• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Who are the HD customers?

  Posted by Trevor Ward on December 20, 2005 at 9:18 pm

  Maybe not the right forum, but who are HD customers? Is it primarily for anything that will be shown on the big screen (in a theater) or broadcast? Because if there is no HD DVDs yet, then it becomes SD once it gets encoded to the DVD, right? (even if its shown on a plasma tv?)

  Mitchji replied 20 years, 5 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Walter Biscardi

  December 20, 2005 at 9:28 pm

  Broadcast networks, film projects and some ad agencies. Right now HD is about 85% of all our work. In 2004 it was maybe 5%.

  Walter Biscardi, Jr.
  https://www.biscardicreative.com

  Director, “The Rough Cut”
  https://www.theroughcutmovie.com

  Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

  “I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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  Jeff Carpenter

  December 20, 2005 at 9:45 pm

  Keep in mind that even if your project is going to DVD or some other SD broadcast right NOW, it is probably worth the cost to work in HD so that you have an HD master for the future.

  That way, you can take your project in 2 years and copy it onto whatever HD-discs are being sold at that time. As the cost difference between working in SD and HD continue to shrink shooting HD for that reason alone starts to make more and more sense.
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  Mitchji

  December 21, 2005 at 5:07 am

  [Trevor Ward] “Because if there is no HD DVDs yet, then it becomes SD once it gets encoded to the DVD, right? (even if its shown on a plasma tv?)”

  Hi,

  The SD quality should be better if the source is HD. Some films are telecined to HD for that reason (better quality SD DVD’s).

  Best Wishes,

  Mitch

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