HD movies compared to HD demos - Blu-ray Forum

bimbamboom · 04-04-2007, 02:36 PM

Have you ever noticed that HD movies, such as Pirates of the Carribean, are not nearly as clear and sharp as the HD demos they show to promote HD TV's. I witnessed this first hand at a Future Shop location. The salesperson told me it was because the demo was shot with a HD digital camera, where as the movie was shot with a conventional 35mm film camera. Any thoughts on this? Does this mean that to get true HD movies, producers need to start filming using HD digital cameras? If that's true, then it will be quite some time before we get true HD movies, since movie producers will continue to use 35mm film cameras.

Solar Driftwood · 04-04-2007, 02:51 PM

35mm film is - and always has been - a high definition format. There's little to choose between modern 35mm stock and HD VT pictures, in quality terms at least.

akadkins · 04-04-2007, 03:21 PM

Sort of on the same thread - are any movies still done in 70mm? I used to go to special showings in Dallas all the time - but it seems like 10 years since I've seen anything like this offered at a movie theater.

04-04-2007, 02:36 PM	#1
bimbamboom Junior Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Canada	HD movies compared to HD demos Have you ever noticed that HD movies, such as Pirates of the Carribean, are not nearly as clear and sharp as the HD demos they show to promote HD TV's. I witnessed this first hand at a Future Shop location. The salesperson told me it was because the demo was shot with a HD digital camera, where as the movie was shot with a conventional 35mm film camera. Any thoughts on this? Does this mean that to get true HD movies, producers need to start filming using HD digital cameras? If that's true, then it will be quite some time before we get true HD movies, since movie producers will continue to use 35mm film cameras.

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04-04-2007, 02:51 PM	#2
Solar Driftwood Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Middlesex	35mm film is - and always has been - a high definition format. There's little to choose between modern 35mm stock and HD VT pictures, in quality terms at least.

04-04-2007, 03:21 PM	#3
akadkins Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:San Diego, CA Blu-ray collection:2 Trading Score:2	Sort of on the same thread - are any movies still done in 70mm? I used to go to special showings in Dallas all the time - but it seems like 10 years since I've seen anything like this offered at a movie theater.

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