the inescapable onslaught of blu ray

i convert videos from redtube to 65mm and project them onto my neighbor's wall

i watch tim and eric in gif form because the dvds compress the visual information

holy fuck, you kids made some LOLz up in this joint? who woulda thunk it??

i like how the words shoot out of different parts of his mouth

Laugh all you want but I'm enjoying pristine original print films on a yearly basis. I've seen 5 in the past 2 and half years.

  On 5/10/2012 at 7:43 PM, zaphod said:

i like how the words shoot out of different parts of his mouth

hahahahaha why is this such a funny observation, wow

Christ!!

Is this thread still going on lol

I thought someone would have posted a picture of a penis by now just to give joyrex the excuse to close the thread

  On 5/10/2012 at 7:46 PM, compson said:

Laugh all you want but I'm enjoying pristine original print films on a yearly basis. I've seen 5 in the past 2 and half years, and it costs me more than what I would have paid for a DVD/Blu Ray copy of the same film I could have enjoyed in the privacy of my own home and not put up with sticky floors and rude people who talk and text during movies or do stupid shit like cheer and clap when somebody appears or does something cool.

"slight modification"

  On 5/10/2012 at 7:47 PM, BCM said:

 

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Sort of off topic but when I watch blu ray, there's something about it that looks a bit off. almost like its trying too hard to look real but it almost looks laggy in a way. I've only seen blu ray off of my friends old blu ray player so maybe the playing itself is slightly broken...

Laugh it up guys. Yikes will be the one laughing last when this reality no longer supports the existence of blu rays and he's watching the A team on vhs.

  On 5/10/2012 at 10:02 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Sort of off topic but when I watch blu ray, there's something about it that looks a bit off. almost like its trying too hard to look real but it almost looks laggy in a way. I've only seen blu ray off of my friends old blu ray player so maybe the playing itself is slightly broken...

could be the refresh rate of the television too. there's some sort of auto-smoothing frame blending on the tv i just got, and had to turn it off. 24fps or death

  On 5/10/2012 at 10:02 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Sort of off topic but when I watch blu ray, there's something about it that looks a bit off. almost like its trying too hard to look real but it almost looks laggy in a way. I've only seen blu ray off of my friends old blu ray player so maybe the playing itself is slightly broken...

Yeah, per KY, sounds like some BS "natural motion" 120 HZ thing, which you need to turn off on the TV end. That or an out of spec HDMI cable.

  On 5/10/2012 at 10:13 PM, KY said:

  On 5/10/2012 at 10:02 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Sort of off topic but when I watch blu ray, there's something about it that looks a bit off. almost like its trying too hard to look real but it almost looks laggy in a way. I've only seen blu ray off of my friends old blu ray player so maybe the playing itself is slightly broken...

could be the refresh rate of the television too. there's some sort of auto-smoothing frame blending on the tv i just got, and had to turn it off. 24fps or death

Yeah, it's probably that "Motion Flow" effect Samsung TVs seem to love to set on by default, and is difficult to turn off. You'll only see this on LCD TVs with a refresh rate of 120Hz or higher. Makes everything look like it was shot on videotape...

Hey, Yikes would like that!

  On 5/10/2012 at 10:24 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 5/10/2012 at 10:13 PM, KY said:

  On 5/10/2012 at 10:02 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Sort of off topic but when I watch blu ray, there's something about it that looks a bit off. almost like its trying too hard to look real but it almost looks laggy in a way. I've only seen blu ray off of my friends old blu ray player so maybe the playing itself is slightly broken...

could be the refresh rate of the television too. there's some sort of auto-smoothing frame blending on the tv i just got, and had to turn it off. 24fps or death

 

Yeah, it's probably that "Motion Flow" effect Samsung TVs seem to love to set on by default, and is difficult to turn off. You'll only see this on LCD TVs with a refresh rate of 120Hz or higher. Makes everything look like it was shot on videotape...

 

Hey, Yikes would like that!

I'm curious what the point of 120hz refresh rates are to be totally honest

  On 5/10/2012 at 11:10 PM, KY said:

I'm curious what the point of 120hz refresh rates are to be totally honest

More = better, duh!

  On 5/10/2012 at 11:10 PM, KY said:

I'm curious what the point of 120hz refresh rates are to be totally honest

It allows for smoother motion (which is why LCD TVs with 120hz refresh rates or higher usually have the "motion flow" option), which reduces ghosting and blurring on fast-moving objects. This is beneficial while watching sports, or playing video games. For movies that are filmed @24fps, when this motion flow effect is applied, it gives the images a eerie, almost home-videotaped look.

if you want to know more: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/refresh-rate.htm

thank you joyrex!

  On 5/10/2012 at 11:31 PM, Joyrex said:

  On 5/10/2012 at 11:10 PM, KY said:

I'm curious what the point of 120hz refresh rates are to be totally honest

 

It allows for smoother motion (which is why LCD TVs with 120hz refresh rates or higher usually have the "motion flow" option), which reduces ghosting and blurring on fast-moving objects. This is beneficial while watching sports, or playing video games. For movies that are filmed @24fps, when this motion flow effect is applied, it gives the images a eerie, almost home-videotaped look.

 

if you want to know more: http://electronics.h...efresh-rate.htm

Thanks for the answer I was looking for! I knew films are at 24fps (or 23.976), but considering television is at 30fps (or 29.97), it still didn't make much sense why crazy-high refresh rates were wholly necessary. Considering I don't watch sports or play video games, I would not have figured this out on my own

I download stuff. Has seemed to be the right thing to do for a while now. Rather than hoarding pointless stuff that you know is going to be obsolete in 7 years from it's entry into the market anyway.