I have noticed quite a few HD-DVD titles that seem way to bright.

With cinemascope titles, it is easy to see that the movie itself is brighter than the black bars on top and bottom.

I have set my Toshiba HD-A1 til "0" for black level. But still I find some movies a little too bright.

Are they assuming that we all have bulb projectors and will not notice??


Anyone else???

This has nothing to do with CRT, have you properly calibrated for the HD source? It should be no difference whatsoever.

Ditto on what Chris said. Did you calibrate you PJ to the HD-A1?

Dave

Hi guys, thanks for replying.

No, I have not calibrated it. I only own the NTSC DVD of Video Essentials (first edition)

But as this problem only affects some titles and that a bulb friend has also noticed the same issue, I assume that it was some kind of mastering error or decision.

AAhhhh- Turn your brightness down and adjust your set. I've watch hd dvd with no problem what so ever




I have noticed quite a few HD-DVD titles that seem way to bright.

With cinemascope titles, it is easy to see that the movie itself is brighter than the black bars on top and bottom.

I have set my Toshiba HD-A1 til "0" for black level. But still I find some movies a little too bright.

Are they assuming that we all have bulb projectors and will not notice??


Anyone else???

Raster

Your hateful sig line ends in a spelling error. It should be too not to.

How you like me now?

Troy

I also noticed this when using the pluge pattern on the NTSC Video Essentials. Usually the brightness on the Barco ends up around 35, but with VE in the HD A1 player it ends up at around 25. I don`t use it for DVD, but I have to compensate with the settings in my scaler for my other sources, which are a Snazio media player and a PC.

Gunnar

Raster

Your hateful sig line ends in a spelling error. It should be too not to.

How you like me now?

Troy

You can actually see his post? All I see is "This user is on your Ignore List."

But, I had to peak at it just because of your post. He continues to prove that after many years he still does not know what he is talking about. :rolleyes:

So, let me correct it. You would not turn your brightness down (that controls black level), you would turn your contrast down (that controls white level).

Dave

Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me ALSO. :confused:

"To" seems right to me. Someone 'splain it to me. Too and to equals confusion. :D

Hmmm well apparently I'm told it's a quote from a fleetwood mac song.
Just poking some fun at the old Raster. Too? to? I really don't care.

You're free to not like me Phil. I can be a real pain in the ass. :)

Troy

Hmmm well apparently I'm told it's a quote from a fleetwood mac song.

Hmm. Generally, when one quotes they give credit.

Dave

Hmmm well apparently I'm told it's a quote from a fleetwood mac song.
Just poking some fun at the old Raster. Too? to? I really don't care.

You're free to not like me Phil. I can be a real pain in the ass. :)

TroyI like you Troy. I don't understand why you would say that. You're not half the pain in the ass I tend to be. ;)

I knew it was a quote from a song, but I didn't know from what song or who played it. You're right. It's 'Oh Well' by Fleetwood Mac.

"Too" is an adverb and "to" is usually a preposition. Too = excessive or also, To= relates to position.

I have noticed quite a few HD-DVD titles that seem way to bright.

With cinemascope titles, it is easy to see that the movie itself is brighter than the black bars on top and bottom.

I have set my Toshiba HD-A1 til "0" for black level. But still I find some movies a little too bright.

Are they assuming that we all have bulb projectors and will not notice??


Anyone else???


It wouldn't surprise me if this was the case. We've already seen that the transfers of T2 and The Fifth Element were flawed. The T2 BR release has been shown not to have been taken from the Extreme Edition HD restoration, instead they used something from a while before that.

There's no money in this yet for the studios, so they're not going to invest in getting this right. It was the same with DVD when that first came out.

We have TV shows in the UK which often have elevated black levels. "The Bill" is one example. I suspect it's because of the reduced quality expectations of people with flat panel LCD displays.