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Topic: STAR WARS trilogy ... laserdisc
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted March 22, 2012 01:18 PM
Actually I found that same. I have an older model "Sharpvision" projection TV, that was made during the age of laserdisc, (right before DVD really took off) which, for it's time, had the sharpest and fullest line of resolution you could get on projection TV ...
This old laserdisc set (and the other laserdisc sets), actually look better than they're counterpart DVD's of the same subjects.
The reason why? My theory ...
On a laserdisc, each and every frame, and all information in said frame of film, is captured on a laserdisc. That mean, all the grain ect.
On DVD, (and Blu-ray, quite aften, as well), to save storage space in that smaller format, if you have a still shot, (that is, a shot where, lets say, someone sits under a tree, and there is no movement), the DVD or Blu-ray, will then almost approach a "freeze frame" quality. It will basically, until some movement happen in the frame, give you a still. THis is not the case with all DVD's or Blu-rays, but it does happen, and more often, in the older DVD's for sure.
However, as stated earlier, the laserdisc would capture ALL information in every frame, all film grain, imperfections, ect.
Therefore, the laserdisc looks better on that projection TV than the DVD, as the projection still has a film look, instead of a still shot look.
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