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Watch your yesteryears come to life!
How would you feel if on a lazy Sunday afternoon, the great white shark from the Jaws (1975) suddenly comes to life in your living room? Or, if you could trade a session of Star Wars on PS4 with your child for the movie?
The movies we grew up on, which made us believe in another world from another time and space are threatened. Yes, just like the genetically engineered dinosaurs that we flock to watch in theaters, our next generation would perhaps never know the excitement of watching Star Wars on screen. To them, perhaps Star Wars would be synonymous to a game you play on the play station.
How would you feel if you can gift your childhood to your child?
With the age of digitization, it is possible. As film historians struggle to save a century of history, they believe that the current state of film restoration in high quality and clarity of 4K resolution is setting a new aesthetic standard.
The rise of digital restoration has been recent. Lee Kline, technical director for The Criterion Collection , says, “We can finally call these restorations. That’s because 4K digital scanning of source material, preferably but not always old film negatives, comes close to the same image quality as traditional 35-millimeter film prints. And it is twice that of the previous (and still prevalent) high standard for digital restorations, 2K.”
Interestingly, digital archiving comes at a time when people are willing to consume good content – be it old films or videos across devices, and are ready to pay for the experience.
4K Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) television gives the viewers that experience. With a resolution of around 8,294,400 pixels or 4K progressive, 4K OLED TVs accurately render colors and provides super sharp images that almost border on life like.
So while film historians restore and preserve the digital assets from various factors like moisture, heat, and natural calamities, go ahead, grab a tub of popcorn and watch your childhood come alive in a 4K OLED television.
You can thank the digital asset managers later!
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