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Offline DeeDee

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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2006, 03:53:12 pm »
Quote from: houstonangel88 on April 19, 2006, 09:32:21 am
Well... the two tent scenes on my DVD seem a lot brighter than what I saw in the theaters. I can see a lot more stuffs.   I am very pleasantly surprised with that.  So I guess it depends on the DVDs.



I have to agree.  It's not that bright, but much better than the theater.
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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2006, 03:56:07 pm »
I have the silver border DVD as well. Mine is very bright. I have a POS TV, so I don't know if it has much to do with the TV.
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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2006, 04:07:51 pm »
Ditto on the very bright part...got my from Amazon.  Wathcing it on a 20" Sony Vega that's about 6yrs old, and I've adjusted nothing.
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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2006, 04:08:26 pm »
Thoroughly baffled but nevertheless fascinated technophobe here.

Does anyone know--or know anyone who knows--about the technology used to mass produce DVDs? Is the production technology such that the quality of the viewed image can be as inconsistent as it seems to be in the case of these DVDs? Does it have anything to do with the quality of the physical disk onto which the data is burned (if I'm saying that correctly)?

Or does it depend on the equipment used to play and view the disk?

What most surprises me is to read that some people are finding the tent scenes brighter on the DVD than in the theater.
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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2006, 07:30:16 pm »
Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 19, 2006, 04:08:26 pm
Thoroughly baffled but nevertheless fascinated technophobe here.

Does anyone know--or know anyone who knows--about the technology used to mass produce DVDs? Is the production technology such that the quality of the viewed image can be as inconsistent as it seems to be in the case of these DVDs? Does it have anything to do with the quality of the physical disk onto which the data is burned (if I'm saying that correctly)?

Or does it depend on the equipment used to play and view the disk?

What most surprises me is to read that some people are finding the tent scenes brighter on the DVD than in the theater.

All good questions - but I seem to run into a brick wall trying to find info to answer them!  I am curious as well!  Could the lack of information possibly be attributed to prevention of film piracy?   :-\

You could try Wikipedia....
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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #15 on: April 20, 2006, 01:35:04 am »
I got one from that store in NY that Jenny went to.  And two from Amazon (wide- and full-screen).  All about the same.  Hmm.
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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2006, 03:11:06 am »
UPDATE: Since I bought three, I've rented 3--they're all the same. I'm going to make a special trip to Target (not in my town) to get one--if they say on the phone thery have any left. Oh, it's also very important to me to have TWO--a widescreen and a fullscreen...I refuse to discuss anymore what I've NEVER seen, no matter how reliable my sourses...

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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2006, 10:08:44 am »
The problem here is going to be your television set.  The entire North American NTSC DVD distribution will be identical in quality.  It's not like videotape where there can be differences between tapes.  DVDs are completely digital and the image will be consistent no matter what batch they come from.  A theater with a bigger screen and dark interior will make a major difference, as will the brightness and contrast settings on your television set.  You will pick up more detail in a darkened room.  Additionally, the sharpness of the image will depend on the quality of your TV, the cable between the DVD player and the TV set, and sometimes the quality of the DVD player itself (because of filters built into the player).

In general an HDTV-capable set will render the best picture if you have a player with composite video out and have the right cables for that.

Many computer monitors are set to render images darker than usual because they are intended more for text than movie watching, so people who watch the DVD on their computer may find the image sharper, but still dark.

In the end, the majority of differences here are because of the TV set and its settings.
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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2006, 12:03:35 pm »
Thank you, Phillip!

While my understanding of the technology is limited, my suspicion has been that the variation had to do with the equipment used to view the DVD rather than with the production of the DVDs. It's nice to know I was on the right track.
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Re: Dark, dark tent scenes
« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2006, 02:19:40 am »
I really LIKE looking at mud, honest (6th DVD tested today...)
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