Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[CoasterMatt]

Hi-def monitors still need to be calibrated to look their best - CRT, DLP, LCD or LED.

Some of the best "looking" displays in the store, look absolutely hideous in normal home viewing conditions.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Hi-def monitors still need to be calibrated to look their best - CRT, DLP, LCD or LED.

Some of the best "looking" displays in the store, look absolutely hideous in normal home viewing conditions.

Believe me, I played with adjustments like crazy on HP7a, and it stayed dank and dark. (Though it was WAAAY worse when I tried it on my DLP projection system) Mind you, I dislike the desaturated or hue-shifted look of so much current summer blockbuster cinema. It doesn't heighten mood for me. It just seems like lazy post production fiddling. Real cinematography should involve how the set was lit, not Adobe filters. Getting old and cranky.

[CoasterMatt]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Believe me, I played with adjustments like crazy on HP7a, and it stayed dank and dark. (Though it was WAAAY worse when I tried it on my DLP projection system) Mind you, I dislike the desaturated or hue-shifted look of so much current summer blockbuster cinema. It doesn't heighten mood for me. It just seems like lazy post production fiddling. Real cinematography should involve how the set was lit, not Adobe filters. Getting old and cranky.

Not getting old and cranky at all - it's like suddenly they have a huge color gamut, but to be "edgy" or "moody" they desaturate to the point of hardly being color at all. HP7 though, is a "challenging" film for DLP systems - it looked great here, but we have a really controlled light environment.