Video Asylum

Posted by jbmcb (A) on April 19, 2005 at 08:13:24

In Reply to: What's with using animations as reference DVDs? Makes no sense to me. posted by AbeCollins on April 18, 2005 at 23:20:11:

> You take something 'fake' like an animation that looks great on ANY screen and consider that to be a reference?

Good animation does look good on many different types of screens, but the contrast, color pallet and detail in well transfered digital animation gives even the best displays a run for their money. You have to look close, but any flaws the display has will be pretty clear.

If you're looking for overall image quality, then live action is usually better than animation. If you are looking for certain known problems or specs in a video system, digital animation is a very useful tool.

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