2001, Close Encounters, Pirates - Film Grain

[Gremal]

Exactly. The only way to "remove grain", is to create a digital algorithm that goes in and attempts to recognize what is grain vs not grain and changes what it perceives as grain to the same color as surrounding pixels. There is no way this can happen without removing details and thereby decreasing definition in the picture. That may be fine for those who want a scrubbed, humogeneous look, but I want to see the source--or as close to it as I can get--warts 'n all. I also don't want a codewriter's algorithm deciding for me what is grain vs what is legitimate detail in the picture. I'd rather watch the screen and make that determination for myself.

And as for the wisecrack about those who "enjoy cracks and pops" in their vinyl records, that isn't the reason audiophiles prefer vinyl. It has to do with the fact that the signal was never digitized and converted back to analog.