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I always find the idea of future proofing interesting here. Like the way Seinfeld reruns are in HD even though the technology didn't really exist at the time--b
by code4tee 9y ago
I always find the idea of future proofing interesting here. Like the way Seinfeld reruns are in HD even though the technology didn't really exist at the time--because they shot a TV show in actual film and then could re-scan it later to keep up with modern tech.
Crazy expensive but obviously given the value of those reruns the cost made sense.
- bbrik 9y agoI don't think they shot Seinfeld in 35mm to be future proof. It was the best way to film at the time.
- joezydeco 9y agoFriends reruns also got the HDTV rescans. In some shows you can see things that weren't supposed to be on-camera in the 4:3 format. It's just a matter of which shows are worth the cost and time to do it.
- Houshalter 9y agoThey did this to some of the star trek series. Some scenes you can see things that were not meant to be seen. E.g. here Kirk and Khan are arguing, and then suddenly two people dressed like them start fighting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B_c1Odol9xw#t=45s http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B_c... I can't find it now, but I believe they even redid some of the early CG effects by just rerendering the old models with modern software. It's worth preserving that kind of stuff for future generations. One of my favorite video games was rereleased over a decade later with updated graphics. Sadly they had to recreate everything from scratch because the original files were lost. And the original models were very high detail. They just converted to 2d and down sampled a ton because of the limitations of PCs at the time.
- cakedoggie 9y agoWhat is the vid you send supposed to show?
- Corrado 9y agoI think the point the parent was trying to make was that 4K resolution can be detrimental. You can plainly see that the two actors that play the original characters didn't actually perform the fight scene. In the original broadcast the resolution was so low that makeup and effects didn't really have to be that great in order to work.
- iampliny 9y agoAgree with this statement. Future-proofing was, however, a happy side-effect.
- code4tee 9y agoFor movies yes, but for TV at that time a lot was with video cameras.
- zurn 9y agoNitpick: HDTV tech came about, depending how you count, in ~1980. There were lobbying efforts to bring it to the US in 1987. Seinfeld came out 1989. References: http://ecee.colorado.edu/~ecen4242/marko/TV_History/related%20standards/HDTV_Past.htm http://ecee.colorado.edu/~ecen4242/marko/TV_History/related%... http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/first-hdtv.htm http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/first-hdtv.htm