B Leisle
02-07-08, 10:32 PM
To begin, I am by no means a proponent of the idea that animated content looks no better or at least not noticeably better in HD than on SD. I've argued the contrary in several threads. Every animated title I've seen has looked significantly better in HD than SD.
With that being said......
I watched Monsters Inc. with my kids tonight on SD, upconverted via my HTPC, but with no post processing done via ffdshow or reclock or anything - just the ATi drivers upconverting to 1360x768. It looked incredible. Sully's hair had excellent definition, there was texture everywhere - on the inanimate objects, Randall's skin, you name it. Colors were deep and vibrant, the list goes on. This movie looks great in SD. Other than HD audio, I can't imagine how they could improve this film so consumers would actually be able to discern the difference between the SD and HD copies.
Is Monsters Inc just one of those few pristine DVD transfers?
BTW, anyone notice the Nemo plug at the end? In retrospect, it's kind of funny they dropped Nemo in the film. It's at the very end when Mike and Sully return Boo to her room and Boo gives Sully a bunch of toys to hold, Nemo being one of them. :p
With that being said......
I watched Monsters Inc. with my kids tonight on SD, upconverted via my HTPC, but with no post processing done via ffdshow or reclock or anything - just the ATi drivers upconverting to 1360x768. It looked incredible. Sully's hair had excellent definition, there was texture everywhere - on the inanimate objects, Randall's skin, you name it. Colors were deep and vibrant, the list goes on. This movie looks great in SD. Other than HD audio, I can't imagine how they could improve this film so consumers would actually be able to discern the difference between the SD and HD copies.
Is Monsters Inc just one of those few pristine DVD transfers?
BTW, anyone notice the Nemo plug at the end? In retrospect, it's kind of funny they dropped Nemo in the film. It's at the very end when Mike and Sully return Boo to her room and Boo gives Sully a bunch of toys to hold, Nemo being one of them. :p