hpman247 said:
Just out of curiousity, how would an old movie like that not be an upconvert. If the source is from film, which i thought most movies until recently were, then wouldn't it always be an upconvert?
nope.
let's do some terminology first. An "Upconvert" means that you take the 480i or 480p source and upconvert it to 1080i or 720p (without any telecine process).
An HD transfer is not an "upconvert". Film (35mm or 16mm) has higher resolution than 1920x1080i so technically it is a downconvert from film. However, that terminology is rarely used and what you have is an HD Transfer using the telecine process. The "upconvert" does not goes through that process at all.
When I previously said that Gozilla Fantasia may have different sources, it could mean that some of it could have been HD transfer from 35mm film or HD transfer from 16mm film or simply video that was "upconverted".
To understand better the "upconvert" is like taking your current DVDs and put them on a High Definition Drive to play them. Technically the image that you will get on your TV is not HD but an upconvert of DVD from a 480i or 480p source. Hope that helps.