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Originally Posted by Derb
I've seen some titles with poor EE (Don't have the disc yet) but that isn't enough of a factor to trash the entire presentation imo.
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Yes, it is IMHO.
"A little better than DVD" when it can look much, much better or
"It's definitely HD, but with massive problems" simply isn't going to cut it with me.
I'm going to call a spade a spade. I bought into the formats for "close to the source as possible" quality. I personally find many people are
far too forgiving or believe admitting a title's A/V quality sucks is an offense to whichever format it's on. That's complete and utter bullshit that I'm sick and tired of. What's even more ridiculous is many times these problems are
obvious on my now nearly 5 years old 50" 720p display. I find it
very hard to believe people with much newer and higher rezzed displays don't see it or these displays magically correct man-made problems like EE and DNR. I would love to spend thousands on top of the line displays and either not care or be oblivious to crappy presentations at inflated prices. I've had enough of people saying
"it's not apparent on 720p displays" to prove their 1080p dick is bigger or swearing you need an enormous PJ to accurately judge PQ.
Though with
Tremors, it not only has thick edge enhancement but heavy noise reduction as well. The thing that really pisses me off about this release is that it's not a big film and it should live and die on the the HD DVD's quality if Universal is going to ask $29.98 MSRP. For that price it should be
reference (or damn near it) quality within the film's limits. I feel like I would have been better off buying the
Tremors 1-4 Attack Pack for $10 at frickin' Wal Mart.