Ziz said:

Gaffer Tape said:

Ziz said:

Are you sure, five? To me, it's all relative. Maybe the HD broadcasts used some other digital processing to counteract the DNR that was native to the film as it arrived to them. Without knowing both sides of the story it's hard to say who's at fault.

It doesn't really work that way. If they received a copy that was DNR'd, they (networks) can't just add detail back where detail was lost. They would have to have access to a copy that was intact.

Why not? Ever hear of a "Sharpen" filter?

Sharpen is still just interpolating data, not undoing alterations. For example, with C3PX's new, um, rabbi avatar. Say I copied that image for my own use. There's nothing I could do to truly remove that drawn on beard and yamuke. It's an inherent part of the image I own. If C3PX has his original avatar, then he's good. And I could figure out some trickery in image programs to make the avatar look similar to its original configuration, but I couldn't truly get it back to normal. Same thing in this scenario.