Kenny Goldin
Second Unit
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- Sep 3, 2000
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Just a hypothetical here, and I don't mean to come accross as a jerk becasue I support all the discussions that have been going on here regarding J6P and OAR, but I have been wondering about something.
If he/she were to suddenly emrace widescreen and abhor P&S, would we see lots of posts here angrily stating that J6P does not have his TV properly calibrated? Would there be cries for them to go buy Video Essentials or Avia? After all, most of them have probably been watching TV with the sharpness, brightness, and contrast all turned up way too high. Now, sure they are getting OAR, but the picture is still not "right." In fact, having the sharpness turned way up high, as you know, actually adds information to the picture.
I know that this is a bogus question, but one I have been itching to ask for quite some time. I was shocked that some of you, in a previous thread, said you did not have problems with a video store editing tapes for content. I know TV stations have been doing this for years, and I can understand the point, but is that not degrading what the director intended as much as panning ans scanning a film? For me, I would rather watch a P&S version of an unedited film over an OAR version of an edited film. I am kind of off to a tangent here, so back to my question. Why is there not more outcry over this issue? Movies look horrible with the sharpness, brightness, and contrast too high, the way I used to watch. I could never watch a movie like that, and I would get anyone I was watching to turn these settings down.
I have converted quite a few over to OAR, but no matter how hard I try, they HATE watching the "too dark" screen. Thoughts?
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Jay and Silent Bob in
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[Edited last by Kenny Goldin on August 19, 2001 at 05:06 AM]
If he/she were to suddenly emrace widescreen and abhor P&S, would we see lots of posts here angrily stating that J6P does not have his TV properly calibrated? Would there be cries for them to go buy Video Essentials or Avia? After all, most of them have probably been watching TV with the sharpness, brightness, and contrast all turned up way too high. Now, sure they are getting OAR, but the picture is still not "right." In fact, having the sharpness turned way up high, as you know, actually adds information to the picture.
I know that this is a bogus question, but one I have been itching to ask for quite some time. I was shocked that some of you, in a previous thread, said you did not have problems with a video store editing tapes for content. I know TV stations have been doing this for years, and I can understand the point, but is that not degrading what the director intended as much as panning ans scanning a film? For me, I would rather watch a P&S version of an unedited film over an OAR version of an edited film. I am kind of off to a tangent here, so back to my question. Why is there not more outcry over this issue? Movies look horrible with the sharpness, brightness, and contrast too high, the way I used to watch. I could never watch a movie like that, and I would get anyone I was watching to turn these settings down.
I have converted quite a few over to OAR, but no matter how hard I try, they HATE watching the "too dark" screen. Thoughts?
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Jay and Silent Bob in
CLERKS
[Edited last by Kenny Goldin on August 19, 2001 at 05:06 AM]