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Post #331977

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mcfly89
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Info Wanted: Colorized Classics - is anyone preserving them?
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Date created
30-Sep-2008, 5:27 PM
drfsupercenter said:

Wow, that's really blurry!

You know how digital video has separate channels for chroma and luma? I think it's possible to throw out the chroma channel, but can you scrap the luma and keep the chroma? If so, you could use the crisp, newest B&W DVD as the "luma" base and add the VHS chroma channel to it. A little bit of cropping and BAM! a pristine color transfer. You wouldn't notice that the chroma resolution is lower, since MiniDV, DVD, and HDV also have hi-res luma and low-res chroma channels--and most viewers have no idea. Is this possible?

 

I'm particularly interested in Casablanca, as it's one of my Dad's favorites.