[opendtv] 600 Macs, 4,000 Lines, One Giant Leap for DVD's
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 23:18:02 -0400
600 Macs, 4,000 Lines, One Giant Leap for DVD's
By FRED KAPLAN
April 18, 2004
BURBANK, Calif.
ON the second floor of an unassuming office building on the edge of
Burbank, John Lowry is forging what might be the future of the DVD -
and, with it, the way that classic films will be stored, preserved,
telecast and watched.
Mr. Lowry, who has worked for decades at enhancing video imagery, is
responsible for some of the best-looking DVD restorations in recent
years, including transfers of "Casablanca," "Singin' in the Rain" and
"Once Upon a Time in the West."
Since last November, he has been immersed in a project that promises
to advance the state of the art - and that has been kept secret, even
among most industry insiders, until now.
What he is doing will make a DVD look nearly as sharp and detailed as
a 35-millimeter film print. It will produce images with six times the
resolution of today's high-definition television sets. In video
quality, it could turn home theater into a true rival of the
neighborhood cineplex.
Walk into the suites of Lowry Digital, the company that Mr. Lowry
started six years ago, and the first sight that strikes you is the
computer bank - rack after rack of Macintosh G5 computers, 600 of
them, holding a combined memory of 2,400 gigabytes.
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/movies/18KAPL.html
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