Screencap science

[Joe Cain]

I hate to ask more of the insiders & the rest of the blu-ray.com support staff than they already contribute...

But considering the volume & intensity of various PQ discussions online fueled by screencaps---in many cases eliciting a wealth of opinions based exclusively on those captures---I think it would be helpful for this site to provide a clearinghouse of expert opinion on the validity of these kinds of analyses (a sticky, perhaps).

I know the topic has been addressed on multiple occasions, especially in Penton's thread, but considering the variety of terminology employed (grabs, captures, caps, w/ or w/o "screen" attached or in close proximity), attempting to create a de facto omnibus collection of such comments would require a pretty painful search process (particularly considering the sheer volume of posts involved).

It seems to me that well-intentioned and otherwise reasonably well-informed film fans (not to mention utter newbs) could be overwhelmed by the jargon involved, inferring expertise & experience where it doesn't truly exist, and altering their viewing and purchasing habits based on that information. It would be nice to have an easily-located collection of authoritative commentary on the subject, particularly since applied screencap science seems to be appearing in this forum more and more...

Thanks in advance for the consideration.