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Oh, okay. I didn't pay attention to when it was coming out because I'm not interested in it.
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
I'm watching Meet The Parents to review. This is like sticking red hot pokers in my eyes. What an awful movie.
How is the picture/audio quality? |
PQ looks washed out, with pushed reds. Not very pleasing. AQ was average.
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
PQ looks washed out, with pushed reds. Not very pleasing. AQ was average.
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
PQ looks washed out, with pushed reds. Not very pleasing. AQ was average.
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Originally Posted by fryinpan1
I sampled a couple of scenes this week and the picture quality looked ok to me - a definite improvement over the standard DVD.
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Originally Posted by fryinpan1
I sampled a couple of scenes this week and the picture quality looked ok to me - a definite improvement over the standard DVD.
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
What equipment are you using? Has your display been properly calibrated?
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Originally Posted by Skoobooz
Finished Chicago today. As has been previously stated, it looks as it did in theaters. Grainy in low light scenes (the performances, especially), vibrant colors. Sharpness is good during brightly lit scenes, but appropriately hindered in darkness. There are some scenes that are pretty amazing (I was impressed by the falling sequins during one of Richard Gere's numbers; We Both Reached For The Gun looks great). It's AVC encoded and sounds great, too. It seems as though everything was carried over from the 2-disc edition, but I can't recall exactly. Great disc.
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Originally Posted by DamingR
Chicago is my new BR reference disc. Wow, what an upgrade from the DVD. Now if they had just put the extras on the disc in 480p it would be just about perfect. I would say this disc is the closest I have ever come to feeling like I am in a theater in my own home.
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I got Beerfest on HD-DVD from Amazon yesterday, it looked great. Extras were a bit skimpy, but the commentaries were hilarious. It's probably the best looking comedy I've got on HD-DVD, highly recommended if you've got any interest.
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
I'm watching it on a 19" B&W tube from the 30's. Never heard of this fancy schmancy calibration.
In other words, it makes me take your reviews with a gigantic grain of salt. |
Ok, im curious now. I have Meet the Parents, but havent watched it yet.
My setup is a professionally calibrated 71in Sammy DLP and the A2 connected via hdmi....ill give it a watch tonite or maybe this weekend. I wanna see what all the fuss is about. |
Originally Posted by Rusty James
You can be sarcastic if you want to, but the fact that multiple posters (all of whom are DVDTalk regulars) are saying the HD-DVD is definitely an improvement, while you claim the PQ is washed out, etc., leads me to believe your impressions of the transfer are colored by your reaction to the film.
In other words, it makes me take your reviews with a gigantic grain of salt. |
Originally Posted by Rusty James
You can be sarcastic if you want to, but the fact that multiple posters (all of whom are DVDTalk regulars) are saying the HD-DVD is definitely an improvement, while you claim the PQ is washed out, etc., leads me to believe your impressions of the transfer are colored by your reaction to the film.
In other words, it makes me take your reviews with a gigantic grain of salt. |
Originally Posted by Rusty James
You can be sarcastic if you want to, but the fact that multiple posters (all of whom are DVDTalk regulars) are saying the HD-DVD is definitely an improvement, while you claim the PQ is washed out, etc., leads me to believe your impressions of the transfer are colored by your reaction to the film.
In other words, it makes me take your reviews with a gigantic grain of salt. So I'm inclined to believe Suprmallet over those who say it looks "great", personally. |
Originally Posted by Suprmallet
I'm watching it on a 1080p Sony LCD. I didn't say the PQ was worse than the SD, which I can't really evaluate since I've never seen the SD. The PQ isn't awful, there's a hell of a lot of detail on the disc, but the colors do seem muted except for skin tones, which have an odd pushed tone to them. If you read my reviews, you'll see I have no problem giving high PQ/AQ marks to movies I personally dislike. I'm just calling it like I see it.
Look forward to your review! |
Originally Posted by Josh Z
For what it's worth, although I haven't seen the HD DVD, Suprmallet's comments are consistent with the quality of Universal's DVD transfer. The HD disc comes from the same master, just at a higher resolution encoding.
So I'm inclined to believe Suprmallet over those who say it looks "great", personally. |
Originally Posted by Rusty James
Fair enough. I know opinions on transfers can vary greatly depending on personal tastes (for example, the Miami Vice HD-DVD, which I'd argue is one of Universal's best transfers to date). I guess it was the sarcasm in your humorous reply that got me all bitchy. :)
Look forward to your review! And thanks for confirming that the SD looks similar, Josh. |
Originally Posted by digitalfreaknyc
I don't think anyone has said it was "great," have they?
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Yes, it's a mid-tier transfer. I, for my part, never said it was dreadful, either.
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Originally Posted by Suprmallet
Yes, it's a mid-tier transfer. I, for my part, never said it was dreadful, either.
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That comment wasn't necessarily directed towards you. :)
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Originally Posted by bravesmg
To be fair, Suprmallet's done quite a few reviews that have been very good.
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Originally Posted by Arpeggi
Stop lying.
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