Buford T. Justice Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Last night I was watching Top Gun on my HD tv using my standard defintiion DVD player. I thought it looked great. I wondered how it would look if I had a up converting DVD player or a Blu-ray version of the movie (and appropriate player). How can they make it look better if the movie was not filmed using high definition cameras? Does anyone have an older movie they own on dvd that they also own on Blu-ray? Does it look better, worse, or the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Top Gun, like every movie before the widespread use of digital cameras in the early 2000s was filmed with standard analog film, which actually has a resolution even better than 1080p, although its analog you don't start to notice artifacts until it gets to really high resolution (something like 4000 horizonta lines). I'll see if I can find a link. Edit: This guy seems to think that 35mm film, which was widely used in the film industry from 1900 on, has an effective (digital) resolution of around 3000x2000 http://pic.templetons.com/brad/photo/pixels.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I did not know that...good find DCSaints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 The upconvert definitely makes a difference, and if what is being quoted above is correct then you would find even higher quality on Blu-Ray for these older movies as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Upconvert really doesn't do much, takes the info thats there and divides it into more lines. If it looks better its more likely the from the video processor in the DVD being better. If the movie was remastered and put on Blu-Ray you would see a big difference. The larger the TV the more stark the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUSkinsFan Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I'm watching Forgetting Sarash Marshall on my PS3 and I don't see any marked improvement in its quality. Blu-ray is definitely better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squatch66 Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 man that is such a funny movie but my god there is too much wang in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buford T. Justice Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 man that is such a funny movie but my god there is too much wang in it. It is an amusing movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I'm watching Forgetting Sarash Marshall on my PS3 and I don't see any marked improvement in its quality.Blu-ray is definitely better Is your PS3 connected via HDMI or Component? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMrStupendous Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 I'm watching Forgetting Sarash Marshall on my PS3 and I don't see any marked improvement in its quality.Blu-ray is definitely better PS3 does not upconvert its strictly blu-ray, so playing a non blu-ray dvd will just look regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuler74 Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 PS3 does not upconvert its strictly blu-ray, so playing a non blu-ray dvd will just look regular. Does now , you have to upload the new which is now old firmware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 PS3 does not upconvert its strictly blu-ray, so playing a non blu-ray dvd will just look regular. PS3 upconverts as long as you are using HDMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMrStupendous Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 PS3 upconverts as long as you are using HDMI. Really thats awesome when did they start that i never got the memo, to google i go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Really thats awesome when did they start that i never got the memo, to google i go. They had a firmware update awhile ago that added upconversion feaures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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