Posted by kim on 09/26/06 01:44

"Luke Curtis" <luke@whofan.plusNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:m39gh25l5ifg2692482rf3cfm703ls7f36@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:53:03 +0100, "Gunther Gloop" <me@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
> >I had my first demo of HDDVD today. Must say I liked what I saw, but it's
> >obvious to me that there's no way Joe-public is going to run out and buy
> >into it anytime soon.
> >
> >We played Serenity, Unforgiven and Training Day on a projector at 720p.
> >Although colour/contrast/brightness seemed better on the HD, 'ordinary'
dvd
> >stood up well. Obviously those settings are just adjustments to be made
on
> >the dvd player or input settings on the pj -but just wanted to point this
> >out... the 'DVD' player was obviously at a disadvantage right away in
that
> >regard.
> >
> >HD was connected via HDMI. DVD was via component.
> >
> >Clearly the picture _is_ better on the HD, but to be honest, it's like
the
> >difference between a BMP image file (HD) and a high-quality jpeg
('standard
> >dvd')... it's obvious which one is better, but the differences can be
quite
> >subtle.
> >Even paused images on both (we had both versions of Unforgiven and
Training
> >Day to compare) showed the dvd had _almost_ as much detail on each pause.
It
> >was surprising how little difference there was for the most part to be
> >honest -again, it is clear that other movies might have greater
> >differences -we just went with what we had.
> >
> >The nicest thing about HDDVD for me was the 'on-the-fly' menus... while
the
> >film is running, you can pull up the menu and change settings/jump to
> >scenes, etc. without pausing. -Kinda no difference in one way, but
_nice_.
> >:)
> >
> >Will I be upgrading? ...Not this year certainly. I'm looking forward to
when
> >these new 3-in-1 dvds come out (with HDDVD/ Blu-Ray & DVD on 1 disc)...
> >hopefully they _will_ come out!
> >At that point I'm hoping we will all be buying the same discs, building
up a
> >collection... then when the time comes in a year or two to replace a
current
> >dvd player... and when the 'hd' hardware price has come down below
> >�180ish... slowly but surely people will buy into it.
>
> I will probably invest when I can get a decent 28" TV and HD player
> for less that �500 combined.

No flame intended but the difference between HD and regular DVD on a 28"
screen at normal viewing distance would barely be noticeable.

(kim)

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