Blu-ray movies

Don't get me wrong people! I'm well aware that 35mm film would look better than blu ray if they were both projected on huge cinema screens next to each other. I'm just saying that on our telly, and probably most peoples tv's/home cinema's, the picture is so vibrant, colourful, and sharp, that it looks better than the picture on the cinema screen. I know it's not comparing like for like, but do you get what I'm saying? Because the cinema screen is so big, it cannot hope to match the clarity of a good home setup. I'm talking 32" lcd's and above, right up to your expensive 60" plasmas. I hope you understand! So, in my opinion, it's sometimes better to wait for a film to come out on blu-ray and watch it at home, than go to watch it on a huge blurry, sometimes out of focus cinema screen.

I'm not disputing the potential resolution of 35mm film. I think the new Bond blu-rays were sampled at 4k, cleaned up, and then scaled back down to standard blu-ray resolution - 1080p.

Dave
 
I read that Lucas used 1920x1080p/24Hz for filming the Attack of the Clones, which is exactly the same as Bluray can deliver. So if it was good enough for him it isn't that sh1te, I'd say. But the 35 mm makes great Bluray transfers, depending on the state of masters that deteriorate and may need remastering.
 
Lucas filmed AOTC in Bluray quality?

I very much doubt it

If you have a link to this theory I look forward to being corrected with your confirmation that AOTC will never look any better than Bluray
 
The university actually hires out one of the screens in the Sheffield Showroom cinema for us to have private screenings. The Showroom is pretty much on the campus :D



In the cinema that i go to (Cineworld Sheffield) you can still see them on some films, sometimes it's less noticeable, but they are definitely still there.
 
Thats surprising.

My dad used to be a cinema projectionist in the heyday of cinema and when he left we often went back to see his mates in the booth.

Even in the late 70's before multiplexes were in regular use we saw how a 2 screen cinema showed movies differently.

Screen 1 was the traditional method with lots of reels changed over through the film - however the second screen had pictures sent from the same booth via a series of mirrors - but this was projected from a huge single reel of film laying horizontally.

I had assumed that as this was 30 years ago that single reels were the norm now as I did hear that skilled projectionists were no longer needed and it was almost fully automated so with no reel changes the "cigar" burns would not be needed - as I said I've not seen them for years
 
I am always dubious of Wiki but your story si clarified by the link.

I am going to check up as I think it unlikely George Lucas would be shortsighted enough to make films with Bluray quality - they would look crap on a cinema screen for starters compared to 35mm film
 
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