Nyquil Driver
Standard Member
As this forum has its fair share of P+ owners, I thought I'd try to get to the bottom of something...
It's always intrigued me how some DVD's can look absolutely fantastic with minimal artifacts and yet several others look much less impressive. Obviously there are some discs with better transfers than others, but I've found that regular DVD reviews aren't an accurate guide where my Philips set is concerned.
As an example, I recently rented Attack of The Clones (under the impression that the image quality would be the best yet seen) but found that the picture was merely adequate actually and a long way from the best I've witnessed on my 28PW9617. The searing clarity and deeply 3-dimensional images found on other discs (like From Hell, Resident Evil and Dracula Superbit) wasn't in evidence IMO. So what's going on? it's not just because of the digital transfer of AOTC as I was similarly unimpressed with the R4 of Mummy Returns (not to mention the film itself!, although that's another story..)...
I want to know what other P+ owners think and which DVD's you've found to be the best/worst as I've begun to doubt the word of on-line DVD reviewers. There must be something wrong though as I'd personally rate series 2 of Spaced WAY ahead of AOTC in terms of picture quality!...
It's always intrigued me how some DVD's can look absolutely fantastic with minimal artifacts and yet several others look much less impressive. Obviously there are some discs with better transfers than others, but I've found that regular DVD reviews aren't an accurate guide where my Philips set is concerned.
As an example, I recently rented Attack of The Clones (under the impression that the image quality would be the best yet seen) but found that the picture was merely adequate actually and a long way from the best I've witnessed on my 28PW9617. The searing clarity and deeply 3-dimensional images found on other discs (like From Hell, Resident Evil and Dracula Superbit) wasn't in evidence IMO. So what's going on? it's not just because of the digital transfer of AOTC as I was similarly unimpressed with the R4 of Mummy Returns (not to mention the film itself!, although that's another story..)...
I want to know what other P+ owners think and which DVD's you've found to be the best/worst as I've begun to doubt the word of on-line DVD reviewers. There must be something wrong though as I'd personally rate series 2 of Spaced WAY ahead of AOTC in terms of picture quality!...