yeah it will look good its a cartoon the bitrate just isnt high enough to contain all the needed info especially for 1080p
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I'd Say this is the Nail in the Coffin for HD-DVD!
- Thread starter dk
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yeah it will look good its a cartoon the bitrate just isnt high enough to contain all the needed info especially for 1080p
This was 720p. Just looked. Which is better than standard Phase Alternating Line anyway. The 480p version was 1.6GB.
Although I'll stress again for the pedants, the point I'm making is that dowloads are the future. Even now, messing around with little plastic discs is a bit archaic tbh.
Although I'll stress again for the pedants, the point I'm making is that dowloads are the future. Even now, messing around with little plastic discs is a bit archaic tbh.
I agree.
Was it noticeably better than DVD?
Ive got s**t loads of points and Im just waiting to try something but theres nothing I want to watch that I dont already have! lol..
I wouldn't say massively better if I'm being honest. I'm still not convinced I have my screen calibrated perfectly tbh....I'm constantly f**king about with it lol
TBH 480/1086/6969 HD Blu Ray, mega pixle tv's are good, personally I'm waiting for the 685746474 pixel uber telly with 5858585 gb's of internal memory,
WTF!!!! are you lot babbling on about its a television, one should be out socialising, and meeting people, not banging on about resolutions on the chav box. Losers!!
lol
WTF!!!! are you lot babbling on about its a television, one should be out socialising, and meeting people, not banging on about resolutions on the chav box. Losers!!
loltbh im of that opinion too as are the majority of people hd isnt a big enough leap from dvd to justify the upgrade unlike the jump from vhs to dvd
TBH 480/1086/6969 HD Blu Ray, mega pixle tv's are good, personally I'm waiting for the 685746474 pixel uber telly with 5858585 gb's of internal memory,
WTF!!!! are you lot babbling on about its a television, one should be out socialising, and meeting people, not banging on about resolutions on the chav box. Losers!!
At 13:17 on a monday afternoon? Give over lol
I'd agree with that.
Nippy white cup
TBH I had watched a few HD films a couple of weekends back and started to think 'is it that much better'. But later I put a shrek style film on normal DVD (Surfs up I think....for Abi obviously lol) and it honestly looked like a copied DVD...colours were no where near as striking and the actually quality in general was pretty poor in comparison.
Chris
Chris
actually you are wrong the picture quality is better and some dvd's are better than others its all down to bitrates in dvd and teh amount of lines recorded in vhs only 250 of them !
Go google it. You'll find you're wrong. The difference in picture was nothing.
I bet you think CD aduio is better than vinyl too?
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Monaco 172 2/468
I'm glad the 'format war' is pretty much over now, possibly most of us can look forward to enjoying the new technology soon, without the worry of it dying out hehe
As far as HD and SD goes, decent HD is loads better than SD, it's true, as said above, CRT's just mask the truth, just blurred things nicely so it looked like a perfect image. Put the two side to side, or flick back to SD and you'll suddenly wonder where all the detail went
As far as sky HD etc goes, older films will look a bit crapper won't they, as they are only upscaled\unconverted(can never remember the right one lol) versions
Also I have 3gb HD video's that look much better than the DVD, but I guess it makes sense as they are the correct resolution for these current tv's and no scaling is required. The difference between DVD and HD seems shocking on an LCD, but a DVD will look better standard on a CRT compared to an LCD tv (obviously discounting upscaling etc)
... obviously the above is part fact\part opinion based
As far as HD and SD goes, decent HD is loads better than SD, it's true, as said above, CRT's just mask the truth, just blurred things nicely so it looked like a perfect image. Put the two side to side, or flick back to SD and you'll suddenly wonder where all the detail went
As far as sky HD etc goes, older films will look a bit crapper won't they, as they are only upscaled\unconverted(can never remember the right one lol) versions
Also I have 3gb HD video's that look much better than the DVD, but I guess it makes sense as they are the correct resolution for these current tv's and no scaling is required. The difference between DVD and HD seems shocking on an LCD, but a DVD will look better standard on a CRT compared to an LCD tv (obviously discounting upscaling etc)
... obviously the above is part fact\part opinion based
I'm glad the 'format war' is pretty much over now, possibly most of us can look forward to enjoying the new technology soon, without the worry of it dying out hehe
As far as HD and SD goes, decent HD is loads better than SD, it's true, as said above, CRT's just mask the truth, just blurred things nicely so it looked like a perfect image. Put the two side to side, or flick back to SD and you'll suddenly wonder where all the detail went
As far as sky HD etc goes, older films will look a bit crapper won't they, as they are only upscaled\unconverted(can never remember the right one lol) versions
Also I have 3gb HD video's that look much better than the DVD, but I guess it makes sense as they are the correct resolution for these current tv's and no scaling is required. The difference between DVD and HD seems shocking on an LCD, but a DVD will look better standard on a CRT compared to an LCD tv (obviously discounting upscaling etc)
... obviously the above is part fact\part opinion based
hmm you may find that they arnt actually hd just because they have a hd resolution doesnt mean its actually hd ! i can convert a SD recording into a hd resolution easily and it doesnt even upscale it
Im in the "its good but not that good" camp.
