Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

I have two judder related questions, hopefully it will help me decide if I should keep my samsung lcd (b550) or exchange for it for a plasma (panasonic 42u1):

At the 6:40 mark in The Descent, the camera is filming across the treetops in the mountains following the car.

On my lcd the trees look awful, the worst example of this judder effect I've seen.

So:

1. Is this noticeable on a plasma display, maybe confirming the judder is inherent in the film?
2. Or is this simply a consequence of my 60hz tv?

Thanks!

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

I'm not even sure what jutting is exactly, but I just checked and I don't notice anything out of the ordinary on my plasma. The trees look fine to me. I'm no videophile though.
The shot I believe you are talking about is at 8:05 and lasts for about 5 seconds.

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

FYI, there is two versions of this film. One if MPEG2 and the other VC1. Do you happen to know what version you have?

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

The part I'm talking about starts at 6:40, fast across the trees for about 10 seconds. The car is in focus, but the trees look terrible.

The part at 8:05 looks fine.

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

Not sure, anyway to tell? Mine is a rental, upc#0031398205937.

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

Ok, yeah I see what you are talking about. They do look bad on plasma too.

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

Thank you for your reply.

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

There's this huge thread over at AVS about the different versions.



http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hlight=descent

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

so if i were to purchase this from amazon which version would i get? has the bad version been phased out?

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

Probably not, it's the other way around. The first pressings were the better encode (AVC) then at some point Lionsgate switched to a different encode (MPEG) that wasn't as sharp as the original.

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

wait..I've never heard of this. Now i'm scared as to which encode I have. It looks damn good as far as I can tell. How do I tell?

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

Your player or a blu-ray drive can tell you what encode you have.

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

ah shit...I forgot it does this. *checking*

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Only a few BD players tell you what encode it is.

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ah shit..I have the MPEG-2. Titty fucking Christ! Fucking shit bastards!

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

VC1 is impossible to find.

Of course, I have mine I bought in 2006 :p

Re: Anybody own The Descent on blu ray?
 

Yikes. That's the same UPC as my copy. Oh well, guess I'm stuck with the MPEG2.

It looked fine the last time I watched it, then again my LCD is only a 32".