Originally posted by: Doctor M
Can someone clear something up for me? Are laserdisc masters a film source or some sort of analog magnetic tape? If it's still on film, can't they scan it at a higher resolution and digitally resize it to anamorphic like the rest of us do? In the case of these masters, they are digital video tape. If film were being used, it would certainly be scanned at a higher resolution and the DVD would be anamorphic rather than letterboxed (if wishes were horses).
I'm sure the quality will be acceptably watchable for SD television owners. However, "Acceptable for SD" is not what DVD is designed for.
DVD is an SD format, so I'm pretty sure that's what it was designed for. Can someone clear something up for me? Are laserdisc masters a film source or some sort of analog magnetic tape? If it's still on film, can't they scan it at a higher resolution and digitally resize it to anamorphic like the rest of us do? In the case of these masters, they are digital video tape. If film were being used, it would certainly be scanned at a higher resolution and the DVD would be anamorphic rather than letterboxed (if wishes were horses).
Originally posted by: boba feta
And what of the DVNR? Will it be as bad as what's in evidence on the Laserdiscs?
This is what concerns me. It all depends whether the DVNR was applied during telecine or at a subsequent mastering stage. Either is possible. We have to hope for the latter.Originally posted by: zombie84And what of the DVNR? Will it be as bad as what's in evidence on the Laserdiscs?
I'm sure the quality will be acceptably watchable for SD television owners. However, "Acceptable for SD" is not what DVD is designed for.