[Osx-nutters] iTunes Movies

[Roger Howard]

On Wed, September 13, 2006 12:19 pm, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote:
> So, I took one for the team and bought Pirates of the Carribean on
> the iTunes store, in spite of the fact I have no iPod video. On my
> 24" 1920x1024 monitor, it was visibly not HD, but about on par with
> DVD. Then, Matt (hi, Mmatt) who is visiting for the Expo, handed over
> his iPod video and his new retractable TV cable.
>
> On my 28" Widescreen TV, played off an iPod, the movie is DVD
> quality. Not, near-DVD, but as good as. We played with the remote
> control on my iPod Dock and it's a revelation. Damn, movie night in
> your pocket.

Can you characterize the difference you're seeing? Apparent detail
differences? Shadow performance?

I'd guess there are two things at work:

- Scaling differences between your Mac/monitor showing fullscreen video
and your iPod/TV
- Gamma differences creating a visible difference in shadow and midtone
performance

I'd think that'd be as good a film as any to test the system, btw. Apple
does great encoding work on high-value stuff... I usually use Fifth
Element myself :)

-R