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Originally Posted by Psiweaver
Yeah this is why you wait for the second wave of players.
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Or at the very least:
This is a typical example of why, past my LCD PC monitor, I've deliberately steered clear of Samsung products.
They have this same sort of thing going on with their DLPs. They use this proprietary "DNIE" system that, at least on some models, you have no control over.
That DNIE makes a lot of noise and artificial looking characteristics to a picture that I simply do not care for and wouldn't pay two cents towards.
It's like they put "DNIE" in this player.
Here's a real life example:
The Samsung player that my friend owns at his house, on his front projection system, looked appreciably better than the Samsung I saw yesterday at ABC Warehouse.
If I hadn't known any better, I could have sworn it was two entirely different product, but it isn't.
The Samsung there was outputting 1080p straight into one of the newer Samsung DLPs that I'm presuming can accept 1080p. It was one the of typical Blu-Ray demo discs playing and honestly? My upconverting SD DVD player puts out a better picture than what THIS looked like.
So, I certainly don't think this excuses medicore disc transfers and the need to go to the most advanced codecs, BD-50 discs etc. etc., but I DO think it utterly disarms and ends the talk about HD-DVD having already won, and BR's launch is a disaster, and the rest of that nonsense.