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Originally Posted by WEG Cory
Consumers can now get a free upgrade to Quicktime HD,
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Quicktime could always play HD resolution. New Quicktime v7 comes with H.264 codec, which is a very good compression method, which reduces HD movies to reasonable sizes. That's the reason they're featuring HD movies for this new player.
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Originally Posted by WEG Cory
and if the reel was shot out of an HD camera, they can view full (wide) screen in HD quality.
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HD can be shot with some new digital camcorders. It can be wide screen or not, which is not a requirement for HD.
Film is chemical, it does not have a certain resolution per se, but it is always higher quality than HD, so it is possible to convert film into HD with special equipment.
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I am not sure how things work with the PC, but my Mac has software that will import the reel and cut it up. Lowend software all the same, but still something to consider. I took a tutorial on it (shooting, importing, cutting).
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You can edit HD movies on PC and Mac with standard editing software.. But it would be very slow if you don't have beefy hardware.
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Now, I could be aloof to things, but I haven't noticed many pitching the concept. In other words, "CNN.com is now in HD..." Sites like IFilm offering movies in HD.
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Many channels started offering HD content. They have been archiving their content in HD quality for a while now. I have over 10 HD channels at home.
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Thing is, HD from your cable company requires a minimum of around $1200 considering you have to have the HD ready TV. Now the Internet can make it free.
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Incorrect. My cable bill is about $70/month (including basic service too) and I get 10-15 HD channels besides everything else.
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-Do all monitors accept the feed?
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Yes, except if the monitor can't display high enough resolution, the movie might be scaled down, losing quality.
For example if you wanna play an HD movie that is 1920x1080, on a 1280x1024 monitor.
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-How many players will display too date? I only see Quicktime.
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Pretty much all players can.
Here is some sample HD movies encoded in Windows Media 9 codec:
http://www.wmvhd.com/
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Now, for shooting basic web content, you can buy the camera for around $2600. That camera is expensive, but it shoots professional footage. It is a huge camera. Sony has in the works a mini-HD cam, similar to the ones a lot of us run around with. This will go for $2k (which in my opinion will begin the massive price drop).
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Consumer cameras that can shoot HD have been just coming out, but I can't comment on their quality as I don't have the experience. But the professional ones are still expensive.
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Will this effect the web?
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Definitely. But it will be a slow transition as bandwidth prices drop and hardware improves. If you have a 2 year old PC, you may not be able to play HD movies. Also basic broadband speeds are not fast enough to stream these movies. You can still download them though.
HD movies can range anywhere between 6mbit/sec to 10mbit/sec
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Adult? I tend to think not, but might as well throw it in there. Will consumers want to view porn in HD?
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Personally I would love to see HD porn. Resolution is high and colors are very crisp.
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Mainstream content? Once you have the players installed, are you going to search out this type of content?
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Again, we already have the players. What the new Quicktime player offers is the new H.264 code (ie. Mpeg-4 Part 10). Since its a good compression method, all quicktime based HD movies are likely to use this codes, so yeah you will need this player.
Windows Media Player 9 and 10 have been around for a while. HD already works good on wmv files. I don't think a new codec upgrade from Microsoft is coming anytime soon.
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That is what I do on my TV.
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There is already HD broadcast in the air. You can pick it up with special antennas. But I would suggest checking out your cable company. I also hear DirecTV offers many HD channels and they're affordable too.
You can already create HD quality wmv files with Windows Media Encoder, for free, as long as you have your input files at HD quality.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...r/default.aspx
Here is the FAQ on H.264, which is what the new quicktime player is all about
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http://www.apple.com/quicktime/techn.../h264/faq.html
Here is the new quicktime player for Windows:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/preview/
Once you get that, you can watch some HD movies here:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hdgallery/
Here is some sample HD movies for windows media player. You probably don't need to install anything:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...tshowcase.aspx
I hope this helps clear things up a bit
