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Paul_Scott · 06-18-2006, 03:51 PM

I went back and read the reviews of it on AVS and it seems that over there people are saying it looked soft. I didn't see that. To me it was overwhlemingly noisy, which could have been film grain except that the compression didn't seem to be handling the grain well. It also looked intermittenly flat- although the colors seemed pumped most of the time.

a couple of the outdoor shots looked overly processed like Tess (another Sony title), but I can't say for certain if the (over)pumped up contrast was a result of the display(s)- which could be a possibility- or the actual master. The first display I saw it on presented a very noisy, mostly ugly picture. The second was less noisy, but still not film like.

Walter, if you have a CC by you you should be able to see it. The BB didn't even have a Bd set-up yet, but both CCs did.

I haven't seen the film, although I wouldn't mind it now (the parts I saw looked interesting). And I fully expected this to be a showpiece title, after friends raved about its visual attributes.

One thing I forgot to mention were the subtitles.
HERE was the real evidence that this was a HD source, as they looked just as crisp and as stable as the FBI warnings on the HD DVD discs. No combing, no jagged edges- Clean, Crisp, Clear and rock solid stable. It was also cool how the yellow had a thin stroke of black around it.
I'm looking forward to foreign films in HD now more than ever. Wonder what will be the first one to show up on HD DVD?

06-18-2006, 03:51 PM	#3 of 14
Paul_Scott Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Local Time: 08:07 AM Local Date: 12-03-2008 Posts: 5,843	Re: House Of Flying Artifacts I went back and read the reviews of it on AVS and it seems that over there people are saying it looked soft. I didn't see that. To me it was overwhlemingly noisy, which could have been film grain except that the compression didn't seem to be handling the grain well. It also looked intermittenly flat- although the colors seemed pumped most of the time. a couple of the outdoor shots looked overly processed like Tess (another Sony title), but I can't say for certain if the (over)pumped up contrast was a result of the display(s)- which could be a possibility- or the actual master. The first display I saw it on presented a very noisy, mostly ugly picture. The second was less noisy, but still not film like. Walter, if you have a CC by you you should be able to see it. The BB didn't even have a Bd set-up yet, but both CCs did. I haven't seen the film, although I wouldn't mind it now (the parts I saw looked interesting). And I fully expected this to be a showpiece title, after friends raved about its visual attributes. One thing I forgot to mention were the subtitles. HERE was the real evidence that this was a HD source, as they looked just as crisp and as stable as the FBI warnings on the HD DVD discs. No combing, no jagged edges- Clean, Crisp, Clear and rock solid stable. It was also cool how the yellow had a thin stroke of black around it. I'm looking forward to foreign films in HD now more than ever. Wonder what will be the first one to show up on HD DVD? Last edited by Paul_Scott : 06-18-2006 at 03:55 PM.