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02 May 2008, 10:37 AM
Josh

LOOK AT THAT PICTURE SON!
03 May 2008, 02:47 AM
gamevet

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Originally Posted by Gooch

The mainstream adoption of HD sets has really just started to pick up momentum and it will take a while for the mainstream to realize that they're not currently watching HD, because it should be clear to any fool the visual difference between a quality, non half-assed BD and DVD. Watch the remastered Fifth Element BD and compare it to the Superbit DVD and if you can't notice an appreciable difference, then you should pass on HD entirely.

Watching Lost on HD broadcast, is miles above the DVD versions of the show. If a viewer can't see the difference there, they need to go get their eyes checked.
03 May 2008, 02:51 AM
ElCapichan

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamevet

Watching Lost on HD broadcast, is miles above the DVD versions of the show. If a viewer can't see the difference there, they need to go get thier eyes checked.

Yet at the same time, HD broadcast generally look like shit due to compression. I suppose this can depend on cable vs. satellite and which provider you have, but I have yet to watch any HD broadcast on my TV that has wowed me. On the other hand, the same HD broadcast does look substantially better on a 720p set over a 1080p set.
03 May 2008, 02:54 AM
Tommy Tallarico

Even on TNL, people are happily listening to triple-transcoded 128 kbps piece of shit MP3s and they just don't give a fuck. Audio quality is obviously much less dramatic than video, but the same ignorance applies. Even Cheebs will get super deep into serious audio quality, but for some reason he doesn't care if he's watching movies or playing games in 240i because it's all the same to him.

People are fucking stupid.

Tommy Tallarico
03 May 2008, 12:13 PM
Dunlap

I'm with ElCapitan. I've watched a BluRay movie that looked good, but every kiosk station I've seen had video riddled with artifacts.
03 May 2008, 12:56 PM
gamevet

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElCapitan

Yet at the same time, HD broadcast generally look like shit due to compression. I suppose this can depend on cable vs. satellite and which provider you have, but I have yet to watch any HD broadcast on my TV that has wowed me. On the other hand, the same HD broadcast does look substantially better on a 720p set over a 1080p set.

I'm on Verizon Fios, so it's possible that I'm getting a signal with a higher band-width. I really don't see many artifacts, except with the standard definition stuff.
03 May 2008, 01:42 PM
kedawa

I can see the difference, but I just don't care.
I'm not really paying that much attention to fine details when I watch movies.
The added resolution is a godsend for gaming, though.
03 May 2008, 05:04 PM
Saint of Killers

Quote:

Originally Posted by ElCapitan

Yet at the same time, HD broadcast generally look like shit due to compression. I suppose this can depend on cable vs. satellite and which provider you have, but I have yet to watch any HD broadcast on my TV that has wowed me.

the best picture for hd broadcasts is from over the air.
04 May 2008, 02:03 AM
Rem

So I was at target and saw that predator had finally come out...for 35$. Fuck you guys.
04 May 2008, 09:53 AM
dakidski

HD-DVD players for 360 are down to 10 euro... (incl. remote) Can you run games from the external drive?

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