SD VS HD and color - Blu-ray Forum

MacinMan · 06-11-2010, 05:42 PM

As some of you know I'm relatively new to HD content as of Last year when i purchased my first blu-ray player, I've had an hdtv longer then that, but just used SD content until I got a true HD source and ota broadcast went to digital HD, etc.

Anyway, One thing i've noticed is SD video doesn't seem to deal with the cinema optimized settings I have this tv calibrated. e.g. many of my SD movies have a reddish tint that HD content doesn't have, or another example is SD content seems to show the yellowish tint that the warm color temp tends to have, while HD content seems to bring out a much better color depth and contrast when in warm.

What I have done is entered offsets for all color temps in the tv's service menu and I have entered the same set of offsets for both HD and SD content. For SD content I find using the normal color temp to look more natural then warm. While HD content seems to be able to take advantage of the warmer color temp and cinema settings much better.

Here's the question now. would playing SD content from an SD input maybe improve color for cinema settings or would it maybe work better to use normal as a whole for SD content. I know NTSC had color management issues compared to HD which is no longer NTSC. Any feedback would help. Actually to be fair the television station where i did my classes for broadcast production didn't switch to digital until last year officially it was still SD and before that analog. They started switching stuff like cameras and other pieces of hardware one at a time until it was time to switch completely to digital. I've noticed pure digital HD content has better results then analog SD or analog SD converted to digital etc.

06-11-2010, 05:42 PM	#1
MacinMan Senior Member Member since:Apr 2010 Location:Denham Springs, LA Blu-ray collection:26	SD VS HD and color As some of you know I'm relatively new to HD content as of Last year when i purchased my first blu-ray player, I've had an hdtv longer then that, but just used SD content until I got a true HD source and ota broadcast went to digital HD, etc. Anyway, One thing i've noticed is SD video doesn't seem to deal with the cinema optimized settings I have this tv calibrated. e.g. many of my SD movies have a reddish tint that HD content doesn't have, or another example is SD content seems to show the yellowish tint that the warm color temp tends to have, while HD content seems to bring out a much better color depth and contrast when in warm. What I have done is entered offsets for all color temps in the tv's service menu and I have entered the same set of offsets for both HD and SD content. For SD content I find using the normal color temp to look more natural then warm. While HD content seems to be able to take advantage of the warmer color temp and cinema settings much better. Here's the question now. would playing SD content from an SD input maybe improve color for cinema settings or would it maybe work better to use normal as a whole for SD content. I know NTSC had color management issues compared to HD which is no longer NTSC. Any feedback would help. Actually to be fair the television station where i did my classes for broadcast production didn't switch to digital until last year officially it was still SD and before that analog. They started switching stuff like cameras and other pieces of hardware one at a time until it was time to switch completely to digital. I've noticed pure digital HD content has better results then analog SD or analog SD converted to digital etc.

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