DVD offered a good picture quality improvement over VHS but also no messing around with rewinding and fast forwarded, quality degrading over time and tapes getting chewed up etc.
HD DVD is a bit more questionable as it doesn't do anything that DVD doesn't aside from an increase in picture quality that isn't massively obvious from the Sofa and a typical sized TV. We know from all the gays on here talking about DivX compatibility with consoles that most people don't even buy DVD's and prefer illegal copyright infringed pirate versions that don't exactly have fantastic quality anyway.
Those that do buy DVD's are used to the cheap prices currently available.
I therefore don't see the HD market opening for a long time. People won't pay those prices for a HD movie. They don't put that high a value on quality. They might rent but buying is a different matter. I am of course talking about the majority of the population and not a few nerds/av geeks with 100" TV's and £1000 worth of high quality cables connecting them to the DVD player.
The general public will continue to obtain illegal copies for free or surf the bargain DVD's in Asda. HD is a long way from taking off and I think normal TV broadcasts will lead the way. It will eventually take over but it will be a long time.
DVD offered a good picture quality improvement over VHS but also no messing around with rewinding and fast forwarded, quality degrading over time and tapes getting chewed up etc.
HD DVD is a bit more questionable as it doesn't do anything that DVD doesn't aside from an increase in picture quality that isn't massively obvious from the Sofa and a typical sized TV. We know from all the gays on here talking about DivX compatibility with consoles that most people don't even buy DVD's and prefer illegal copyright infringed pirate versions that don't exactly have fantastic quality anyway.
Those that do buy DVD's are used to the cheap prices currently available.
I therefore don't see the HD market opening for a long time. People won't pay those prices for a HD movie. They don't put that high a value on quality. They might rent but buying is a different matter. I am of course talking about the majority of the population and not a few nerds/av geeks with 100" TV's and £1000 worth of high quality cables connecting them to the DVD player.
The general public will continue to obtain illegal copies for free or surf the bargain DVD's in Asda. HD is a long way from taking off and I think normal TV broadcasts will lead the way. It will eventually take over but it will be a long time.
MarkCup
ClioSport Club Member
When it finally sorts itself out (the market) I won't hesitate in buying an HD DVD/Blu-ray player. So long as the increase in quality is there going from DVD to HD it'll be worth it.
Since I've had Sky HD it's taken me a while to grasp and truly appreciate the picture quality of HD. Like SD, a lot of Sky's HD broadcasts are crap, but some are mind-blowing - the detail in the image and the 5.1 sound mix of Ross Kemp in Afghanistan makes me want to watch it over and over and over again.
And before anyone says that's not down to his little baldy heed either.
Since I've had Sky HD it's taken me a while to grasp and truly appreciate the picture quality of HD. Like SD, a lot of Sky's HD broadcasts are crap, but some are mind-blowing - the detail in the image and the 5.1 sound mix of Ross Kemp in Afghanistan makes me want to watch it over and over and over again.
And before anyone says that's not down to his little baldy heed either.
Same could be said about the 40Gb PS3 and it's non-backwards compatability, as I know at least one person who has about 140 PS2 Games and 200 PSX games and can't play any of them. But your right, it's going to annoy a lot of people through it and it will also annoy all those people with HD-DVD standalone players too in the hope of that format staying.
Like I said, I'll sit and laugh a bit more before buying
Monaco 172 2/468
Aye I know what you mean I did mean it like that, when I said about it being the correct resolution, even if it isn't HD, I think and don't write the right words hehe
But the file i'm on about is ripped from a HD source (HDTV I think) but it's just got a really low bitrate (3719), nowhere near like full HD, but still noticeably better than DVD for some reason. Must just be the scaling thing, as DVD's carry bitrates simialr to that also. Also, yes I erm copied this myself, purely for educational\research purposes
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