Re: Real world HD vs standard DVD

bmoag wrote:

Has anyone actually seen HD DVD images?
I currently watch DVDs via HDMI upconverted to the higher DPI.
This is a large screen viewed in a large room. I have no complaints about image quality. As one who grew up in the ERA of 21 inch black and white TV the picture is nothing short of miraculous.
While recognizing that technically HD DVD will have more picture information when watching a moving image what you think you see is not necessarily what your are really seeing.
So the question is: watching a 60 inch screen at a distance of 20 or more feet, will there really be a noticeable difference in image quality?
It will be interesting to see if anyone publishes double "blind" studies, so that the viewer and the tester do not know which input is going to the monitor, of what viewers of large screens at large distances actually perceive.

I can certainly tell the difference between DVD and good quality true HD movies from the cable or broadcast networks even on my 1024x768 42" plasma. I get my HD via a cable system (which does not apparently play overcompression games) and over the air from local broadcast stations. But this applies to good quality true HD transfers. Keep in mind that a lot of movies even on the premium cable channels are upconverts, although Showtime and Starz have increased the number of true HD movies recently. But the recent showings of The Road Warrior on HDNet Movies were an excellent example of how good older movies can look with a good quality print and transfer. HDNet movies only shows true HD with Original Aspect Ratio and some of their recent added titles have looked very, very good.

According to the video buffs, HD-DVD or Blu-Ray should look better than broadcast and cable HD. Broadcast bandwidth limits the data rate to around 14 to 16 mbs. We will probably not see this on the first generation disks, but HD-DVD and Blu-Ray allow for a higher data rate with fewer compression artifacts. But we will have to wait until HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players are available to see in person.

Alan F

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