Get your Matrix fix - HD style!

[Star_Fire]

http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/03/22/hidef_matrix_spring/

The three movies will be presented on three discs, with an additional four or five discs loaded with bonus features, depending on the set. Over 35 hours of supplemental content will be in the additional discs, and HD DVD's "In Movie Experience" will be available during the actual film, allowing picture-in-picture video commentary and real-time behind-the-scenes footage. At least some of the features will be presented in HD.

The trilogy is also headed for a Blu-ray release, but Warner Home Entertainment did not announce a date. The studio is likely waiting for a new Blu-ray rendering technology based on Java, which it is expected to incorporate into The Matrix.

[James]

Wouldn't it matter that they weren't filmed with an HD camera?

I remember the ruckus/outcry over the second movies' DVD because there was a total lack of ANY extra features- it was the movie and that was it. (Because they didn't want to give away the 3rd movies plot)
I guess all that will be made available now.

[JabroninWARRIOR]

most movies are filmed at a very high quality, B movies and old movies are the ones that will not look as good on HD, but still alot better than normal resolution

[James]

^
yeah, but how much of a difference is there going to be between watching a Matrix DVD movie at 1080i resolution and watching a Matrix HD_DVD movie at 1080p resolution....when the movie wasn't filmed with an HD camera.

I'll check later and see what resolution The Matrix DVD really plays at....maybe it could it be 720p or 480p?

[James]

At least some of the features will be presented in HD.

Maybe that's my answer...the movie itself won't look any better. Just the extra features will be in HD.

So we shouldn't get too excited.

[Star_Fire]

I would say wait and see what it looks like form other people before making assumptions

[James]

I'm asking open minded questions about the technology and talking through my thought process.
I think it's called a discussion?

[krystar]

for the record, 1080i = teh suck.

720p is better than 1080i.