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DV 4:3 on HDTV
Even though my more recent projects are all hdv/ProRes, to std def DVD, I recently got a request to edit some old dv 4:3 footage.
In case the clients view it on an HDTV, do you think most DVD players/HDTVs do a decent job of scaling it up to fill the screen without trashing the image?
I happened to see one of my old dv 4:3 ntsc projects a client was playing on their Sony Bravia HDTV and I was amazed at how good it looked scaled up to fill the screen.
From what you have seen, do you think it’s pretty common now that scaling is good, or could it end up looking like trash on some HDTVs? Anyone have experience with this?
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I can say my Sony Blu-Ray player upconverts to a 42″ plasma with great results…
After all, your client knows it’s std def… so shouldn’t be too upset if it doesn’t really look like HD (which it won’t) but it should look acceptable on a plasma or LCD…
Jerry
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I concur with Jerry.
I don’t think that you should be concerned about it since the client knows that the video is in standard definition.
Even in this world of HD though, many home viewers are still stuck watching the majority of their cable shows in standard def, so I’m sure the client is already used to seeing standard definition content on his/her HDTV.
If you want to be careful, it might just be worth dropping a one-line when you’re talking to the client and say “I’ll make the footage look that best that I can, but it is in standard definition so it will look no better than standard definition cable broadcasts.”
I hope that helps! Good luck with your project!
– Glenn Fisher
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Thanks, that’s reassuring. Just a thought though….I’m now recalling that my old 4:3 dv project that I saw looking good on an HD display was one that I had applied a letterbox filter to during editing in order to create a psuedo widescreen look. At that time it was destined for a 4:3 screen, but I just preferred the “widescreen look”, so applied the filter.
I wonder if the fact that these black pixels were included in the frame that was scaled up, contributed to a better scaling result.
If that was a factor, maybe I’ll do the same thing when editing this project. Anybody know if that would be a factor?
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