Gizmodo: comparing Lord of the Rings in HD and SD - Blu-ray Forum

jopemoro · 01-08-2008, 10:37 PM

Their take: get ready to buy a BD player...

http://gizmodo.com/342420/lord-of-th...uy-a-br-player

jq71586 · 01-08-2008, 10:40 PM

I've seen the LOTR trilogy on TNT in HD. They look ridiculous....in a good way.

Bizdady · 01-08-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jq71586

I've seen the LOTR trilogy on TNT in HD. They look ridiculous....in a good way.

Im sure bluray encoding will be 10x better.

Iceman_II · 01-09-2008, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jq71586

I've seen the LOTR trilogy on TNT in HD. They look ridiculous....in a good way.

On the 23rd through 26th of September, there were 720p MKV files of TRUE HD OTA broadcasts of all three posted to usenet, the newsgroup was alt.binaries.hdtv.x264. Giganews still has them on their servers.

I also recorded (HD-DVR) the TNT versions... and it was laughable!.... I promptly deleted the TNT versions... they weren't even letterboxed... you are right, they did look ridiculous, but in a BAD way!

I HIGHLY recommend you download the files from usenet, at least as a stopgap till the disks come out. Granted, the files are HUGE, they are MKV files encoded using x264 and DTS... figure close to 30Gig for all three... but well worth it, at least until they are published on BD

You need an HTPC to play MKVs direct to the TV, but you can take the MKV files, transcode using Video9 from redkawa.com, and stream to your ps3 wirelessly by using tversity media server on your pc.

Iceman_II · 01-09-2008, 04:49 AM

For sure the second is the extended version, and I think the first and third may be as well, but I am not sure.

Oh, and for what it's worth....

All 6 of the Star Wars are out on usenet but they are in 1080p

jamclaur · 01-08-2008, 10:45 PM

I'd buy them reguardless. Just to have it all on one disc. Or 3 if they still kept them seperate... But extended editions is a must.

richteer · 01-08-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jamclaur

I'd buy them reguardless. Just to have it all on one disc. Or 3 if they still kept them seperate... But extended editions is a must.

You'd never fit all three LOTR movies on one BD50 in any meaningful way. The bit rates wouldn't be much better than DVD, so what would be the point?

No, each movie (EE and theatrical on the same disc using seamless branching, please!) on its own BD50 would be sweet. On a BD100, if that ever becomes realistic, would be *wonderful*.

ryoohki · 01-08-2008, 11:00 PM

DTS HD MA 7.1 + SuperHigh Bitrate = 1 movie , 2nd disc (DVD for example) for the Extra.. or if they filmed some extra in HD, 2nd disc BD25.. .

Mericalis · 01-08-2008, 11:10 PM

Someone might want to tell all the posters at the bottom that New Line is not waiting until May to stop producing HD DVD.

Guinness7 · 01-08-2008, 11:12 PM

Lotr of the rings would look and sound much better on blu-ray than it did on TNT.

Barnum · 01-09-2008, 12:18 AM

Can not wait for those to come out, the sooner the better.

E_I · 01-09-2008, 12:49 AM

They couldn't make the pics bigger? I tell a little difference, but they aren't big enough to see. (I'm at 1050x1680).

statikcat · 01-09-2008, 01:35 AM

Ya these must be from TNT HD or something which is unlikely to be the BD encoding. Also, in order to get these images they probably still'd them from a Tivo recording or the HD downloads floating around on the torrents which are around 8gb per movie. NOT Bd quality. I dont even see a drastic diff between the comparisons. Of course if the pictures were LARGER it would be more obvious. This article is really dumb as a whole :P

lgans316 · 01-09-2008, 01:41 AM

The LOTR comparison screenshots were published on the internet 2 years ago. gizmodo has done a shameful copy and paste, trying to persuade people to switch to HD.

EVERYONE LIES · 01-09-2008, 01:48 AM

I love these movies as much as the next guy but i just don't think we're going to see these anytime soon. These are New Line's reason for still existing. They will take the time to do it right plus Peter Jackson will be heavily involved. I said before realistically 2010, 2009 at best. If these come out this year i will fall over. Star Wars should be out in 2016 or 2017.

