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williamwright

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Dec 23, 2021, 11:35:40 AM12/23/21
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I was going to watch this, but it's a very poor picture, even in HD.
It's getting on my nerves. Why don't they show these old films in proper HD?

Bill

Brian Gaff (Sofa)

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Dec 24, 2021, 4:20:06 AM12/24/21
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Maybe its the only copy they have and hd crap will look worse than sd crap?

This used to be a little hobby horse of Bob Monkhouse when he was looking
for films to preserve with his company. So many copies of copies of... etc
that were really not worth preserving.
Brian

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Dec 24, 2021, 6:47:21 AM12/24/21
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> I was going to watch this, but it's a very poor picture, even in HD. It's
> getting on my nerves. Why don't they show these old films in proper HD?

Maybe they are still using a copy of the film that was transferred on old
equipment in SD, which is then upscaled to HD. Modern telecine can make a
tremendous difference in resolving shadow and highlight detail and avoiding
PAL artefacts, jitter and noise. I've seen it with remastered versions of TV
programmes (16 mm film) such as The Sweeney.

Brian Gaff (Sofa)

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Dec 27, 2021, 2:55:31 AM12/27/21
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When I first read the name it sounded like some dodgy tele marketing outfit.
Brian

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Mark Carver

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Dec 27, 2021, 4:51:40 AM12/27/21
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I noticed both C4 and C5 had gone to the trouble to obtain (or perhaps
get mastered themselves ?) decent HD transfers of White Christmas, and
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Brian Gaff (Sofa)

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Dec 28, 2021, 5:24:02 AM12/28/21
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Chitty Chitty bang bang should be OK It was made with stereo sound, so the
actual film quality was good I remember it from my youf.
Brian

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Max Demian

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Dec 28, 2021, 6:59:40 AM12/28/21
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On 28/12/2021 10:23, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:

> Chitty Chitty bang bang should be OK It was made with stereo sound, so the
> actual film quality was good I remember it from my youf.

I never thought that the flying car effects were at all convincing.

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Jeff Gaines

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Dec 28, 2021, 7:22:07 AM12/28/21
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But better than the cockney accent :-)

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