Thomson Press Release
Hmmm..... I just don't get this. Why remove film grain only to artifically reproduce it via the HD player? Sure it saves some (how much?) disc space but part of the original picture is the film grain. Why would I want a player to reproduce what makes film, film? This just seems odd...
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| The first tool of its kind formally documented in cooperation with SMPTE [Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers], Film Grain Technology was selected by DVD Forum for mandatory inclusion in HD DVD™ products. The technology allows compressed motion pictures to be delivered more efficiently and improves their visual quality. It enables film grain that is extracted before content is compressed to be faithfully re-created during playback. Film Grain Technology is a streamlined, low-cost solution that is easily embedded in broadcast and home theater play-out devices. Broadcasters maximize bandwidth; packaged media content creators gain disk space; and viewers see movies that match the filmmaker’s intent. Film Grain Technology is easily deployed with H.264 compression (also known as MPEG-4 Part 10/Advanced Video Coding), and can be adapted to support other compression solutions, as well. |
Hmmm..... I just don't get this. Why remove film grain only to artifically reproduce it via the HD player? Sure it saves some (how much?) disc space but part of the original picture is the film grain. Why would I want a player to reproduce what makes film, film? This just seems odd...
