Posted by Biz on 11/15/19 11:31

The DVD would be more accurate provided your player and tv are properly
calibrated. Its the commercial tv broadcasts that are washed out...usually
due to over compression of the signal, the most cost effective solution is
to use a different input on your tv for your dvd player and your cable
source, that way each can be calibrated to make the respective pictures look
their best, since they almost always require completely different
calibration settings...

"Nomen Nescio" <nobody@dizum.com> wrote in message
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> 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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