Criterion purchase second Correct System

MTI Film, a leader in software based image processing applications for the emerging tapeless workflow, have announced that New York based Criterion have purchased their second MTI Film Correct System, and has now upgraded both systems from Standard Definition (SD) to High Definition (HD).
The Criterion Collection, a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films, is dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world and publishing them in editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning, original supplements. The collection includes the work of such masters of cinema as Renoir, Godard, Kurosawa, Cocteau, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, Fuller, Lean, Kubrick, and many others.
Each film is presented uncut, in its original aspect ratio, as its maker intended it to be seen. For every disc, Criterion tracks down the best available film elements in the world, uses state-of-the-art telecine equipment and a select few colourists capable of meeting their rigorous standards, and take time during the film-to-video digital transfer to create the most pristine possible image and sound. Whenever possible, Criterion works with directors and cinematographers to assure that the look of their releases does justice to their intentions. Criterion's supplements enable viewers to appreciate Criterion films in context, through audio commentaries by filmmakers and scholars, restored director's cuts, deleted scenes, documentaries, shooting scripts, early shorts, and storyboards.
Criterion have taken an important lead in performing in-house restoration using MTI Film's Correct System. Originally starting with MTI's SD system, Criterion have moved both to HD, as most of their work is now done in High Definition. If SD is needed for a particular project, then it can be easily down-converted to SD from HD. Criterion evaluated other systems, but found MTI's Correct System was the best choice for their needs, and they particularly wanted a cost-effective, easy-to-use system. Criterion also considers MTI's algorithms for repairing an image while keeping the film grain the same to be the best in the business.
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