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Posted by Spurious Response on 07/24/07 04:30
On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:45:56 -0700, unclejr <watsona@kenyon.edu> wrote:
>On Jul 22, 3:17 am, Spurious Response
><SpuriousRespo...@cleansignal.org> wrote:
>> Upconverted playback will hide some of the differences in some cases.
>
>Which is a lot cheaper of an option for me (the Oppo DV-970HD) than to
>buy a BRD or HDDVD player and then double dip on the content with new
>software.
>
>-Junior
But your upconverted Std DVDs are NOT being delivered to you in HD.
It's like printing a four color GIF file from the late eighties which
comes from a 120 x 150 dpi source resolution on a 1600 dpi color printer.
The resolution of the playback device still doesn't change the base
level resolution of the original source data.
You need to understand that concept.
It's like viewing a tiny MPEG file blown up to full screen on a high res
monitor. All the compression artifacts become MORE clear.
So for hi res transfers like Kong Kong, etc. It MIGHT look better than
on an older player. For the terrible Std Full Metal Jacket type
transfers, however, it will be quite disappointing.
I hear that the BluTurd release of The Fifth Element was a sad
disappointment for consumers, and they say the superbit Std DVD version
is better.
I think the studios need to stop cutting corners on what they deliver
to us as a product.
We need:
Pristine telecine sessions at high resolution.
A decent, proper liner note in ALL releases (lazy fucks).
Well done extras, also at higher resolution, not dropped back to jaggy
crap to save disc space, there is PLENTY of disc space.
If they are going to release quick done, no frills runs of a film, make
it priced to match. Give consumers that simply want only the film what
they want at a more reasonable price, you money grubbing assholes.
They already made hundreds of millions on the film release in many cases.
They don't need to string us along... down the path to wallet
extraction with bullshit.
The HD release of "The Forbidden Planet" is great!
The Ultimate Collector's edition was touted as having a new transfer...
etc., etc., etc., and the damned thing was packed with the same damned
disc as the other release. SOOOOOOO LAME!
So my Forbidden Planet spot(s) on my shelf are occupied by duplicates
and the damned title cost me over $70!
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