600 PowerMacs Make One DVD

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Posted by michael on Sunday April 18, 2004 @11:59PM from the so-you-can-buy-the-same-movies-AGAIN dept.

vaporland writes "NYTimes.com has this story about using a network of 600 PowerMac G5's to scan original movie negatives at 4000 lines per inch and create high-resolution digital recreations of classic movies."

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cool by iLEZ · 2004-04-19 00:05 · Score: 2, Funny

Pretty cool. =)
Commence pc/mac flamewar!

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Great... by beeglebug · 2004-04-19 00:07 · Score: 4, Funny

So now I'm going to have to go out and buy a whole new set of DVD's when they release the '4K Edition' of all my favourite films. And I thought I was safe until Blu-Ray came out...
The Ultimate Geek Purchase: by burgburgburg · 2004-04-19 00:08 · Score: 4, Funny

The Ultimate Extended Special Director's Edition Complete 4K Restored/Remastered Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers AND Return of the King.
I've already pre-ordered mine. Hurry now, while supplies last!
1. Re:The Ultimate Geek Purchase: by Odin's+Raven · 2004-04-19 00:37 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The Ultimate Extended Special Director's Edition Complete 4K Restored/Remastered Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers AND Return of the King.
  
  Oh dude, you should've waited another month for the release of The Ultimate Extended Special Director's Edition Complete 4K Restored/Remastered Lord of the Rings, Collector's Edition.
  There's going to be four versions available, each packaged with a different collectible playset -- Helm's Deep, Isengard, Minas Tirith, and Mount Doom. And they're all lovingly handcrafted out of genuine styrofoam, just like in the movies!
  
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Re:What is the point of scanning at such a high re by OglinTatas · 2004-04-19 00:14 · Score: 4, Funny

once digitized, they could be processed to replace the guns in the movie with walkie-talkies.

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Jack Valenti's not pleased by YetAnotherName · 2004-04-19 00:14 · Score: 1, Funny

Lawyers for the MPAA are probably preparing 4000 lawsuits right now, one for each Mac G5 participating in the illegal scanning effort.
Imagine.. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-19 00:15 · Score: 5, Funny

a beowulf cluster of... oh wait.
great for the public domain! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-19 00:24 · Score: 5, Funny

So, in 500 years, the copyrights will be expired, right?

I can only wish.
1. Re:great for the public domain! by thrillseeker · 2004-04-19 01:10 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  So, in 500 years, the copyrights will be expired, right?
  Copyright for Mickey Mouse is an ever advancing target ...
2. Re:great for the public domain! by Dun+Malg · 2004-04-19 02:53 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Copyright for Mickey Mouse is an ever advancing target
  Like a reverse Zeno's paradox, we will perpetually be only halfway through the time limit of the Mickey Mouse copyright...[/ExagerrationToMakeHumorousPoint]
  
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Can I use this for porn? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-19 00:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Some of the stuff I get off emule is really low quality. If I can use this for porn I might buy a Mac
Nice article, but... by KJE · 2004-04-19 00:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Nice artice, but where are the screenshots?
Re:What is the point of scanning at such a high re by arb · 2004-04-19 00:33 · Score: 3, Funny

Yeah - why don't they just use a $50 TV capture card and capture the film off a video? It'd work out a darn sight cheaper. Surely they'd have these movies on VHS somewhere? ;-)
WOOOO by Cap'n_fun · 2004-04-19 00:43 · Score: 3, Funny

Do they have a schedule somewhere, I want to know when House Party 2 is slated for 4000k.
That's Just Great by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-19 01:16 · Score: 1, Funny

Now all my DVDs look like shit
Thats a whole lotta... by NDPTAL85 · 2004-04-19 01:29 · Score: 2, Funny

....Big Macs!

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Re:Ummm by Eccles · 2004-04-19 01:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh, I dunno, I was hoping they might be able to colorize Young Frankenstein. It's a shame Brooks could only afford B&W film for that movie...

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Goldfinger by perdu · 2004-04-19 01:36 · Score: 2, Funny

The early Connery films are classics now -- they're on AMC! And I love the scene in Goldfinger where Bond wakes up on the plane. A beautiful woman is pointing a gun at him and so he asks her name. "Pussy Galore" she replies. Bond pauses, still coming to he says, "I must be dreaming..."

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Re:What is the point of scanning at such a high re by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-19 01:54 · Score: 3, Funny

Great! now if they could just get rid of that darn Macrovision protection :-P
Re:What is the point of scanning at such a high re by piquadratCH · 2004-04-19 02:07 · Score: 5, Funny

We're talking Apple here. The guns will be replaced with stylish iPods.
Re:Future-proof -- until your storage array dies by 503 · 2004-04-19 04:19 · Score: 2, Funny

> Can you imagine the restore times for a movie from tape

Psshaw. Even my old Betamax could restore a movie from tape in real time. Even faster if you watched it in fast-forward.
But can it... by Atragon · 2004-04-19 07:14 · Score: 2, Funny

Make Gigli look good?
DVD's by meehawl · 2004-04-19 09:35 · Score: 2, Funny

When even the NY Times sub eds let "DVD's" through instead of correcting it to "DVDs", then we know the End Times are at hand.

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