Yes. However, the letters HD by themselves are basically meaningless, and could refer either to HDTV or to HD-DVD. It's worth mentioning that the product you're talking about is being released only on Blu-ray Disk, so the HD here probably refers to the image and not the technology.
It implies that at some point, a High Definition camera was used. Or a High Definition tv that you are viewing through.
No, and kinda. All it actually says is that the image contains a bare minimum of 720 lines of information in each frame. You can watch HD content on a Standard Definition TV, and the player should downsample the image into 480i (240 lines of information per frame). In order to actually WATCH HD, yes...you'll need an HDTV.
But HD implies that it was FILMED on HD equpitment.
Absolutely not. Each of the animation cells drawn by the Disney artists was shot with a 35mm film camera (which was later optically enlarged to 70mm). Each frame of 35mm film negative contains about 6000 lines of information. After printing that to positive film, you've got about 2000 lines left.
VHS film contained about 250 lines. In order to make the DVD release, they had to go back to an early print, or the original negatives, and scan them into a computer at (presumably) the highest available resolution. They then digitally "restored" the film, downsampled it to 400 lines and burned it to DVD.
I have no idea whether they went back to that digital file, or if they went to a brand-new scan for the Blu-ray release, but in even a film positive print of the original, there's plenty of data available per frame for a 1080p viewable resolution.
Don't you think it would have been worth them telling you what form of HD they ment? After all, if it's an HD-DVD, and the ONLY way you can get what you want out of it is to own a Blue Ray disc player, or an HD DVD tv, don't you think that's worth including in the advertisement? Otherwise people will purchase this product only to discover that they are getting nothing out of it.
Also, if this is an HD version that you need an HD tv to see the true difference (and not a mockery), then why the hell have a 'before' and 'after' image. This will prove nothing whatsoever about the quality difference. It will only show you a slightly altered image. And if it was the true 'hd' image they were advertising onto your non-hd tv screen in the actual lines of information, it should have looked totally fucked on your tv screen, as it wouldn't have been able to show you what it needed to. I.E. what they are showing you is a LIE. What they are trying to show you is 'look, this is so much better!' ..no, that's not what it will look like.
An advertisement like this should only be shown on showcase HD tvs in retail stores. Or in the disney store. Not on my dvd... oh, and btw, I can't even skip past these ads to the main menu thank you very much. I think that they are taking the mick.
If they are going to tell me why, technically, something is superior, they should tell me right, and not just use big advertising savy words to further confuse me. They should tell WHY EXACTLY it is worth me buying a several thousand dollar tv, a several hundred dollar dvd player, and 30 dollar disc to watch a new version of Sleeping Beauty. If they are taking up five minutes of my time, which I dont even WANT taken, they then should tell me what they did to the original to make it worth while. There were some SERIOUS problems with this ad. And I'm not willing to chuck out that much money with out further knowledge. I'm just not that easy a sell.
Yes. However, the letters HD by themselves are basically meaningless, and could refer either to HDTV or to HD-DVD. It's worth mentioning that the product you're talking about is being released only on Blu-ray Disk, so the HD here probably refers to the image and not the technology.
It implies that at some point, a High Definition camera was used. Or a High Definition tv that you are viewing through.
No, and kinda. All it actually says is that the image contains a bare minimum of 720 lines of information in each frame. You can watch HD content on a Standard Definition TV, and the player should downsample the image into 480i (240 lines of information per frame). In order to actually WATCH HD, yes...you'll need an HDTV.
But HD implies that it was FILMED on HD equpitment.
Absolutely not. Each of the animation cells drawn by the Disney artists was shot with a 35mm film camera (which was later optically enlarged to 70mm). Each frame of 35mm film negative contains about 6000 lines of information. After printing that to positive film, you've got about 2000 lines left.
VHS film contained about 250 lines. In order to make the DVD release, they had to go back to an early print, or the original negatives, and scan them into a computer at (presumably) the highest available resolution. They then digitally "restored" the film, downsampled it to 400 lines and burned it to DVD.
I have no idea whether they went back to that digital file, or if they went to a brand-new scan for the Blu-ray release, but in even a film positive print of the original, there's plenty of data available per frame for a 1080p viewable resolution.
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Also, if this is an HD version that you need an HD tv to see the true difference (and not a mockery), then why the hell have a 'before' and 'after' image. This will prove nothing whatsoever about the quality difference. It will only show you a slightly altered image. And if it was the true 'hd' image they were advertising onto your non-hd tv screen in the actual lines of information, it should have looked totally fucked on your tv screen, as it wouldn't have been able to show you what it needed to. I.E. what they are showing you is a LIE. What they are trying to show you is 'look, this is so much better!' ..no, that's not what it will look like.
An advertisement like this should only be shown on showcase HD tvs in retail stores. Or in the disney store. Not on my dvd... oh, and btw, I can't even skip past these ads to the main menu thank you very much. I think that they are taking the mick.
If they are going to tell me why, technically, something is superior, they should tell me right, and not just use big advertising savy words to further confuse me. They should tell WHY EXACTLY it is worth me buying a several thousand dollar tv, a several hundred dollar dvd player, and 30 dollar disc to watch a new version of Sleeping Beauty. If they are taking up five minutes of my time, which I dont even WANT taken, they then should tell me what they did to the original to make it worth while. There were some SERIOUS problems with this ad. And I'm not willing to chuck out that much money with out further knowledge. I'm just not that easy a sell.
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