Re: Re: 2001: A Space Odyssey

On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:19:39 -0700, Ant <ANTant@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Wow, Blu Ray can improve old movies? I would love to see screen captures 
>or video clips of this! I don't own a BR player yet (not for a few 
>years). And I thought DVD was the limit of looking good for old movies.


It isn't Blu-ray per say, but digital restoration which improves the
look of an old film. Meaning; it can restore the original color
balance and saturation to a faded print, remove spots & scratches.
Remove noise and improve the audibility of the soundtrack, etc.

Blu-ray (or HD-DVD for that matter) takes this to the next level. It's
definitely a qualitative improvement over standard DVD.

A good example is the restoration of season one of the original Star
Trek series. Very thoughtfully done and pleasure to look at.

A_C