Taking it higher: new technologies take time to gain ground in Asia. High definition production and post production is picking up in the region. Foo Tiang Khuen takes a look at the issues of HD production and post and what it'll take for greater proliferation of HD in the region. (high definition special).

The Asian market is foraging through the HD arena with preliminary trials in feature films, documentaries, and selected commercials. Asia's anaemic economic situation is a double-edged sword for the region's filmmaking and television production community.

On one hand, budgets and investments have been tight; on the other hand, lower cost formats like digital video (DV) have not won converts to it being a high quality output format. This augurs well for HD as the market is open to explore better quality and affordable technology to maintain a status quo of revenue and work.

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