So I just woke up from a nap (sort of) and got my computer out of hibernation mode...and when I opened iStripper and clicked on my collection I noticed one of my cards said "New Format"...ummm what does this mean??? The card is Anna Tatu "Sweet Love"...has her love for me changed in some way? If so I'd like to know :P

You were definitely ***** for this one

There's been an update for two cards
"Marica Hase - Make Me Purr & Anna Tatu - Sweet Love have been remastered with an optimized color calibration and post production treatment. It is available in 720p, 1080p and 3K resolutions."

https://www.istripper.com/forum#/forum/thread/34165/1

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Marica Hase - Make Me Purr & Anna Tatu - Sweet Love have been remastered with an optimized color calibration and post production treatment. It is available in 720p, 1080p and 3K resolutions. The model...

There is a REAL incentive for new members to Go for Gold ..
and I'm not talking about the Olympics..I mean getting to 40 cards :-)
Unlock 720p ..and its updates will although un peau limited in quality
~ there are lots of 1080p potential & other content goodies down there too.

Oh she makes me purr alright :D

Can someone please explain what it means to "remaster" a card in detail...I appreciate it thanks! :)

Re: Remaster

After making the initial recording of a model's performance, the video is edited and encoded for display by the iStripper software. Some of the more recent 1080p cards were recorded with the same type of cameras used for 3K cards, but at that time Totem was not creating 3K cards. Now it is possible to go back to the original recording and recode it as a 3K card. Totem is doing this for selected cards. They have also discovered that their current techniques produce better quality results even a 1080p cards, so these reformatted cards are better quality overall than the original versions.

It should also be Noted that Totem Never produces a card at a higher resolution than the Original Recording.
So if the Camera that was used only recorded in 720p, then that is the MAX resolution the card will be in.
There was a period of time, when the Camera was recording in 4k resolution, but the Software and User base was only capable of 1080p.
Around march of 2010 Totem started to use a Higher resolution Camera. Around card a0655 I think.
Once the User base caught up, Totem started to Produce cards in 3K.
They also went back to the Original Recordings, and remastered cards in 3K
The same thing happened with some of the 720p cards. A new Camera was used that was 1080p capable.
So some of the 720p cards were remastered to 1080p

Since the Encoder software had evolved and become better, Color Quality and Bit Rates improved as well. So not only did the remastered cards
get a resolution increase, they also got better color saturation and higher fidelity.

Thank you for the explanations...but yeah I find it odd but interesting that some shows at the same resolution which were apparently recorded around the same time appear different in quality...like for example Jessica Joy's 1080p resolutions are really good compared to other shows recorded with the same resolution at the time...or maybe it's the fact that she is one of my favs and my eyes are POPPED OUT WIDER O_O :P

Some Existing cards such as 1080p, can be Remastered, not to a higher resolution, but will gain
color and bit rate from the new encoder process.
So yes, even remastering existing 1080p with the New encoder to 1080p will be an improvement.

The problem for Totem is that remastering takes a fair amount of effort. The only additional income Totem gets is from new sales. For those of us who already own a card, it's a free upgrade.

I wonder if you can get free credits or something if you tell others about iStripper and they join in on the fun...probably not huh :P

I still think there needs to be some kind of iStripper merchandise like something tangible (I almost keep wanting to say VirtuaGirl because I've been conditioned lol)

Question: Are the people who are not yet Gold status, already getting the 720p cards that were upgraded to 1080, or do they still have to wait until they have 40 cards ?

I wonder if you can get free credits or something if you tell others about iStripper and they join in on the fun...probably not huh :P

I still think there needs to be some kind of iStripper merchandise like something tangible (I almost keep wanting to say VirtuaGirl because I've been conditioned lol)

not quite but I guess you could earn money buy hosting a site and use that for credits :)
https://affiliates.istripper.com/home.php

Well besides the auctions I meant...as far as merch went but yeah I see what you are saying...I think