Posts by sperron

This post is in refernce to using standard video level output and not expanded PC levels: One thing I have noticed with the xbox 360 is that it's using very different output levels over HDMI then every other HDMI source that I have. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by D-6500 From my personal experience using color filters to do basic calibration on CRTs and flat-panels, I think I'd have better results with the tinted cardboard glasses from a box of CEREAL. From my...

To complicate matter even more, both the PS3 and 360 allow users to select either PC (0-255) or Video (16-235) levels. So you have to account for both scenarios. On the 360 there is even a 3rd choice called intermediate which uses who...

The most annoying problem with the Wii's widescreen implementation is the games that pillar box a 4:3 image in a 16:9 screen if you have 16:9 selected in the wii setup (Mario Party 8, Mega Man 9, etc.). The only way to get the native 4:3...

The potential problem with no digital audio out is that for cost reasons the consoles won't contain a very high quality DAC. Also the interior of a console is a very noisy environment (RF/electrical interference) which probably degrades...

You do have to keep in mind that some of the problems you are observing are not strictly resolution related. Programs can engage a "flicker filter" which many developers use as a poor man's anti aliasing. The softness you are observing...

Quote: Originally Posted by Toe Then I think that is a shame to put PQ above the actual movie itself IF they truly love the movie in question. If you truly LOVE a movie and pass on it just because of PQ issues, even though it is still...

Quote: Originally Posted by muterobert I have to say that the confidence in my regular HD review sites has been knocked recently. HighDefDigest in particular was my bible for this sort of thing, I'm now beginning to wonder. Patton...

Quote: Originally Posted by cakefoo I've skimmed through most pages of this thread, and I've seen DOZENS of posters mocking the people who have expressed strong feelings against EE. TONS of posts where the joke is, "I'm not going to buy...

It is rather amusing contrasting the reactions here with the reactions in the Baraka thread: Baraka with ringing = looks fantastic Batman TDK with ringing = Warner screwed up big time