No Country: SD to HD Upgrade Value?

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Originally Posted by Joe Cain

As for traditional hand-drawn Disney animation---well, that argument will be put to bed with Sleeping Beauty this fall.

It can be put to bed right now - the HD DVD of Adventures of Robin Hood includes a couple Merrie Melodies classic cartoons in hidef. Katnip Kollege is a revelation.

From a site review:

The Merrie Melodie Katnip Kollege, as well as the Looney Tunes Rabbit Hood and Robin Hood Daffy are compressed with VC1 and presented in HD that looks nearly as good as the feature. The HD allows a crispness of line and a brilliance of color, while still keeping the delicate watercolor backgrounds intact. It's a real pleasure to see these cartoons looking so gorgeous. It makes one hungry for an HD release of the Looney Tunes Golden Collections.