Blu-rays Looking Generally Indistinguishable From DVDs On SXRD Screen... - Blu-ray Forum

Hillside Trece · 01-20-2011, 06:08 AM

Hello All.

Now, before you throw the fire, brimstone and book at me for saying this -- I read the replies to the member that started a similar thread in this section some time back about how Blu-rays look like shit on his Sony and how that spiraled downward quickly into a pissing contest -- please do not let that happen here, and please don't be so quick to be harsh with comments that are largely unnecessary; the intention of this thread is not to lead anyone to anger-fueled rages about how an "OP" doesn't understand the technology being discussed, or how he "should have known that rear projection sets don't look a certain way before he bought one," so please, let's just discuss this with civil replies and viewpoints, alright? Thank you...

I noticed this from nearly the day I took delivery of my Sony KDS-50A2020 SXRD projection set, but I always felt as if the picture quality just wasn't that "good" -- I later learned, like many who have seen a good LCD in action and commented in this forum, that this Sony model didn't have any kind of "MotionFlow" or frame interpolation features which, as a side effect, make film sources look like video (that surreal, float-off-the-screen soap opera look which I happen to love on Blu-rays)...and that it seemed I needed to buy an LCD that offered a 120Hz refresh feature in order to get that video-like look. In comparison, I have found that Blu-rays on my SXRD look kind of "lifeless" and flat -- but I have also come to learn and understand that these sets have very "film-like" looks to them, and that's why they appear so different from LCDs.

Don't get me wrong -- good BD transfers exhibit great detail and clarity on this set, but high definition films in general just don't pop off the screen with that nearly "3D" quality you see on displays with interpolation technology. Thus, I am finding, even as we are running our first replacement lamp now on our Wega SXRD, that most Blu-rays just do not look much different from DVDs on this set. This could very well be our seating distance (which is way too far from recommended specs but there's nothing I can do about this), our settings or the fact that these projection TVs were really designed to deliver a film-like experience with BDs, and that's what we're seeing although the final product just isn't that satisfying to me, appearing a bit flat for high definition.

I would just like to get everyone's thoughts on this matter; is it somewhat "normal" for Blu-rays to look similar to DVDs in terms of overall appearance on rear projection sets like the SXRD? Am I expecting too much from the projection technology, even though it's a 1080p set?

Any insight on this subject matter is welcome.

01-20-2011, 06:08 AM	#1
Hillside Trece Banned Member since:Nov 2010	Blu-rays Looking Generally Indistinguishable From DVDs On SXRD Screen... Hello All. Now, before you throw the fire, brimstone and book at me for saying this -- I read the replies to the member that started a similar thread in this section some time back about how Blu-rays look like shit on his Sony and how that spiraled downward quickly into a pissing contest -- please do not let that happen here, and please don't be so quick to be harsh with comments that are largely unnecessary; the intention of this thread is not to lead anyone to anger-fueled rages about how an "OP" doesn't understand the technology being discussed, or how he "should have known that rear projection sets don't look a certain way before he bought one," so please, let's just discuss this with civil replies and viewpoints, alright? Thank you... I noticed this from nearly the day I took delivery of my Sony KDS-50A2020 SXRD projection set, but I always felt as if the picture quality just wasn't that "good" -- I later learned, like many who have seen a good LCD in action and commented in this forum, that this Sony model didn't have any kind of "MotionFlow" or frame interpolation features which, as a side effect, make film sources look like video (that surreal, float-off-the-screen soap opera look which I happen to love on Blu-rays)...and that it seemed I needed to buy an LCD that offered a 120Hz refresh feature in order to get that video-like look. In comparison, I have found that Blu-rays on my SXRD look kind of "lifeless" and flat -- but I have also come to learn and understand that these sets have very "film-like" looks to them, and that's why they appear so different from LCDs. Don't get me wrong -- good BD transfers exhibit great detail and clarity on this set, but high definition films in general just don't pop off the screen with that nearly "3D" quality you see on displays with interpolation technology. Thus, I am finding, even as we are running our first replacement lamp now on our Wega SXRD, that most Blu-rays just do not look much different from DVDs on this set. This could very well be our seating distance (which is way too far from recommended specs but there's nothing I can do about this), our settings or the fact that these projection TVs were really designed to deliver a film-like experience with BDs, and that's what we're seeing although the final product just isn't that satisfying to me, appearing a bit flat for high definition. I would just like to get everyone's thoughts on this matter; is it somewhat "normal" for Blu-rays to look similar to DVDs in terms of overall appearance on rear projection sets like the SXRD? Am I expecting too much from the projection technology, even though it's a 1080p set? Any insight on this subject matter is welcome.

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