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Munkeh111 on 09 March 2008

I watched 300 blu-ray on a 50" HDTV Pioneer Plamsa, with 7 speaker surround sound, and I really enjoyed it. I though it looked good, although not quite as good other BDs I have watched, like Casino Royale, but I supose the one to test HD with is the Simpsons Movie, or better Spiderman 3

I am not sure whether my TV is 1080p compatible. While it does say the maximum output is 1080p, when I am in the XMB is uses 1080i (actually 1125i), although I think that it did change upto 1125p for the movie, but I'm not sure



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Munkeh111 on 09 March 2008
stof said:
hm.. Actually, I have a question about high def. Why is it that when you go to an electronics store and see the displays of high def tv's playing high def movies; they all look like crap. And I'm not just talking about when the signal is split to 10 tv's, but even when you see the blu-ray (or hd-dvd), hooked up to the big shiny tv.

Everything always has this weird cubist painting look to it.

 Really? I was in a store watching the Sony X series and it was just amazing, even though I have an HDTV at home



makingmusic476 on 09 March 2008

300 is a very grainy film, and I have a friend who actually prefers the SD version upscaled because it provides more detail, in his opinion. The Blu-Ray just looks a bit neater, to me, so it's the version I prefer.

But yeah, just about every Blu-Ray I own has a better picture than 300.

For good demo material, I'd recommend the following:

Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3 (particularly 2)
Spiderman 3 (sure, the movie was crap, but it looks stunning)
Any Pixar film
Kingdom of Heaven
Underworld
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix



makingmusic476 on 09 March 2008
Username2324 said:
stof said:
hm.. Actually, I have a question about high def. Why is it that when you go to an electronics store and see the displays of high def tv's playing high def movies; they all look like crap. And I'm not just talking about when the signal is split to 10 tv's, but even when you see the blu-ray (or hd-dvd), hooked up to the big shiny tv.

Everything always has this weird cubist painting look to it.

I really hate going to electronic stores for that very reason. And there are several reasons why you see it.
1. Customers screw with the settings on the tv's to make them look horrid.
2. The TV channels displayed are either not in HD or signal quality totally sucks.
3. The TV's have been damaged or have had pictures burned into them.
4. Bad connections, either between the HD player and TV or between the television source and TV.
5. The settings on the TV's are not optimized to look their best.
6. Damaged equipment.

 


It's also because the displays are usually on "Vivid" mode.  This mode is meant to show of the "amazing" colors that the TV can display, and usually makes the image overly bright, somewhat less detailed, and far too colorful.  It looks somewhat like a painting, like Stof said, but a painting that burns eyes. O_O



stof on 09 March 2008

This all sounds far too complicated... Especially for someone like me who still watches movies on VHS.



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skip on 09 March 2008
makingmusic476 said:
Username2324 said:
stof said:
hm.. Actually, I have a question about high def. Why is it that when you go to an electronics store and see the displays of high def tv's playing high def movies; they all look like crap. And I'm not just talking about when the signal is split to 10 tv's, but even when you see the blu-ray (or hd-dvd), hooked up to the big shiny tv.

Everything always has this weird cubist painting look to it.

I really hate going to electronic stores for that very reason. And there are several reasons why you see it.
1. Customers screw with the settings on the tv's to make them look horrid.
2. The TV channels displayed are either not in HD or signal quality totally sucks.
3. The TV's have been damaged or have had pictures burned into them.
4. Bad connections, either between the HD player and TV or between the television source and TV.
5. The settings on the TV's are not optimized to look their best.
6. Damaged equipment.

 


It's also because the displays are usually on "Vivid" mode. This mode is meant to show of the "amazing" colors that the TV can display, and usually makes the image overly bright, somewhat less detailed, and far too colorful. It looks somewhat like a painting, like Stof said, but a painting that burns eyes. O_O

It's quite possible that there is signal degredation from the splitting and boosting required to supply the identical signal to a hundred tvs. Most stores are probably using component cables which are analog which allows for signal degredation. Signal degredation doesn't happen over hdmi you either get the signal or you dont. (digital)

have you ever tried hooking up 4 tvs in your house with one cable jack? The picture gets very fuzzy and distorted.

 



Username2324 on 09 March 2008
stof said:
This all sounds far too complicated... Especially for someone like me who still watches movies on VHS.
Simply put, the HDTV's look like crap in electronics stores because they are not properly setup like they would be in your home.

 



Munkeh111 on 09 March 2008
makingmusic476 said:
300 is a very grainy film, and I have a friend who actually prefers the SD version upscaled because it provides more detail, in his opinion. The Blu-Ray just looks a bit neater, to me, so it's the version I prefer.

But yeah, just about every Blu-Ray I own has a better picture than 300.

For good demo material, I'd recommend the following:

Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3 (particularly 2)
Spiderman 3 (sure, the movie was crap, but it looks stunning)
Any Pixar film
Kingdom of Heaven
Underworld
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix


 Got those two, will try to use them to show of BD properly. They know how beautiful HD is, but not the difference between watching something from Sky Movies HD as opposed to a blu-ray 

Also, has anyone got Starsky and Hutch, is it good picture wise?



iclim4 on 09 March 2008
makingmusic476 said:
Username2324 said:
stof said:
hm.. Actually, I have a question about high def. Why is it that when you go to an electronics store and see the displays of high def tv's playing high def movies; they all look like crap. And I'm not just talking about when the signal is split to 10 tv's, but even when you see the blu-ray (or hd-dvd), hooked up to the big shiny tv.

Everything always has this weird cubist painting look to it.

I really hate going to electronic stores for that very reason. And there are several reasons why you see it.
1. Customers screw with the settings on the tv's to make them look horrid.
2. The TV channels displayed are either not in HD or signal quality totally sucks.
3. The TV's have been damaged or have had pictures burned into them.
4. Bad connections, either between the HD player and TV or between the television source and TV.
5. The settings on the TV's are not optimized to look their best.
6. Damaged equipment.

 


It's also because the displays are usually on "Vivid" mode.  This mode is meant to show of the "amazing" colors that the TV can display, and usually makes the image overly bright, somewhat less detailed, and far too colorful.  It looks somewhat like a painting, like Stof said, but a painting that burns eyes. O_O

I agree, IT BURNS EYES!!!
I tried calibrating a store TV(The same TV I have at home) with my calibrations to compare with other TV's
and the one I calibrated looked exceptionally good. You could see the shadow details that were being crushed by the TV's with Vivid mode beside it, plus the picture just looked more appealing Overall.

 




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Entroper on 09 March 2008
Magnific0 said:

tsk tsk madskillz my friend...1080i sucks. I advise you to make a better use of your equipment.


If your TV has 3:2 pulldown, 1080i = 1080p for 24 fps film sources.



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