jimmmy Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 As the title says I was wondering if anyone here has watched any x-files dvds on a plasma screen which is 50" or bigger. I have been watching a few of these episodes on mind and find the quality atrocious. I am guessing this is a function of the dvd and not the display as HDTV looks great on all channels. Anyway, just thought i'd throw it out there for some views. cheers James
achjimmy Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 As the title says I was wondering if anyone here has watched any x-files dvds on a plasma screen which is 50" or bigger. I have been watching a few of these episodes on mind and find the quality atrocious. I am guessing this is a function of the dvd and not the display as HDTV looks great on all channels.Anyway, just thought i'd throw it out there for some views. cheers James Yeah I watched Hornblower over xmas and it was shocking PQ. Some of the earlier programs are average transfer.
Drizt Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 As the title says I was wondering if anyone here has watched any x-files dvds on a plasma screen which is 50" or bigger. I have been watching a few of these episodes on mind and find the quality atrocious. I am guessing this is a function of the dvd and not the display as HDTV looks great on all channels.Anyway, just thought i'd throw it out there for some views. cheers James If you think the x-files disks are bad... wait till you watch some early buffy episodes
strange_one Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 I suppose that when these discs were released (2000/1) most of us didn't have HD displays and encoding as such wasn't much of a thought. It is incredible how bad some TV DVD releases can look.
jimmmy Posted March 8, 2007 Author Posted March 8, 2007 funny. I did not notice a huge issue with Horn Blower. Good to hear it is a common issue. Jeez must be bad on a PJ. Makes me want the whole HD DVD/Blueray thing to sort itself out. I guess if they provide the same or better quality than it would make watching dvds an even more enjoyable prospect. Still I doubt that is likely in the near term. Plus there seems to be plenty of well made dvds. cheers James
AndrewWilliams Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 X-Files on DVD isn't too bad - I've seen worse. One of my favourite DVD movies (The Big Lebowski) looks apalling on a big screen - full of MPEG artifacts that I never saw on my old TV. Thankfully it's coming out on HD-DVD next month.
jimmmy Posted March 8, 2007 Author Posted March 8, 2007 X-Files on DVD isn't too bad - I've seen worse. One of my favourite DVD movies (The Big Lebowski) looks apalling on a big screen - full of MPEG artifacts that I never saw on my old TV. Thankfully it's coming out on HD-DVD next month. what size screen have you got? so I take it you are a HD DVD adopter? cheers James
AndrewWilliams Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 I did have a 60" screen but (long story short) it failed and is being replaced with a 70" I'm right on the brink of being a HD-DVD adopter. Blu-ray is looking good now though too so I'm a bit torn...like a lot of other people too I imagine.
jimmmy Posted March 8, 2007 Author Posted March 8, 2007 I did have a 60" screen but (long story short) it failed and is being replaced with a 70"I'm right on the brink of being a HD-DVD adopter. Blu-ray is looking good now though too so I'm a bit torn...like a lot of other people too I imagine. jesus.....70"???? is that a 1080i or 1080p screen? how far back from it do you have to sit? What brand? I take it that she is a plasma? cheers James
Drizt Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 jesus.....70"???? is that a 1080i or 1080p screen? how far back from it do you have to sit? What brand? I take it that she is a plasma?cheers James Sony SXRD rear projection mate.... About 3m is the prefered distance for HD material, 4m for SD material. Pretty much the best tv you can buy at this point in time.
jimmmy Posted March 8, 2007 Author Posted March 8, 2007 Pretty much the best tv you can buy at this point in time. really??? How so??? Just looked at some pics, not very fat at all. Actually looks reasonably slim. What are the viewing angles like on it? I can read the specs but wondering on real life. I must admit I thought Rear projection was dead but looks like new LCD tech is bringing it back. 70" would be massive. cheers James
jimmmy Posted March 8, 2007 Author Posted March 8, 2007 Just having a read about it. Can you get the 70" in Oz? Looks like the business. Do not want to think what it cost but looks like a good option for a 1080p panel. Nice buy, how does SD telly look on it???? Can probably answer that myself. I would have to say with something like that you need to go HD DVD or Blue ray NOW. either way you will win me thinx....... cheers James
Drizt Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 Do a search jimmmy, theres about 100 pages of threads on this tv. Yes you can get the 70" here for about $6000. viewing angles in the horizontal axis are tight, and thats its biggest downfall. Picture quality is by far the best of any tv you can by now in my opinion. The $17k 65" panasonic plasma would be second (that tv suffers judder on the times i have seen it though)
fawlty99 Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 A few reviews here on dvd quality. http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=7024 This is for the first season but you can search for the season you want.
consoleMan Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 I found the quality varies depending on which season you watch. The episodes from season 4 onwards are 16:9 which improves things a little bit. I went back and re-calibrated my plasma's settings (Pana 50PX600) and lowered the brightness a little which went a long way to help reduce blocking artifacts in dark scenes.
jimmmy Posted March 9, 2007 Author Posted March 9, 2007 I found the quality varies depending on which season you watch. The episodes from season 4 onwards are 16:9 which improves things a little bit. I went back and re-calibrated my plasma's settings (Pana 50PX600) and lowered the brightness a little which went a long way to help reduce blocking artifacts in dark scenes. have many of you guys bothered to get your screens professionally calibrated or used one of those calibration discs yourselves? cheers James
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