Blu-ray Screenshot Thread (Large Files)

[jd13]

Originally Posted by Entertainment72

I have a nikon d40 and use the M mode.. no flash.. fast shutter speed..f 5.6

Thanks, I have a D80. I will try those settings.

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[Entertainment72]

Pan's Labyrinth

[mrgreed202]

anyone got screenshots from Lost Season 3 blu-ray?

[cakefoo]

National Treasure 1 off a 24" monitor

[diamondfoxxx]

Captain Vidal's face looks waxy in those Pan's Labyrinth shots. That'll be a good screen cap to demonstrate the repercussions of DNR. This is what happens when you listen to those grain-haters.

[Entertainment72]

Grain =
Sidenote: Watched Black Hawk Down for the first time in blu last night.. wasn't impressed at all, was a significant improvement over dvd but not the quality some boasted about - 3.8/5 lots of noise. Pan's jumps out of the screen with depth and detail that blew me away. I've watched cars, rats, POTC series, spidey 3.. pan's impressed me.

I'm not quite sure on the whole dnr thing, but if dnr did that to Pan's long live DNR.

[aygie]

Is it me or does National Treasure look soft??

[Entertainment72]

Originally Posted by Aygie

Is it me or does National Treasure look soft??

I believe those aren't in HD, could be wrong. If they are in HD they lack a significant amount of contrast, then again LCD's could only wish for the contrast that SXRD's and Plasma's offer.

[diamondfoxxx]

Originally Posted by Entertainment72

Grain =
Sidenote: Watched Blackhawk Down for the first time in blu last night.. wasn't impressed at all, was a significant improvement over dvd but not the quality some boasted about - 3.8/5 lots of noise. Pan's jumps out of the screen with depth and detail that blew me away. I've watched cars, rats, POTC series, spidey 3.. pan's impressed me.

I'm not quite sure on the whole dnr thing, but if dnr did that to Pan's long live DNR.

You thought Black Hawk Down wasn't impressive? I guess you may have heard this before but it's meant to look that way--grainy and gritty in certain scenes. Not all movies are meant to look crystal clear like Cars or Ratatouille or Spidey. I guess you are of the 'Transformers' generation?

[Entertainment72]

Originally Posted by diamondfoxxx

I guess you are of the 'Transformers' generation?

I don't need viagra..so I guess I'm in that generation.

[diamondfoxxx]

That figures. Guess you thought 300 was crap too, huh?

[Entertainment72]

Not at all, loved it..PQ was good.

[diamondfoxxx]

The intentional grain didn't bother you?

[Entertainment72]

Not to hijack this thread but it is just not about grain all the time, Black Hawk Down's dark areas and depth at times seemed shallow...empty. There were moments of excellent PQ but it was inconsistent. 300's PQ seemed to be more consistent with thier intention and imho it looked great. Pan's was consistent 80-90% of the time, blu-ray.com movie review of Pan's was right on.

Out of the 50 or so blu's I have including many with super PQ, Pan's is now my "look what blu can do" reference demo. The 7.1 DTS-HD MA sound codec doesn't hurt either.

[Living Near Shamu]

LOL. Honestly, I can't really tell a lot of difference between "grainy" movies and non grainy movies. All I know is that they look absolutely beautiful on blu-ray. If I were to become as picky as some of you are it would prob drive my wife crazy, hehe.

[diamondfoxxx]

Okay, we'll end it there. This isn't the thread for this discussion, as you say.

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[cakefoo]

I re-downsized to a higher resolution, adjusted gamma a touch, and re-uploaded.

These ARE offscreen, so they're not going to be sharp as nails. Not to mention
that in pic #3 she wouldn't hold still for the the cameras, but I figured if I
downsized enough you wouldn't notice. Oh well. She still has cute love-handles.

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