Posted by Nomen Nescio on 11/15/05 11:31

Commercial DVDs always play back too contrasty with both of my machines.
One is a player and the other a recorder.

Commerical tv broadcasts as well as the satellite service do a good job of
moderating the contrast. Does the original program material shown on the
premium channels of Showtime come from DVDs? If so, it seems they must
process them to flatten out the excess contrast before they show them.

The real question is why do DVDs have abnormal contrast to begin with? The
advertising for the new plasma and LCD TVs boast about their tremendous
contrast capability, so it may be DVDs are spec'd to these new sets. Is
there a new trend in viewing I don't appreciate yet?

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