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It's something I keep seeing in a number of reviews. Even when you have the compressionist saying things like "It's not perfect, but I'm a perfectionist, but what's on the disc is the great." I'm not losing faith in the releases since I'm seeing some gorgeous releases but I'm losing faith in the review community in general. |
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![]() It's like we're being given beautiful pieces of art and we're complaining about the brushstrokes! |
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See, I do reviews myself so I know about how with some releases you feel like you have to nitpick to find something to complain about, particularly when you do get a lot of really good things in succession. You feel like you're not being critical enough anymore (and there is always someone who will be more critical than you as well and will complain that you didn't notice). But what's getting me with the reviews lately is that it feels like reviewers are expecting every film to "pop" with color and have that window feel. Look at HDD's review of End of Days that was posted today; the flames feel too saturated and lose detail because of the "pop". So it's inconsistent as well. I try not to view everything as directors intent but knowing that many go through things closely and make sure elements like that are in the master print, I'm more likely to believe it was intentional or just how it was filmed rather than an error in authoring.
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I stopped paying attention to the reviews months ago. Not only are they way to inconsistant and picky, but often the opinions are all over the place. Now, I buy movies that I like, enjoy them, and read reviews to see what others think. There's only a few BD that I thought looked rather bad, and those were pretty much in the first batch of LG and Sony titles. Ever since Stealh, RV, The Benchwarmers, the discs started looking a whole lot better, with minor issues, and every week new titles come out that are getting rid of the issues.
Blu-ray Disc Collection- I don't think I can count that high...
Main Viewing Space: Samsung LN52a750/Denon AVR-2309/Polk TSi400/Polk CS10/Polk TSi100/Polk RM85/Polk PSW125/Sony BDP-S350/PS3/XBOX 360/Wii Secondary Viewing Space: Samsung UN46C5000/Denon AVR-2307/Polk RM6750/BDP-S350 My Home Theater Gallery Thread |
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I caused some constenation there by saying I didn't believe that any of the discs were 'perfect' with the VC-1 codec. The are two issues at hand - one is the M$ evangelists like Amir who are trying to sell us VC-1 as solid, 100% transparent to the original and the other is realistic expectations. With 'the look and sound of perfect' up there for all to see (remind anyone of Compact Disc advertising?) they have set the bar and in my opinion they do not meet it. Bluray's 'Beyond High Definition' is even more humourous! ![]() I will still buy discs and watch them, because in reality these formats are 'the look and sound of the best you can get right now' and 'at high definition'. I think that the discs meet my expectations, but my expectations are not 'perfect' but 'acceptable'. All I really wanted was 'at least as good as DTheater' ![]()
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Well, I did notice posterization during the fade up on the WB logo, one scene of Victor running in the dark forest (clouds in the background), and the fade out before the end credits. Other than that, I didn't notice anything. The OP on that thread specifically mentioned looking for obvious noise at 8:45-9:00, but I really couldn't see any. Chalk it up to the differences in displays, I guess.
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For others perhaps it was when they told us it was perfect...?
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