Thinking about this, when will alleged movies producers be making their movies available in HIGH DEFINITION in nigeria? Taking into consideration that the predominant format in nigeria now is VCD, DVD is yet to gain a foothold (if i am wrong someone please correct me).

How many years estimated will it take to see high definition content be it movies or tv broadcast produced in Nigeria?

"the bridesmaid" was on DVD and it was an amazing picture. besides the movie is a pretty good one too.

Moderator says, "but that's not HD. The topic is about HD".

Hi-definition nowadays usually means HD content at 720p, 1080i and 1080p. These advanced resolutions are currently in the realm of Blu-ray and HD-DVD, not plain ol' DVD, As fs as i know. And there i was thinking Blu-Ray DVDs were coming to naija and i'd have one more reason for not smashing my ps3[/sub]

Um i don't understand why is the topic misleading.

do u really know the technology behind high definition before just randomly posting resolutions stuff.

720p = progressive
1080i = interlaced or non-progressive

pretty much how often the pixels on the screen are refreshed and by which methods is used to refresh etc bla bla

texazzpete:

These advanced resolutions are currently in the realm of Blu-ray and HD-DVD, not plain ol' DVD,

well as far as u know just ot add to your knowledge, there are television stations broadcasting in HD, HD content is not limited to HD-DVD or Bluray, there are innumerable number of applications of HD technology.



720p = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/720p
1080i = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080i
1080p = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p

I've got a HD-ready LCD and i have two HD game consoles (xbox 360 and ps3). also i've watched sky HD while i was in the UK.

DSTV says HD broadcast could start in 2008. Can't remember when last i watched naija TV anyway

i think it's high time we allow the producers and actors/actresses have a break.

Enough of the criticisms, Actually i dont like the Nigerian movie industry but i think they are coming up and i am begining to appreciate what my country people can give me.

Lets give a chance to continue the biuild up process. They started the VCD they will also start the DVD version.

Lets wait and see what they have to offer us.

i go with u jare mekoyo,give them time nw

For Nigerian channels to broadcast HD channels would be waste of money for the time being. You would need HDTV to view them and their prices are not convenient at the moment.

With time they would get there its just even becoming popular in other parts of the world.

Nigerian Movies in high def, not Nigerian TV. Movies.

Knowing that there are different formats of HI-DEF. It doesnt really matter be it one format or another.

All these will come wt time, i think nigeria movie industry is trying now n they would be better soon. PATIENCE please .

Naija filmakers always want the easy and cheapest way out, they r not in a hurry to improve on the standard on their films, It dosnt take dem long to produce a movie, if they can sell it in VCDz, y waste money in DVDz?

just imagine, what kind of content do Nigerian film makers want to put on a normal dvd, talk less of a hd or bluray dvd. the makings of our movies are not just intresting enough and there will most likely be no deleted scenes and othe such stuff. and on the issue of high def. tv, we shouldnt expect that any time soon unless some new tv stattion has enough money to buy the necessary equipment and broadcast. then the same thing that happened with per second billing will happen with the other stations

High definition in Nigeria is at least 20 years away. Nigerian consumers just want good stories for now, VCD or not.

yeah dats right

If there are Hi-def movies on in nigeria am pretty much certain that pirates will put them back on to vcds.

Really producing in Hi-Def is not expensive. Definitely just a camcorder in Hi-Def will absolutely do a better job than the cameras used to film the movie scenes.

Well obviously put it on their respective format maybe challenging. but as internet penetrates into more homes and hopefully better quality and reliable connections, Nollywood can pretty much come out with an itunes version for movies. then hopefully it will be cheaper than vcds. regardless people wills till download and sell.

If the VCD is not sold, the movie producers won't make any money, so please don't be anti-business.
Releasing a movie in high definition (HD-DVD, Blu Ray) doesn't mean you can't release on DVD and VCD also.
You can release VCD, DVD and HD-DVD concurrently and allow Nigerians to choose the one they prefer.