Originally posted by: mverta
It doesn't even "feel" softer, while watching it, and probably for good reason - even in this frame-by-frame scrutinization, the sharpness difference is quite subtle. Is that progress? 1% sharper, 20% dirtier? You guys are an easy crowd, I guess.
i disagree. every laserdisc release "feels" and is softer than the dvd since the image is of much lower resolution. i own them all and performed an AB switch comparison against the pre-93's american release, the japanese laserdiscs, the faces laserdiscs, and the definitive laserdiscs.
the improvement in resolution is dramatic; certainly more than 1%. it's more like a 20% gain at least.
Originally posted by: Mielr
I own both the DC and the Faces LDs, and they are much fuzzier than the DVDs. I think the softer picture of the LDs hides a multitude of sins- including film grain and some of the aliasing.
It doesn't even "feel" softer, while watching it, and probably for good reason - even in this frame-by-frame scrutinization, the sharpness difference is quite subtle. Is that progress? 1% sharper, 20% dirtier? You guys are an easy crowd, I guess.
i disagree. every laserdisc release "feels" and is softer than the dvd since the image is of much lower resolution. i own them all and performed an AB switch comparison against the pre-93's american release, the japanese laserdiscs, the faces laserdiscs, and the definitive laserdiscs.
the improvement in resolution is dramatic; certainly more than 1%. it's more like a 20% gain at least.
Originally posted by: Mielr
I own both the DC and the Faces LDs, and they are much fuzzier than the DVDs. I think the softer picture of the LDs hides a multitude of sins- including film grain and some of the aliasing.
this i agree with. the limitations of the laserdisc format are hiding and softening a lot of the detail that the dvds are capable of capturing. i also happen to own plenty of other (non-SW) laserdiscs, and everything looks a little soft and mushy in this format, and for good reason ... laserdisc records images at a significantly lower resolution than dvd. it is entirely possible that the lasers were filtered, but the format is limited.