LOTR on TNTHD... WOW!(Question about cable/blu quality; not when will it be released) - Blu-ray Forum

broganreynik · 04-07-2008, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bootman

+1

This is nothing more than the 1.78:1 cropping of the 2.35:1 DVD upconverted to 1080i.
Typical TNT.

If that's so, why does it look waaaaaay better than my DVD's that I have?

turboedguy · 04-07-2008, 02:52 AM

It looks way too good to be upconverted. The up close facial details are great, and even on TNT, it looks better than many Blu-ray transfers.

bootman · 04-07-2008, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by broganreynik

If that's so, why does it look waaaaaay better than my DVD's that I have?

You haven't seen an upconverted DVD done with "real" studio equipment.

Well it is a bit more than that.
My main beef is that they cropped the film.

Blu-Jawa · 04-07-2008, 04:12 AM

Spike HD was showing the star wars films and they also looked fantastic! I do not have the pay channels so I missed these when they were shown on HBO.

I saw the LOTR films in HD last year and I agree the Blu-Rays for these films will be great.

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04-07-2008, 02:52 AM	#2
turboedguy Banned Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Santa Clarita Ca.	It looks way too good to be upconverted. The up close facial details are great, and even on TNT, it looks better than many Blu-ray transfers.

04-07-2008, 04:12 AM	#4
Blu-Jawa Expert Member Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:252 Blu-ray collection:1587 DVD collection:519 Blu-ray reviews:2	Spike HD was showing the star wars films and they also looked fantastic! I do not have the pay channels so I missed these when they were shown on HBO. I saw the LOTR films in HD last year and I agree the Blu-Rays for these films will be great.

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