Comments on: HD-DVD vs. Upconverted DVD - A real-life comparison http://software.jonandnic.com/review/hd-dvd-vs-upconverted-dvd-a-real-life-comparison Hacks, scripts and ideas for the refined geek. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jonathan Wise http://software.jonandnic.com/review/hd-dvd-vs-upconverted-dvd-a-real-life-comparison#comment-483 Jonathan Wise Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:55:43 +0000 http://software.jonandnic.com/review/hd-dvd-vs-upconverted-dvd-a-real-life-comparison#comment-483 Good question, I guess I should have put in a little more info, hunh? The TV is a 40" LCD at 1080p. The HD-DVD is also at 1080p, while the upconverted DVD was at 720p. Frankly, my eye-sight isn't good enough to distinguish the difference between most scenes from the couch either. The opening sequence with the bats flying across the screen, though, really shows the difference between the MPEG2 compression in the DVD and the MPEG4-10 in HD-DVD -- on the DVD the shape of the bats totally gets lost to the artifacting. The HD-DVD looks sharp and crisp throughout. Good question, I guess I should have put in a little more info, hunh?

The TV is a 40″ LCD at 1080p.
The HD-DVD is also at 1080p, while the upconverted DVD was at 720p.

Frankly, my eye-sight isn’t good enough to distinguish the difference between most scenes from the couch either.
The opening sequence with the bats flying across the screen, though, really shows the difference between the MPEG2 compression in the DVD and the MPEG4-10 in HD-DVD — on the DVD the shape of the bats totally gets lost to the artifacting. The HD-DVD looks sharp and crisp throughout.

]]> By: SuperJason http://software.jonandnic.com/review/hd-dvd-vs-upconverted-dvd-a-real-life-comparison#comment-482 SuperJason Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:16:04 +0000 http://software.jonandnic.com/review/hd-dvd-vs-upconverted-dvd-a-real-life-comparison#comment-482 What size TV is it? On our 52", I can easily see the graininess in a DVD. On our 42" Plasma however, the picture couldn't be much better. I can still tell if the movie itself is poor quality, but with a good DVD, the picture is basically as perfect as my vision will allow from a distance. What size TV is it? On our 52″, I can easily see the graininess in a DVD. On our 42″ Plasma however, the picture couldn’t be much better. I can still tell if the movie itself is poor quality, but with a good DVD, the picture is basically as perfect as my vision will allow from a distance.

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