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It seems like 2005 was the most widespread time of utilizing HF-filtering and edge enhancement to reduce compression artifacts from being visible on DVDs coming out during a time that A. HDTVs were flying off shelves and B. there was no HD disc format yet. The biggest drawbacks to this were muted colors due to the HF-filtering and less-detailed details due to the edge enhancement, combined with a haloing effect to some degree. Overall a softer looking image to make clean compression easier to achieve. Without overscan, it is quite easy to see edge enhancement at the corners of an image even if you can’t see it in the details. Children’s titles are played constantly at my households, so Wandaba Style, The Cat Returns, The Incredibles, Swing Girls, Robots, and Madagascar were the noticable offenders in this study. Seeing movie footage in The Incredibles’ bonus features or watching the newer DVD of Cat Returns from GKIDS yields noticeably brighter colors and more detail, even without side-by-side. I know this might be pointless from a critical standpoint as all the animated films I listed can be replaced with clean unfiltered Blu-ray versions that are worth it no matter the DVD image, but I was wondering if anyone had any info or confirmation to pitch into this personal study. I could talk about how Swing Girls’ DTS DVD sounds way better than the near-field mixes on the Blu-ray releases, but that’s for another story.

Caine Would Look Good In 3D

Have a Panasonic UB900 4K player’s orange RCA AC3/DTS output connected to a Sony SS-TS46B for the audio side of things exclusively, and the 4K player’s HDMI output going to a Samsung RU7100 TV for video reasoning exclusively (I always set the TV speakers to zero for preventive measure). Tried the 5.1 speaker tests hidden in the set up menus of various movies (Swing Girls DVD, Treasure Planet DVD, Porco Rosso DVD, Cars Blu-ray). All are making it obvious there’s no sound coming out of my rears or sub and I’m thinking it’s most likely a wrong setting on the UB900. Tried a ton of different setting combos and couldn’t get any different playback results. I’d prefer not to swap out SS-TS46B for something less laughable as I’m in a difficult remote location and would also like to keep Pro Logic II decoding for old VHS (tested and the rears/sub currently do kick in).

They never seem to do the displays justice. I wish they’d just pay for a public showcase license to use a 4K disc for the entire store.

Two years of hair growth and one year on HRT. A Native Hawaiian janitor said “this is men’s bathroom” twice. Because of my poor dialogue intelligibility and need for TV captions, I didn’t decipher what he was saying until after he said the message twice and ran out, so I essentially malefailed. I was unable to say anything in time before he ran out. Too bad he went so quick, ‘cause he could’ve watched me use the urinal. I was boymoding for my conservative parents/owners by using the men’s restroom on top of already not wearing a skirt or bra. I probably would’ve still used men’s restroom regardless, as it’s the one someone leaked the code for and I feel safer in it when I’m not wearing a skirt. Sorry for all the info, I’m just basically using this as a diary. This really made my day because my VCR and LaserDisc player got killed by power surge.

This is what I always thought growing up since my 2006 Disney DVD only has Dolby Digital 5.1 for all languages, but I just now realized this could a remix. There have been Disney DVD releases like Castle in the Sky, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Mario 1993 where 5.1 remixes are the only options on the disc and the original theatrical stereo mix is never re-released. I was able to easily debunk those three movies via Google Search, but I think people who saw Whisper of the Heart theatrically in 1995 or have the right LaserDisc equipment will have to pitch in for this wonder. It would be cool if it’s confirmed a Ghibli film actually got this achievement.

Edit: Just checked eBay and the only audio is 2.0 Dolby Surround, but this doesn’t confirm anything as AC3/DTS capability was still emerging on the LaserDisc format and wasn’t the norm for it yet. The fact it’s Pro Logic surely says something. This will be really difficult.

Every DVD that includes the installer has custom borders when playing it back in InterActual Player, typically being branded to whatever distributor label is being watched, and often includes easy web link button(s), such as “Register Your Disney DVD” which is a well-known service that somehow is supposed to help financially with the fact my kids are guaranteed to ruin Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase by ice skating on it. On the InterActual discs I recall, there were custom borders for Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Disney DVD, Hollywood Pictures (Mario 1993 surprised me), and Nickelodeon. I’m not sure how common it is for people here to be familiar with PC DVD playback, especially with a hated “I don’t want this program” that hasn’t worked after Windows XP, so remove post if necessary. I just want to know if there’s a DVD that will install InterActual Player but not have custom borders when being watched in it. The whole concept reminds me how the Super Game Boy often had custom borders for games.