A question about Animé on High Def players for Chris

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

I *cannot* use the Toshiba player for my DVD back catalog. The bizarre nature by which anime is made does not play well on that machine in how it handles pulldown. The Samsung actually handled it better and the Panasonic looks fantastic. But that's just me and my unique situation.

Is this because some OVAs are done at 30fps or mixed rates?

(The Panasonic, looking fantastic on animé, 7.1 analogs (and TrueHD/DTS HD MA firmware upgrade), multichannel DVD-A, movie friendy time display (I actually like it, movies are not watched in chapters but as constant flows! ) is sounding better all the time.)

[Chris Beveridge]

Pretty much. When watching a number of shows on the Toshiba, the de-interlacing issues are very problematic and fast action scenes look horrible. I haven't had these issues on the Samsung and not yet on the Panasonic.

[GoldenRedux]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

Pretty much. When watching a number of shows on the Toshiba, the de-interlacing issues are very problematic and fast action scenes look horrible. I haven't had these issues on the Samsung and not yet on the Panasonic.

So, I suppose for Anime fans such as ourselves, the Panny really is the way to go then, even if there aren't any BD titles available. The DVD playback will be superior, and that's where all my Anime is now.

[Chris Beveridge]

Originally Posted by GoldenRedux

So, I suppose for Anime fans such as ourselves, the Panny really is the way to go then, even if there aren't any BD titles available. The DVD playback will be superior, and that's where all my Anime is now.

BD is pretty much it for right now. With HD DVD being nearly dead in Japan beyond Warner supporting it, all they have coming out there is Project PAPO and Brave Story, both of which are also coming on BD. Most anime coming out in Region A will be in Japan for awhile via BD. We won't see much in the US for probably another year.

[Josh]

Chris, could that possibly be a display issue? What display are you using?

[Chris Beveridge]

It could be; I've got a Panasonic PT50LC13. I have not had the problem with my previous upscaling player (Zenith DVB-313 -> which has not had the firmware upgrade to disable component upscaling) or my Panasonic RP-82. Out of my last five or six players, only the Toshiba has exhibited the problem.