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Hmm, not sure where to put this as its the HD bit thats of interest but anyway......!
That very interesting Bjoern Roy has posted a review of the DVD versions of LOTR v's the HD version. Read it and weep! Roll on HD tele (that last bits a vain attempt to make sure it fits into this bit of the forum).
http://www.videophile.info/Review/FOTR/FOTR_01.htm
Paul
nfordenfield
25-11-2003, 7:52 AM
Was his source a £20k DVD player into a £20k Scaler though, cos some will believe that can turn water into wine - NOT
Roll on HD tele (another attempt to give this post a home)
Come on Nathan spit it out, somethings got your goat up! :)
Paul
There is a sample HD clip of LOTR available to download at the moment from
http://206.159.116.24/public.htm
Jim
I'm scared to watch it! I know its gonna look good and it will make the DVD look bad in comparison :mad:
Paul
vikingboy
28-11-2003, 10:04 AM
be afraid, very afraid.
It looks awesome.
Still got those flat video blacks though.
vikingboy
28-11-2003, 4:23 PM
I didnt notice anything wrong with the blacks on my CRT display.
Can you explain what I should be looking for?
Are you sure it wasn't your display device/calibration etc.
I'd be more than happy to verify your findings if you are right.
Video blacks are very flat in comparisson to film. Its one of the biggest differences relative to the original film versions. Its something I'm a little unimpressed with on HD material . I felt they could have helped restore some of the lower intensities when they designed the spec.
Its an observation not a criticism: you can put your helmet away.
vikingboy
28-11-2003, 8:02 PM
Hey MrD, Please excuse the tone of my post. I really didn't mean it in a confrontational way but I see why you thoguht I did, apologies anyway. I was merely trying to understand the point you made.
I cant say I've noticed the blacks to be honest, but I'll pay more attention next time I run the clip.
Helmets away :-)
cheers
Ian
nfordenfield
29-11-2003, 3:25 PM
Originally posted by PaulB
Come on Nathan spit it out, somethings got your goat up! :)
Paul
Not me.
Just get feed up with some peoples short sightedness, how they ever switch to electricity from candle light :confused:
Is 1 million candles better than floresent?:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Originally posted by vikingboy
I cant say I've noticed the blacks to be honest
I have, I suspect they crush blacks to save on bandwitch
dvdmike
30-11-2003, 10:53 AM
thats MPEG 2 for you bit past its prime glad their thinking about wm9 for the uk the best home encoder there is
Goose74
01-12-2003, 4:50 PM
wow Im impressed by the HD LOTR clip
looks very crisp
my question is how did this person get hold of the cli?
Is there a version of LOTR in HD? How can we get a copy?!
Thanks
dvdmike
01-12-2003, 8:02 PM
looks like an hbo showing
Goose74
01-12-2003, 10:03 PM
forgive my ignorance but what is a hbo showing?
Does that mean that someone has a Hi Def version of LOTR somewhere?
cheers
vonhosen
01-12-2003, 10:24 PM
HD TV (Channel HBO) showing in the USA.
TimeLord
03-08-2007, 8:39 PM
seeing as your compairing hd/dvd i found this you may find interesting...
http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html