phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (03/20/90)
In article <7067@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> sorka@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Alan Waterman) writes: |The typical resolution |of 35mm is about 10000X8000 with about 7 bits per primary. I can see the |improvement that 70mm brings and I don't even have 20/20 vision. As I understand it, the resolution delivered by 35mm motion pictures is nowhere near that of a still image. The registration of the projector limits the quality. If the projector jitters the same amount for 35 and 70, then 70 will look sharper because the relative amount of jitter will be less. HDTV was supposed to be close to the delivered resolution of 35mm motion pictures, I believe. Perhaps dave@imax or poynton@sun would like to comment. -- Phil Ngai, phil@amd.com {uunet,decwrl,ucbvax}!amdcad!phil Boycott the census! With the history of abuse census data has, can you afford to trust the government?