balam - 1:47 am on Jan 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

> hi-def and p0rn don't mix

It's not just AFI performers that are concerned; it's all people who appear before the camera...

The Olympian: HDTV clearly a scary change for image-conscious actors [theolympian.com]

Some TV types say big-screen HDTV could lead to the end of the extreme close-up as we know it. Others predict hi-def fears could soon be reflected in artists' contracts. Being show business, Botox injections and facelifts continue, even though HDTV reveals the tight lines and plumped lips in extreme clarity. "Just about everything is more obvious in hi-def," says Sheila McKenna, founder of New York-based Kett Cosmetics, an airbrushed, HDTV-friendly makeup line used by some on "The View," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Today," and all over CNN and ESPN.