If you've never watched all of it many years ago then the cgi will bother you. Classic stuff though, the cgi was pretty brilliant for tv at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joey Freshwater
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If you've never watched all of it many years ago then the cgi will bother you. Classic stuff though, the cgi was pretty brilliant for tv at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joey Freshwater
I spy booty jiggle!
Old effects don't bother me that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
I even watched the Starship Troopers CG series. :nerd:
And yet you mock me for pirating Universe. Even the first movie is terrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joey Freshwater
It's decent I tell you!
And screw you I liked that movie. :pwacko: Objectively it's not great though.
My standards are very low. Which should really say something about Universe and anything on CBS. :booger:
Alien sfx was the only good thing about it. Everything else is meh...acting, story.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joey Freshwater
So now the sfx don't look so good it's just a pile of shit :wacko:
I have a decent setup, Oppo DV970HD->VP30, the only thing lacking is my janky TV that needs replacing with a good monitor. I find a well handled upscale is a bit better because of the increased bitrate.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
I just have a cheap 43" 1080p tv atm, but the built-in media player it has is pretty decent (good menu, files listing and x264/mp4 support but no x265). It's only a cheap 50/60Hz model but it does have 24p film mode which actually works really well (sometimes it won't on cheap units). Current BD player is a cheapie too but it's all DVD region + all BD region (selectable), can recode audio output. I haven't tested the DVD upscaling on it extensively yet but it seems ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Оak
Not that the DVD release of SG-1 is poor, the mastering is quite good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Оak
spurtttzzzzzz squirtz
My old BD player only gets used as a CD player now :lol It's cheap too but has some Sony internals iirc.
I think most players are passable at this point. I feel that a good dedicated scaler still has the edge on anything cheap though.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
I'd be interested in seeing how the VP30 compares directly to the VP50 Pro/Edge/Duo but, I'm way too cheap to buy all those :wacko:.
Maybe it's different now but a few years back scalers in some BD players were actually better than some other options. I mean PS3 upscaling was good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary Оak
Really depends on the chip involved.
Now it doesn't matter so much but there are probably still cheap chips being used in some things that don't do a good job. My old BD player has decent upscaling so I've never had any bad experiences so far :shrug:
Never used any game consoles for playing DVD or BD myself though, always thought it was wasteful using them for things other than games but that's just me.
My PS3 gets way more use as a BD player than a game console. :wacko:
Probably won't upgrade my receiver for some years even though the Yamaha I have is old now.
The PS3 is decent for BDs aside from how hot it gets. Aside from excellent content handling, aspect ratio and zoom controls are the biggest reasons I prefer a scaler. I can't live without them at this point :lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
Yeah plenty of people have said that for years "PS3 good cheap BD player". But my old BD player was a lot cheaper than a PS3 and does the same job (I had it long before I had the console).Quote:
Originally Posted by Joey Freshwater
To me the PS3 was never a cheap BD player until recently, and even now there are cheaper options that are just as good.
Yeah I mean, I'm just not going to buy an extra unit when I have the PS3 already for games.
It was a solid choice when the PS3 hit around $300 if you also wanted it because it was a PS3 :wacko:. If I were going to buy a standalone BD player it'd be one of the region free Oppo players. I'll probably get one at some point but, I'm going to have to make sure I don't get one of the crappy new ones that will be complying with the MAFIAA's new encryption crap.
The cheap BD player I got is all regions and cost $60. For BD you have to change region by code via the menu.
Every other BD player here under $100 (that I know of anyway) is BD region locked.
You don't use it for games tho :pwacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Joey Freshwater
Early on I played and beat a lot of games on it. I just watch a lot of movies too.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
Cinavia? :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Joey Freshwater
Had to google that.
I still see posts about it (usually there's a sadface.gif or something) when I'm looking at torrents.
wat
Memes.
Can't post any right now 'cos I'm about to head out.
Cinavia can crawl under the nearest rock and die :wacko:.
Ok now it's time to play games! ;)
Although I have no earthly fucking idea what to play >.>
YAY! games. speaking of games I've been playing a super mario world hack today called super mario land 3. whoever designed it has a wicked sense of humor castle 3 has slippery floors and invisible pitfalls I've lost 6+ lives on that place so I stopped playing and started watching season 2 of the A-team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaladane
Uncharted 4 :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaladane
Resident Evil 6 :revwacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
I thought you finished it :?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zaladane
Uncharted 4 phaw. You know I have no PS4.
Not 1000/1000 :PQuote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion