Saving Private ryan on Blu-ray

[admin_exported]

Been a lot of chat about the ultimate war movie is coming from what it seems, in feb or march.

There is even a pre order thing on HMV, nothing official, but looks like from blu-ray.com and places like that, it is coming.

Even people in canada and the US are talking about it.

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=834468

 

[Anonymous]

It was on sky hd a few weeks back so it must be in HD already?!

 

[Clare Newsome]

Erm, it was shot on film, so was always in (better than) HD anyway

There's an HD broadcast transfer of it around, for sure, but that's a different thing to a BD release - or at least should be; and knowing Spielberg's control-freakery re disc releases, sure it'll be the real deal as/when it arrives (please god with no tweakery

)

 

[Anonymous]

Clare Newsome:
Erm, it was shot on film, so was always in (better than) HD anyway

There's an HD broadcast transfer of it around, for sure, but that's a different thing to a BD release - or at least should be; and knowing Spielberg's control-freakery re disc releases, sure it'll be the real deal as/when it arrives (please god with no tweakery

)

what do you mean by it was shot on film?

does that mean that everything is in hd when shot by film companys and tv companys etc.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

bobbys:Clare Newsome:
Erm, it was shot on film, so was always in (better than) HD anyway

There's an HD broadcast transfer of it around, for sure, but that's a different thing to a BD release - or at least should be; and knowing Spielberg's control-freakery re disc releases, sure it'll be the real deal as/when it arrives (please god with no tweakery

)

what do you mean by it was shot on film?

does that mean that everything is in hd when shot by film companys and tv companys etc.

Think about how big a cinema screen is and how far the projector is from the screen. Do you think it's 576i?! The resolution will be far greater than 1080p. This is why the old film look better than ever on Bluray (as long as the original print has been kept).

 

[Clare Newsome]

bobbys:does that mean that everything is in hd when shot by film companys and tv companys etc.

Not everything, no - but good old 35mm film was/is inherently higher resolution than Blu-ray.

More on film and how you can achieve a fantastic BD transfer in my blog on the James Bond Blu-ray releases.

A lot of TV is now shot on HD video cameras - some films, too (such as District 9), are shot with '4K' digital cameras, which again have much higher resolution than Blu-ray/HD TV - they're downscaled to suit today's players/TVs, but ready (just like those old films are) for future, higher-resolution broadcast/streaming/disc formats.

The problems come when, instead of going back to/optimising the original, ultra-HD source, companies rush-release Blu-rays from earlier digital transfers (ones made for DVD or HDTV release)....

 

[Anonymous]

yep got it now, always wondered how older films could be shown as hd on tv and made into bd, now i know.

so in theary the original italian job could be made in to hd/bd if original kept?

 

[Clare Newsome]

The original Italian Job has already been remastered for HD - and very lovely it looks, too (fully restored from original print by the British Film Institute). Just £8.98 on Blu-ray at Amazon, currently - bargain!

 

[Anonymous]

thanks great film watched it other night still as good as 1st time.