Comments on: Any reason to buy Blu Ray versions of TV series shot in standard video tape format? http://www.blu-ray1st.com/blu-ray/any-reason-to-buy-blu-ray-versions-of-tv-series-shot-in-standard-video-tape-format/ Blu-ray1st, the next-generation optical disc storage Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Knight http://www.blu-ray1st.com/blu-ray/any-reason-to-buy-blu-ray-versions-of-tv-series-shot-in-standard-video-tape-format/comment-page-1/#comment-5477 Chris Knight Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:41:18 +0000 http://www.blu-ray1st.com/any-reason-to-buy-blu-ray-versions-of-tv-series-shot-in-standard-video-tape-format/#comment-5477 Good point, and I agree for the most part. I would not like them to fool the public like that. For instance I save a National Geographic Blu-ray disc selling on Amazon for cheap this week that reviewers said was nothing more than an upconverted version of its standard definition source. In answer to the question I would say there is a chance one would see some benefit from a blu-ray recording over dvd, as long as they re-recorded from the original source. I believe older television programs were filmed on a higher quality tape than what they were actually broadcast at. So the luminance information and perhaps even the color depth is higher etc. One thing Blu-ray has over DVD, in addition to lines of resolution, is a higher color depth - richer reds and flesh tones. Therefore if a studio were to record straight from the original tape to Blu-ray there may be some color and contrast benefits, even thought the lines of resolution would not reach the 1080 lines of full high definition. So the Blu-ray version of the old TV series may look better than the DVD version, but perhaps only slightly better. Good point, and I agree for the most part. I would not like them to fool the public like that. For instance I save a National Geographic Blu-ray disc selling on Amazon for cheap this week that reviewers said was nothing more than an upconverted version of its standard definition source.

In answer to the question I would say there is a chance one would see some benefit from a blu-ray recording over dvd, as long as they re-recorded from the original source.

I believe older television programs were filmed on a higher quality tape than what they were actually broadcast at. So the luminance information and perhaps even the color depth is higher etc. One thing Blu-ray has over DVD, in addition to lines of resolution, is a higher color depth – richer reds and flesh tones. Therefore if a studio were to record straight from the original tape to Blu-ray there may be some color and contrast benefits, even thought the lines of resolution would not reach the 1080 lines of full high definition.

So the Blu-ray version of the old TV series may look better than the DVD version, but perhaps only slightly better.

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