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Post by Incog Neato on May 20, 2010 0:55:19 GMT -5
Is it worth it to watch recent cartoons (thinking on the lines of the non-Pixar/3D rendered Disney movies) on Blu-ray?
I just figure the picture quality of a DVD is already beautiful but can it actually get even MORE beautiful in HD with just, uh, 2D works?
The reason I'm asking this is that I want to watch some sort of Blu-ray movie on my PS3 and the only movie I'm even sort of interested in at the moment is The Princess and the Frog.
I honestly can't think of any other things I want to watch in HD, especially shows and movies I already own on DVD such as Firefly, Serenity, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Stargate, some Stargate SG-1 seasons and their movies. ^^
Hirm. Nope. No Brian Regan performances on Blu-ray. XD
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Post by Incog Neato on May 20, 2010 1:17:49 GMT -5
Seems like someone else thought about it too: answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100301105607AAtpdowXD And you know, I should check on that SD and HD Simpsons thing but I'm never awake when the show comes in, I think. ^^; Eh, guess I'll rent the Blu-ray of the Princess and the Frog then. I think I can actually order it through my provider's On Demand service in high definition but I must make use of my PS3! |
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Post by schlagwerk on May 20, 2010 1:27:05 GMT -5
Sometimes just watching stuff on DVD can make a cartoon look ugly. Gundam SEED, I'm looking in your direction
Also one thing I always joked about since Blu-ray came out and I saw a Blu-ray for Blazing Saddles "What's the point of watching a comedy in HD? Are the jokes in HD?"
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Post by psybuster on May 20, 2010 1:32:02 GMT -5
Short answer is yes. A typical theater screen using projectors even from the 1960s can be averaged to be running between 720p and 1080p actually (something like 1536x644), while IMAX goes beyond that.
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Post by Skeletore has a boner on May 20, 2010 16:26:11 GMT -5
Long-Answer is no...ish.
Since animation is essentially large blocks of solid colors, you can actually only notice increases in resolution at the edges where they meet, and digital smoothing basically makes that as good as it gets.
The real benefit of HD is increased color gamut and increased sound quality(this more than anything).
For animation in particular it actually matters more what you're watching it on, SD animation is nearly equal in quality of you're watching it on an appropriate sized SD set.
If you're watching it on 50-60inch plasma on the otherhand, that digital smoothing only goes so far and you'll start notice combing and rough edges in the animation, in which case blu-ray's increased resolution basically just brings it back to par with watching it on an SD set.
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Post by AllenSmithee on May 20, 2010 16:31:35 GMT -5
Unless it is crazy budget, like Rebuild of Evangelion, which I saw in Imax theater, and it was super HD and awesome. And really, not many companies have that power, so it doesn't happen often.
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Post by Varion on May 20, 2010 18:09:06 GMT -5
People actually use Yahoo Answers seriously? Also, the answer is YES to animation of any kind on Bluray. My eyes came buckets when watching 5cm per second on bluray. |
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Post by Incog Neato on May 20, 2010 19:22:24 GMT -5
People actually use Yahoo Answers seriously? Hush. It came up as a result on Google. :B! |
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Post by Justin on May 21, 2010 2:27:44 GMT -5
I watched P and the F on BluRay and thought it looked good. I have some Dragon Ball thing on BR too and noticed a bit up an upgrade.
Nunuu, instead of worrying about stupid disk formats, we need to get you going on the PS3 Media Server. You'll never leave your couch.
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