the answer is yes, if 1. the formats or at at least one, stick around...and 2. If the original film elements are in pristine condition to begin with. 'some' films look as good as they are ever gonna look right now. the quality of ra negatives is all over the place, and in some cases companies cheat and use inferior source material. crap+hi def=supercrap. the hi def format exposes flaws, and the money invested to fix those flaws is a great deal more than the standard def. also, there are no remastering industry standards for the audio, so its possible to use the dts logo, and really make no changes to the audio, from the previous version. the porn industry has adopted HDDVD, so if we look at the history of vhs vs beta, etc, the eventual winner is always the one without censorship. As of this moment, sony censors content. so far both hardware formats are not setting the world on fire. even best buy is cautious, and not carrying many software titles. this is not a good sign, at least for the near term.
