[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ DV -> HD conversion..., Interesting new product

As the march to HD moves forward heres a company which is offering software which can convert your "old" (hehe) stylie DV footage to band spanking new HD. Bear in mind that it wont increase the quality of your footage to HD but does convert it to a format HD will understand. It costs $249.95 but does come with a Dolby AC3 encoder which willbe a god send to any one doing DVD authoring and is sick to death of the sheer size of PCM audio, although i'm uncertain at this time as to whether the AC3 encoder is Dobly Certified or simply one of the GNU, public domain developed alternatives.

www.transitionsoftware.com

Awai.

This post has been edited by Awai: Sep 17 2005, 10:06 AM

good points guys. I've no idea if its faster as i've not really had a need for purchasing it yet - i've done a bit more research and it looks a bit "bolted together" for my liking. I've got a client coming onboard shortly who wants a project shooting in HD which will be interesting.

I agree with Audiyoda that consumers will be wanting a "one click" solution, which explains the popularity of DVD-Shrink over reauthoring a DVD.

JobeFX is right though, i hadnt considered that Prem et al would do the upconvert for me...

interesting stuff.

Awai.