Blu-Ray

hyn-zie

I recently bought a new Phillips Blu Ray Player which is sweet!

The only thing that really annoy's me about it, is when it comes to the dark scene's in a film the picture gets all frosty!!!! WTF??? Messed around with the settings on the TV but is still no better!

Any idea's??

Idleater

hyn-zie wrote: »

Any idea's??

Which film? many films are shot in 1080p/24 which makes quite a gritty look, then others add noise for effect. A noteable example of this is Greenzone which is said to look "terrible", but is actually meant to look like it was shot for a documentary.

Get yourself a decent Pixar flic and see what the equipment really can do.

hyn-zie

Funny enough thats the film i was watching on the weekend (Brilliant Film), Buts its the same with the Halloween 2, Hurt Locker,

Really annoying!

Idleater

hyn-zie wrote: »

Really annoying!

I agree on both parts, great film, grainy look, but if the director shot it that way, who am I to argue. I saw it in the cinema and didn't notice/wasn't bothered by it, but read the BR reviews of it and decided I'd get it on DVD at some point instead of BR.

Have a look at this listing:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168342

I've got Cars and have seen Ratatoullie. Both excellent for video and audio.

Calibos

Another thing to check out might be your TV picture settings. A lot of TV's can have different picture settings saved for each input. So say in the distant past you adjusted the picture settings to your taste for your Sky Box plugged into the scart input. You assume that those picture settings are global and were applied to all your inputs. Not necessarily. However you plug your new Bluray into the HDMI input. Could be that the picture settings for the HDMI input are still at default with the brightness and/or contrast and/or sharpness set too high which is making every bit of grain, compression artifacts etc stick out like a sore thumb.

hyn-zie

Yeah i did that brought the sharpeness right down but still the frickin same! Gold plated HDMI cables i was thinking might do it????

Idleater

hyn-zie wrote: »

Gold plated HDMI cables i was thinking might do it????

no. that won't do anything.

For me, I turn everything OFF on the HDMI input. No processing at all, I let the BR player do everything.

This might equate to a "games" setting on the TV - at least it does on mine (Philips).

kuro_man

on most TV's the best setting is often "Movie" or "Cinema", which attempts to get close to D65 but its subjective. Check www.hdtvtest.co.uk to see if your tv has been reviewed, then often post the best settings.

Dark sceens will often have noise because of the lack of light when filming. It's normal, and HD/larger screens will expose it more.

johndoe99

what TV/Model have u ? and what model is the bluray player

slave1

Dark sceens will often have noise because of the lack of light when filming. It's normal, and HD/larger screens will expose it more

Exactly, was very noticable in Battlestar Gallactia when they switched from dark to lit scenes.