2025: General Discussion

[Poisson]

It's not perfect, but works fine enough. Sorting out the monitors in the Octagon would be the only visual I'd do.

 

[Steve74]

It's not perfect, but works fine enough. Sorting out the monitors in the Octagon would be the only visual I'd do.

One thing I'm surprised they didn't do in the refurb was to replace the projector/screen with a TV; that would help with the quality of the film too. Unless they feel the screen/projector setup is more in keeping with the "restoration" theme.

 

[AT86]

The documents for the application for the installation of a stage are now on the planning portal.

It’s just permission for a stage in Mutiny Bay courtyard between Sep and March for use during Scarefest, Christmas and Feb half term. So nothing particularly exciting or new, just permission for something they have been doing for years.

Planning Application - Staffordshire Moorlands District Council

How to make a comment, support, or object to, an application.

publicaccess.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk

 

[SuperMuscleMan]

The French were broadcasting in 736i from 1949. During the 1940s they'd developed technology to broadcast up to 1,042 lines.

35 mm film, which has been kicking around since 1889, has no firm digital equivalent. It is analogue and can be scanned in at whatever resolution you want, but typically 5.6k is generally considered to be the peak, before there's no additional benefit.

720p was adopted as a broadcast standard in 1996, with the first televisions appearing on the market in 1998. Two years before Hex.

It's likely that the footage for Hex was filmed on either 16 mm, 35 mm or DigiBeta. If it's the former, providing that the original film is still available, you could rescan at a higher resolution. The visual effects were likely mastered in SD though, and I doubt the files for that are still available.

As @Zeock suggests though, an AI assisted upscale would be the most cost effective way of increasing the resolution of the video... If they wanted or it was needed.

I don't think it is needed, there's nothing really to be gained from an increase in resolution here. If anything it would make it feel cheap and like a day time TV show.

Id say DIgiBeta is most likely. I doubt towers had a big budget for film. I recall seeing a behind the scenes film on the advert and that was digital. I think it's the size format that bugs me as the newer screens make it look dated.

One thing I'm surprised they didn't do in the refurb was to replace the projector/screen with a TV; that would help with the quality of the film too. Unless they feel the screen/projector setup is more in keeping with the "restoration" theme.

Think the soundtrack is a projector noise?