Shin-Ra · 01-09-2008, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Deciazulado

They've been broadcast in HDTV someplaces. We had a thread about those captures about 15 months ago: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=2874

And I have sharper 1080 versions that those^^ :

See the above pic.

radagast · 01-09-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jopemoro

Their take: get ready to buy a BD player...

http://gizmodo.com/342420/lord-of-th...uy-a-br-player

How do you go back and forth between the HD and regular pictures?

01-08-2008, 10:37 PM	#1
jopemoro Member Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Madrid, Spain	Gizmodo: comparing Lord of the Rings in HD and SD Their take: get ready to buy a BD player... http://gizmodo.com/342420/lord-of-th...uy-a-br-player

01-09-2008, 04:49 AM	#5
Iceman_II Expert Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Ft. Worth Home Theater Gallery:2 Blu-ray collection:308 Blu-ray reviews: 4	For sure the second is the extended version, and I think the first and third may be as well, but I am not sure. Oh, and for what it's worth.... All 6 of the Star Wars are out on usenet but they are in 1080p Last edited by Iceman_II; 01-09-2008 at 04:53 AM.

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01-08-2008, 10:40 PM	#2
jq71586 Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Fall River, MA Blu-ray collection:55 Trading Score:29	I've seen the LOTR trilogy on TNT in HD. They look ridiculous....in a good way.

01-08-2008, 10:45 PM	#6
jamclaur Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:75 Blu-ray collection:849 Trading Score:34	I'd buy them reguardless. Just to have it all on one disc. Or 3 if they still kept them seperate... But extended editions is a must.

01-08-2008, 11:00 PM	#8
ryoohki Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2007 Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:6 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:5	DTS HD MA 7.1 + SuperHigh Bitrate = 1 movie , 2nd disc (DVD for example) for the Extra.. or if they filmed some extra in HD, 2nd disc BD25.. .

01-08-2008, 11:10 PM	#9
Mericalis Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Texas Blu-ray collection:232 DVD collection:6 Blu-ray reviews:5	Someone might want to tell all the posters at the bottom that New Line is not waiting until May to stop producing HD DVD.

01-08-2008, 11:12 PM	#10
Guinness7 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Location:NJ Blu-ray collection:259 Trading Score:59	Lotr of the rings would look and sound much better on blu-ray than it did on TNT.

01-09-2008, 12:18 AM	#11
Barnum Senior Member Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:3	Can not wait for those to come out, the sooner the better.

01-09-2008, 12:49 AM	#12
E_I Special Member Member since:Dec 2007	They couldn't make the pics bigger? I tell a little difference, but they aren't big enough to see. (I'm at 1050x1680).

01-09-2008, 01:35 AM	#13
statikcat Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Washington, DC Blu-ray collection:67	Ya these must be from TNT HD or something which is unlikely to be the BD encoding. Also, in order to get these images they probably still'd them from a Tivo recording or the HD downloads floating around on the torrents which are around 8gb per movie. NOT Bd quality. I dont even see a drastic diff between the comparisons. Of course if the pictures were LARGER it would be more obvious. This article is really dumb as a whole :P

01-09-2008, 01:41 AM	#14
lgans316 Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jul 2007 Location:RM16, United Kingdom Blu-ray reviews:17 Trading Score:498	The LOTR comparison screenshots were published on the internet 2 years ago. gizmodo has done a shameful copy and paste, trying to persuade people to switch to HD.

01-09-2008, 01:48 AM	#15
EVERYONE LIES Special Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Pennsylvania 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:329 DVD collection:4 Digital collection:31 iTunes collection:2028 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:329	I love these movies as much as the next guy but i just don't think we're going to see these anytime soon. These are New Line's reason for still existing. They will take the time to do it right plus Peter Jackson will be heavily involved. I said before realistically 2010, 2009 at best. If these come out this year i will fall over. Star Wars should be out in 2016 or 2017.

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