The Digital Bits; "Grain is supposed to be there!"

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Originally Posted by binarymelon

Misleading title. Grain is not supposed to be there. It's the result of an imperfect medium. Should it be removed after the fact? No, but it should also not be added because of 'artistic vision'. Fear of progress never got anyone anywhere.

If people want the grain removed, then they should demand the setting on their player/TV to remove it.

The problem is that some people are demanding their personal preferance be imposed on everyone. They don't want grain, therefore grain should be removed for the disc. And the bean counters will generally handle that demand by authorizing only a quick and cheap scrub that softens the picture and removes a ton of detail.

And that isn't theoretical. We now have plenty of Warner titles (and even at least one New Line) that exhibit this.