[enginekid]

I was told that in order for you to see a show in High Definition (take advantage of that new HD TV) the show must be shot with HD cameras. So, my question is: does the UFC use HD cameras?

Some people are now saying we can all get High Definition UFC on xbox. But how is this possible without actual HD events?

[heyseuss]

Originally Posted by enginekid

I was told that in order for you to see a show in High Definition (take advantage of that new HD TV) the show must be shot with HD cameras. So, my question is: does the UFC use HD cameras?

Some people are now saying we can all get High Definition UFC on xbox. But how is this possible without actual HD events?

No, it doesn't have to be filmed (videoed) in high def. it can be changed to high def after. in order for you to take advantage of a high def broadcast, every thing on your end must be capable of displaying true highdef.

edit- I don't know what kind of cameras UFC uses but as I said, it can be converted later.

UFC in HD!

[enginekid]

Originally Posted by heyseuss

No, it doesn't have to be filmed (videoed) in high def. it can be changed to high def after. in order for you to take advantage of a high def broadcast, every thing on your end must be capable of displaying true highdef.

edit- I don't know what kind of cameras UFC uses but as I said, it can be converted later.

UFC in HD!

ok but i dont understand how you can take a recording that has max res of say 600/600 pixels, than convert that video and somehow increase the definition to say 1080/1200 sure you can convert it to a new file format and blow it up to a larger dimension but how can you make it actually clearer image? blowing it up would only degrade it.

theoretically this is impossible becuase you would need to add new information.

you cant even do this with photoshop. you cant take a bitmap with res 600/600 and make it bigger yet somehow higher res and clearer image. you can certainly blow the image up to a bigger dimension but that will actually degrade the picture. so what technology are you talking about?

[Happnin' Mojo]

Originally Posted by enginekid

ok but i dont understand how you can take a recording that has max res of say 600/600 pixels, than convert that video and somehow increase the definition to say 1080/1200

theoretically this is impossible becuase you would need to add new information.

you cant even do this with photoshop. you cant take a bitmap with res 600/600 and make it bigger yet somehow higher res and clearer image. you can certainly blow the image up to a bigger dimension but that will actually degrade the picture. so what technology are you talking about?

Magic duh!


Seriously though I believe that modern high end production cameras were already equipped to shoot hi-def for some time (I want to say around 2003 but definately by '06) so the majority of upscale tv programmers, of which I believe Spike and UFC are, would already have HD cameras because it's insisted by the govt. that all the cable providers have to switch over (the dateline was 06 but I believe they pushed it back for the stragglers). So really it's already being shot in HD but if you don't have an HD tv as well as cable provider such as Dish Network then you just get a normal analog picture .....


WAR Radio Shack!!!

[ViceStan]

Originally Posted by Happnin' Mojo

Magic duh!


Seriously though I believe that modern high end production cameras were already equipped to shoot hi-def for some time (I want to say around 2003 but definately by '06) so the majority of upscale tv programmers, of which I believe Spike and UFC are, would already have HD cameras because it's insisted by the govt. that all the cable providers have to switch over (the dateline was 06 but I believe they pushed it back for the stragglers). So really it's already being shot in HD but if you don't have an HD tv as well as cable provider such as Dish Network then you just get a normal analog picture .....


WAR Radio Shack!!!

I doubt it, the camara's are more expansive. Movies are shot in high def because they have to be shown in a movie theater, thats why we are able to get high def dvd's of movies made 10+ years ago.

[heyseuss]

Originally Posted by enginekid

ok but i dont understand how you can take a recording that has max res of say 600/600 pixels, than convert that video and somehow increase the definition to say 1080/1200 sure you can convert it to a new file format and blow it up to a larger dimension but how can you make it actually clearer image? blowing it up would only degrade it.

theoretically this is impossible becuase you would need to add new information.

you cant even do this with photoshop. you cant take a bitmap with res 600/600 and make it bigger yet somehow higher res and clearer image. you can certainly blow the image up to a bigger dimension but that will actually degrade the picture. so what technology are you talking about?

ummmm, it's WAY more complicated than you can imagine. the senior engineers at SMPTE still learn something new about it every day. It changes every day.
Everythin you see on tv and movies, has been converted to several different varities of standard and high def. even if it's shot on film or shot on mpeg, it gets converted as soon as it comes out of the camera. you wouldn't know the difference after they've been converted. I can take gone with the wind and convert it and you wouldn't see the difference between that and something 'filmed' on highdef. Broadcast equipment, tv's, receivers, even cables, that display highdef, aren't all truly capable yet, so it's kinda a moot point. As I said, it is something that cahnges drastically every day in hollywood.

you know there is more to 'defintion' than high and standard? I don't know what you know but I can reccommend researching it, you'll be amazed.

photoshop is photoshop - when E.R. or 24 films a scene, the machine the reel goes on to get coverted costs 1.3 million dollars. it's a lil more serious than resizing a bitmap.

[dabigchet]

UFC PPVs are sometimes replayed in InDemand HD Theater channel and it looks fantastic, leading me to believe that they are recorded in HD. i think the problem is that the PPV providers can't deliver it that way, but i could be wrong.

[heyseuss]

Originally Posted by ViceStan

I doubt it, the camara's are more expansive. Movies are shot in high def because they have to be shown in a movie theater, thats why we are able to get high def dvd's of movies made 10+ years ago.

HUH? Movies from 10 years ago were shot on film. regular film. the reason you get movies from 10 years ago on high def dvd is because someone like me spent 2 months digitally converting each and every single frame of film ... unless my past was a dream....

[Underfoot]

Originally Posted by enginekid

I was told that in order for you to see a show in High Definition (take advantage of that new HD TV) the show must be shot with HD cameras. So, my question is: does the UFC use HD cameras?

Some people are now saying we can all get High Definition UFC on xbox. But how is this possible without actual HD events?

I think they upscale the video for HD on the 360.

[BX_BOMBER]

INHD use to show alot of old UFC ppv well after they aired. Trust me seeing Big Tim's arm break in HD was much better than regular sd.