Top Gun comes to HD DVD on 10/2/07!

[Ruined]

Wooohooo! A personal fave of mine!

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=867101&page=1&pp=30

[|MaguS|]

ROFL HAHAHAHAHA

(gay)

[mcolbourn]

I really don't get it, why? release a 20 year old fild on HD. The picture won't be any better that getting the normal DVD and upscaling it. OK the Audio may be a bit better but not much.

[Mr. Hunt]

I really don't get it, why? release a 20 year old fild on HD. The picture won't be any better that getting the normal DVD and upscaling it. OK the Audio may be a bit better but not much.

Wrong.... 1080p still isn't even giving us what 35mm films have to offer.

[GamerGuyX]

I really don't get it, why? release a 20 year old fild on HD. The picture won't be any better that getting the normal DVD and upscaling it. OK the Audio may be a bit better but not much.

You really have no idea what you are talking about.

Film itself has a greater resolution than even 1080p. So in other words: all movies benefit greatly going to HD.

[Capt. Picard]

... On a highway to the Daingerzone!!! ...

Oh Joy!

[evilchris]

I really don't get it, why? release a 20 year old fild on HD. The picture won't be any better that getting the normal DVD and upscaling it. OK the Audio may be a bit better but not much.

yeah because as we all know FILM is much lower resolution than today's 1080p camera's, lol!

[GlowStick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHklGtW3rwU


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[|MaguS|]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHklGtW3rwU


(nana2) :nana:

HAHAHAHA

[betterdan]

I really don't get it, why? release a 20 year old fild on HD. The picture won't be any better that getting the normal DVD and upscaling it. OK the Audio may be a bit better but not much.
I hear this garbage all the time and don't know where people are getting this idea from. HD is NOT higher resolution than film. In order it is like this.... VHS then DVD then HD then film (I know there are other steps but I am keeping it simple). Just because a movie is old doesn't mean it will look like crap on an HD transfer.
People give DVD too much credit. Yea it looks good but it is still way below HD quality and extremely below film quality. Please understand this and put the word out to others so this misinformation can be squashed.
Also upscaling a dvd is not even close to being as good as a good HD transfer.

[shabby]

Just because a movie is old doesn't mean it will look like crap on an HD transfer.

Have you watched the terminator or terminator 2 on bluray? Its 1080p yet looks like ass compared to any recent 1080p movies.

[betterdan]

Have you watched the terminator or terminator 2 on bluray? Its 1080p yet looks like ass compared to any recent 1080p movies.
No, I haven't but I would bet that's the fault of the transfer not the film itself unless they used a craptacular master to start with in which case any dvd, HD or otherwise could look like crap . Film is higher resolution than HD please see my post above and try not to spread misinformation.

I just read a review on High Def Digest on the Terminator Blu ray DVD and they said it looked quite good considering the film source.

Like I said if the source isn't the greatest to begin with then of course you can't get a diamond from a poop pile. HD simply brings you closer to how the movie looked originally on film. If it looked grainy on film or was poorly shot then you will just get closer to that original vision. I heard a lot of people gripe saying that the new dvd of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre that was shot on lowly 16mm film couldn't look any better than the old Pioneer non anamorphic disc. Yet here we are with the new remastered anamorphic dvd from an HD transfer and it looks incredible. I hear the HD transfer itself from the film is outstanding.

I stand by my statement, just because a movie is old doesn't mean it will look like crap on an HD transfer. Yes there will be some that do but that is also true of newer movies too wether on plain old DVD or HD DVD/Blu ray.

Think about back when dvd first came out, some of the dvds that came out were of movies that had been out just recently and now looking back, those dvds are not the hottest looking ones out. Was that the fault of the dvd or the film and did it mean film was just crappy looking as well as dvd? No it was the transfers themselves. As they learned how to do better transfers and utilize dvds better they started looking a lot better.
Understand now?

[nrdstrm]

Wow...Thanks Betterdan & company...I had no idea that Film was higher rez than HD DVD/BR...I was holding back on buying some older movies, but I'll go ahead and get them now...Very good to know...

[betterdan]

Glad to have helped someone see the light. Go forth and buy the better movies that are older. I am a fan of 70s and early 80s cinema myself. :)

[Mr. Hunt]

Wow...Thanks Betterdan & company...I had no idea that Film was higher rez than HD DVD/BR...I was holding back on buying some older movies, but I'll go ahead and get them now...Very good to know...

Trust me... watch The Searchers in HD... I don't like the movie but it looks AMAZING for being as old as it is.

I just wish we would get the Sergio Leone westerns.

[Amuro]

I watched Top Gun at least 50 times in the past 20 years.

[|MaguS|]

I watched Top Gun at least 50 times in the past 20 years.

HAHAHAHA

OMG this thread is great!

[GamerGuyX]

Have you watched the terminator or terminator 2 on bluray? Its 1080p yet looks like ass compared to any recent 1080p movies.

The French HD DVD import of Terminator 2 is absolutely stunning.

Most of Lionsgate's first Blu-ray releases were half-assed (which includes Terminator 2).

I watched Top Gun at least 50 times in the past 20 years.

Jesus. Did you time your orgasms to match each time the Iceman hit on Maverick?

Here I was thinking that me admitting that I have a Myspace page was bad. This is a whole 'nother level.

[|MaguS|]

Here I was thinking that me admitting that I have a Myspace page was bad.

wana be my friend?

[betterdan]

:rofl poor Top Gun lovers.

You have to admit though it is a pretty gay movie. I bet those homos look stunning in HD though. :wonder:

[1337_Like_ThaT]

I watched Top Gun at least 50 times in the past 20 years.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/272/topgun2800ym7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Amuro]

Jesus. Did you time your orgasms to match each time the Iceman hit on Maverick?
Nope, but I did get hard-on everytime I saw a shot of the F-14 Tomcat, which was the real star of the movie, and why I liked it so much. The first LD I bought was Top Gun.

[shabby]

No, I haven't but I would bet that's the fault of the transfer not the film itself unless they used a craptacular master to start with in which case any dvd, HD or otherwise could look like crap . Film is higher resolution than HD please see my post above and try not to spread misinformation.


Im not spreading information or denying that film has higher res, im just posting my findings with what i saw.

The French HD DVD import of Terminator 2 is absolutely stunning.

Most of Lionsgate's first Blu-ray releases were half-assed (which includes Terminator 2).

Well that makes sense now, they really do looks terrible compared to lets say riddick, which looks stunning.

[evilchris]

The French HD DVD import of Terminator 2 is absolutely stunning.

Most of Lionsgate's first Blu-ray releases were half-assed (which includes Terminator 2).



Jesus. Did you time your orgasms to match each time the Iceman hit on Maverick?

Here I was thinking that me admitting that I have a Myspace page was bad. This is a whole 'nother level.

Myspace is far gayer than Top Gun.

[GamerGuyX]

Myspace is far gayer than Top Gun.

If only that were true.