[redcloud75013]

Hi There,


I've been reading multiple ressources - and it's always the same story, everything is very subjective when it comes to 'how things look'... However, I'm looking for a 32inch LCD TV that will allow me to watch movies (dvds or bluray) with the feel (or look) of the movie being projected in a theater. I do realize that achieving the movie look (analog) on a digital support is challenging and will never be completely done - same debate as digital versus traditionnal photgraphy)...


I don't care about 60Hz or 120Hz; it would be a plus if I could future proof my purchase and get 120Hz, but again, not my priority. I do not watch HD channels either.


What do you guys recommend?


Should I go for, say the 32XDR9 from sony, and just turned the motion flow off, or is the permanent 120Hz going to ruin the movie watching experience (at least for me)?


Thanks a lot!

 

[reallynotnick]

The thing I really like about the Samsungs is that you can turn the judder reduction down while keeping the blur reduction up so it looks very film like just with less motion blur.

 

[BoilerJim]



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Originally Posted by redcloud75013 /forum/post/16892318


Hi There,


I've been reading multiple ressources - and it's always the same story, everything is very subjective when it comes to 'how things look'... However, I'm looking for a 32inch LCD TV that will allow me to watch movies (dvds or bluray) with the feel (or look) of the movie being projected in a theater. I do realize that achieving the movie look (analog) on a digital support is challenging and will never be completely done - same debate as digital versus traditionnal photgraphy)...


I don't care about 60Hz or 120Hz; it would be a plus if I could future proof my purchase and get 120Hz, but again, not my priority. I do not watch HD channels either.


What do you guys recommend?


Should I go for, say the 32XDR9 from sony, and just turned the motion flow off, or is the permanent 120Hz going to ruin the movie watching experience (at least for me)?


Thanks a lot!

First of all, it's a Sony 32XBR9, not XDR9. Also, for the millionth time on this Forum, a 120hz refresh rate IS NOT the same as Sony's Motionflow. 120hz is ALWAYS ON and CANNOT be turned off. TV's wiith 120hz processing will always make the picture look better, all others things being equal. Motionflow CAN be turned off, on, and adjusted to your liking. You should be able to find a setting that will make your movie watching experience very enjoyable.


Reallynotnick was also correct in his statement about Samsung TV's (beginning with Series 6 such as 32B650's, etc). Samsung's motion focus technology is called Automated Motion Processing (AMP) and works very similar to Sony's Motionflow. I have two Samsung 650's and always watch movies with AMP off to preserve the original look of the film.


The Sony 32" XBR9 is a very nice TV which I think you would find more than satisfactory. It is also less expensive than the Samsung LN32B650.


Good luck in your decision.

 

[redcloud75013]

Thanks for your replies guys - sorry about the typo.


I had in fact narrowed down my list to these 2 TVs. I'll go see them in store one more time; Thanks for insisting on the fact that the motion flow (or samsung equivalent) can be turned off to preserve the 'film' feeling.

 

[jmystikcfl]

When you go to look at them, be sure to turn on the "Theater" mode on the Sony. It makes a noticable difference on film sources. It seems to have a huge effect on 1080p/24 movies in particular. Well, at least it does on my 46XBR6.

 

[redcloud75013]

great hint.


thx

 

[Bill Mitchell]

To render the film according to the director's intent, I think the most important factor is a Color Management System that lets you fine tune the colors to the target color gamut, Rec709 for bluray and Rec601/SMTPE-C for SD dvds.


With the 2008 Samsung LCDs, you could find very nice CMS controls in a user-accessible menu even in the A550 models. In 2009, Samsung seems to have limited this to the B6xx models and above. The B550 has a less functional CMS available only in the service menu.


On the plus side, although the B550 does not offer 120Hz, only 60Hz, its service menu suggests it renders 24Hz bluray correctly at 48Hz.

 

[redcloud75013]



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Originally Posted by jmystikcfl /forum/post/16894247


When you go to look at them, be sure to turn on the "Theater" mode on the Sony. It makes a noticable difference on film sources. It seems to have a huge effect on 1080p/24 movies in particular. Well, at least it does on my 46XBR6.

Just got the 32BR9 yesterday... It's a nice tv set, and it is incredibly sharp with Bluray discs (played from the PS3/ through component since I did not receive my HDMI cables yet).

Turning on the 'cinema' mode in the presets definitely makes a difference. On upscaled DVDs (again, from the PS3/component, which does only a decent job at upscaling). The image is a little less crisp, warmer, and with a little less contrast. If I turn off the motion flow - the picture is very pleasing to the eye, very film like. I have not tried with many DVDs, but this looks very promising.


Thank you all again for your specialists advice.

 

[Gmaxx]



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Originally Posted by redcloud75013 /forum/post/16920420


Just got the 32BR9 yesterday... It's a nice tv set, and it is incredibly sharp with Bluray discs (played from the PS3/ through component since I did not receive my HDMI cables yet).

Turning on the 'cinema' mode in the presets definitely makes a difference. On upscaled DVDs (again, from the PS3/component, which does only a decent job at upscaling). The image is a little less crisp, warmer, and with a little less contrast. If I turn off the motion flow - the picture is very pleasing to the eye, very film like. I have not tried with many DVDs, but this looks very promising.


Thank you all again for your specialists advice.

It's only doing a decent job of upconverting because you CAN NOT upconvert over component cables. It's not doing any upconversion at all actually. That is your TV that is doing it in your case. You need HDMI to upconvert.

 

[redcloud75013]

makes sense then!

thanks for the precision