Jaiman Tuckuh said:
I've done one cap, so far. I'm not entirely satisfied with OnDemand's picture quality nor my DVR's, though.
I've done one cap, so far. I'm not entirely satisfied with OnDemand's picture quality nor my DVR's, though.
ReverendBeastly said:
It certainly must be better than the copies currently floating around, though. I'd love to see what you got.
It certainly must be better than the copies currently floating around, though. I'd love to see what you got.
I'll shoot you and McFly a copy. I've been meaning to tell you that. (See avatar).
And, well, yeah, it's certainly better than a vhs cap. But I'd swear it's not as good as what was on the screen.
This first shot is a bad example of the quality, because there's motion blur (better ones at the bottom of post)
DVR here; the original vhs cap below.
Original vhs cap.
mcfly89 said:
I'd love to see some screencaps of the On-Demand version and I can post some from my captures to determine the best image quality.
I'd love to see some screencaps of the On-Demand version and I can post some from my captures to determine the best image quality.
I suspect you'd like a comparison to one of those massive-bug examples. But this'll have to do for now. (Either my DVR decided to give me two bad burns in a row, it's first two bad burns, or the ol' burner has gone bye bye. I suspect the latter).
So how about this placid scene? :) Encore top, and one of your averages below.
When you A/B is, it looks like Encore squished in a smidgen more of the original width. But dude, that DVR is a lot fuzzier than I'd like. I remember seeing a lot more detail in the On Demand. (Or did I say that already?)
mcfly89 said:
I could see the On-Demand cap suffering from MPEG blockies, which my caps lack. The main artifacts in mine are those presented by coaxial cable signal degradation/noise, DV's loss of color information, and Station logos.
I could see the On-Demand cap suffering from MPEG blockies, which my caps lack. The main artifacts in mine are those presented by coaxial cable signal degradation/noise, DV's loss of color information, and Station logos.
There is a little static. I plan to get three copies, but [lots of detailed bitching goes here], blasted machines. What's bizzare is that our OnDemand doesn't have as much static as the normal digital-effing-cable channels that shouldn't have any effing static @#$!!. And it seems to have pretty good detail.
The only weird thing, about On Demand, is that in broad areas of color, I see a faint moire, like those old kinescopes. Obviously, the DVR didn't pickup that particular oddity. (I think I've seen that moire on other OD, too).
I didn't see blockyness. But I haven't stepped through to see if there's momentary blockieness or blockyness (both spellings look wrong, heh) in action, or not.
There's about a month left before it expires. If things go well, I might have a shot a putting together a good capture setup, and grabbing it in Huffyuv. I hope I do, so I can do a solid preservation of this version.
You might not want to wait around, for it. Especially considering it's an iffy proposition.
I'm sure everyone is sick of looking at the same old shots, I'll try to get around to putting more up here.
Looks like mine has more saturation, is a little darker, maybe more contrast. Might be too "punchy", I dunno. I haven't calibrated my displays. Hopefully it can be matched with minor adjustment.
Mine'en
Your'un "The two frames on either side of this cut still show field blending."
My Cap. Less detail than your's. Compare the boat's roof.
Your "Original averaged with Second Capture:"
