5 Things AppleTV needs to be a MUST BUY by Apple Gazette

[LuKreme]

On 7-Apr-2007, at 11:48, steve harley wrote:

> they whom i call LuKreme wrote:
>> A decent DVD (anamorphic widescreen if appropriate) is good enough  
>> for me.  I don't need 720p or 1080i, much less 1080p.  I am not  
>> impressed.
>
> some movies are made by great photographers, and for those i look  
> forward to 1080p someday;

For a film with really great art direction and cinematography, even  
1080p is a piss-poor substitute for 35mm film.

Is the difference between a good standard DVD and a top quality 1080p  
enough to warrant thousands and thousands of dollars in expense, and  
surrendering all fair use rights to the ContentCartel?  I don't think  
so. If you want to see the best possible image of a movie, you need  
to see it from FILM, not digital <anything>.


> for now i try to go to the theatre to see the special films; i also  
> attend monthly viewings of my neighbor's brakhage collection; so  
> far no video process is anything like the real experience of an 8  
> or 16mm brakhage film, even on a low-end projector in a poorly  
> arranged living room; the frame-to-frame cadence, the extremely  
> wide dynamic range, even some of the colors, simply can't be matched

1080p might be up to 8mm quality.

> i think my music habits are similarly diverse; for some music i  
> quite _like_ the clicks and pops on old vinyl;

Yeah, I can't listen to Stairway to Heaven without the vinyl sound.   
Just doesn't sound right to me.


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When the stars threw down their spears
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did He smile his work to see?
Did He who made the Lamb make thee?