Another day, another ignorant essay about high definition. that date it’s Peter Bradshaw, film critic for Guardian.co.uk, claiming Humphrey Bogart would have any cameraman approximating a “high definition” effect thrown off the set. Blatantly ignoring the fact that movies of that era were made on 35mm film with more resolution than even 1080p Blu-ray can display, Bradshaw claims that instead of a HDTV, viewers would be better off with a standard definition projector and DVDs. that is all in response to a recent Sky ad campaign (check out the video with Sir Anthony Hopkins dropping in Rutger Hauer’s Blade Runner monologue after the break, plus the original) promoting the broadcaster’s new HD transfers, allowing home viewing of many older films in quality that would be impossible unless you’d seen it the first week in theaters, and with sound that likely surpasses anything available at the day. What someone should explain to Mr. Bradshaw and so many others with that misconception is that HDTV allows us to see the movie closer to the way it was meant to be seen when it was originally mastered, with all the detail that was present. Provided a high quality transfer, there’s plenty of reasons to catch old flicks in a new format, so spread the word.

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