Movies worth buying (again) in high def

[Jaytee]

I will be buying a HD DVD and Blue Ray player eventually because I love gadgets and I love movies. That said, Im not going to repurchase my entire DVD collection in high def format, only the movies I think will take advantage of the medium. I am trying to come up with a list of movies that are worth buying again in high definition.

So far I have:

House of Flying Daggers
Gladiator
The Matrix
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Batman Begins
Terminator 2
Fight Club

I purposely avoided older movies I enjoyed like Die Hard or Aliens, because they are filmed with older technology and I believe wouldnt look that much better in HD over SD.

What movies do you think would be worth paying a premium for high def format over regular dvd?

[Byrns]

I purposely avoided older movies I enjoyed like Die Hard or Aliens, because they are filmed with older technology and I believe wouldnt look that much better in HD over SD.



You do realize that Terminator is older than Die Hard. (It came out in 1984)

[cheapbastage]

Film technology has not changed that much over the years. Any film transfered from a good 35MM print to 720P / 24P will look as close to the original as you can get. I think the film industry is counting on this to save thier a$$. The players will come out high but will drop quickly....this way they can resell old inventory without the cost of developing new content.

[Tofu Drift Shinji]

Definitely Gladiator--I can't think of any other spectacularly beautiful movies atm though... so braindead from essays...

[corrupt123]

would they even be able to make HD versions of movies that werent recorded in HD? they cant like... add more pixels to an already recorded frame.. :confused:

[Crotchety Old Man]

Be sure to pre-order your next copy of each film in ultra-high-def, when your ordering your high-def copy - if you order them together, you get a 10% discount when the super-ultra-high-def version is released.

[Crotchety Old Man]

would they even be able to make HD versions of movies that werent recorded in HD? they cant like... add more pixels to an already recorded frame.. :confused:
Film has a vastly higher resolution than HD video.

[Jaytee]

You do realize that Terminator is older than Die Hard. (It came out in 1984)

Thats a damn good point. I took it off the list.

[edgedamage]

Ummm just take a 35mm film print and run it through a 2k film scanner.

Read more.

http://www.arri.com/prod/digital/digital_systems/intro.php

[edgedamage]

After an old film is color corrected an run through a High Def telecine you now have an HD of an old movie. Almost all the films shot in toronto last year were transfered on a high def telecine to HDCAM or D-5 or HDCAM-SR.

[The Digital Dolphin]

I'm looking forward to 5th Element, and also Serenity.... but Serenity is coming out for HDDVD first only.... so I may have to wait a while until it comes out in BluRay.

[Headhunter]

100% for The Matrix and Firefly/Serenity.

[hagbard]

Thats a damn good point. I took it off the list.

YOu can get Terminator III in HD now. Not an easly processes to actually view it as such, however.

[Headhunter]

YOu can get Terminator III in HD now. Not an easly processes to actually view it as such, however.
Wasn't that as a Windows Media file?

[Brian2k1]

Film is about twice the resolution of 1080p, which means you'll be rebuying all those titles again. I completely avoided building a DVD movie collection. Instead, I purchased some TV Shows since they are recorded at standard def.

[YauYin]

Film is approx. 3000 lines of horizontal resolution vs HD's 1080.

if u were to convert a 5333x3000 (16:9) line frame of film digitially, it is about 7 times the resolution of 1080 HD.

[JoKeRr]

Film is approx. 3000 lines of horizontal resolution vs HD's 1080.

if u were to convert a 5333x3000 (16:9) line frame of film digitially, it is about 7 times the resolution of 1080 HD.

Actually, it's like 7.7 times the resolution of 1080i, 30fps

Just to add to the list of movies:
Old School
Wedding Crashers
Bourne Identity & Supremacy (I like both, no flame war plz)
Sin City
Hero (Jet Li)
Collateral
Top Gun

[evilbunny]

Are IMAX films available on dvd? Anything with panoramic shots or where the environment and scenery make up a big part of the film.

[Jon Lai]

I'm looking forward to 5th Element, and also Serenity.... but Serenity is coming out for HDDVD first only.... so I may have to wait a while until it comes out in BluRay.

sounds like our optical media expert here already chose sides!