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Post by broox on Sept 30, 2010 12:20:54 GMT -5
Not sure if I'm comfortable with this: www.starwars.com/movies/saga/announce3d/index.htmlWe've discussed this kind of thing before, but maybe we should do an episode specifically about the tumultuous changes in video technology, and how every project will now have to be updated again and again to meet the newest standards. I mean, for heaven's sake, look at this monster screen: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7617702.stmPart of me is thrilled by the technology of it all but it's going so fast. Film was around for 100 years, standard tv for what, 50 years? Color was the only real upgrade for all of that time. Now things are changing faster than the average person can keep up. So don't buy the blu-ray Star Wars, hold out for the 3D, or wait... should I hold out for the Super Hi-Vision version?!  (oh, and toss those old Star Wars dvds. The vhs versions? Hah, the trashcan will throw them back at you!  ) |
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Post by Scary Gary on Sept 30, 2010 17:55:31 GMT -5
I read the Star Wars 3D conversion news yesterday. I don't think it is going to be as big as they hope. First off, many of us are tired of the multi-dipping with this franchise. Second, they plan on starting with The Phantom Menace. And third, most viewers I've heard from claim that 3D conversion is far inferior to films shot in 3D from the get-go. As far as the "TV of the future", I have doubts. From what I understand, one of the major factors in picture quality is the contrast ratio. Simplified, the blacker the screen, the higher the ratio. So, for someone to have one of these TV walls in their home; is it going to be a big black wall? I don't know how the Martha Stewart's of the world are going to live with that one.  |
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Post by lynn on Sept 30, 2010 18:59:53 GMT -5
And then in 10 years, we'll all wonder what we were being such old fogies about when 3D is standard fare. We will look back upon ourselves and laugh.
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Post by broox on Sept 30, 2010 19:33:19 GMT -5
I read the Star Wars 3D conversion news yesterday. I don't think it is going to be as big as they hope. First off, many of us are tired of the multi-dipping with this franchise. Second, they plan on starting with The Phantom Menace. And third, most viewers I've heard from claim that 3D conversion is far inferior to films shot in 3D from the get-go. I wonder if they're going to make even MORE changes to the movies, like replace all the stormtroopers with clones or some other nonsense. Of course, 3D slave Leia will bring in a respectable crowd I bet.  I'm going to hold out for the holodeck version of the movies I think. I'm looking forward to the future of videogames with the combination of super hi definition tv's and motion capture controls like kinect. |
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Post by drivebyluna on Oct 4, 2010 0:20:12 GMT -5
I read the Star Wars 3D conversion news yesterday. I don't think it is going to be as big as they hope. First off, many of us are tired of the multi-dipping with this franchise. Second, they plan on starting with The Phantom Menace. And third, most viewers I've heard from claim that 3D conversion is far inferior to films shot in 3D from the get-go. As far as the "TV of the future", I have doubts. From what I understand, one of the major factors in picture quality is the contrast ratio. Simplified, the blacker the screen, the higher the ratio. So, for someone to have one of these TV walls in their home; is it going to be a big black wall? I don't know how the Martha Stewart's of the world are going to live with that one. So essentially our homes will turn into the ones like Farenheit 451. |
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Post by broox on Oct 4, 2010 13:40:09 GMT -5
So essentially our homes will turn into the ones like Farenheit 451. With firemen breaking into our houses to burn our kindles and ipads? |
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Post by drivebyluna on Oct 4, 2010 15:31:14 GMT -5
With the giant wall screens and characters we call family.
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Post by broox on Oct 4, 2010 19:09:13 GMT -5
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(oh, and toss those old Star Wars dvds. The vhs versions? Hah, the trashcan will throw them back at you! 
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I'm going to hold out for the holodeck version of the movies I think. 
