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Martin_1962

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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #15 on: 15 November 2009, 20:23:09 »
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On BBC-HD :y :y :y :y
Probably not worthwhile in the case of TG.  More storage space on my tiny (1Tb) disk.  Fortunately:

a) MCE is a bloody first class upscaler

b) I have a bigger disk on order ;D


You cannot recreate missing information.

I have done some digging around and supposedly the PS3 is a good upscaler, so is my TV - anyway DVD and SDTV is noticably worse than BR and BBC-HD

Oh and my DVD player via top end RGB looks no different to PS3 upscaling, I did try component for DVD, looked slightly different - no better no worse.
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #16 on: 15 November 2009, 20:23:46 »
Dam, I wish my Sky Box had 3 tuners.  :'(
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #17 on: 15 November 2009, 20:40:28 »
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On BBC-HD :y :y :y :y
Probably not worthwhile in the case of TG.  More storage space on my tiny (1Tb) disk.  Fortunately:

a) MCE is a bloody first class upscaler

b) I have a bigger disk on order ;D


You cannot recreate missing information.

I have done some digging around and supposedly the PS3 is a good upscaler, so is my TV - anyway DVD and SDTV is noticably worse than BR and BBC-HD

Oh and my DVD player via top end RGB looks no different to PS3 upscaling, I did try component for DVD, looked slightly different - no better no worse.
You're right, no upscaler is perfect.  However, MCE is significantly better than PS3, which itself is (marginally) better than W Series Sony.

I have Casino Royale in normal DVD format, and (being a bond fan) have the BRD version.  The way MCE deals with it, you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart unless side-by-side.  I have set this test to a few people, and whilst everyone has got the test right, they were impressed with upscale ;)

Freesat-HD (and Sky-HD) is only 720P, and by time its heavily compressed, isn't massively better than normal DVD ;)
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #18 on: 15 November 2009, 20:41:18 »
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Dam, I wish my Sky Box had 3 tuners.  :'(
My MCE is down to 4 tuners, after one tuned itself - rather spectacularly - to channel smoke...
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #19 on: 15 November 2009, 20:43:49 »
BBC HD is 1440x1080i same resolution in fact as HDV.

SDTV is quite acceptable, but HD is better, and BluRay (especially Pixar) is by far and away the best.

Only 720p material I tend to come across are games, and if you look you can see the slight loss of detail compared to 1080p.
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #20 on: 15 November 2009, 20:49:30 »
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BBC HD is 1440x1080i same resolution in fact as HDV.

SDTV is quite acceptable, but HD is better, and BluRay (especially Pixar) is by far and away the best.

Only 720p material I tend to come across are games, and if you look you can see the slight loss of detail compared to 1080p.
720p is arguably better.

Pixar type films are easy to upscale, like most animations.


If its a live TV prog I really want to watch, I do so via MCE, as MCE is miles better at it than my (not exactly shabby) Samsung telly
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #21 on: 15 November 2009, 22:08:03 »
Thoroughly enjoyed it tonight! :y :y

Mind you, the set-ups are getting a bit obvious (e.g the Dacia getting the reversing lorry treatment).  ;) ;)
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #22 on: 15 November 2009, 22:11:41 »
Best thing on TV tonight

Doctor Who was pants - roll on the new writer & actor

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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #23 on: 15 November 2009, 23:27:33 »
missed it, when is the repeat any ideas ??????
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« Reply #24 on: 15 November 2009, 23:41:40 »
would love to have that 760i Beemer,as long as I didnt have to look at it from the outside. :) ::)
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« Reply #25 on: 15 November 2009, 23:55:48 »
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missed it, when is the repeat any ideas ??????
Previous series have been repeated on tuesday evening iirc. Not sure on this series, presume same. Or i player.
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« Reply #26 on: 16 November 2009, 00:07:13 »
and by the way, did anyone notice yet another mention of seemless dsg gear changes? By Hamster in the rarri!.....have i understood that correctly? Have they designed their own or pinched someone elses dsg?
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #27 on: 16 November 2009, 00:07:24 »
                
Top Gear
Season 14 Episode 1 of 7
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May test-drive an Aston Martin DBS Convertible, a Ferrari California and a Lamborghini Gallardo Convertible in Romania, as they search for the fabled mountain highway built by the country's former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu - allegedly the best road to drive on in the world. Actor Eric Bana is the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car
Category Motoring
Executive Producer Andy Wilman
BBC2 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 18 Nov
(Subtitles) (Repeat)
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #28 on: 16 November 2009, 08:54:16 »
I liked the Aston, V12, with a proper manual gearbox  :D
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Re: Don't forget Top Gear!
« Reply #29 on: 16 November 2009, 09:11:12 »
damn, missed it.  :(
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