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   In article <987d47e0-8330-4375-8fb1-3b986d4911a6   
   @o13g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, SFTV_troy@yahoo.com says...   
   >  From: Joseph Straczynski    
   > > Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 23:31:14 -0700 (PDT)   
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   > > Doesn't matter if any of them exist, they could never be upgraded to   
   > > HD or anything close to that.  They were produced on antiquated   
   > > equipment at a resolution that's ridiculous in comparison   
   > > to what's currently being done now.   
   > >   
   > > And honestly, what you'd pay to try (and fail) at up-resing   
   > > them would be nearly what you'd pay to render everything fresh.   
   >   
   >   
   > Hello JMS,   
   >   
   > I respectfully disagree.   
      
   Because you don't know anything about the subject, eh? ;)   
      
   >  DVD players upscale 720x480 videos to HD all   
   > the time.   
      
   And that proves it - thats just resizing a bitmap (they did that for the   
   dvds already), they are (apparently) talking about 3d models, starting   
   with an exsisting model would only save them about 0.000000001% of time.   
      
   > Ditto game consoles like the PS3 or Xbox360 when upscaling   
   > older games to modern HDTVs.  The cost, in terms of labor, is nothing.   
      
   I have no idea what you are seeing, but that isn't it.   
   >   
   > The cost of uprezzing old CGI from B5 or SeaQuest or Space:A&B or   
   > other 90s-shows would also be near-nothing --- just a few hours to   
   > import the files, change the "output settings" to 1920x1080, and click   
   > "render".   
      
   And it would look like shit, because the models weren't detaile enough,   
   and the textures most certainly weren't.   
      
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