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In Reply to: Re: There are so many variables one can't say for certain. However... posted by patrickU on May 02, 2004 at 12:19:31:
Hi,
I find modern European mastering way behind NTSC.
Check out Rambo on region 1 compared to region 2,The region one has a more natural colour pallet and more of a "filmic presentation".
Region 2 has stark colour contrasts and more compreshion artifacts.
When i purchase a NTSC DVD i always feel i have the film in the colection for years to come,With pal i feel i have some sort of video game intro and just get fatiged watching them.
The picture seems very" hard" on pal,Edges being razor sharp and black and white tones being too vivid.
It was exactly the same with Laserdisk i felt,NTSC always were the favour of choice.As for my set up i have 6 projection systems,I still think you can see the differences even with a lower speck tv (Sony etc).
The same goes with the artworck and attention to detail,NTSC have more effort put into them,Pal are bland and "effortless".I recently bought the back to the future box set from Ebay on Pal and it was a real big mistake,I ended up selling it within 2 hrs.
I always think that Pal disks are like a chess board,Black and white and nothing in between.
NTSC seems to fill this void with image depth and correct contrast leading to a more "realxing" and enjoyable format.You only have to look at the American hi end players compared to the Uk ones,
We have only just put component output on players,USA had them for years...........
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Hello,
If you describe so vividly your aversion with PAL it may be YOU the culprit, as everybody hear differentely we also see not the same. That would clear a lot of discussions and be a good answer for more tolerance at each other.
I still do find that I have some French DVD that are better, in a sharper way and having more vivid colours than ( one may like or not ) NTSC.
But with the coming of HD...
Hi,
I do still think that Pal are not very good pressings,But its only my 5$ worth and if you are happy with your system thats great.I have know 5 other collectors of films and they all share the same opinion of UK dvd pressings.
I have seen some French films before and they did impress me,the use of widescreen and concept were to a very high standard.Like you say one can only hope that the advent of HD will improve matters,Its such a shame that we in the UK dont get to see this format and others untill its done the rounds for a few years.
I think that DVD has a long future ahead of it,In terms of compreshion ratio which is still 100 -1.
Uncompressed would be a total new world all together?
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Hello,
I spoke, of course, mainly from the French DVD, that I bought ( by the way I have quiet a few UK and they are not good, now that I think about ) so are German too of a very high standard!
Compression well done is ok, but they are still a lot of artifacs and from plasma tv too!
Still way better than LD for the picture, as for the sound it is another story!
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