Blu Vs. DVD screenshots... POTC 2 (i got bored)

[maxmcleod]

Figured I would share with everyone the sheer difference I noticed when my wife wanted to watch POTC 2 on DVD... made my eyes hurt...
There is some bad compression on the shots, and they will take a while to load
big difference if you ask me...

[jw]

Its a DVD did you expect anything more

[Tru-way]

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=811102

[maxmcleod]

Originally Posted by Tru-way

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=811102

I've seen that before, but to be honest, I don't trust those results, those were taken at their natural resolutions and blown up to size with another program like photoshop...
these that im posting were photographed (due to lack of capture software) and the DVD at SD was only altered by the software that was playing it.
I think its a little more accurate, as you can see its not HORRIBLE but its in need of some blu... haha

The link you posted doesn't look at all like a dvd really looks... its not all blurry, its just lacking details... there is a difference, and my examples show that DVDs don't look that bad, but Bluray definately shows it up in color/detail/contrast/everything

[prerich]

Originally Posted by maxmcleod

I've seen that before, but to be honest, I don't trust those results, those were taken at their natural resolutions and blown up to size with another program like photoshop...
these that im posting were photographed (due to lack of capture software) and the DVD at SD was only altered by the software that was playing it.
I think its a little more accurate, as you can see its not HORRIBLE but its in need of some blu... haha

The link you posted doesn't look at all like a dvd really looks... its not all blurry, its just lacking details... there is a difference, and my examples show that DVDs don't look that bad, but Bluray definately shows it up in color/detail/contrast/everything

Did you do this with WinDVD9 Plus BD with All2HD on? I have some photos of Meet the Robinson's - Blu is the clear winner but WinDVD 9 All2HD wasn't a slouch. I'm going to see if I can get them off of this camera (old SM type memory).

[maxmcleod]

no actually i didn't use all2hd, i should have but was running short of time

I was wanting to try it on a really dark movie, and potc2 was readily on hand, and about as dark as it gets

there is only so much detail there to bring out, i wish i captured the shots of the shark head guy, he was covered in scars on blu, but was hard to see anything on dvd

[syncguy]

It is hard to take an accurate picture of a blu-ray image unless you have a high end digital camera. Perhaps at least 8 mega pixels are needed (based on the Nyquist theorem). It may be argued that even 8 mega pixels are not sufficient. If the resolution of the digital camera is low, it would disadvantage blu-ray in comparison to DVD and therefore the comparison is not fair.

The direct capture technique would give a more faithful reproduction in comparison to a digital photograph of the image (in most cases).