X0-1138 said:
The reason for working at 1080p is to ensure I never have to worry about re-transferring the laserdiscs at a later date and having to redo all the work once home media devices are capable of streaming and playing 1080p content with ease.
There is one massive disadvantage of upscaling (one that I'm always going on about, I know). Once it's been upscaled, that's it - you can never go back. What if someone invents a better upscaling method? I truly believe it's far, far better to leave video at its original resolution.
Upscaling in playback devices is already quite advanced, and it'll get better - lock it down now, and no-one can ever take advantage of that in the future.
SD video is going to be supported well into the future, so I don't see your logic about not having to redo the work.
DE