I've not posted for a while. I have an excuse. We have a baby. A new son called Humphrey. So I've been adapting to new lifestyle, lack of spare time, lack of sleep, midnight nappy changes etc.
Last night I was awake in the small hours listening to World Service radio. I always enjoy it. A science programme revealed that the next generation of hi-definition TV will have 16 times the number of pixels than the current domestic average. And you'll need some super bandwidth to receive the programmes. The inventors envisage that the audience will sit close to the screen and enjoy an immersive experience. It will be TV Jim, but not as we know it.
I have to confess to being a little sceptical. I remember going to the IBC in Brighton at around 1980 and seeing an exhibit of high definition TV on the BBC stand. And to my mind high definition TV broadcasting is still pretty rough. For example, a CRT gives a far better picture than even the best LCD or plasma screens to my eye. And CRT are far more adaptable to the high and low definition inputs which we find mixed together in British broadcast TV.
I'm not exactly a Luddite, but I do think that the story or content of a video film is far more important than any of its technical elements. I hate flashy filmmaking. And long guitar solos for that matter.
I really should be asleep.
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