On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 01:19:46AM +0000, Justin wrote:
If I film off a HDTV screen with a HDTV camera (or just do single-frame with a good professional camera) will the flag be preserved?
I don't think so, I think the flag is in the bitstream and doesn't affect visual output at all. You still run into significant quality
I know; that was a rhetorical question.
loss trying to get around it that way.
I doubt the quality loss would be perceivable. What you'll get will be persistent artifacts which would allow source fingerprinting via digital forensics.
The point is that HDTV is a popular consumer technology, and the MPAA and TV networks alone managed to hijack it.
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