I received The Camp Cuddly Power Tool Massacre today

I received Camp Cuddly Pines Power Tool Massacre today.

Disapointed is about the only way to put it. I haven't been able to confirm it but I believe we may have found the first use of Red Laser HD-DVD in the retail market. Its 2 hrs long but it is using a 720P VC-1 encode and no sound options outside the default 5.1 and no extras. The Bottom of the Disc is goldish which makes me think DL-DVD, but the Disc (Disc 2) inscribed as a DVD-9 looks more silver like a HD-DVD or a DVD-5 so maybe my ability to discern the disc type by look is no longer as trust worthy.

Its 4 Discs (the rest are standard DVDs) but one is a sample (haven't looked at the extras or the sampler yet).

As for the Picture its soft though a lot but their are some good sharp almost 3d pop points, but either its bad make up or their seems to be a good portion of posterization and banding.
I have only played it through the Xbox add-on and not on a A1. I was also outputing 1080I on the Xbox so it might of been doing some kind of upconvert on that which might be causing what I am seeing.

This is definitely not a case like the Pirates HD (not HD-DVD) DVD it is a Real HD-DVD but I am not quite sure its worth the $50.

Its not horrible but really their is no where to go but up.

Edited the name of the thread and first sentence to include the Pines part of the title.

I would also forgot to mention that I thought this was a Digital Playground movie (like the one who made Pirates) but it is actually Vivid, who as a big company seems to not care about the look of their videos just who are in them.

I don't want to sound like a porn guru but I will admit I have watched a few, and the vivid stuff almost always look worse then then even the lowest grade no name studio release like Banging them hard 28 (don't know if this actually exists but probably does).

That said its a great looking porn for the most part, the outdoor daylight scenes look great better then any of their DVDs ever will, I just think there is more left on the table then was picked up and used.

The AdultDVDempire part of the DVD Empire site. Someone had links in one of last couple porn is almost here threads.

Hardvark Great idea. PM later if your still interested. Because I am sure most people here are for quality and it would be a shame if several people paid that much for it and ended up with the same feelings I have for it. I am just happy that I got to be the first person to post about it. Seems no one in my area likes to sell movies early.

Whats funny is its is those Pop Points that Pop the most.

That is why I have Both Pirates and Island Fever 4 on Pre-Order those are both Digital Playground movies.

I did it didn't really help that much but it did help.

Anyone else interested in Giving this a try?

Damnit your right it does say wicked, how did miss that. I guess I might have always thought they were the same company because their movies look exactly the same.

Question though. Is this a Red Laser HD-DVD like I think it is?

Just wondering because the bottom of the disc is a goldish color that usually related to Dual layer DVDs.

I kind of Figured that with the 720P transfer. I just figured that with Just the 720P VC-1 and a single 5.1 DD soundtrack and no extras that they may have been able to fit it on a DL-DVD. None of the HD-DVDs I have quite have the look of a disc that this one has.

Worst semi professional review ever.

A little of both, I don't know how much of that is true or just a blanket statement. Most stuff is recorded using pro-sumer devices and for capacity reason is probably recorded in 720P. But I really think movies like Pirates is probably 1080P.

But if Pirates is 720P then he is probably right. Also just accured to me some of these might being using straight re-encodes of the WMP9 HD versions which again for capacity reasons (size limit of DVD) where mostly 720P, though this implies future movies might be 1080.

Hopefully he is wrong and Pirates will be 1080.