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Originally Posted by mrhagerty
failure to encounter the reality that 40 years of television heritage in this country is going to keep SD around for a very long time. And the answer isn’t, “Learn to live without ‘I Love Lucy.’”
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The fans of "I Love Lucy" have nothing to fear just as fans of old silent movies - it was just their time and the medium available to record the presentation.
Not to get the A/V geeks in here all spun up on another "techno-tantrum" but quite simply there will be new stuff "Sourced" with high definition, older stuff that may be "upconverted" (original "Charlies Angels" episodes are downright breathtaking) and I suppose a LOT of stuff will simply remain in its time capsule - with no conversion. I personally consider upconverted older stuff NOT high definition, fantastic looking, but not true high definition (this is where the geeks usually get upset with me) and I reply "Was the scene shot with a high definition cameras with associated engineering?". Some day, even high defintion productions will seem old fashioned.
I actually envision "original format" purists starting to appear on the horizon shortly - just like some audiophiles still want the warmth of a vinyl record and hate "digital across the board" high end audio.
New productions will probably be in high definition but I still envision people (artistic reasons) still using other (older) production equipment..... to each his/her own. Some of the local tv stations seem to be inadvertently trapped in the latter, not able to afford the new equipment yet.
High definition is available if you want it, it's just another medium, not a mandate.