Re: Independence Day on Blu-ray delayed

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What's this? Skyhawk is spreading FUD?

Tim, if you can take time away from trolling, you're more than welcome to join in on the discussion

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Tim, if you can take time away from trolling, you're more than welcome to join in on the discussion

No thanks, I've had all the FUD I can handle for one day.

Falcon,

LMAO!!!!

Isn't image search a blast?

Tim

I honestly thought of you when I posted. I knew if anyone would appreciate it, it would be Tim

I'm glad someone called Skyhawk on that before I did, someone who would know far more about it than I would. All I saw was "my HD-DVDs were not good but my Blu Rays are always perfect" and knew the best was to ignore it. I'm sure if it was an actual issue, Paramount would have said something. As for the Universal EE issue..who knows why that is. Its not good, but it may have been unavoidable, too. I would love an explaination for it with someone who could have a credible insight for it.

Oh well.

JServo trolls:

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All I saw was "my HD-DVDs were not good but my Blu Rays are always perfect" and knew the best was to ignore it.

Please show me where I said "my HD DVDs were not good".

Please show me where I said "my Blu-rays are always perfect."

Since I never even suggested such a thing (I even criticized my Blu-ray transfers), it's rather obvious that you do suffer from the radicalization effect I mentioned in another thread that makes people perceive a reality that doesn't exist. Either that or you lie simply to further some unknown radical agenda.

If you're going to quote me, don't make every word up. Use the "Quote" feature here with copy/paste. I'd rather you even quote me out of context to further your agenda than simply quote things attributed to me I never said a single word of. Thanks.

And as far as excessive EE is concerned, the over application of digital sharpening of video is always avoidable. BTW, I watched another movie tonight with excessive EE leading to some rather noticeable ringing in a few scenes - Water World. Luckily it wasn't half as bad as Tremors though, and is mainly confined to the sails against the sky in the scenes where it occurs.

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[Post edited by Skyhawk on Dec 3, 2007]

"...the over application of digital sharpening of video is always avoidable." --Skyhawk

Very true. And when it's excessive, it looks awful. But as I mentioned earlier, directors sometimes add edge enhancement on purpose in their original prints, and sometimes the halos people see are the result of their own TV sets being set too sharp. Remember that first thing any television calibration guide tells you to do is turn the sharpness control way down or off. Turned off is actually the purest setting, any increase in the sharpness control being an alteration of the original image on the screen.

Here's an example I used before: the HD DVD and Blu-ray editions of "2001." Look very closely at certain shots, and you will see halos around the objects. But unless your sharpness control is turned up too high, these halos are not noticeable at normal viewing distances.

John

I know the cut off heads and altered framing of the entire 109 minutes of the Top Gun HD DVD made me a slightly pissed of purple guy. And Paramount's response? Silence. At least it wasn't one of my favorite movies. But what Universal did to Tremors really pissed me off - a full 95 minutes of digital EE artifacts that not a single scene escaped from. And Universal's response so far? Silence.

You have to give Disney credit that they're willing to admit a mistake, even if it applies to a single scene, and swallow the huge cost of re-releasing the movie with a free exchange program. Sony was kind enough to do the same with the The Fifth Element because of softness. It pisses me off that studios like Paramount and Universal on the other hand just think the consumer will double-dip in a few years when they release a "remastered" version of their problem titles. Perhaps because they still consider us "early adopters" and that we represent such a small proportion of the whole media market share, they just don't care. I'm glad that at least Disney and Sony seem to care about us little guys when it comes to correcting mistakes that impact such a small proportion of the market.
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Well, gee, Skyhawk...seems you have issues with studios that are convieniently HD exclusive, but BRD studios never do such things. You can mask it however you want, but you insinuate that HD has issues that BRD does not.

Maybe you have some kind of comprehension problem. Or you're just a douchebag. Either way, I think you're pretty pathetic and tire of your "holier than thou" attitude.

JServo and others,

Could you refrain from name-calling.

If you disagree with someone, present your side of the argument. We're all in this format war together, and no matter which side we're on, it's the short end of the stick because Sony's and Toshiba's greed has screwed all of us. So, keep your cool. Thanks.

John