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Probably worth putting your old DVD set on eBay and get ready
to buy the remastered Blu-ray.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=16524
PBS has announced that Ken Burn's masterpiece The Civil War, which has been recentlyremastered in 4K,
will be released on Blu-ray. The six-disc set will include new bonus materials, including a short film on
the re-mastering process and newly produced "making of" interviews, and will arrive on the U.S. market
this fall.
Over the course of two months, 50,000 feet of the original 16mm film negative, which is preserved at
the George Eastman House, was scanned frame by frame at 4K (4096 x 2160 pixels, the resolution
used for Ultra High Definition). The standard definition 1990 broadcast was taken from a duplicate
of the original negative, resulting in a loss of quality. This is the first time the film will be seen with
the exact same fidelity and framing as the negative that Burns and his co-cinematographers Allen Moore
and Buddy Squires shot over 25 years ago.
"THE CIVIL WAR series has never been seen in such visual clarity," said Daniel J. White. "The colors
are brighter and you will see more details in the images. With this transfer, THE CIVIL WAR will be
preserved at the highest quality for generations to come."
"I'm beyond excited," said Ken Burns. "For the first time, viewers will see what I saw when I looked
through the lens of my camera. It is truly remarkable.
"THE CIVIL WAR attracted an audience of 38.9 million during its premiere in September 1990. It set
a record for the highest rated PBS series broadcast, which stands today. ' The series has been honored
with more than 40 major film and television awards, including two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards,
Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild, People's Choice Award, Peabody Award, duPont-Columbia
award, D.W. Griffith Award and the Lincoln Prize, among dozens of others."
to buy the remastered Blu-ray.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=16524
PBS has announced that Ken Burn's masterpiece The Civil War, which has been recentlyremastered in 4K,
will be released on Blu-ray. The six-disc set will include new bonus materials, including a short film on
the re-mastering process and newly produced "making of" interviews, and will arrive on the U.S. market
this fall.
Over the course of two months, 50,000 feet of the original 16mm film negative, which is preserved at
the George Eastman House, was scanned frame by frame at 4K (4096 x 2160 pixels, the resolution
used for Ultra High Definition). The standard definition 1990 broadcast was taken from a duplicate
of the original negative, resulting in a loss of quality. This is the first time the film will be seen with
the exact same fidelity and framing as the negative that Burns and his co-cinematographers Allen Moore
and Buddy Squires shot over 25 years ago.
"THE CIVIL WAR series has never been seen in such visual clarity," said Daniel J. White. "The colors
are brighter and you will see more details in the images. With this transfer, THE CIVIL WAR will be
preserved at the highest quality for generations to come."
"I'm beyond excited," said Ken Burns. "For the first time, viewers will see what I saw when I looked
through the lens of my camera. It is truly remarkable.
"THE CIVIL WAR attracted an audience of 38.9 million during its premiere in September 1990. It set
a record for the highest rated PBS series broadcast, which stands today. ' The series has been honored
with more than 40 major film and television awards, including two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards,
Producer of the Year Award from the Producers Guild, People's Choice Award, Peabody Award, duPont-Columbia
award, D.W. Griffith Award and the Lincoln Prize, among dozens of others."
