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If you see screen caps that show a sharp picture and/or grain structure in tact and/or fine detail, you know there is probably no DNR applied. So that way if you see screen caps from the same Blu-Ray that seem a little soft, you can probably rule out the possibility of DNR and assume it is motion blur or some other issue. Unless your brain doesn't work properly or something.
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I've been waiting forever for DwD. Love Martin - Song of Ice and Fire is fantastic. Winter is coming mother****er. Robin Hobb is, in my opinion, the most underrated fantasy author of all time... and I've read them all and then some. She's just as good as Martin - a little better in my opinion. Her Elderlings saga has to be read if you're a fan of fantasy (Start with Farseer Trilogy, move onto Liveship trilogy, then move onto Tawny Man trilogy which continues the storyline of the original Farseer trilogy.) Skip the last two books, Dragon keeper and Dragon Haven, they're not very good.... but the first nine books in the Elderlings saga are must reads. Read Name of the Wind by Rothfuss, the second installment should be coming soon, it's fantastic shit. By the way, don't go to Amazon and sort by ratings to get recommendations if you’re looking for good fantasy suggestions - ask serious fantasy fans instead. Some of the of the stuff on Amazon is fraudulent, fake reviews posted by self published authors to trick you into buying their god awful books. Google Robert Stanek + fraud for more information on this type of shit. I've been reading this sort of shit for more than 2 decades. I love Tolkein, and he may have been the real first in high fantasy, but in my opinion he's not the best. People like Martin and Hobb have surpassed him. So, if you want great fantasy start with Martin's AsoIaF. Move onto Hobb's Elderlings saga. Then read Name of the Wind. If you still want more shit you can go onto Erikson's Malazan.... although that's been tapering off in quality. Last edited by Stinky-Dinkins; 03-25-2010 at 10:24 PM. |
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Do some research on the I and B frames and how they are created. Some surprising info about players and displays. Look at some of the reviews on this site and look at the screen caps. MANY of them look downright nasty. Then watch the movie and alot of the anomolies are no longer visible...even when heavily scrutinized. LOTR might look awful. I'll know when I see it. |
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Now that you mention it, yes. I would recommend "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter, which recounts the development and publication of LoTR in immense detail by "the Creator" as it was developed. One of the highlights is a humorous eight page response of Tolkien regarding the first attempt to film LoTR shortly after it was published.
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I have to disagree. Star Trek I doesn't look like film at all - it looks like 720p video cam due to the heavy DNR and moderate EE.
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In terms of scales of problems..... FOTR . . . Star Trek 4 . . . . . . . Patton . . . . Gladiator . . Gangs of New York IMO. And my personal line where it goes from "watchable" to "unwatchable" is between Patton/Gladiator. Last edited by captveg; 03-25-2010 at 11:02 PM. |
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![]() It's not me saying it. Ken Brown and other reviewers are confirming it as DNR and not just filters and such. I think most of the caps I've seen from TTT and RotK look quite good. Fellowship doesn't look great but definitely not terrible. Last edited by Diesel; 03-25-2010 at 11:12 PM. |
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Personally I'd put Patton way ahead of Gangs since the DNR was so deliberate and waxy.
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Well, once you get to that point it's like debating between which of the homely girls your mom is making you ask to the prom. To me, Patton is on the bottom of my "watchable" scale (and probably the worst a film could look relative in HD to its achievable ceiling and I still view it with enjoyment), while the original Gangs of New York was unwatchable.
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That said, the problem with LCD screens is that they can suddenly develop banding defects. Like my current display. One day out of the blue, I noticed a series of vertical bands every couple inches across the screen. They're really only noticeable when playing games that utilize large swaths of greyish backgrounds like skies or terrain. For instance in games like the Total War series. |
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Will it be the same for ROTR when the EE's are released:
http://www.theblurayblog.com/2010/01...ot-comparison/ |
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Indianapolis
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