Toy Story 2 comparisons

[ReesR]

This was a first for me. It would be good to hear from others who have done this to compare.

Tonight I was able to see Toy Story 2 in 3 different formats:

NTSC, DVD and HD

I switched between all three and it was certainly an eye opener. Obviously, NTSC was pale in comparison to either DVD or HD. But, there was more than a noticeable difference between DVD and HD. The only way which I can compare the DVD/HD difference is to say there was a noticeable "smoothness" in the DVD which the HD didn't. The HD was totally sharp. And when I went to NTSC everyone here said "ewwwww, get off of that".

The mind is really something. When you don't have something to compare it to it is totally happy with whatever it gets. But as soon as it has something to see a difference it becomes...ahem...a no brainer.

This is the type of demo, which I believe people need to see, that will make all the difference once they are able to see it.

Anyone else do the comparison this way?

By the way, the HD came from WLS on 7.1 and NTSC from WISN on 12. DVD came from a progressive DVD player.

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Rees Roberts
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[This message has been edited by ReesR (edited 10-06-2002).]

[MesaV]

I watched Toy Story 2 from Madison and it was excellent, 5.1 to boot. The DVD smoothness you talked about may be the progressive scan mode compared to the interlace scan mode of HD.

[borghe]

That's actually a good point. It would be interesting to hear from someone who was able to watch it in true 720p.

I was hoping and praying that when WISN said mid-October that would mean by last night. Pixar is one of the family's most favorite studios and in HD I imagine it just rocks. Hopefully they will have another Pixar flick on a Sunday night again before too long.

[ReesR]

It's a Bugs Life is on next Sunday.

[Pat]

I didn't see it, but the smoothness difference could be a result of the upconvert process -- 720 lines of info being distributed among 1080 lines, and by consumer-grade electronics.

Of course, it could also have been the interlaced versus progressive-scan difference, as MesaV suggested, or maybe both.