they work with what they are given from lensers.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

Nope. Just a lowly Lotus Exige S!

Then get ready to soon set your Navigational thingee to this ……………..
http://www2.warnerbros.com/wbsf/#/home/

And open your wallet to donate to a worthy cause!

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Then get ready to soon set your Navigational thingee to this ……………..
http://www2.warnerbros.com/wbsf/#/home/

And open your wallet to donate to a worthy cause!

So, the extremely cool once in a lifetime experience is a trip to WB studios?

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

What's more, tomorrow at Noon (Pacific) we'll be announcing the first of several fundraising events for Paul here in the L.A. area. What we're announcing tomorrow is EXTREMELY cool - a once-in-a-lifetime experience that will be of interest to almost any movie fan.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by JasonR

So, the extremely cool once in a lifetime experience is a trip to WB studios?

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

Wait for the announcement from Bill.

[Penton-Man]

I received a PM from a new member asking what I meant to by “aliasing artifacts” in regards to one of the cameras used for Crank alluded to a couple pages back.

Basically aliasing artifacts are undesirable artifacts produced by image detail exceeding the sampling frequencies used (in this case the Canon XL2, listed in the imdb technical specs on Crank). They essentially fit into two categories ………………

1. Raster Scan aliasing – an irregular effect on fine horizontal lines, or the jagged edges produced by oblique or curved lines.
2. Temporal aliasing – when it appears during a motion picture that the spokes of a wheel are rotating backwards.

I was referring to #1 in regards to my prior post on the matter.

[Penton-Man]

I received a PM from a new member (female ) asking …….”Who is Maya” after I posted this on the “grain” thread ………………


https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=361

Wicky/Jeff/Deci ?, computer "support" needed on pic.
Later folks.

[Objectivity]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

That is not the case, which is why it would be a tough sell to do what you ask.

You bolded "a lot" in the message to responded to.

Does that mean it could be "a little" better at a higher bit rate? In my mind I'm picturing an "S-curve" with a horizontal scale of bit rate and a vertical scale of quality where the top arc at the left is almost horizontal.

The questions then become:
a) Why not make an improvement, even minimal, if the space is available?
b) Is the time/cost necessary to make that improvement not worth the effort?

This raises another question for me. Is it possible to determine the amount of space remaining after the audio, menus and extras are finalized and set the encoder to "best possible encode to fill remaining space?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Objectivity

You bolded "a lot" in the message to responded to.

Does that mean it could be "a little" better at a higher bit rate? In my mind I'm picturing an "S-curve" with a horizontal scale of bit rate and a vertical scale of quality where the top arc at the left is almost horizontal.

The questions then become:
a) Why not make an improvement, even minimal, if the space is available?
b) Is the time/cost necessary to make that improvement not worth the effort?

This raises another question for me. Is it possible to determine the amount of space remaining after the audio, menus and extras are finalized and set the encoder to "best possible encode to fill remaining space?

Ask 2themax, as he does this stuff daily ……………..
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=34986

Gotta run.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by patrick99

Penton, is there any chance that this campaign might be broadened to encourage studios to use bitrates that actually take advantage of the BD bandwidth spec, as opposed to using "good enough" bitrates in the low 20's? Disney's National Treasure 2 is a recent example of this unfortunate trend. While it looks good, I have a suspicion that it "could have" looked a lot better with higher bitrates. I also have a suspicion that this practice is really motivated by a desire to leave room for a PQ improvement with "superbit" editions down the road a bit.

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

That is not the case, which is why it would be a tough sell to do what you ask.

Agreed Penton, National Treasure: Book of Secrets (not sure when they added the "2") looked *exactly* as it did when I saw it digitally projected theatrically. The Blu-ray represents the original photography.

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Peter THX/Rob Tomlin………………
To put it in terms of pixels (which everyone here except for Deci appears more familiar with) rather than line pair per mm -

Cinematographers believe that excellent 35mm anamorphic capture is sort of analogous to 4K resolution whereas excellent Super-35/1.85 is similar to about 3k. I don’t care what film compositors think, as they work with what they are given from lensers.

On that, National Treasure films are Super35.

[Ben]

***UPDATE ON PAUL'S BRAIN TRUST*** Please follow this link for information on attending a once-in-a-lifetime screening of Blade Runner WITH Ridley Scott!

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

That is not the case, which is why it would be a tough sell to do what you ask.

Thanks for the response, Penton. Should I understand that to mean that one reason for the resistance would be to be able to use the disc space for other things (extras, multiple audio tracks)?

[Rob Tomlin]

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[savage1984]

I'm going with cupholders for drinks, Rob for $200.

[SuprSlow]

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

Nope. Just a lowly Lotus Exige S!

Well, between all the lavish home theaters, the Hollywood-insider special events, freebie-tickets, and now Rob's ride, I've become much too envious of many of the posters here.

Nice wheels, Mr. Tomlin. Well done

[darkpoet25]

Originally Posted by Ben

***UPDATE ON PAUL'S BRAIN TRUST*** Please follow this link for information on attending a once-in-a-lifetime screening of Blade Runner WITH Ridley Scott!

[Rob Tomlin]

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[aesthenopia]

Originally Posted by Eternal_Sunshine

I'm glad I've read your posts as I was planning to buy a Sony S550 player when they become available. As long as the upgrade path is so needlessly Microsoft-centric, I absolutely won't. Maybe I'll get another PS3 instead, or maybe a Panasonic BD50.

I know that it is small consolation but you can follow the link halfway down this page and Sony will mail you a free DVD with the update (they say 7-10 days).

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...d=3518&os_id=7

[CAB]

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

We have a winnah!

I wanted to pull my hair out and scream STOP!

None of that will happen at The Samuel Goldwyn Theater!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAZj9YAU_8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUqLWTQCeHM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IDS_aOa5Vw

It's the only place I go to enjoy a movie anymore. Their policy is no kids after 6pm. Fantastic beer selection and the downtown location even has a liquor license. And they do kick people out.

[Penton-Man]

From a screening at the Academy last year………………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PRGCi3ayRk

( ^ read the “more info” section on the right side of the page)