Video Asylum

Posted by unclestu52 (D) on August 25, 2006 at 14:16:54

In Reply to: this may interest you posted by Joe Murphy Jr on August 24, 2006 at 21:20:09:

I bought the machine primarily so I simply could assess the quality and the potential of this new medium.
I do recall you mentioning the clipped blacks and whites before. The Sam Sung has a switch for enhanced black level and I prefer it off. I do see more details in the black however, which is rather odd. Fine hair stranding is much more visible, although this may be an artifact of the higher resolution. I do see the softness you mention although I noticed that in the original (I have both the US release and the Chinese normal DVD). I see it as being a manifestation of using a short lens. One thing about the machine is that you are really aware of the technical aspects of the movie making process.
One thing that struck me is the vividness of the colors. I haven't gone back to the original DVD yet, but IIRC, the colors are not quite so vivid. I'd swear some color enhancement has been employed, although very judiciously for the most part.
As for the sound I am using the digital outs, not the analog ones. The fact has been I find the vast majority of DVDs have the sound inverted in polarity. In fact anytime you have a problem where the effects drown out the dialogue, chances are the sound is polarity inverted.

Stu