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How old is Pearson, and how good are his eyes?

Posted by David Aiken on September 23, 2007 at 14:03:31:
Not irrelevant or nasty questions.

There's a thread below where I comment about my experience with standard DVD vs the same films in theatres. Because of 2 eye problems, one age related, standard DVD at home looks superior to me than the film does in a theatre. Does that mean that DVD is actually better than seeing the actual film? I somehow think not.

If I had to compare standard DVD to HD 720p and 1080i off air broadcast TV in my system with a Denon 2907 DVD player and a Loewe 32" 1366 x 768 screen and Topfield set-top box for digital TV reception, I'd probably say that standard DVD goes reasonably close to the hi-def TV broadcasts at my 2 metre viewing distance. Viewing distance will make a difference to such comparisons as well.

One should always beware of making judgements based on one or two reports like Pearsons, even when they coincide with one's own experiences. There's an awful lot of BD disc reviews out there commenting on the superiority of the BD picture quality over the standard DVD, and there's a wide range of variables that could interfere to change that assessment. On balance, from what I've seen in shop demos without the luxury of being able to do an A/B comparison, my feeling is that BD is sharper and more detailed than standard DVD. At this stage, however, I'm still holding off buying a machine and I don't know anyone with one so I haven't been able to have a really good go at seeing what I think of the new formats.

David Aiken