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GundarkHunter

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#143834
Topic
Blu-Ray Attacks Microsoft, Microsoft Bites Back
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/143834/action/topic#143834
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Who besides me has actually read the article on Slashdot? Fact is, 50GB Blu-Ray discs are still in the theoretical stage, so @ this point HD-DVD still has the edge in storage space. It also is a lot closer to market, since manufacturing plants only require minor retooling to produce HD-DVDs. That being said, I think that technology companies are in way too much of a hurry to get HD product to market; they should wait until HD is in a greater percentage of North American homes. This would give them the R&D time to perfect and possibly expand storage capacity. I'm in no hurry for HD, and would rather they worked the bugs out than put out 2 formats, one of which may be hobbled by technical problems.
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#143095
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Questions on framerates in film
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/143095/action/topic#143095
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Films have been shot @ 24fps since the beginning of the sound era. It may have had something to do with Vitaphone synce issues, but I think it was that engineers found they got the best sound quality (of the time) at that frame rate.

Video transfers are done in North America according to a 3:2 ratio. That is, one frame is recorded for 3 fields, and the next is recorded for 2, with contiunuing alternation, resulting in a frame rate of 29.97fps with no noticeable flicker. Prior to DVD, this used to result in some goofy-looking artifacts, but they were only visible in slow-motion. You would have fields interlace that weren't supposed to, and the frame would jitter. DVD has a flagging system built in so that progressive scan displays 'drop' the redundant field. Some problem DVDs have crept through the system, but most are true to what I have said. 3:2 pulldown has its quirks, but generally works well, and is infitely preferable to PAL speedup.
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#138807
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Robert Wise R.I.P.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/138807/action/topic#138807
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Actually, on that Roger Clemens bit, I had a really morbid idea: since he performed really well after his mother died, what if there was a group of assassins who went around killing the family members of sports superstars at crucial moments in the season in order to fix the season results? Granted, eventually they'd run out of relatives, but it is a thought.....