Amazon Prime Video, what gems have you found? (NO SPOILERS)
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K12beano said:
DonkeyApple said:
I personally do not like HD.
Wow!(Interesting perspective!)
Nature documentaries in 4K are awesome, you want all the detail but sitcoms are possibly better in SD (Santa Clarita Diet for example).
I remember Red Dwarf changing camera format in Season 7 or 8 and it changed the whole vibe of the show.
Frame rate can also make a big difference and more isn't always better. 60FPS 'feels' a lot different to the standard 24FPS.
blingybongy said:
I'd copy and paste that in the audio and TV forum.
It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
Exactly this. It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
It very much sounds like some kind of digital effect is being applied that needs to be turned off.
For example, you'll often see TVs in shops in some kind of "demo mode" that really pops and makes things look 'too real' (for want of a better word) which I think looks absolutely awful, but this is simply one mode of many and it is a simple case of switching it out of this mode.
Also the screen itself makes a huge difference. My main TV is an ancient 720p plasma and gives incredible warmth to anything I watch on it, whilst the LCD telly in another room feels very cold and clinical.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 27th August 10:08
blingybongy said:
I'd copy and paste that in the audio and TV forum.
It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
Yup, it is definitely some kind of processing that causes it and should be pretty easy to fix. On my LG, I think it was called something like 'Tru-motion' and it made all content look like a cheap soap opera!It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
Speckle said:
blingybongy said:
I'd copy and paste that in the audio and TV forum.
It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
Yup, it is definitely some kind of processing that causes it and should be pretty easy to fix. On my LG, I think it was called something like 'Tru-motion' and it made all content look like a cheap soap opera!It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
For example, https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/c9-oled/setti...
toasty said:
Speckle said:
blingybongy said:
I'd copy and paste that in the audio and TV forum.
It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
Yup, it is definitely some kind of processing that causes it and should be pretty easy to fix. On my LG, I think it was called something like 'Tru-motion' and it made all content look like a cheap soap opera!It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
For example, https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/c9-oled/setti...
As above - get it calibrated and turn off any processing for motion , whiteness etc etc
if you think its bad now, wait till 8K starts coming along and the multitude of "standards" for HDR!
Cotty said:
toasty said:
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
It looks like a fantastic thing to do albeit spread across a few months, let alone 11 days. Ridiculous levels of commitment from some of the competitors. It makes ultra-marathons look like sprints.
Watched a couple of episodes and surprised me how unprepared some of the teams were and how some of the people were not appropriate like the guy with alzheimer's and the deaf lady. It looks like a fantastic thing to do albeit spread across a few months, let alone 11 days. Ridiculous levels of commitment from some of the competitors. It makes ultra-marathons look like sprints.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
blingybongy said:
I'd copy and paste that in the audio and TV forum.
It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
Exactly this. It sounds to me like your TV settings need tweaking to get rid of the effect you mention, which has a name I can't remember.
It very much sounds like some kind of digital effect is being applied that needs to be turned off.
For example, you'll often see TVs in shops in some kind of "demo mode" that really pops and makes things look 'too real' (for want of a better word) which I think looks absolutely awful, but this is simply one mode of many and it is a simple case of switching it out of this mode.
Also the screen itself makes a huge difference. My main TV is an ancient 720p plasma and gives incredible warmth to anything I watch on it, whilst the LCD telly in another room feels very cold and clinical.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 27th August 10:08
Will have another look at the TV settings.
rider73 said:
the best ive seen for SD-> HD is Sony's top end TVs
My aforementioned Panansonic plasma is amazing for the quality in which it shows SD. I'd go as far as to say that sometimes it doesn't make a huge difference whether I am watching the SD or HD version of a TV channel on my Sky box (which is admittedly a very old Sky+ HD box that only does 720p or 1080i) whereas my aforementioned LCD only looks acceptable in native resolution and nothing else - ie. SD feeds look awful. I really need to change my plasma at some stage as it is very small at 42" and fairly meagre at 720p and but I think I would need something like an OLED or AMOLED to get anything like the warmth of a plasma and they are still very expensive.
Anyway, sorry, slightly off topic there.
DonkeyApple said:
Thanks. It’s just this one show though. The other stuff is fine. The show has ‘HDR’ in the details. Usually Amazon have a low definition version but this show doesn’t appear to. Plus, Amazon appear to have removed the ability to chose your streaming rate which also helped.
Will have another look at the TV settings.
Oh ok. Sorry, my misunderstanding. I thought when you said you hated HD you meant you hated all content shown in HD which to me suggested a global setting issue. If you mean you have issues with just one programme then obviously that suggests an encoding issue with that programme. Will have another look at the TV settings.
It's like what toasty mentioned with Red Dwarf, when they switched to a different format that was meant to make it look like it was filmed or something. Looked awful.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
My aforementioned Panansonic plasma is amazing for the quality in which it shows SD. I'd go as far as to say that sometimes it doesn't make a huge difference whether I am watching the SD or HD version of a TV channel on my Sky box (which is admittedly a very old Sky+ HD box that only does 720p or 1080i) whereas my aforementioned LCD only looks acceptable in native resolution and nothing else - ie. SD feeds look awful.
I really need to change my plasma at some stage as it is very small at 42" and fairly meagre at 720p and but I think I would need something like an OLED or AMOLED to get anything like the warmth of a plasma and they are still very expensive.
Anyway, sorry, slightly off topic there.
I'm the same, have a 42" Panasonic Plasma with 1080i i bought from a chap who posted on here in 2008 (company digital direct). It's so much nicer than the modern kit I've seen, i hope it outlives me. I really need to change my plasma at some stage as it is very small at 42" and fairly meagre at 720p and but I think I would need something like an OLED or AMOLED to get anything like the warmth of a plasma and they are still very expensive.
Anyway, sorry, slightly off topic there.
jsf said:
I'm the same, have a 42" Panasonic Plasma with 1080i i bought from a chap who posted on here in 2008 (company digital direct). It's so much nicer than the modern kit I've seen, i hope it outlives me.
I think mine came from him too.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 27th August 17:10
lauda said:
Chuck328 said:
lemmingjames said:
The Last Narc - investigation into kikis death.
Bit eye opening if true (wouldn't surprise me either)
I enjoyed Narcos and Narcos Mexico, but that....Bit eye opening if true (wouldn't surprise me either)
If even some allegations are true ( wouldn't surprise me to!) then blimey, that's grim. It also paints a completely different picture to the Narcos Mexico series. Specifically the ending.
DonkeyApple said:
Thanks. It’s just this one show though. The other stuff is fine. The show has ‘HDR’ in the details. Usually Amazon have a low definition version but this show doesn’t appear to. Plus, Amazon appear to have removed the ability to chose your streaming rate which also helped.
Will have another look at the TV settings.
Amazon do have a streaming quality setting - its buried on their website though -do a google - when i lived in a crappy broadband area i had it turned down, but recently turned it up after a move - the quality was noticable, even on my 42 crappy jvc bedroom TVWill have another look at the TV settings.
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