Will all old cards be updated to 1080p? I noticed some have been, what's the update?

Dash

not all cards can be updated, this has been said many times, only cards from olga barz onwards are able to get updated to 1080p

Rats, that cut-off point knocks out a lot of the cards I'd love to have seen in 1080p. Ah well, at least there are others I like that will also get the pgrade in time perhaps.

I don't understand why cards bellow Olga can't update to 1080p, but I ask Totem to republish them in a better bitrate at least. Make the best you can do about it, please! There's a lot of older cards in my favorites and love them.

That's cause older cards than that were filmed with different equiptment. So, technically, is not possible.

by platinum RMNS45 - 1 min ago
I don't understand why cards bellow Olga can't update to 1080p, but I ask Totem to republish them in a better bitrate at least. Make the best you can do about it, please! There's a lot of older cards in my favorites and love them.
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Cards below the date of 2010 - When Totem Started to Use a new New Camera
were only Filmed in HD ( 720p )
Cards after that Date were Filmed in At least 1080p
a0655 I believe is the Card when this started.


So you Can't make a card filmed in 720p, a 1080p card.
Yes, Up-scaling is Possible, but that causes loss of detail and Artifacts

(it is always better to record in Highest resolution possible, then Encode to Lower resolution, Down-scaling does not cause Artifacts Like Up-scaling Does. )

The Best Totem could do, when they have time..
Is to re-encode the Older cards at a higher 720p Bitrate.

There's a lot of movies from the 60's and 50's being released on blu ray (1080p) and they were filmed with very old equipment, so...sorry but I still don't understand why is not possible.
Don't you Totem have Technology enough for the update? Is that?

@Wyldanimal
If they at least re-encode the Older cards at a higher 720p Bitrate as you said I will be very happy!! ;-)

Works for me, what is the time frame, seems like a long process.

Dash

by platinum RMNS45 - 5 hour(s) ago
There's a lot of movies from the 60's and 50's being released on blu ray (1080p) and they were filmed with very old equipment, so...sorry but I still don't understand why is not possible.
Don't you Totem have Technology enough for the update? Is that?
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Movies recorded on real Film back in the 50's, 60's had a grain structure where the recorded images on Film were as good as 1080p digital. Possibly even as good as 4K
So they can take an Old Movie Film, and Digitally Remaster it.
Because there is Enough Grain / Resolution to allow it.
Film typically was able to capture the equivalent of 90 to 100 lines per mm.
so for a wide frame 35mm movie film
This would be the Equivalent to a 7000 x 4800 digital capture or about a 34 mega pixel image.
and if it was a 65mm film, that's 14,400 x 9,600 or about 138 mega pixels.
Film was and still is an Amazing medium to record on.

Totems Recording are Done Digitally.
And at the time, the Digital recordings were only good enough for 720p

Also:
Some of the Remaster movies on Blu-Ray, still run in a Letterbox.
They are released on Blu-Ray just for Compatibility Sake, not Because they are Re-Masted to 1080p.