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From the reviewer:
The AVC/MPEG-4 encode on the BD disc, just doesn't match up the the VC-1 presentation on the HD DVD. In comparison, it looks rather flat, especially when it comes to the color saturation and in the detail department. The overall look of this encode is much softer and lacks the depth that the competing format has presented with what I assume is the same master of the film. The only plus that the Blu-ray encode has over the HD DVD is that it doesn't look quite as compressed. The film has a bit more grain on the HD DVD encode compared to the Blu-ray, and I am thinking that some type of filtering in the AVC encoding process may be the culprit of the softer looking presentation.
To compare the titles, I watched ½ of the movie on HD DVD and ½ of the movie on BD, but I would switch between the discs about every 4 chapters or so. My wife was doing laundry the night we watched the movie, so when she would leave the room, I would change between the players. We started the movie on HD DVD and when I made the transition to the BD version, she noticed something was amiss as soon as she sat back down and questioned what did I do to the picture? I played dumb and we continued to watch the movie. About 25 minutes later, she left the room again and I switched back to HD DVD. When she came back in again, she commented that whatever I did when she was gone, it looks much better now. I had noticed the same thing, but kept my mouth shut. The last change back to the BD disc she was in the room and she finally figured out what I was doing and commented Wow, normally they look exactly the same!
From the reviewer:
The AVC/MPEG-4 encode on the BD disc, just doesn't match up the the VC-1 presentation on the HD DVD. In comparison, it looks rather flat, especially when it comes to the color saturation and in the detail department. The overall look of this encode is much softer and lacks the depth that the competing format has presented with what I assume is the same master of the film. The only plus that the Blu-ray encode has over the HD DVD is that it doesn't look quite as compressed. The film has a bit more grain on the HD DVD encode compared to the Blu-ray, and I am thinking that some type of filtering in the AVC encoding process may be the culprit of the softer looking presentation.
To compare the titles, I watched ½ of the movie on HD DVD and ½ of the movie on BD, but I would switch between the discs about every 4 chapters or so. My wife was doing laundry the night we watched the movie, so when she would leave the room, I would change between the players. We started the movie on HD DVD and when I made the transition to the BD version, she noticed something was amiss as soon as she sat back down and questioned what did I do to the picture? I played dumb and we continued to watch the movie. About 25 minutes later, she left the room again and I switched back to HD DVD. When she came back in again, she commented that whatever I did when she was gone, it looks much better now. I had noticed the same thing, but kept my mouth shut. The last change back to the BD disc she was in the room and she finally figured out what I was doing and commented Wow, normally they look exactly the same!