lpd said:
Chaps, I think your getting the tech vs source artifacts argument upside down.
The higher the resolution dosnt make the artifacts dissapear, if there in the source you will see them and you'll actually see them more the higher the resolution you have and the bigger the screen you have. If you have a 4K projector its up scaling everything ( there are no native 4K blu rays yet) which inevitably introduces artifacts, however small or unnoticeable believe me they are there. Same with watching a 720p source on a 1080p display. You either have your player are your display doing the up scaling but its still up scaling. Yes the further away from the screen you sit the less you'll see I always recommend you sit at least 2 times the width of screen away from it or If you reduce the size of your screen the better the picture looks. If you still have an old crt tv which can take an hd source say via component inputs the picture looks amazing and pin sharp and not an artifact in sight. I still swear old crt tv's can beat any new lcd, plasma, dlp hands down for picture quality honestly.
The only way to watch a movie without any artifacts is to not watch it digitally at all ie: the "old way" with celluloid. Believe me I have qualifications in av and av installations and would give my left nut to have a 35mm projector set up.
Well of course. It's interesting though isn't it...yes, the artifacts are there, but if you can't see them, it really doesn't matter, does it? Either you can't see them because you're sitting far enough away from the screen, or original source is high quality enough, or your device does an amazing job of upscaling, or, more likely, your eye just isn't trained to notice most video artifacting. It's like high bit rate lossy music, yes, artifcats are there, but since 95% of the population can't hear them, what difference does it make?
I rip all my BD's to 720p video using x264, with a size of approximately 5-7gb per hour, which I then watch on my 1080p TV. I'm sure there artifacts are there, since the files are a fraction of their size on BD, but damn if I can see the difference unless I'm looking very, very closely and using the pause button. And that's generally been my experience with Harmy's 720p Ded.