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Client issue with DVD
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[Chris Borjis]
I second this. I’ve had the same problem with my SD DVDs played on other people’s plasmas
and LCDs. Firstly, check what DVD player your client is using, is the one of that latest that
upconvert SD for HD playback, is their TV a Full HD 1080p or just some old model and finally;
are those two connected by a HDMI cable.
Believe me, the difference is HUGE.I don’t think anything is wrong with your DVD (it plays OK on your TV set / DVD player).
Mio
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When I went to the AV company, they were playing my DVD on a newer Samsung 50″ Plasma. I think ther were just using some big industrial DVD Player that they use for shows. The switched to another DVD player with the same results. Neither was an upconverting DVD player. First they were using a composite connection then they went with a component connection.
In my home set-up I have a 46″ Samsung LCDTV with HDMi from an upconverting DVD player. That looks fine for an SD DVD.
I’ve also tried it on my Samsung 24″ LCDTV with a standard DVD Recorder/player (no upconvert) and it also looks good.
The result on their Plasma screen was that my DVD looked like a low resolution wmv file on youtube when it played. All of my text was blocky and ghosting and any fine lines vibrated violently. The first part is an intro by the CEO who wears wire framed glasses. There were pixels in his frames. Of course the CEO always needs to look good! Then the next shot was a slow zoom in from a wide shot of the front receptionist desk. She looked like I was trying to hide her face like they do on the show cops. Blocky face.
The problem is the client’s trade show involved playing the DVD on multiple plasma screens around their booth. So I don’t think HDMI will work or will it. Do plasma’s have the capability of looping HDMI Signals?
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I should also add that the AV company played several DVDs of commercials which looked fine. There was some minor pixelation. Thye also played a Disney DVD, but those look great everywhere!
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[Greg Ball] “The switched to another DVD player with the same results. Neither was an upconverting DVD player. First they were using a composite connection then they went with a component connection. “
Playing a standard DVD on a standard DVD player to an HDTV Plasma screen will always yield soft image quality, pixellation and raised black levels. In other words, a lousy picture because plasma screens simply do not handle standard definition well. Our Panny Pro plasmas look terrible with regular Cable TV and standard definition DVDs playing through a standard DVD player.
Composite definitely compounds the problem. What you really need is a BluRay player to play that DVD on to the plasma screen via Component or HDMI. I’m extremely impressed with our Samsung 1500 BluRay player and how high quality standard DVDs look on our 42 and 50″ Panny plasmas. Much crisper image and the blacks are good and dark making the colors look even better.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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Had the same issue – and avoided the problem entirely by cheating :
Have them buy an AppleTV – and play HD from it.
Not really an answer – but a quick and easy “way out”.
Looks lovely by the way
*** Norwegian videojournalist & Editor***
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Unfortunately Apple TV plays at a maximum resolution of 720p. While technically this is HD, it is a long way from 1080p, and the limitations will show on a full resolution 50″ plasma. There are other digital media servers on the market that do play 1080p.
The other potential problem with a 50″ plasma is that the ideal viewing distance is around 12 feet. As you start to close that gap imperfections and pixellation will become more apparent. If the source media is already compressed to MPEG2 SD and then upressed using a domestic dvd player, you will battle to achieve a high quality image.
Ryan Spanger
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I stand by what I said – it looks lovely – and I suspect enormously better than the image the poster is seeing now.
The technical limitations that you state are true, but if it looks good it looks good.
All my clients agree.
But I agree that a mediaplayer that plays 1080p would be better.
( But didnt the last appleTV update fix that???? )
*** Norwegian videojournalist & Editor***
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