The Police - New HD restored video collection coming soon?

Hi!

Over the last days, on the official facebook page and youtube, HD restored videos have been posted

First, 'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da'. Then, 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic'.
And today, 'So Lonely'

So, I wonder if a new HD restored video is coming soon. That would be WONDERFUL!

 

All of those videos, including the one you linked to were posted 9 years ago in 2010.

what am I missing here?

 

The ORIGINAL videos were posted 9 years ago

Check the Police facebook page. These are brand new HD transfers. They kept the link from the same youtube that the old videos, but these are brand new HD remasters



This was posted half an hour ago

It’s a whole weekend of anniversaries with ‘So Lonely’ released as a single 41 years ago today!

Celebrate with the new HD video: ThePolice.lnk.to/SoLonelyVid

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2389899097915887

 

thanks, keeping the original post date is confusing.

 

Yeah I know mate!

This was posted on 25 October

Winter Is Coming...so we've given the 'De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da' video a new 4K upgrade! ❄️

Watch The Police get up to their snowy antics in HD right here ThePolice.lnk.to/DeDo

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=544504482979317

 

And 'Every Little Thing', from yesterday

‘Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic’ turns 38 years old today! Our love for The Police’s 4th UK No. 1 single goes on

Watch the new HD video here: ThePolice.lnk.to/EveryLittleThingVid

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=468288537379777

 

Cool! Classics from the days when a band could make a funny little vid for pocket change. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

If they're remastering all their video clips, I hope they eventually give the same treatment to Around The World and The Synchronicity Concert.

 

Actually what I'd LOVE is a new transfer AND edit, without the 80s style of video

 

Agree.
But they are really fantastic. It would be wonderful to have all videos with the 4K treatment.

 

Here’s The Police Walking On The Moon for some #MondayMotivation!

Dance along with the new HD video: ThePolice.lnk.to/WalkingOnTheMoonVid

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=405860730325015

 

Such simple yet fun videos. Those very early days of MTV are fascinating to me. In today's world of multi-million dollar vids the budget for every Police music video combined would not pay for coffee and bagels at craft service!

 

I wish they'd offer that to all of us - I have a lot of videos I'd like to re-upload, some dating back to the reduced resolution days 12 years ago. I still have all these on hard drive in full resolution.

 

hopefully blu-ray or DVD!

 

Nothing is coming soon as far as product, Universal is just updating a lot of their Youtube content to HD. They did some Who videos too that look amazing.

 

Yeah, I'm wondering if these upgrades are being done because a lot of people are streaming youtube to their 1080p or 4k TVs.

 

Definitely looks better than how I remembered it previously. Still looks like it was shot on Super 8, but definitely an improvement.

Interesting to see two 24-track 2” machines in the background of the control room. Never thought a simple PC running a software program (ProTools) would replace those (@ 35 seconds). And, looks like there’s a Mini Moog on top of a road case (@ 1:00). Those Mini Moogs originally cost about $1,500 in the 70’s (that’s about $7K in today’s money). Today, the Behringer Model D is a near spot-on clone for under $300. How times change...

 

I do it all the time. Unless the original footage was done on film (which is pretty rare for a music video or even most 80's/90's concert films) it's not like it's going to look much better than it does at maximum Youtube quality. The technology has finally caught up to where even Youtube is comparable to what you used to buy on a blu-ray.

I don't think there's enough of a market left for music video compilations at this point, so YT is your best source for them if you want to relive your youth in this way, I think.

 

I wish they'd let regular people go back and re-upload things. I put this video up 12 years ago, when we were limited to 320 by 240:



It's got half a million views and I don't want to lose those. I have this at 480 by 720 and would like to make it available.

 

That would be a real shame! too much work just for youtube upgrade and nothing else?

A DVD/Blu Ray would be a no brainer

 

What else is there that would sell more than a few dozen copies? Just no market for that kind of thing, really. (Especially since you can just watch the videos in HD already). There's still a market for new content or restored live shows and the like, like the Stones series and such, but just putting widely available 80's music videos on disc kind of became redundant in the Youtube age.

A fully restored live collection and the Synchronicity show without all the bad effects and stuff might get some attention, but that's another matter entirely.

 

Don't know how many copies sold the 'Greatest Hits' DVD back then, but I think there would be a lot more than a few dozen of copies for a 4K HD upgrade