Blu-ray players automatically upscale low res (DVD) video to 1080p anyway. An upscaled unconverted video isn't an issue in this respect, which is the point in my first post. Why no PAL Blu-ray if there was PAL DVD?
Nitroboy · Member since
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[b]Barry Durex wrote: [/b] Blu-ray players automatically upscale low res (DVD) video to 1080p anyway. An upscaled unconverted video isn't an issue in this respect, which is the point in my first post. Why no PAL Blu-ray if there was PAL DVD?[/QUOTE]
1) Yes, a lot of them do. However, on-the-fly upscaling like that will almost always be inferior. 2) Indeed, it would seem odd. Possibly because Blu-ray was still very new at the time. They used a very obscure codec called VC-1 for the Montreal part. It's really odd altogether.
Barry Durex · Member since
At least Montreal has been left in it's native 24p.
Costa86 · Member since
Small question - not related to this post, but not sure it merits its own thread. Apart from Montreal 1981 and Budapest 1986, is there anything else which could potentially be released in 1080p (i.e. shot on 35mm film)?
Also, is there any chance Montreal and Budapest could be released in 4k? The film quality should go above even 4k
Chinwonder2 · Member since
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[b]Costa86 wrote: [/b] Small question - not related to this post, but not sure it merits its own thread. Apart from Montreal 1981 and Budapest 1986, is there anything else which could potentially be released in 1080p (i.e. shot on 35mm film)?
Also, is there any chance Montreal and Budapest could be released in 4k? The film quality should go above even 4k[/QUOTE]
All of Bob Harris's filming could be released in 1080p, I'm not sure what mm it is though, if I had to guess it would be either 16mm, could be wrong through. Look at some of the interviews on the 'From Rags To Rhapsody' documentary from 2015, they look fantastic!
Although over the years something I've never understood is that some of the Bob Harris scrips have been shown in black and white but some are in colour, why would they edit it like that? :/
-Chin
Biggus Dickus · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Chinwonder2 wrote:[/b]
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[b]Costa86 wrote: [/b] Small question - not related to this post, but not sure it merits its own thread. Apart from Montreal 1981 and Budapest 1986, is there anything else which could potentially be released in 1080p (i.e. shot on 35mm film)?
Also, is there any chance Montreal and Budapest could be released in 4k? The film quality should go above even 4k[/QUOTE]
Although over the years something I've never understood is that some of the Bob Harris scrips have been shown in black and white but some are in colour, why would they edit it like that? :/
-Chin[/QUOTE]
Could it be that they actually shot some of the footage on b&w film?
Chinwonder2 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Biggus Dickus wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Chinwonder2 wrote:[/b]
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[b]Costa86 wrote: [/b] Small question - not related to this post, but not sure it merits its own thread. Apart from Montreal 1981 and Budapest 1986, is there anything else which could potentially be released in 1080p (i.e. shot on 35mm film)?
Also, is there any chance Montreal and Budapest could be released in 4k? The film quality should go above even 4k[/QUOTE]
Although over the years something I've never understood is that some of the Bob Harris scrips have been shown in black and white but some are in colour, why would they edit it like that? :/
-Chin[/QUOTE]
Could it be that they actually shot some of the footage on b&w film?[/QUOTE]
I don't think so, if you watch the News Of The World documentary that was posted here on QZ a while back. In it was a compilation of all the available footage that they shot, during interviews it will switch between colour and black and white, the footage was taken from various documentaries over the years. :)
