Darth Solo said:
*Sigh*
Thing is, to Mr. Joe Pubilc, I dont get the full HD, brand.
If my current set-up thats cost me a measly couple of grand, upscales a DVD9 and im happy with it, that doesnt outshine the lastest benchmark 'full HD' transfer in any major groundbreaking way, i ask, why now?
There has not been anywhere near the impact of showing any of my friends a full HD movie, compaired to showing them YOUR Star Wars:Revisited (and most of them dont really 'get' Star Wars, but we all love movies). So, for me, why alter a formula you have already mastered? And, expecially if it makes some things youve mastered difficult, then why?
Dont for one second see DVD as old technology (as then the industry that gave us DRM has already won, and would we even been discussing this?), until im inevitably proved wrong (and i even buy most of their crap).
You still have HD encodes tackle it again when (A):storage is cheeper than it is now. (B):you have pushed your bounderies beyond your limitations. (3):Blu-Ray re-writable media maybe readily accessible. And, (IV):ultimatly, when Lucas film out-do you with their eventual, long way off, enough adopters of HD technology, release of their SE Blu-Ray original trilogy, that most of us will buy, but never really love, like what YOU can do now, why not out-do them using their HD source after they release it too all us suckers, and show them up a second time?
Well today i was pondering giving up on the 1080p transfer and switch back to the 720p version. I ran some tests to see how much detail would be lost when downconverting to 720p and i was surprised that there was a noticeable difference. here's a screenshot that demonstrates what i mean. The DVD res & 720p has been upconverted to 1080p for a side by side comparison. Just look at the detail lost on his hat.
That's a noticable difference.Upconverting will never recover the lost detail no matter how good the upconverter is. So i think i'll just have to suffer the extra space and rendering time needed to retain this detail. Having a 1080p Tv myself i want the best quality for this edit .
I don't see DVD as old technology as there will still be DVD versions of this edit but i have HD technology and a HD version is what i want.
Something i did find out about HD is that the quality will always depend on what it is watched on. A mate of mine has a 1080p 42" samsung HDTV and was always moaning about how little difference there was between DVD through his PS3 and the Blu-Rays & AVCHDs he has watched on it. I was surprised by this so took my copy of the AVCHD i did of AOTC and i was shocked at how bad it looked on this Sammy (3 month old). I checked his settings on the TV and there was nothing wrong with them. So i told him to come round and see it on my 42" 1080p LG TV . needless to say he was a bit pissed off when he saw how good it looked on mine and now wishes he'd gone with the LG (like i had tried to tell him before). Even on my next door neighbours Sony Bravia 42" its wasn't as clear (but close) as on mine.
ben_danger said:
makes sense. one thread to rule them all...
personally id prefer to see it on the terminal, it would most likely get buried in this thread and lost within a few days.:P
I can post a link to the screenshots on the first page so it will be asy for anyone to find them