I'm so disappointed in DVD quality ... (1 Viewer)

[Lee_eel]

Colton, just get used to it pal. It's simply the norm for dvd. Even using the total bitrate allowed by dvd there are some scenes that are virtually impossible to encode well. Don't know if HD DVD will change this or the same problem will exist.

 

[Lee_eel]

Colton, just get used to it pal. It's simply the norm for dvd. Even using the total bitrate allowed by dvd there are some scenes that are virtually impossible to encode well. Don't know if HD DVD will change this or the same problem will exist.

 

[Andrew Bunk]

Don't recall any issues when I watched it on my ISF calibrated 57" Toshiba. I do have the collector's edition though, not the 1-disc.

 

[Andrew Bunk]

Don't recall any issues when I watched it on my ISF calibrated 57" Toshiba. I do have the collector's edition though, not the 1-disc.

 

[Dan Rudolph]

Unless Sony buys Universal, I wouldn't count on it.

 

[Dan Rudolph]

Unless Sony buys Universal, I wouldn't count on it.

 

[Keith E]

I have to say that I have also seen Master and Commander and I did not see any pixelation problems or artifacts. I thought that this was a very impressive disc both visually and sonically. I am using a Pioneer Elite DVD-45 DVD player using component hookups. Watching on a 65 inch Mitsubishi Widescreen TV.

 

[Keith E]

I have to say that I have also seen Master and Commander and I did not see any pixelation problems or artifacts. I thought that this was a very impressive disc both visually and sonically. I am using a Pioneer Elite DVD-45 DVD player using component hookups. Watching on a 65 inch Mitsubishi Widescreen TV.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Cheapest players will absolutely introduce artifacting/pixilation into the image, and even not-so-cheap players will. My roommate has a cheapo Apex DVD player, and after noticing a high amount of artifacts on a brand new DVD that got the highest possible rating here on a HTF review, I plugged my Sony DVD player into the same TV and played it again - and it was fine, no artifacts at all.

By the way, concerning Superbit, Superbit is a term copyrighted by Sony - it doesn't describe any sort of special technical process or anything else, just a marketing term they've invented to describe what they consider to be high quality releases. Plenty of other studios have released DVDs at least as good as the Sony Superbit discs. While it's probably true that a Suberbit release of a Sony DVD is better than a non-Superbit Sony release of the same title, there's no reason to think that Superbit automatically equals good, while non-Superbit means bad.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Cheapest players will absolutely introduce artifacting/pixilation into the image, and even not-so-cheap players will. My roommate has a cheapo Apex DVD player, and after noticing a high amount of artifacts on a brand new DVD that got the highest possible rating here on a HTF review, I plugged my Sony DVD player into the same TV and played it again - and it was fine, no artifacts at all.

By the way, concerning Superbit, Superbit is a term copyrighted by Sony - it doesn't describe any sort of special technical process or anything else, just a marketing term they've invented to describe what they consider to be high quality releases. Plenty of other studios have released DVDs at least as good as the Sony Superbit discs. While it's probably true that a Suberbit release of a Sony DVD is better than a non-Superbit Sony release of the same title, there's no reason to think that Superbit automatically equals good, while non-Superbit means bad.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Thank you! People think there's some sort of magical Superbit "process". It's just a DVD without any extras. Remember back when people used to complain about those?

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Thank you! People think there's some sort of magical Superbit "process". It's just a DVD without any extras. Remember back when people used to complain about those?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Oh, there is a magical process - where do you think they get those shiny silver covers from?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Oh, there is a magical process - where do you think they get those shiny silver covers from?

 

[Todd McF]

I think people are making too much of this - I have a 120" screen and the occasional pixilation is hardly the end of the world. M&C is a great disk with one *minor* flaw.

I would never suggest that Superbit is the only DVD line to use with a projector.

And... Superbit is not just a disk without extras. Its a higher bitrate transfer with less filtering. That usually means it looks slightly more detailed. I have Superbit Starship Troopers and the regular disk - and it looks slightly more detailed on the big screen.

- Todd

 

[Todd McF]

I think people are making too much of this - I have a 120" screen and the occasional pixilation is hardly the end of the world. M&C is a great disk with one *minor* flaw.

I would never suggest that Superbit is the only DVD line to use with a projector.

And... Superbit is not just a disk without extras. Its a higher bitrate transfer with less filtering. That usually means it looks slightly more detailed. I have Superbit Starship Troopers and the regular disk - and it looks slightly more detailed on the big screen.

- Todd

 

[Colton]

Well, if pixelation becomes too much of a problem - I can always revert to video cassettes Can anyone tell me the resolution (pros/cons) of showing a VCR movie on a 120" screen?

- Colton

 

[Colton]

Well, if pixelation becomes too much of a problem - I can always revert to video cassettes Can anyone tell me the resolution (pros/cons) of showing a VCR movie on a 120" screen?

- Colton

 

[Michael Reuben]

Go ahead and try it. It'll give you a new appreciation for DVD quality.

M.

 

[Michael Reuben]

Go ahead and try it. It'll give you a new appreciation for DVD quality.

M.