Re:Sorry Folks: HD just not worth the effort. (Score 1)

Most Hollywood movies have been telecined to high resolution digital because its the best hedge against the unstable dyes in the film emulsions. A lot of these were done long enough ago that there wasn't a way to play them back in native resolution in real time. The resolution in film is there, and the resolution and clarity in nitrate black and white stock (used in early hollywood) is better than color. Sophistication takes time. A lot of people couldn't hear the difference between vinyl and CDs. A few more were happier with the hiss, distortion and noise than they were with quantization error from early A/D conversion. And in the 40s and 50s, the difference between AM and FM couldn't be detected by most radio listeners. But their ears somehow got better, and the same will happen with our eyes. I'll zip my pants too if you'd like. But I can tell you that a lot of people who lost their virginity in our living room now own HD sets of their own.