Videophile

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For the magazine, see The Videophile. For the 2015 Peruvian film, see Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes).

A videophile (literally, "one who loves sight") is one who is concerned with achieving high-quality results in the recording and playback of movies,

TV programs, etc.[1]

Criteria

Similar to audiophile values,[2] videophile values may be applied at all stages of the chain: the initial audio-visual recording, the video production process, and the playback (usually in a home setting). Some of the aspects of video that most videophiles are concerned with include

compression artifacts, motion artifacts, video noise, screen size, etc. In additional to traditional remastering using original film negatives (for instance) or basic upscaling, commercial software such as Topaz Video AI are able to harness the power of artificial intelligence to automatically upscale content in a dynamic fashion.[3] A hybrid strategy of combining AI remastering and manual adjustment is exemplified in Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back
(2022).

Origin

The term "videophile" was popularised, if not coined, by Tallahassee, Florida-based attorney and writer Jim Lowe, editor and publisher of

Sony Betamax home video recorder (and later VHS, introduced in 1977). The newsletter later became The Videophile, a nationally distributed magazine, the last issue of which was published in 1981.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Videophiles | Article about Videophiles by The Free Dictionary". encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  2. ^ "Ever wonder why old tech appeals to audiophiles, but videophiles not so much?". CNET. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  3. ^ "Topaz Video AI". www.topazlabs.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. ISBN 9780496879663
    . Retrieved 2018-07-19.
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