Comments on: Farscape will not be released in high-def http://www.timtoon.com/2009/11/07/farscape-will-not-be-released-in-high-def/ Lookout honey, 'cuz I'm using technology. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Samuel http://www.timtoon.com/2009/11/07/farscape-will-not-be-released-in-high-def/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 Samuel Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:36:11 +0000 http://www.timtoon.com/?p=899#comment-5588 It's not true HD, though. They're still working with the original limited quality final product, 576p (or what have you). So what we're getting is the best, upscaled to BD, which means fewer discs, and a more compact collection, with lossless audio, on less than stellar, but the best we'll ever get, BDs. It’s not true HD, though. They’re still working with the original limited quality final product, 576p (or what have you). So what we’re getting is the best, upscaled to BD, which means fewer discs, and a more compact collection, with lossless audio, on less than stellar, but the best we’ll ever get, BDs.

]]> By: OK, so Farscape will be out on Blu-Ray : TimToon http://www.timtoon.com/2009/11/07/farscape-will-not-be-released-in-high-def/comment-page-1/#comment-5558 OK, so Farscape will be out on Blu-Ray : TimToon Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:36:51 +0000 http://www.timtoon.com/?p=899#comment-5558 [...] is a pleasant surprise, since as I was told before, it would be cost-prohibitive for Henson to release Farscape in [...] [...] is a pleasant surprise, since as I was told before, it would be cost-prohibitive for Henson to release Farscape in [...]

]]> By: Matthew http://www.timtoon.com/2009/11/07/farscape-will-not-be-released-in-high-def/comment-page-1/#comment-5207 Matthew Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:32:34 +0000 http://www.timtoon.com/?p=899#comment-5207 Well, all I can say is that they were very short sighted. Back in the early 90's, Joe Michael Straczynski at least had the foresight to shoot Babylon 5 with future technologies in mind, such as widescreen and HD. OK, JMS did make the mistake of doing his CGI in SD, in the mistaken belief that in the future it would be inexpensive to remake the CGI in glorious HD (wrong!), but at least he made the effort - and there is still a BIG possibility that Babylon 5 will see a high definition future. Mr Henson & Co. on the hand obviously had no such foresight, even though technologies such as HD and widescreen were already upon us at that time. What exactly was the point in using all that expensive 35mm film stock to end up treating it with such disregard? There is simply no excuse for this...at all. And it won't just be Blu-ray sales they'll be missing out on as a result. One day in the not too distant future, TV companies won't be touching SD content with a barge pole. ITV in the UK is currently giving all its archived drama gems the HD makover (such as Sharpe, Poirot and Sherlock Holmes). Are they doing this for the sake of the relatively small few people who will upgrade from DVD to Blu-ray? No. They're doing it so they can then sell the HD transfers to HD TV stations world wide....with Blu-ray a mere afterthought. Most sitting room sized TV's these days come with free-to-view HD receivers built in...such as Freeview or Freesat. The world IS moving over to HD, and SD content will be getting left behind. Not by us fans of course, if SD is all we can watch Farscape in, then SD it shall be. But we're fans...not Joe Public who just might want to grab an hour of Sci-Fi on his HD TV. Joe Public is where the money is at....not we fans. Well, all I can say is that they were very short sighted. Back in the early 90′s, Joe Michael Straczynski at least had the foresight to shoot Babylon 5 with future technologies in mind, such as widescreen and HD. OK, JMS did make the mistake of doing his CGI in SD, in the mistaken belief that in the future it would be inexpensive to remake the CGI in glorious HD (wrong!), but at least he made the effort – and there is still a BIG possibility that Babylon 5 will see a high definition future. Mr Henson & Co. on the hand obviously had no such foresight, even though technologies such as HD and widescreen were already upon us at that time. What exactly was the point in using all that expensive 35mm film stock to end up treating it with such disregard? There is simply no excuse for this…at all.

And it won’t just be Blu-ray sales they’ll be missing out on as a result. One day in the not too distant future, TV companies won’t be touching SD content with a barge pole. ITV in the UK is currently giving all its archived drama gems the HD makover (such as Sharpe, Poirot and Sherlock Holmes). Are they doing this for the sake of the relatively small few people who will upgrade from DVD to Blu-ray? No. They’re doing it so they can then sell the HD transfers to HD TV stations world wide….with Blu-ray a mere afterthought. Most sitting room sized TV’s these days come with free-to-view HD receivers built in…such as Freeview or Freesat. The world IS moving over to HD, and SD content will be getting left behind. Not by us fans of course, if SD is all we can watch Farscape in, then SD it shall be. But we’re fans…not Joe Public who just might want to grab an hour of Sci-Fi on his HD TV. Joe Public is where the money is at….not we fans.

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